Electronic Smile Enhancer: Smile Or Else!
The Japanese are renowned for their most unusual innovations in almost every aspect of life and culture. Perhaps, however, one Japanese inventor has gone a bit too far with his electronic smile enhancer.
A very clever inventor has come up with a way (albeit bordering on barbaric) to force even the most stubborn among your children to “put on a happy face” whenever they are visiting relatives they would otherwise choose to avoid.
The highest setting is reserved for those who dare to defy the machine, as it will impel even the most stubborn child to smile. Although the gesture is generated by the sudden jolt of electricity in the jaw muscles, due to the fact that such shock excites the entire body, the smile appears realistic. (link)
The Nose Reshaper
A Japanese company has developed a gadget designed to reshape its user’s nose without the hassle of using a plastic surgeon.Clip it to your nose for indeterminate amounts of time, and it claims to, uh, permanently alter the appearance of the said appendage.So yeah, for $18, you too can reshape your nose. You should really, really visit their website, if only to get a taste of the wonderfully, er, quirky Japanese marketing techniques. (link)
Breast Enlargement Cookies
F Cup Cookies make breast implants obsolete. Making your breasts bigger is now as simple as eating 2 cookies a day. They come in packs of 4 for ¥290, each cookie containing 50mg of that miracle breast enlarging herb Pueraria Mirifica. How many cookies you’ll have to eat to get size F Cup is unknown. (link)
Toilet MP3
Japanese toilets are something very special. Everything is raised automatically, the seat is heated and there’s even a small Karcher
at 180bar (ok, maybe not 180, but it’s powerful) for the more intimate parts.
And now there is an SD slot and an MP3 player. Fear not, it’s not integrated into the seat but rather in the control system/computer of the toilet that is situated on the wall. (link)
Feces Odor Tablets
The Ultimate Personal Hygiene Product, feces odor tablets. Another Japanese innovation, these pills promise to make your excrement completely odor-free in three days of use. “…people must be responsible for their odors”, says the bottle. 600,000 bottles sold in the first six months. (link)
Peeing Video Game for Nintendo Wii
According to the Japanese text on the box Super Pii Pii Brothers features “amazing realistic pee fluid dynamics, over 100 different peeing environments with multiple toilet and urinal styles,” and the ability for up to two players to “compete with dueling pee streams.” (link)
Japanese Snuggie
The Snuggie is one of those fads that will never be fully understood, both in terms of its use and why exactly anyone would actually want to own one. Its status as cultural phenomenon became apparent when people started organizing Snuggie Walks through bars and dressing their dogs up in a miniature versions of the “blanket with arms.” (link)
Ultra-Cheap McWeddings
The upcoming McWeddings will first appear for a test period at three major McDonald’s branches. They’ll be offered in packages starting at HK$1000 ($129), which is a major savings from the typical HK$10,000 or $1,300 price of a Hong Kong wedding.
Included with the reservation is a personalized menu, decorations, McDonald’s-themed gifts, a special apple-pie wedding cake, and a lone fry in place of the traditional cherry a couple shares prior to kissing.
This whole fiasco all all started when a couple who originally met at a Hong-Kong-based McDonald’s decided to get married there. The word quickly spread, prompting couples all across the country to call into McDonald’s asking to make a reservation for their own wedding. Thus a trend was born. (link)
Japanese beer for children
Sangaria started their line of fake alcoholic drinks for kids with Kodomo no nomimono (Children’s drink), and has been successful enough to offer it in bottles, cans, and even six-packs. They also expanded the product line to include children’s versions of wine, champagne, and cocktails. The beer, flavored like apple juice, even foams at the top when poured into a glass! (link)
Japanese Sleep Capsules
