{"id":11678,"date":"2019-03-13T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/?p=11678"},"modified":"2019-03-13T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T16:00:32","slug":"12-things-you-should-never-do-with-chopsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/travel-talk\/12-things-you-should-never-do-with-chopsticks\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Things You Should NEVER Do With Chopsticks"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Japan and other East Asian countries, people use chopsticks when eating different kinds of food. For many foreigners visiting Japan, this can be very challenging as it takes a bit of practice to learn how to properly hold the two sticks together to be able to successfully pick up food pieces of varying sizes, shapes, weights, and textures. Learning the important chopsticks etiquette is necessary too to not appear rude or impolite to others. The following are some examples:<\/p>\n
\n
\n
NEVER stick your chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
In Japanese culture, sticking your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice is not a good thing because it is similar to an old religious practice done for the dead. In Shinto and Buddhism, the surviving family members and loved ones of the departed prepare bowls of rice that way as offerings. If you are not using your chopsticks, simply put the two sticks parallel to each other over your bowl or in the chopsticks holder.<\/p>\n