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  • Fake  Boobs - Japan has long been one step ahead of the rest of the world technologically. Most people, however, don’t recognize Japan for its innovations or creativity, let alone its knack for all out fantasy.   Some inventions are clever, a few are even brilliant ideas, while others are absurd but in an interesting way.  It has become such a “thing” that there is even a word for it: chindogu.  Mr Kenji Kawakami, an inventor and founder of tofugu.com.  Kawakami describes the products as un-useless, which is to say almost useful but at the same time, so outlandish that people would not want to be seen using them.  He also has a few rules for chindogu:  products may not only be funny but sort of useful and products must represent freedom, never taboo and not patented.  Finally, the products must not be for sale.  Well, a few of them have slipped through the cracks.  Anything to make a buck!   Even 100 Yen shop chain Daiso now has inflatable tits.  Another gold mine for shopping for un-useless products is Don Quijote or “donki” as it is known in Japan.  A few popular items: Lipstick guide stencils for klutses who can’t apply makeup without smudges; karaoke mufffled microphone so you can belt out that song without anyone hearing it;  nose enhancers, and even inflatable swan-shaped penis extenders!
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  • Fake  Boobs - Japan has long been one step ahead of the rest of the world technologically. Most people, however, don’t recognize Japan for its innovations or creativity, let alone its knack for all out fantasy.   Some inventions are clever, a few are even brilliant ideas, while others are absurd but in an interesting way.  It has become such a “thing” that there is even a word for it: chindogu.  Mr Kenji Kawakami, an inventor and founder of tofugu.com.  Kawakami describes the products as un-useless, which is to say almost useful but at the same time, so outlandish that people would not want to be seen using them.  He also has a few rules for chindogu:  products may not only be funny but sort of useful and products must represent freedom, never taboo and not patented.  Finally, the products must not be for sale.  Well, a few of them have slipped through the cracks.  Anything to make a buck!   Even 100 Yen shop chain Daiso now has inflatable tits.  Another gold mine for shopping for un-useless products is Don Quijote or “donki” as it is known in Japan.  A few popular items: Lipstick guide stencils for klutses who can’t apply makeup without smudges; karaoke mufffled microphone so you can belt out that song without anyone hearing it;  nose enhancers, and even inflatable swan-shaped penis extenders!
    odd-products-06.jpg
  • Fake  Boobs - Japan has long been one step ahead of the rest of the world technologically. Most people, however, don’t recognize Japan for its innovations or creativity, let alone its knack for all out fantasy.   Some inventions are clever, a few are even brilliant ideas, while others are absurd but in an interesting way.  It has become such a “thing” that there is even a word for it: chindogu.  Mr Kenji Kawakami, an inventor and founder of tofugu.com.  Kawakami describes the products as un-useless, which is to say almost useful but at the same time, so outlandish that people would not want to be seen using them.  He also has a few rules for chindogu:  products may not only be funny but sort of useful and products must represent freedom, never taboo and not patented.  Finally, the products must not be for sale.  Well, a few of them have slipped through the cracks.  Anything to make a buck!   Even 100 Yen shop chain Daiso now has inflatable tits.  Another gold mine for shopping for un-useless products is Don Quijote or “donki” as it is known in Japan.  A few popular items: Lipstick guide stencils for klutses who can’t apply makeup without smudges; karaoke mufffled microphone so you can belt out that song without anyone hearing it;  nose enhancers, and even inflatable swan-shaped penis extenders!
    odd-products-07.jpg
  • Canadian village at Niji-no-Sato  was modeled on Nelson City, Canada, a sister city of Izu City. Situated near a lake and offers  nature, teddy bears, and a kaleidoscope museum.
    niji-no-sato-canadian-3.jpg
  • Kappabashi Plastic Cake - Kappabashi is a street in Tokyo which is almost entirely populated with shops supplying the restaurant trade. These shops sell everything from knives, restaurant decorations, plastic display food samples found in Japanese restaurants to display their menus. The street has also become an offbeat tourist destination thanks to the wacky displays and unique souvenir items found only in Japan.  The street's name is believed to come from the popular mythical creature, the Kappa, a Japanese water demon.
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  • Canadian village at Niji-no-Sato  was modeled on Nelson City, Canada, a sister city of Izu City. Situated near a lake and offers  nature, teddy bears, and a kaleidoscope museum.
    niji-no-sato-canadian-1.jpg
  • Canadian village at Niji-no-Sato  was modeled on Nelson City, Canada, a sister city of Izu City. Situated near a lake and offers  nature, teddy bears, and a kaleidoscope museum.
    niji-no-sato-canadian-2.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-7.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-12.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-11.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-9.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-8.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-6.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-5.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-4.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-1.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-10.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-3.jpg
  • Anata No Warehouse - Your Warehouse is a very unusual, quirky gaming arcade in Kawasaki, like no other in Japan or on Earth for that matter.  The theme, for some reason, is Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, in all its grungy detail.  Think: rusting sheet metal, dim flickering florescent lighting, dripping pipes, and filthy windows.  It is ugly on purpose, though nobody knows seems to know or care why.  As you enter the thick metal gates, you emerge into a dark hallway as the one-way door slams behind you, giving you the impression that you are trapped in this den of iniquity.  Naturally, you are indeed free to exit from the back gate, after passing over a slimy pond then through another forbidding metal door clanking behind you forevermore.  Upstairs are plenty of high-tech and retro games, not to mention some Kowloon tenements, including a run-down kitchen, plastic ducks hanging in a fake shop, and even a resting doll woman behind grimy windows.  As unique and macabre as the place is, most of the customers are there for the gaming, with only a handful of sightseers.
    anata-no-warehouse-2.jpg