Kids and Chopsticks

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2. Yakitori and sushi restaurants are about the only places you won’t find forks. There is a big chance most other eating establishments where chopsticks are the norm will have forks and spoons available upon request, especially if they offer desserts.

3. You can eat sushi with your hands

4. Young kids learning to use chopsticks often use [training ones like these.](https://a.co/d/fOGNAmc) You can buy them and cute kids silverware sets you can bring in your bag at any 100 Yen shop in Japan.

5. If you have an Asian supermarket near you they should have kids chopsticks. They are like training chopsticks. Or search for them on Amazon. There are bonus points to having good chopstick form

6. I’ve seen people make a set of training chopsticks using the wrapper from the chopsticks and a rubber band. Though I’m not sure how to do it myself. If you plan on carrying the training chopsticks with you, you could also just carry kid’s flatware with you, if they can’t get the hang of chopsticks.

7. >Should we start training at home now?

   Why wouldn’t you? It’s a very useful life skill.

   They could get by without using chopsticks in Japan, but I’d think this is a great opportunity for them to expand their (life) skill set.

8. We’re in the same boat! Was thinking of bringing a ‘spork’ as a backup and some training chopsticks, in case restaurants don’t have alternatives. I might use the training chopsticks myself 😄!

9. Get training chopsticks, they sell them on Amazon. My 3 year old loves to use his. You can also bring them with you. Or bring travel cutlery if you think it will be an issue

10. I’m not sure how old your children are, but it’s a great life skill to learn that can be taught at a young age. As children my parents got us to learn to use chopsticks with M&Ms, as we got to eat the chocolate we picked up!