Compact and comfortable to carry, olive wood ballpoint pen. Whether it's a business scene or a letter to a loved one, you can face the letters more carefully than usual. The point is the feeling of constriction that fits in the hand. ◆ About Olive Wood Palestine is the birthplace of olives, and their cultivation is so old that it dates back to BC (some trees are thousands of years old). When you drive, you will see a masterpiece of olive groves on both the right and left. Every autumn there is a harvest of olives, after which pruning is carried out in consideration of the health of the tree. Pruned branches and trunks are passed on to woodmakers → woodworks. It will be reborn as a unique craft and daily necessities that does not have the same grain. ◆ About the creator "Holy Land Handicrafts Cooperatives Society" We connected with this company, which is the oldest member organization of the World Fair Trade Federation (WFTO) in the Middle East, through a local person who contacted us and said, "We are looking for a fair trade organization," and the collaboration began. Olive woodworking is one of the traditional industries in the region. When you visit the workshop, you will see that the products are created one by one in the scent of olive wood. The office where the people of the workshop come and go is lively and conversations about work, and the organizers, Amira and Basma, deliver the finished products to Japan. What is the situation in Palestine? I don't think there are many people who are familiar with Palestine and what kind of life and problems they have. I, Takahashi, the representative of the chopsticks, met the local people through a homestay. Until then, I had a strong image of conflict, and I couldn't imagine life at all. I think that if you read the stay report, you will feel more like traveling. （https://note.com/kakehashi_pale/m/m70c26db08307) Palestine has a strong sense of Osaka, and at worst it is nosy, and at best it is a place where even foreigners are accepted. The scenery and food are full of history, and the locals are proud of the local culture. At the end of the 19th century, in this area, where various religions coexisted side by side, there was a movement to create a "country made up of only one ethnic group". Coming from the West, Palestine came under occupation, and life continued even though freedom was not available. I visited such a place and wanted to live in a world where people, culture, and nature are valued as a matter of course, and I wanted to work with these people by multiplication, so I launched Kakekeke.