Eriyo Watanabe  Master of Incense

・Grand Master of the Renshin School of Incense

・Director of Incense Research Institute (IRI)

・Specially Appointed Professor, Nihon Pharmaceutical University

Eriyo Watanabe is a Master of Incense whose work is dedicated to cultivating inner peace and world harmony through Koh-do: Japanese Incense Ceremony.  She is the founder of the Lotus Peace Project and the creator of Juku-koh™, an original form of Fermented Incense developed through bespoke incense creation.  Rooted in deep reverence for rare aromatic materials such as Kyara, her work represents a regenerative approach to incense-making—one that gives new life to sacred materials through ritual, continuity, and living tradition. 

She holds a Master’s Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy and Holistic Health from Lesley University in the United States, and studied art history at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.  Having lived in major cultural capitals including London, Paris, Hong Kong, New York, and Boston for over a decade, and having traveled to more than fifty countries worldwide, she brings a deeply global perspective to her incense research, teaching, and cultural practice.