I’ve been taking a LOT of trains in Japan, I’ll probably blog about this more tomorrow, but yesterday I started flicking through the magazines in the back of the chair.

One of them was called Train Shop and was filled full of the most amazing inventions I’ve ever seen, most of them are for problems Inever even knew existed and I still haven’t got a clue what most of them are for, here are some of my favourites: (for reference 1000 yen = 11 USD / 7 GBP)

Make up to disguise the fact that there is real living flesh underneath your hair, god forbid if people knew you actually had skin there..

Errr…. your guess is as good as mine

Again, I’m a little bit confused but judging by the pictures on the left and the pictures at the bottom I’m assuming this is some kind of portable bum washer for pets. Last time I checked dogs have tongues, totally useless..

Some weird game that involves stools in the shape of food.

Again, I really don’t have a clue, the bottom one seems to be a device for practising karoake without disturbing sleeping relatives, the top one?????????  It seems to be some kind of adult pacifier with a tuning fork??

A utility skirt…. I almost wish I was a women… Mind you, 165 USD though!!

Glow in the dark pads for stairs, just in case you don’t have any lights in your house.

Hands free bed book / magazine holder with light. For the chronically lazy. Mind you, I can see the benefit if you’re reading some kind of specialist grown up magazine..

Again, another invention for reading while lying flat on your back. Apparently this is a massive problem in Japan. Can also be used to watch TV while lying completely horizontally.

A portable seat for doing one of them kneel / sit down things that I can’t really do.

A portable toilet for camping trips and barbecues.

Errrrr…. again, I literally have no idea

A neck stretcher?