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In Episode 32 when Renji is going through the story of how he and Rukia met
and became Soul Reapers, at the start when we see what his life was like in
Rukongi District 78 - Hanging Dog, the Old Man that he and his Friends steal
from had these tubes which appeared to carry liquid which seemed to spill out
when he fell onto his table.

My first guess would be these are some form of water bottle used in Feudal
Japan so i am looking for confirmation if these tube things are. if not what
are they? and do they have a basis in Japan?


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What are those Wooden Tube thing?


Yes their purpose is to store water or a different liquid. I've seen them in
other anime and manga but I cannot remember them though. In general they've
been used all around Asia. This one for example is from Borneo and it can be
seen that it is heavily decorated: [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qc2ur.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qc2ur.jpg)

Here is the
[Shop](http://borneoartifact.com/modules/product/?show=info&id=3348) were it
is available more information.

It has current day versions like these:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cnV9f.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cnV9f.jpg)

[link](http://tomocchi.hamazo.tv/e5804304.html)

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o29KF.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o29KF.jpg)

[link](http://tomocchi.hamazo.tv/e5804304.html)
[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l9j5A.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l9j5A.jpg)

[link](https://minne.com/items/3385426)

They are usually handmade, being made in the wild when hiking or camping [like
this](https://sensiblesurvival.org/2013/03/08/make-a-bamboo-canteen/).

This is all the information I could gather including some japanese websites (I
have no knowdeledge of the Japanese language). I found information only on
shopping websites and I hope it is not against the rules. I hope it is a
conclusive answer even if it has ambiguous sources.


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