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Hi everybody, I am Iacopo from Bartok design.
Thanks also to the editor for featuring our products.

Just one word on japanese hinoki:
Set aside any prejudice or common-sense logic.
This wood is very resistent and easy to maintain.
Japanese use hinoki in traditional buildings (temples, castles) as a structural material (expecially columns) which has been exposed to rain and shine for hundred of years. Hinoki is also used today to build the exterior fixed frame of windows and window sills (where we would use aluminum!).

Unlike teak (Burma) or Yellow Cedar (West coast), hinoki is abundant and sustainabilly harvested.

Please find here more info.
http://www.bartokdesign.com/japan/faqs_comments/