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Chopsticks! The key to enjoying an authentic Asian meal, chopsticks are a wonderful complement to the table. Your friends can even use them as hair accessories or for various creative projects. If you’re on a budget, find them at Mrs. Lin’s for under $5 a pair. Choose from wooden chopsticks, plastic chopsticks, travel chopsticks, children’s chopsticks, and more. Here are a few samples from our vast collection:

• Beautiful crane chopsticks on lacquer or bamboo, for less than $5 before shipping!
• Dishwasher-safe chopsticks made from plastic or recycled paper, under $4!
• Solid-color chopsticks in a range of stunning hues, many for just over $1!

Stationary! It’s that time of year to buy a new planner, so why not get your friends or family a specially designed planner or notebook that you know they’ll use? You can’t get more affordable than this. Here’s what we currently carry for around $5.

• Chinese character planners covered with fabric designs of Chinese characters, with a ribbon bookmark.
• Pocket calendars in assorted patterns for scheduling appointments and staying organized. Too pretty to ignore!
• Many of our origami papers are also under $5. Look around at our selection and help the kids in your life get crafty this holiday season.

• Get Charmed!, with our selection of good luck items, like maneki neko figurines to bless your home or storefront, daruma to encourage determination and success, and of course, our lucky charms that are well under $10.
• Get Cooking! with convenient gifts from our Cookware section. Get sushi-lovers a wooden sushi press for under $20, or a spam sushi mold for under $10. We also carry must-have ginger graters, Chinese and Japanese kitchen gadgets, cutlery, and more, for well under $10, and even under $5.      

• Here’s an idea! Customize a package for a family you know, with matching chopsticks for mom, dad, and child, along with a chopsticks rest for each to complete the set. We also carry chopsticks gifts sets.
• Cook’s gift set. Cookbooks make a great combination with cookware! Our cookbooks cover various Asian cuisines, our Grocery items cover all those hard-to-find ingredients, and our cookware is designed to make it all happen!
• Must-have tea set. Of course, tea lovers and connoisseurs have a special appreciation for Mrs. Lin’s selection of high-quality teaware that includes yixing and tetsubin teapots. We carry a variety of Asian teasets or cups, saucers, and pots for you to mix and match your own.
• Stunning sake sets. For friends who enjoy hot or cold sake, we carry distinctive sake bottles and matching cups, available in single sets, sets for two, or sets for larger parties.

For those with slightly bigger budgets, visit our Tableware and Home Décor categories for even more bargains. Tableware can be combined in so many ways, with gorgeous Asian nesting bowls, Asian platters, saucers, condiments sets, and so much more. Combine these with incense or candles for the table or with one of our beautiful wall hangings, furoshiki, or noren items. Your friends will never forget the gesture!