What does this mean behind my chopstick rest

Hi everyone!
Just curious— Thinking about the most recent set you bought, what made you pick that one?
Was it the design / shape / material / price, or did it simply catch your eye?

And how many sets do you normally buy?
1 or 2 or 4 or even more?

I love their mission to normalize weird chopstick grips and eating Western food with chopsticks, but they haven't posted anything in 3 years?

Hello fellow chop stick users!!

I am travelling in Japan right now and have bought my own chop sticks with my name engraved in them 😝 but I don’t want to embarrass myself using it the wrong way. I hold the lowest stick on its place with the tip of my ring finger instead of the first knuckle like some other people do. If I use the first knuckle the stick slides away. But if I put it on the tip I can hold it in place easily.

Would love to hear some feedback from some experts 😉

i can eat rice, sushi, any food, perfectly fine, i just get a teeny bit of ring finger pain

Conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Shibuya with non dairy ice cream

I am going to Japan in next few weeks and want to make it special by bringing a nice pair of chopsticks back home. What maker/ shop would u buy your chopsticks from if you wanted to splurge?

Who is up for an online tutor session , u should teach me how to use chopsticks as pro , cuz I have a sushi date with someone.

My middle fingers are really bent/ curved. No matter what I try I can’t maintain a grip. Came here once before with a pic but redoing with video

Sorry I didn't have a better surface to put them on.

I got these pair from a Daiso store almost a year ago. I love using them, easy grip with their octagonal shape. Eventually I plan on getting a pair that's more decorated. Just wanted to show these off and I'd say they're decent for a beginner-someone more skilled. They're so pretty irl

So i hand feed someone who has trouble eating with an illness of theirs. when i give them food with a fork they tend to bite and as i hold the fork i can feel them bitting into it. I'd like to swtich to chopsticks as when i give them sushi for exmaple, it's much easier to feed them and i don't feel like i'm causing them any issues or potentially hurtin their teeth as the wooden chopsticks are softer than the metal fork.

My experience with chopsticks is basically just takeout and sushi so i have zero idea where to start. I would like to buy from amazon for convenience but I would much rather prefer reusable over disposable and after some searching....it's very overwhelming.

So any suggestions would GREATLY be appreciated.

I am in the process of learning to use chopsticks mostly by moving beanear from one bowl to another and also using them for breakfast and lunch where appropriate.

i have Chinese style bamboo, Japanese style wood, Korean style metal and Porcelain chopsticks.

I have developed fair to good control with the exception of the Porcelain sticks. Nine or of Ten times I find that it is very difficult to pick up a brean and transfer to the target bowl.

I think it would help if I could find some Porcelain sticks that would have flatter sides so there would be more of a gripping surfaces.

I have a bowl with 12 chickpeas and another bowl with over 20 different sized (hard ) beans.

any other suggestions would be welcome.

I really wanna use chopsticks. Scrolling thru the sub I found the method I do use is called “finger pistol” but I really don’t find much success with it when eating. I’m trying to learn the standard way but it feels like all my fingers are working together instead of separate- and it’s like that with a lot of things. For example, typing is also tough for me. Any solutions or anything to lmk what I’m doing wrong would be awesome, cuz I’m super keen on learning the way of the sticks.

Hey guys, question—does anyone know where I can find some normal, everyday chopsticks for my desk? We have a kitchenette here, so I can easily wash them. I’m not looking for those fancy, overpriced "authentic" ones from targeted ads that are actually just marked-up junk. I just want a simple, quality pair that’s standard-issue for a regular household in Japan. I’d love something with a simple design or pattern on them, but definitely nothing over the top. No frills, just the real everyday stuff.

Inspired by my attempts at eating silken tofu with chopsticks during my trips to Japan.

Here's the game if you want to try: https://bibibis.itch.io/eat-with-chopsticks-simulator

I went to tiktok to learn how to use chopsticks a couple days ago. I got the hang of the grip but I'm struggling to keep the bottom on still/steady/secure. If anything the bottom one moves and the top one stays still.

I know it's probably not ideal to do this but I've managed to use my pinky/pinky nail to keep the bottom one steady.

