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.
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