PICTURES: Thousands of used disposable chopsticks put to use to make a Canoe
Shuhei Ogawara from Koriyama, a former city employee created a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe from thousands of used disposable chopsticks recovered from the city hall cafeteria.
"An experienced canoe builder, Ogawara spent over 3 months gluing 7,382 chopsticks together into strips to form the canoe shell, to which he added a polyester resin coat. The canoe weighs about 30 kilograms (66 lbs), which is a bit heavier than an ordinary cedar canoe, but Ogawara is confident it will float."
