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Japanese Manners Made Easy. Kotaku’s Opinions For The Week July 05, ... Often foreigners in Japan are complimented on how they use chopsticks. Many, however, are not actually using them properly.
Dear Miss Manners: When I went to dinner with my parents at a fine-dining restaurant serving Japanese cuisine, we ate our appetizers and entrees with chopsticks. For dessert we ordered a warm ...
Chopsticks are a mainstay of dinner tables in Japan and throughout Asia. Japanese people have been using them since they were small children—that doesn't mean, however, that they've been using ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I love Chinese food, but have never been able to master eating it with chopsticks. Whereas others seem to do it with great ease, I fumble and futz and finally resort to using a ...
When you’re not using them, move the chopsticks to their holder, and try not to fuss with the table setting. “Do not use your ...
When you stick your chopsticks upright into food any other time, it’s considered unlucky, and you may even invite a random hungry spirit to your dinner table! Don’t stab your food with a chopstick ...