Have you eaten your chopsticks once you’re done with meals?

“Tatami flavored” edible chopsticks are made from Japanese igusa straw from Kumamoto prefecture.

“Tatami flavored” edible chopsticks are made from Japanese igusa straw from Kumamoto prefecture.

YASHIRO, Oct. 28 ― You can eat disposable chopsticks once you’re done with meals.

Farmers in Yashiro, Kumamoto prefecture have developed their rush, called igusa, the primary material in tatami, into pairs of “tatami-flavored” edible chopsticks.

A tatami is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms.

The chopsticks are made from flour, sugar, eggs and igusa powder, which gives you a crunchy texture. A pack of five pairs of chopsticks are 1,930 yen and now available online.

The Yashiro farmers now hope to promote their locally grown rush at a time its demand for tatami rooms has been declining in Japan.

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