"Gerry" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >, Dan Logcher
> > wrote:
>
> > Mekare wrote:
> >
> > > Someone recently asked for a good place to buy chopsticks. I just
> > > wanted to say I recently had a very good experience with
> > > EverythingChopsticks.com ( http://www.everythingchopsticks.com/ ).
> > > I ended up speaking with them over the phone, and they were very
> > > friendly and professional. Just my 2 cents!
> >
> > None of the chopsticks on the site, especially the Japanese ones, had
> > the rough area near the tip. My brother-in-law bought us two sets of
> > Japanese chopsticks during a trip that have this, and it makes
> > picking up the slippery stuff a lot easier.
> >
> > They are veyr nice looking though.. but I have several sets of Thai
> > chopsticks made of different blends of laminated hardwood.
>
> One of those amazing surprises: We bumped into a chopstick store in the
> neightborhood of Kobe named Motomachi where we probably spent 45
> minues. Hundreds of pairs of chopsticks on the wall, each beautiful,
> different, curious, fascinating. On the front (as illustrated below),
> though I can't read the kanji of the store's name, it says it's been
> operating for 1,100+ years; since 894!
>

The name of the store on the ground floor is KOBEYA.
The upstairs is a Chinese restaurant that advertises
"Chinese Cuisine", "Sechuan style" and "Peking style".