A symbolic moonlit scene: white sugar crystals receive glowing aromas rising from cut produce and carry them into an amber drop

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE DROP

Vitality takes another form,
within a single drop.

From a single cut,
the time lived by the plant rises as fragrance.

In that invisible presence,
we sense the seasons the plants have lived through.

We wish to carry the life we receive into its next form.
From that wish, the story of a single drop begins.

A story of Ohtaka Enzyme concentrate, told from the perspective of Otaru Ion House

SIX SCENES, ONE DROP

The time lived by plants,
carried into a single drop.

These six scenes illustrate the philosophy behind the concentrate. Light and particles are symbolic; the images are not photographs of the actual manufacturing process.

01BEFORE CUT
Vitality quietly awaits
its moment.
Rooted in soil, receiving rain, bathed in light.
Each plant has lived through its own seasons,
quietly holding their memory within.
02OPEN
A single cut opens
the world within.
The blade touches.
What the plant has held within
begins to meet the world outside.
03RELEASE
As fragrance,
the presence of plants unfolds.
Unseen, and impossible to hold.
Yet unmistakably there.
We sense that invisible presence of life
within the fragrance.
04RECEIVE
Entrusting the seasons received
to white crystals.
Plants meet white crystals.
In their coming together lies a wish:
to carry what has been nurtured into its next form.
05FERMENT & MATURE
Entrusting time
to the smallest lives at work.
Within the stillness, tiny lives continue their work.
Seasons turn, and change unfolds little by little.
We stay beside that passage of time, and wait.
06THE ESSENCE
Time gathers,
held in a drop of amber.
The seasons a plant has lived.
The workings of tiny lives.
And the care of those who kept watch.
All of it comes together
in a single drop of amber.

Carry forward the time a plant has lived.
Entrust it to the workings of unseen life.
And let it become the warmth to come.
A drop nurtured by Ohtaka Enzyme,
becoming warmth at Otaru Ion House.

~50plantsDiverse plant ingredients

~90%Plant ingredients from Hokkaido

~270daysFermentation and maturation

TWO STORIES MEET

Two stories
become warmth.

Sawdust from the forest meets extract made from Hokkaido plants. Stirring introduces air and creates an environment where microorganisms can work.

sawdustA material from the forest

Ohtaka Enzyme stock solutionA drop of fermented plants

Microorganisms and airStirring to prepare the environment

Fermentation warmthAn experience that surrounds you

Bathing in the warmth of fermented sawdust

Heat arises from within,
without direct heating.

Discover how the bath works

CONTINUE THE STORY

Let that single drop
become your own experience.

Within the body, in warmth, on the skinExperience it at Ion House→Bring fermentation into daily lifeDiscover Super Ohtaka↗

Descriptions of the process and ingredients are based on information published by Ohtaka Enzyme Co., Ltd.Official Super Ohtaka information ／ Plant ingredient list

Vitality takes another form,within a single drop.

Vitality quietly awaitsits moment.

A single cut opensthe world within.

As fragrance,the presence of plants unfolds.

Entrusting the seasons receivedto white crystals.

Entrusting timeto the smallest lives at work.

Time gathers,held in a drop of amber.

Let that single dropbecome your own experience.

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Vitality takes another form,
within a single drop.

Vitality quietly awaits
its moment.

A single cut opens
the world within.

As fragrance,
the presence of plants unfolds.

Entrusting the seasons received
to white crystals.

Entrusting time
to the smallest lives at work.

Time gathers,
held in a drop of amber.

Let that single drop
become your own experience.