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10 Things You Shouldn’t Do with Chopsticks in Japan

Chopsticks. No idea where I learned how to use them, but somehow I have become quite adept at manipulating these little sticks. I was once asked to eat in front of an entire kindergarten classroom filled with children, so they could watch how I did it. “See, if he can do it this well, so can you!” was essentially how the lesson went. Mortifying, really, but at least it was in the service of children?

Anyway, on your journey …

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