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03-16-2010, 08:19 AM

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I have been trying to learn how to use chopsticks I even had my Japanese exchange student try to teach me my ......I am not coordinated enough or fingers just are not meant to hold chopsticks to eat. My question is will they give you a fork to eat with in Japan when eating Japanese food? I am running out of time to practise eating with chopsticks.... I will be sure to have a mess if I try. Is this frowned upon?
I only learnt to use chopsticks just weeks before I left for Japan. I don't use the convential way and my brother has a really odd way of using them which raised some eyebrows with the people we met but ment that he could eat. Just keep at it, teach yourself and I'm sure you'll get it soon.


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Japan 2008: Memoires of a Gaijin A.K.A. A Journey Through the Land of the Rising Sun
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