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  The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions (Paperback) By (author) Kenji Kawakami

  

  

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  Short Description for The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese InventionsIn Japan, Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the "unuseless" idea. Meant to solve problems of modern life, 200 of these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos are featured in this humorous collection. Photos.
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  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Published: 20 December 2004
  • Format: Paperback 320 pages
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  • Categories: Inventions & Inventors | Humour
  • ISBN 13: 9780393326765 ISBN 10: 0393326764
  • Sales rank: 18,590

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Full description for The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions

• In Japan Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Meant to solve problems of modern life, these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos are actually entirely impractical. Addicts of the unuseless will love this collection of 200 Chindogu, including the Drymobile (your laundry dries as you drive), the Solar-Powered Torch (never runs low on batteries), Duster Slippers for Cats (now the most boring job around the house becomes hours of fun...for your cat!), Walk 'n' Wash Ankle-attachable Laundry Tanks (a perfect solution for the problems of inadequate exercise and hygiene), and many, many more... These hilarious inventions have taken Japan by storm. Every one of the 200 items in "The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions" has actually been manufactured to the highest standards, fully tested by pioneering members of the Japanese public, and documented in their unuselessness with 442 color photographs.