7 strange japanese inventions
November 11, 2007chindōgu is the japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. here is a list of seven of my most favorite.
360 degree panoramic camera
cockroach swatter slippers
toilet paper/ tissue dispenser
portable office tie
10-in-1 gardening tool
hair noodle protector
a hands-free umbrella
Tags: inventions, japanese, list, strange
November 11, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Amazingly hilarious! I loved the extend-able slippers!
Kill ‘em roaches!
November 11, 2007 at 7:47 pm
WOAHHH!HH!h1h1h1h11
November 12, 2007 at 1:17 am
ROFL! the gardening tool cracks me up! its like a swiss knife, only much bigger.
November 12, 2007 at 1:19 am
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November 12, 2007 at 1:36 am
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November 12, 2007 at 1:36 am
Thats wild
November 12, 2007 at 1:45 am
uhh… we already have hands-free umbrellas in the form of little umbrella hats. Silly Japanese
November 12, 2007 at 1:53 am
Hey, every action has an equal an opposite reaction. Think of all the cool things they’ve come up with . . . these products are the “opposite reaction.”
November 12, 2007 at 1:57 am
Katamari Damacy isn’t on the list?
November 12, 2007 at 2:01 am
Those aren’t even the best ones from that ten year old book.
November 12, 2007 at 2:13 am
it seems the solution to a lot of problems in japan is to “mount things to your head”
November 12, 2007 at 2:21 am
You know, these were taken from a book called “101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions” By Kenji Murakami. (don’t worry it’s in english)
There are 94 more of these in the book… these aren’t even the best ones.
November 12, 2007 at 2:35 am
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November 12, 2007 at 2:39 am
these things are so tired. you’d have to be a high-belted plumbing salesman from Iowa to chuckle at any of them.
November 12, 2007 at 2:59 am
Good show!
November 12, 2007 at 3:39 am
Actually, these were made as jokes specifically for the book “101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions.” so these are all fake, technically.
November 12, 2007 at 4:09 am
cool
hands-free umbrella makes me laugh
November 12, 2007 at 4:14 am
This is plagiarism, pure and simple. These photos were stolen from a Japanese book that was published over 10 years ago. I have informed the publisher…
November 12, 2007 at 4:16 am
Those were definately some good crazy ideas. I think my favorite all was the portable office tie. I thought that was actually a good idea for these on the go business people. Its a guarantee that they wont loose their wallet. However the 5 in one garden tool was not as great of on idea as the tie. Too bolky
November 12, 2007 at 5:50 am
Wow amazing! So creative!!!
November 12, 2007 at 5:59 am
I was in Japan recently and say a variant of the last one. An attachment on bicycle handlebars for an umbrella, but being used as a parasol to keep out of the sun.
November 12, 2007 at 6:09 am
photoshop
November 12, 2007 at 6:36 am
you have to hnad it to japanese …
the japs are so sophisticated and tech savvy in their own way …
hehe …
November 12, 2007 at 7:08 am
interesting 555
November 12, 2007 at 7:51 am
What strange inventions! Even if they’re fake, they’re still hilarious. =)
November 12, 2007 at 8:32 am
I’m gonna tape an umbrella on my head today!!
November 12, 2007 at 9:34 am
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November 12, 2007 at 10:28 am
ewancoo:
uhm, that’s why it’s funny.
November 12, 2007 at 11:54 am
Japanese are so creative mind people…. Congrats!!!
November 12, 2007 at 12:22 pm
it’s hillarious, but i like the idea
November 12, 2007 at 1:05 pm
japanese are very smart people. my laptop and car is from japan… everything is from japan nowadays..
November 12, 2007 at 3:13 pm
No wonder Japaneese people invent the most things. They probably got 1 billion inventions coming out yearly and 1% change the face of the world
November 12, 2007 at 3:17 pm
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November 12, 2007 at 3:17 pm
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November 12, 2007 at 3:40 pm
nice pic more pliss
November 12, 2007 at 4:15 pm
wat more can i say.. the pictures speak a thousand words. keep going japan..
November 12, 2007 at 4:55 pm
that noodle protector is genius. “Little weed!”
November 12, 2007 at 5:03 pm
They are so cool! They are funny and, actually pretty practical. If they didn’t look so ridiculous…
November 12, 2007 at 5:55 pm
I like the tie idea although your neck would get tired
November 12, 2007 at 6:01 pm
you forgot bukakke!
November 12, 2007 at 6:27 pm
These are great! Love ‘em all.
November 12, 2007 at 6:29 pm
i’ve seen the hair noodle protector before but not the others. that camera is so functional and not at all bizarre.
November 12, 2007 at 7:28 pm
LOL thanks!
November 12, 2007 at 7:36 pm
The umbrella looks like it can go far…hehe
November 12, 2007 at 8:15 pm
cool man….
November 12, 2007 at 8:24 pm
very funny lolz!!! great post!!!!
November 12, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Very funny indeed.
I wonder if any of these were made for humor sake. Also, the last one, the “hands free umbrela”, isn’t all that bad of an idea.
November 12, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I don’t think the “hands free umbrela” is such a bad idea, actually.
November 12, 2007 at 11:02 pm
some of those are pretty cool!
November 12, 2007 at 11:58 pm
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November 13, 2007 at 12:59 am
well,that’s go’s to show you, why we buy products from outside america, dumb, but great!
November 13, 2007 at 3:30 am
hands free umbrella but with a handle
November 13, 2007 at 7:03 am
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November 13, 2007 at 9:49 am
Yea, those are useless.
November 13, 2007 at 10:19 am
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November 13, 2007 at 12:41 pm
As a few people have partly explained, they aren’t photoshop and they are not exactly meant to be jokes either. You are supposed to laugh, but then you are supposed to go “Wait a minute…” and rethink your preconceptions. It’s almost a Zen thing, like a nonsense parables that are supposed to have the same effect (”The sound of one hand clapping” etc.) However, if you just enjoy them as a bit of fun, I’m sure the inventor of these unuseless inventions wouldn’t mind.
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November 13, 2007 at 12:49 pm
fantastic - love the hair noodle protector
November 13, 2007 at 6:01 pm
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November 14, 2007 at 7:54 am
hilarious! ROFL
November 14, 2007 at 8:30 am
oh man what a blast from the past!
I received a book about 6 or 7 years ago which contained dumb japanese inventions and all of these were in there.
even after 7 years, i’m still advocating the use of the panoramic camera!
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December 12, 2007 at 2:45 am
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January 2, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Excellent!!!
February 23, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Wow it amazes me how japanese people can get even more useless they rn’t pretty either and their men are sooooooooooo ugly! No point in the japanese really….. THEY SUCK and natabitch you are soooo right lol
March 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm
wat the fuck
March 14, 2008 at 5:07 pm
these inventions are already invented in america.
March 14, 2008 at 5:11 pm
every in japan sucks monkey balls and my little dick
March 17, 2008 at 7:26 pm
these are stupid
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April 7, 2008 at 5:35 am
It’s very interesting!I’d like it)))))))))
May 22, 2008 at 5:20 pm
these are some awesome invents