Stickpecker by MicroWorks

Feeling peck-ish?

In Japan, there is apparently a silent movement towards the use of one’s own chopsticks in public eateries. In today’s environmentally conscious world, disposable wooden chopsticks are increasingly seen as a waste of resources.

If there is one thing that most Japanese miss about the wooden disposable chopsticks, it’s the satisfying feel when they pull them apart. This ritual also happens to signify the starting of any meal.

Rituality to Japan is what breathing is to the normal human being; rituality defines Japan and the Japanese.

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