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Two Sticks, Four Hundred Years: The Making of Japanese Chopsticks Japan is the only chopstick culture that made the tool personal, tapered it to a point, and then built an entire industry around throwing it away. A small town on the Sea of Japan produces most of the country's lacquered pairs. A different tradition i...

Japanese chopstick etiquette (hashi) is a system of unspoken rules rooted in culture and ritual, emphasizing respect for the meal, the host, and companions.