In Japan, Splintered Baseball Bats Are Turned Into Chopsticks

(via Mental Floss) In Japan, a broken bowl or mug isn’t necessarily destined for the nearest trash bin. Through the art of kintsugi, the shards are glued back together with a gold seal that calls attention to the cracks . In a similar vein, many splintered baseball bats are also given a new lease on life in Japan – often turned into kattobashi: “a mash-up of the Japanese word for chopsticks and a baseball chant that translates as ‘get a big hit.'”