📌 Basic Etiquette in Japan 🇯🇵👇🏼 Sticking your chopsticks vertically in a bowl of rice is taboo ❌ Called tsukitate-bashi (突き立て箸), this reminds Japanese people of funerals, where a bowl of rice is left with two chopsticks standing vertically in the center. It’s also believed to bring bad luck! If you’re taking a break or are finished with your food and you don’t know where to put your chopsticks, put them on a chopstick rest: More chopstick etiquette 🥢: - Don’t rub your choptsticks together