7 strange japanese inventions

November 11, 2007

chindōgu 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.jpg

360 degree panoramic camera

cockroach-swatting-slippers.jpg

cockroach swatter slippers

hay-fever-hat.jpg

toilet paper/ tissue dispenser

portable-office-tie.jpg

portable office tie

ten-in-one-gardening-tool.jpg

10-in-1 gardening tool

the-noodle-eater_s-hair-guard.jpg

hair noodle protector

umbrella-head-band.jpg

a hands-free umbrella

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77 Responses to “7 strange japanese inventions”

  1. dresdendoll Says:

    Amazingly hilarious! I loved the extend-able slippers! :) Kill ‘em roaches!

  2. xqzt Says:

    WOAHHH!HH!h1h1h1h11

  3. ewancoo Says:

    ROFL! the gardening tool cracks me up! its like a swiss knife, only much bigger.

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  5. Mooka LaPlangiation Says:

    No comment

  6. sketching Says:

    Thats wild :D

  7. peacock Says:

    uhh… we already have hands-free umbrellas in the form of little umbrella hats. Silly Japanese

  8. Kevin Olsen Says:

    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.”

  9. Jeff Says:

    Katamari Damacy isn’t on the list?

  10. Leaf Says:

    Those aren’t even the best ones from that ten year old book.

  11. zach Says:

    it seems the solution to a lot of problems in japan is to “mount things to your head”

  12. tehZane Says:

    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.

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  14. edhead Says:

    these things are so tired. you’d have to be a high-belted plumbing salesman from Iowa to chuckle at any of them.

  15. lvoracle Says:

    Good show!

  16. Evann Hiller Says:

    Actually, these were made as jokes specifically for the book “101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions.” so these are all fake, technically.

  17. Fajar Says:

    cool
    hands-free umbrella makes me laugh :lol:

  18. ChaosFreak Says:

    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…

  19. lorettawilliams122 Says:

    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

  20. D.D. Says:

    Wow amazing! So creative!!!

  21. Stephen Says:

    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.

  22. Amir A Says:

    photoshop

  23. subcorpus Says:

    you have to hnad it to japanese …
    the japs are so sophisticated and tech savvy in their own way …
    hehe …

  24. yutthakan Says:

    interesting 555

  25. trademark registration Says:

    What strange inventions! Even if they’re fake, they’re still hilarious. =)

  26. dratgosy Says:

    I’m gonna tape an umbrella on my head today!!

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  28. ender Says:

    ewancoo:

    uhm, that’s why it’s funny.

  29. shawal Says:

    Japanese are so creative mind people…. Congrats!!!

  30. magensaa Says:

    it’s hillarious, but i like the idea :D

  31. rook1e Says:

    japanese are very smart people. my laptop and car is from japan… everything is from japan nowadays..

  32. Wow Says:

    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

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  35. machevallie Says:

    nice pic more pliss

  36. passang Says:

    wat more can i say.. the pictures speak a thousand words. keep going japan..

  37. about:blank Says:

    that noodle protector is genius. “Little weed!”

  38. blobster818 Says:

    They are so cool! They are funny and, actually pretty practical. If they didn’t look so ridiculous…

  39. cuzoogle Says:

    I like the tie idea although your neck would get tired

  40. namo1981 Says:

    you forgot bukakke!

  41. factoryon5th Says:

    These are great! Love ‘em all.

  42. Genevieve Says:

    i’ve seen the hair noodle protector before but not the others. that camera is so functional and not at all bizarre.

  43. hoganfe handmade handbag originals Says:

    LOL thanks!

  44. phoebe Says:

    The umbrella looks like it can go far…hehe

  45. hiralove Says:

    cool man….

  46. abhishekrane Says:

    very funny lolz!!! great post!!!!

  47. Business Links Says:

    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.

  48. Dave Nofmeister Says:

    I don’t think the “hands free umbrela” is such a bad idea, actually.

  49. darkforeigner Says:

    some of those are pretty cool!

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  52. berino47 Says:

    well,that’s go’s to show you, why we buy products from outside america, dumb, but great!

  53. tessa Says:

    hands free umbrella but with a handle

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  55. rinoa Says:

    Yea, those are useless.

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  57. alexcase Says:

    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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  58. shrayparekh Says:

    fantastic - love the hair noodle protector

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  62. hellara Says:

    hilarious! ROFL :)

  63. erikny Says:

    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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  68. natabitch Says:

    HAHAHAHAH DEY SUKK DONKEYS ASSS

    LOSERS

    THE INVENTIONS ARE SHIT

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  70. GorgusPranksters Says:

    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

  71. fuck Says:

    wat the fuck

  72. dakota Says:

    these inventions are already invented in america.

  73. austin paten in mr. suttons class Says:

    every in japan sucks monkey balls and my little dick

  74. wade Says:

    these are stupid

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  76. Mariyam Says:

    It’s very interesting!I’d like it)))))))))

  77. BOBY Says:

    these are some awesome invents

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