Chopsticks culture and history
How to use chopsticks

"Practice" is an optimized expression of respect and affection for things.
Even in the act of using chopsticks, we have cultivated the aesthetic sense and etiquette peculiar to Japanese people in its long history.
Why don't you review the chopsticks method again while keeping "the ability to think about why you should do it" and "the heart to cherish".

How to take chopsticks for beauty (three hands)

  • 1

    Take chopsticks with your right hand

  • 2

    Receive chopsticks with your left hand

  • 3

    Change to the correct way of holding with your right hand

  • Four

    This is the correct way to hold

Correct way to hold and move chopsticks

Correct use of chopsticks

Basically, use a chopstick tip 1.5 to 3 cm and eat it without getting too dirty.
It has long been said that "the tip of chopsticks is five minutes long and one inch long".
* "Five minutes" = half the length of one inch. About 1.5 cm
* "One inch" = one tenth of one shaku. About 3 cm.
This is a guideline for the times when people used to eat food little by little with their mouths, so it is now considered good to use chopsticks up to about 4 cm.

How to choose chopsticks

"Men's size / Women's size" found in chopsticks and bowls. This is a fixed size created in the Edo period, and is based on the height and average hand size of men and women at that time.
However, it is no longer possible to say that the body shape ratio of men and women is uniform, so it is important to choose chopsticks that match the size of your hand.
Only with the right size chopsticks can you learn how to use the right chopsticks.

● The size of chopsticks that fits your hand is "one and a half"
Chopsticks that fit the size of the user's hand are the easiest to hold, and the balance of appearance is also beautiful.
The length of chopsticks that fits in your hand is "one and a half".
The length of the thumb and forefinger spread at right angles is "one stroke". 1.5 times as much as one stroke is "one and a half strokes".

As a guide ...

  • foot size
  • 15% of height
* There are individual differences in usability. Based on your size, try to find chopsticks with a length and thickness that are easy to use.

Chopsticks that your child has

In particular, chopsticks that are too large for a child's small hand will not be able to wear the correct chopsticks.
We recommend that you change your chopsticks as your hands grow, just as you would buy new shoes.
Chopstick size height age
13cm 100 cm or less ~ 2 years old
14.5cm 100-110 cm 3-4 years old
16cm 110-120 cm 5-6 years old
18cm 120-130 cm 7-9 years old
Chopsticks function
For "tools" such as knives, forks, and spoons, each of which has only a single function of cutting, stabbing, and scooping, chopsticks are "pinch, pinch, and hold" with a pair of "one set". It is an "organ" that has performed 12 functions such as scooping, tearing, placing, peeling, loosening, wrapping, cutting, carrying, and mixing. I don't like the use of my chopsticks by others because the ethnicity that chopsticks are regarded as a second organ that works more than fingertips and hands is still inherited.
12 functions of chopsticks
  • Pinch
  • Sandwich
  • Hold down
  • Scoop
  • Tear
  • Put on
  • Peel off
  • Loosen
  • Wrap
  • Cut
  • bring
  • mix

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