A pair of chopsticks made from yew on a wooden chopstick rest

A typical Japanese meal: chopsticks on a chopstick rest at the front side of the dishes pointing the left

A chopstick rest (箸置き, hashioki^?) is tableware similar to a spoon rest, used to keep chopsticks away from the table and also to prevent used chopsticks from contaminating or rolling off tables. They are made in various shapes from clay, wood, glass, or precious stone such as jade. Some people prepare them from bags of half-split disposable chopsticks in origami manner.^[1] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3456x2304, 1975 KB) Summary イチイで作られた箸 俺が今日撮影した Chop sticks material: yew tree Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Chopsticks ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3456x2304, 1975 KB) Summary イチイで作られた箸 俺が今日撮影した Chop sticks material: yew tree Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Chopsticks ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3075x2050, 2528 KB) ファイルの概要 日本人の伝統的なメシ ご飯の上に梅干。日の丸ご飯 俺が今日撮影した。 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Japan Japanese cuisine ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3075x2050, 2528 KB) ファイルの概要 日本人の伝統的なメシ ご飯の上に梅干。日の丸ご飯 俺が今日撮影した。 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Japan Japanese cuisine ... A spoon rest is a piece of kitchenware that serves as a place to lay spoons and other cooking utensils, to prevent cooking fluids from getting onto countertops. ... Chopsticks are a pair of small even-length tapered sticks, which originated in China, and are the traditional eating utensils of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. ... A selection of antique, hand-crafted Chinese jade (jadeite) buttons Unworked Jade Jade is used as an ornamental stone, the term jade is applied to two different rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals. ... This article is about paper folding. ...

In Japan, chopstick rests are usually used at formal dinners and placed on the front-left side of the dishes. The chopsticks are placed parallel to the table edge with the points toward the left.

References

1. ^ (Japanese) a video of folding a chopstick rest from a bag

See also

• Chopsticks
• Spoon rest

Chopsticks are a pair of small even-length tapered sticks, which originated in China, and are the traditional eating utensils of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. ... A spoon rest is a piece of kitchenware that serves as a place to lay spoons and other cooking utensils, to prevent cooking fluids from getting onto countertops. ...

External galleries

• Chopstick rest stock photos and images, Fotosearch
• Erick's Chopstick Rests (Hashi Oki) Page
• Jen's Chopstick Rests Gallery
• Jurek Zarzycki's Chopstick Rests collection
• Chopstick rests, Asian Art Mall
• Chopstick Rest, Mrs. Lin's Kitchen