If you want to really fit in while eating sushi, you will need to get a pair of hashi (chopsticks) to practice with. I remember watching children two or three years old using chopsticks and wondering why my hands could not do the same thing! I picked it up pretty quick though with some practice (I practiced because I couldn't find a fork!).
There are many designs of chopsticks and they can range from about a dollar to fifty dollars for a set.
Here is the correct way to use chopsticks:
It's a scam...
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Pretty funny even if the translation isn't quite right.
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