The Japanese first used chopsticks in the Kofun (Tumulus) period (third to seventh century A.D.), although early Japanese nobles continued the Chinese custom of eating with spoons, and chopsticks only became popular with the collapse of the feudal aristocracy.
至於日本，在古墳時代（西元三至七世紀）開始用筷，不過早期日本貴族承襲中國風氣較喜愛用匙吃飯，貴族社會崩解後，筷子才流行起來。