Rules for Meal
HASHI

In Japan, you will have many opportunities to use chopsticks.Here, we will explain the minimum rules to observe in order to enjoy a delicious meal.\n\nThere are some actions that are prohibited in chopstick etiquette.Here are a few examples.\n\n1) Sashibashi\nThis refers to impaling the food on your chopstick and eating it.\n2) Hashiwatashi\nThis refers to passing food from person to person using chopsticks.After a person dies and is cremated, their bones are passed between people in this fashion, so passing food in that manner is considered unlucky.\n3) Mayoibashi\nThis refers to hovering your chopsticks over various dishes, trying to decide which to eat.\n4) Kuwaebashi\nThis refers to putting the chopsticks in your mouth and holding them there so you can use your hands.

In Hollywood movies, there are scenes where people can catch flies with chopsticks. Some people may think that Japanese people can do this, but that is only those of the most advanced level.To compare it with swordplay, this would be at the level of Miyamoto Musashi.In Japan, people are said to be good at using chopsticks when they can eat fish leaving only the bones behind and neatly eating all of the fish.Why don't you try to get good at eating fish with chopsticks before you go trying to catch flies?