Precious Bamboo Poles
Madake or Moso bamboo
pole, which is drying processed,is
called "Shira-take" meanings white-bamboo.
Especially Madake,a native Japanese bamboo, is the
most common kind and used for many different things. It is
called "Japanese-timber-bamboo" in English.
The simple appearance of the drying-processed Madake doesn't
make a person sick.
The drying-processed Madake will gradualli turn from
tan-yellow to amber after 60 to 80 years.