On Aug 2, 9:52*am, George > wrote:
>
> Maybe something got lost in the translation? I have been to Japan
> numerous times and it not uncommon and not considered bad form to eat
> sushi with your fingers. I think her comment might be more in the
> direction of if you are not skilled with hashi then you can make a real
> mess trying to eat sushi with them

I can see it getting ugly when using your fingers, too. Suppose you
bite a piece in half, do an incomplete job of it, and end up having to
go through additional adjustments to separate the piece that's in your
mouth from what's in your fingers. Could get messy and more
unattractive than the equivalent situation when using chopsticks. -
aem