Short chopsticks for small hands these are cut with eight faces. In two tone shade, they have a light blue upper, and are finished with lacquer at their lower section. The chopsticks are 16cm long, and perhaps suitable for a primary school age child (around 5-6 years old). **About Hyozaemon** Makers of chopsticks in Obama, Fukui since 1921 Hyozaemon are one of the reasons that that town is synonymous with fine implements for eating. Chopsticks are perhaps the items in craft that come closest to the human body. Mis-bite, and you might eat them. Conscious of this, Hyozaemon use entirely natural materials in their production. There is no bleaching, no plastic. Rather wood, lacquer and beeswax. Combined with this is a spirit in handmade craft that connects maker to user. The patterns made by craftspeople incorporate traditional motifs and new ideas. One series of their work, recycles broken baseball bats, and invests part of the proceeds into sustainable forestry of the wood used to ma