In Japan, people bring the bowl and other eating utensils closer to their mouth, however, holding eating utensils is often considered to be bad from the point of view of manners in Asia and Europe.
日本では、椀などを口元に運ぶが、日本を除くアジアやヨーロッパ地域の主要なマナー上では、食器を手に持つことこそを無作法とすることが多い。