The Fourth Day of Kitsune – the Brief History and Use of Chopsticks

Today we will learn an important aspect of polite society — chopsticks! Or, as they are known in Japanese, hashi. Japan borrowed chopsticks, like so many things, from China, but like so many borrowed things, they modified them. Chinese chopsticks tend to be longer, because historically the Chinese ate from a shared bowl, while Japanese [...]

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