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The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions

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From the land of the rising sun, strangely practical and utterly eccentric inventions for a life of ease—and hilarity.

In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely impractical. Created in the spirit of anarchy, unuseless inventions are not allowed to be patented or sold.

Fans of the unusele...