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Can You?

One thing I find endearing about average Japanese people (not the exceptional ones who read this blog!) is their ability to ask the exact same questions.Can you use chopsticks?I find this one rather funny as I have been using chopsticks on a regular basis... ...full story at Mottekaero

from Mottekaero on Wed, Sep 17 2008

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12 Sep 08 visit The shop of Chopsticks  »  YouTube videoI walked around Tokyo Ginza town. and found the shop of chopsticks. There are manymanymanymanymany designs of chopsticks!
26 Jul 08 visit Chopsticks NY  »  Japan Visitor Chopsticks New York is a free monthly magazine in NY tri-state area, featuring Japanese culture in NY along with over 800 listings of Japanese and Asian restaurants, grocery & liquor stores, beauty spas, healthcare providers, and cultural schools.In...
10 Oct 08 visit Beauty: New Designs For Chopsticks  »  TreeHugger Increasingly, we notice that people all over the world nurture a deep wish to live simply, beautifully. A case in point is how we eat. Traditionally, here in Japan, people eat with wooden chopsticks. The trend in the past few years is to design beautiful...
16 Jul 08 visit How to use Chopsticks  »  Mottekaero Here's one of my favourite video guides, how to use Chopsticks.
08 Nov 07 visit We Can't Make This Stuff Up Dept.: The Chopstick Bra  »  TreeHugger Lingerie-maker Triumph International Japan has just unveiled the "My Chopsticks Bra" in Tokyo to promote the use of reusable chopsticks. That's right, you can enhance your cleavage and save the planet at the same time. The not-for-sale concept bra,...
11 Sep 07 visit Japanese etiquette: Did you know...  »  Tokyo Yokohama Did you know:- after removing your shoes in a Japanese home you have to turn them around so that they face the door?- that moving plates and bowls by chopsticks, sticking them into your food, or waving them around is considered bad manners?- the most...

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