Having a meal is very important for us, isn’t it?

What utensils do you normally use? Knives and forks? Chopsticks or hands?

I know that they vary from a country or region to another.

Today, let me tell y

ou what not to do with chopsticks in Japan.

1. Tatebashi/Hotokebashi: This means sticking chopsticks straight up into bowls.
2.                                        Please avoid this as this is done at a funeral.

2. 
   Hashiwatashi/Hiroibashi: Passing food items from one set of chopsticks to another.
3.                                         Avoid this as this is done when passing a person’s bones after cremation.

3. Yosebashi: Pulling dishes closer to you using chopsticks.
4.                   This can cause bowls to fall　off from a table and break. It also looks disgraceful.

There are a few more chopsticks faux pas. Let’s be careful when eating with chopsticks in Japan.

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