Vitality takes another form,
within 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.

1. 

   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.

2. 

   02OPEN

   A single cut opens
   the world within.

   The blade touches.
   What the plant has held within
   begins to meet the world outside.

3. 

   03RELEASE

   As fragrance,
   the presence of plants unfolds.

   A fresh fragrance reaches us.
   As it gently fades,
   it hints at the richness held within the plants.

4. 

   04RECEIVE

   Entrusting the seasons received
   to white crystals.

   The presence of plants rises as fragrance.
   We wish to give lasting form
   to the life we sensed in that fragrance.
   Entrusting that wish to crystals of white sugar.

5. 

   05FERMENT & MATURE

   Entrusting time
   to the smallest lives at work.

   We entrust the gifts received to tiny living beings.
   As the seasons turn, their form slowly changes.
   People stay close to this quiet work, and wait.

6. 

   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.