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The culture of utensils used during the meal in the world can be categorized to three styles.

Some nations use a knife, spoon and fork at the table, others may use their own hands to eat, and lastly there is a group who use chopsticks. Like countries China, Korea, and Vietnam, whose main staple is rice, Japan's epicurean culture is also based on chopsticks. Japan is the only country that uses chopsticks as the sole tool for eating, while other country uses spoon in combination with chopsticks.