Saturday, January 21, 2006

Chopstick practice

Asahi: Weekend Beat: Wooden toy maker starts from scratch, carves out new niche

"Did you know that picking up beans with chopsticks is a good rehabilitation exercise?" one family member said.

"It'd be good practice for children, too," another added.

And thus "Ohashi de Dozo" (With chopsticks, please)--a game in which players pile up cylindrical wooden pieces with chopsticks--was born. The toy, which has proved popular at kindergartens and day-care facilities for the elderly, is a product of [Harumasa] Ono's firm Heiwa Co., a wooden toy maker based in Nagoya's Showa Ward.
It would also be good practice for people who don't use chopsticks daily. I wonder where I could get a copy of this game?

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