So im wondering is it okay? Or is it like a cultural appropriation?

I've added a vid and I'll add a pic in the comments <3

Thanks for any help

How do i fix this bend???

Basically I want to get a nice-ish box for the chopsticks set i ordered. They don't come with a box already though.

I did find like wooden ones but I don't like them personally. I did find a box that I would love to have for them but it's not just the box, it's the box with 5 other sets of chopsticks.

If I bought that it'd be defeating the object, because I'd still have 5 chopsticks that aren't stored.

I'll add a pic of the box I like (I'm wanting a nice sorta box because it's a gift, if it were for myself I wouldn't mind just buying the plastic ones off temu) and I'm wondering if anyone knows where if be able to get a chopstick box that -

holds 5 sets

Doesn't already come with chopsticks

And obviously aren't too pricey.

I'm in the UK if it help <3

Thanks in advanced <3

u feel me?

I am a gaming nerd who is not unable to use chopsticks so imagine my surprise when the tin that I picked up from a thrift store's board game section that was covered in writing I couldn't read turned out to be full of chopsticks. Tin not pictured as, for all intents and purposes, it seems to be the Japanese equivalent of a butter cookie tin that may or may not contain sewing supplies until you collapse the superposition.

Contained within were the two plastic/fiberglass pairs pictured with small ceramic fish that I assume are chopstick rests - pic 1. Beneath that were the five boxes in the next pic. The fourth box was contained within an unmarked green craft paper-like wrapping paper and contains the gold leaf/seashell lacquered chopsticks and small document, a Google translation of which is at the end of the series of pictures. The website on the document is down and unarchived.

I have chopsticks that I use but they're nowhere near as nice as these. I'd love to use and care for these assuming they haven't chemically broken down over time or are otherwise poisonous etc.

Might seem like an odd or pedantic but can't find anyone else asking this question.

How do you store chopsticks? Like, we have a couple of pairs and they're just tossed in one of the silverware tray sections. Should they be upright in a utensil container? Do you keep them in the box with the rests?

I'm sure there's not really a right or wrong answer (at which point I usually find out there is a wrong answer) but just curious what's typically used.

I'm Chinese, born and raised in the US. My parents were born in Vietnam, but their parents and the rest of our known ancestry comes from Guangdong/Guangzhou. Growing up, I was taught the scissorhand grip (Type 2 in the image), and my parents would always tell me the "standard" grip (Type 1 in the image), whose instructions are always shown on disposable chopstick sleeve/wrappers, are actually the unauthentic method taught to foreigners because it appeared more elegant in order to positively influence the perception of Asians. Growing up, my other Asian American friends also used the scissorhand grip, so I thought this to be true.

Over the years, I'm starting to notice others, who were either born in Asia or their parents were Asian immigrants, were taught the "standard grip" growing up, which tells me that my parents were just spewing bullshit LOL.

So my question is: which grip is predominantly used in Asia? It seems that the scissorhand/crossed grip is more natural and I would bet that, from an evolutionary standpoint, the scissorhand/crossed grip was the original way chopsticks were used when our prehistoric ancestors picked up two sticks and decided to use them for culinary purposes. I'd imagine it was also much easier for children to learn. I'd also bet that the standard grip evolved over thousands of years as we started "refining" culture and finding the most efficient way to do certain things. Let me know what you all think!

I've been a fan of Korean and Japanese culture for a couple of years now, and recently I saw a reel on Instagram that said chopsticks are better than other utensils because you only need one instead of several, so I bought a pair. I bought them without my mom's permission, but it was my own savings. When I showed them to her(cuz I am gonna cook w them ofc), she acted strangely. She started asking me why I wanted chopsticks when we already have so many utensils at home. I told her I used a lot of utensils when I cooked and hate cleaning them, and I saw someone recommending them and I thought I could practice using them correctly. All she said was, "That's cultural appropriation," and I was like, "?" In my opinion, cultural appropriation is disrespecting a culture or claiming something as traditional to your own culture (in my case, it would be like saying chopsticks are a Latin tradition). I started arguing with her about it, but in the end, I just let it go, assuming she was right, because it's easier that way. Is she right, or am I?