Japan Trend Shop is an online store where you can find the most bizarre and unusual Japanese products in the world. In this article, I want to present the most bizarre Japanese products that I have found within this site.
Throughout the article, I will mention the names of several products. If you wish to purchase any of them, we recommend visiting the site Japan Trend Shop and searching for the mentioned keyword to find the product or similar ones.
There is a Japanese word for useless and bizarre inventions, which is chindogu [珍道具] It literally means unusual tool. Its purpose is to solve particular problems, but sometimes it goes too far.
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What is Japan Trend Shop?
The bizarre products.
The online store Japan Trend Shop is located in Tokyo and specializes in selling innovative lifestyle products, design products, gadgets, and more. The company was founded in 2001 and already has over 5,000 products.
As the name suggests, the aim of the site is to bring the trends and innovative inventions of the Japanese to the rest of the world. On this site you will not only find bizarre things, but themed and unique products that will satisfy any lover of Japanese culture, games, anime and drawings.
The site offers international shipping and accepts debit cards, credit cards, and PayPal. This site might be what you were looking for to import Japanese products. Besides Japan Trend Shop, we also recommend the site Play Asia for those who enjoy games and anime.
Are you angry? Scream inside a Vase
Turn your frustrations into mere whispers with the screaming vase. The plastic jar is designed to fit over the contours of your mouth and absorb your screams. why use a cup when I can pay 57$ in a plastic vase?
The Product is a hit and first appeared on NHK Good Morning Japan. Since then he has appeared numerous times on television shows, which has further increased his popularity.
This product is ideal for when you feel like screaming but can't make too much noise. The vase simply diminishes her scream. The hard part is whether you'll be able to pick up the vase and put it in your mouth before you scream.
There is not just one vase, you can express all your anger in a milk carton and other similar products. It may seem absurd, but the Japanese make an effort not to yell at their neighbors, whether when watching a game. So it turns out that the product has its use.
There are also specific products used to train your voice and singing. Some products transmit the sound back to your ear, thus allowing you to sing Karaoke without disturbing neighbors and relatives.
Bizarre beauty and anti-wrinkle products
Japanese women value and fight hard to keep their skin clean and youthful. In addition to Japan's cuisine, climate and circumstances favoring this a lot, they still feel the need to use beauty products such as creams and lotions.
The Kogao masks and bands promise to pressure your face to the point of shaping your facial muscles and keeping your skin firm and youthful. The mask claims to combat signs of aging and states that it is effective against wrinkles and crow's feet.
Some companies go even further and launch bizarre products like masks, bandages, patches, mouth and nose devices, eyeglasses and dozens of products focused on fighting wrinkles, facial expressions and aging. The photos speak for themselves!
A Elevação Elétrica da Bela Alta do Nariz is a product that promises to reshape your nose through vibrations. O Face Slimmer Exercise Mouthpiece promises to shape your face using a mouth device for 3 minutes a day.
If you want to know more, we recommend reading our article about how Japanese women avoid wrinkles and aging. These products in the images are just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of bizarre products that promise to take care of the skin and face.
Otamatone - The cute musical instrument
A toy or instrument? Otamatone is an instrument created by Maywa Denki that looks like a musical note and its sound resembles a Theremin. The tail acts like a keyboard, while the mouth of the Otamatone opens to make sounds.
There are thousands of otamatones being sold at the Japan Trend Shop, some with different shapes and designs. On the site, you can find an Otamatone version Kirby, another one of Kumamon, Wahha Gogo, and both are around 70 dollars.
Below you can see the Otamatone instrument being used to play the theme song for The Legend of Zelda game:
Innovative inventions involving cats and animals
Not even animals escape the oddities. The Japanese love cats, so many bizarre and unique inventions are created exclusively for their cats and other animals. In addition, there are many inventions inspired by cats and other animals.
In Japan, we find things like mini kotatsu for cats, a tie, and a cup for children to make cats in the sand. Why make the dog look ugly with those cones when you can put a duck bill and make it look stylish?
There are countless unexpected outfits like Samurai armor for pets. You can also outfit your cat with slippers to clean your house while walking (I already gave one as a gift to a baby).
Not to mention the numerous personalized products in the shape of cats and animals. You can find things like cat-shaped pillows, milk cartons for cats to play with and many others.
Gadgets and accessories for your kitchen
In Japan you can find some interesting products for your kitchen. It's not bizarre, but it's unexpected and kind of useless. The strangest thing is the absurd price charged for these innovative little accessories.
What do you think of a doll to put on top of the Cup Noodles cup to close it for 3 minutes? Or how about wearing a Kimono on your wine bottles? How about putting your boiled egg in a container that resembles Mount Fuji?
How about paying 270 dollars for a Nagashi toboggan that looks like a toy, but is actually a place for you to put noodles disappear and watch him dive down the toboggan to the plate.
How about a mold that makes food shaped like insects to trick your friends? Or how about chopsticks in the shape of a Shinkansen? You can find all this at Japan Trend Shop.
Kuchofuku - air conditioning in clothes
Despite being a bit unbelievable, the inventions below are quite useful. Why die of heat in the hot sun while working in a thick garment, when I can have an air-conditioned garment? This is the purpose of these products.
Kuchofuku These are clothing and accessories with air conditioning. These garments are commonly worn by workers who perform tasks in tunnels without air conditioning or in the hot sun on construction sites, etc.
These jackets are prepared and some have titanium coating, are splash proof and have several design options, mainly for specific jobs, even for traffic guards.
I that I once bought a dress suit in Japan, where the armpit is, there was a different fabric to transpire the air. I had never seen this in a social outfit in Brazil. This shows that Japan really values comfort.
Other Bizarre Inventions from the Japan Trend Shop
Many years ago, we wrote an article about bizarre and useless inventions from Japan. In it, we mentioned some products that can be found at Japan Trend Shop. Let's talk again a bit about these bizarre products.
Hizamakura Lap Pillow Mini Skirt – This legendary pillow promises to end your neediness with its legs shape and a woman's mini skirt. This is just one of the alternatives for the loners who visit the Japan Trend Shop.
The images I will display now are just invented products, but they may not be available at the Japan Trend Shop. We recommend reading our article on bizarre inventions to learn more details on the subject.
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