Wakasa Lacquerware Chopsticks with Chopstick Rest - Garden Cherry / 若狭塗箸 桜 ギフトセット HY-G39 ◾ Patterns

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It is convenient for serving nine kinds of small dishes or nine cups of sake

One soba choko cup in a packaging box

making it ideal for highballs

Wakasa Lacquerware Chopsticks with Chopstick Rest - Garden Cherry / 若狭塗箸 桜 ギフトセット HY-G39 ◾ PatternsThe sakura motif in these chopsticks isn't painted on it's part of the Wakasa lacquerware process itself, built up in layers of shell and lacquer and then hand polished until the blossoms emerge from the surface with a depth you don't get from decoration alone. It's a technique that's been practised in the Obama region of Fukui for centuries, and the result feels considered rather than decorative. The natural timber box and wooden rests make the whole