Kurobara

Founded in 1923 by Naojiro Takizawa, Kurobara Honpo is a Japanese brand with over 100 years of history specializing in natural camellia oil (tsubaki) products for hair, skin, and cutlery maintenance. Based in Tokyo, the company has built its reputation on using natural ingredients and a traditional, high-purity "raw squeezing"

Kurobara Honpo began as a small apothecary selling refined camellia oil for hair care in early twentieth-century Japan. The brand name “Kurobara” (“Black Rose”) reflects a pursuit of understated elegance and purity. Its long-standing ethos emphasizes minimal additives, plant-based extraction, and harmony with traditional beauty culture.