The answer to the disposable chopsticks problem is now at hand. And it always has been. We should all just eat with our fingers.
And I knew disposable chopsticks were a problem the minute I laid eyes on them, which was at lunch on my very first day in Japan.
I didn't know they broke in two and therefore used a double set. The waitress rushed to my aid and taught me how to crack them apart.
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