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Chopsticks

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17 October 2011, 8:16 pm | Japan・Japanese, Photographs | 2 comments

2 comments to Chopsticks

  • SaffronSaris
    October 20th, 2011 at 6:48 am

    The chopsticks in your photo reminds me of the Wand shop in Harry Potter, especially with your accompanying caption.
    Did you know that the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans eat with chopsticks but use different types of chopsticks?
    The Japanese chopsticks are longer, slimmer and tapered at the eating end while the chinese chopsticks tend to be more rectangularish in shape. Koreans tend to eat with metal chopsticks.

  • Darren
    October 20th, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    Are you sure Japanese chopsticks aren’t shorter than Chinese chopsticks? I hadn’t really thought about the rectangular shape of Chinese chopsticks that now that you mention it…