By HARUFUMI MORI/ Staff Writer
February 15, 2022 at 18:40 JST
Hashitou Honten, a shop that sells chopsticks in Tokyo’s Taito Ward, displays its wares Feb. 9. It offers a wide range of disposable utensils, both domestic and foreign, as well as luxurious ones and those for household use. (Harufumi Mori)
Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets. [Read More]
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