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Cinnamon sticks — Illustration only: the photo shows Cinnamon, not this product or its packaging. Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0

Shoyeido Entry 30 of 67

Horikawa

Also sold as River Path, this long-running Shoyeido blend is built on cinnamon and frankincense.

Brand: Shoyeido
Origin: Japan
Tradition: Japan
Form: Coreless stick
Smoke: Medium smoke

Scent profile

Spicy
Resinous
Woody

Editorial estimate, not a lab analysis or community vote. Your experience may differ.

Key materials

CinnamonSpicy

FrankincenseResinous

Typical materials for this style. Makers rarely publish full recipes.

Sources

Main claims checked against the sources below on 3 November 2026.

Lanshin: Horikawa (River Path)

See also

Japan15 incense

ShoyeidoJapan

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Photo credits (9)

Photos were resized, converted to WebP and may be cropped for display. Each keeps its original license.

Cinnamon sticks. Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0
Frankincense resin bought in Somalia. snotch, Public domain
The incense burner at Senso-ji, Tokyo. Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0
Teramachi-dori in Kyoto, Shoyeido's home city. A scene-setting photo, not from this brand. TKdows 2026, CC0
Lumps of myrrh resin. Nesnad, CC BY 4.0
The canopy of Dryobalanops aromatica, the tree that yields borneol, in Kuala Lumpur. Patrice78500, Public domain
Seeds of Dryobalanops aromatica in Pahang, Malaysia. Farishhamka, CC0
The inner bark of Cinnamomum cassia. NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chinese Indonesian families at Kim Tek Ie temple, Jakarta, before Lunar New Year. Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0