Chindōgu List of Japanese inventions and discoveries

chindōgu japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on face of it, seem ideal solution particular problem. however, chindōgu has distinctive feature: attempting use 1 of these inventions find causes many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, has no utility whatsoever. thus, chindōgu described unuseless – is, cannot regarded useless in absolute sense, since solve problem; however, in practical terms, cannot positively called useful. term chindōgu coined kenji kawakami.