Chopstick rest

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 to 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. Chopstick rests are found more commonly in restaurants than in houses. They are made in various shapes from clay, wood, glass,porcelain or precious stones such as jade. Some people prepare them in an origami manner from the bags in which disposable chopsticks come.^[1][2]

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.

[edit] References

1. ^ (Japanese) a video of folding a chopstick rest from a bag
2. ^ (Japanese) "箸袋で作る箸置き" (How to fold a chopstick rest from a bag?)

[edit] See also

• Chopsticks
• Spoon rest

[edit] External galleries

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Chopsticks

• 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
• Chopstick Rest Collection, A collection of hashiokis