Japanese Table Place Utensils


 Chopsticks, Rest & Spoon These pictured are the traditional Japanese table place utensils. As you can see, Japanese chopsticks are much thinner and shorter than Chinese examples. This makes it imperative their rice is fairly sticky. There should also be a Chopstick Rest at each table place. The spoon normally used is of the Chinese pattern, and the one shown is actually Chinese, but they probably use some Chinese ones in Japan as well. Japanese ones are probably more expensive.

Older folks in Japan express dismay that the young are unable to use chopsticks with any skill, and that the Western Fork has become quite common among them, as well as even the Spork.

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