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Ah Japan, the land of anime, sushi <\/a>and a million flavours of Kit Kat...<\/p>

Japan has always been known for its innovative and sometimes weird inventions that have spawned many Internet listicles and even its very own Weird Japan<\/strong> website.<\/p>

We've always been amazed by the sheer creativity of the Japanese <\/a>that can result in cute miniature kitchens, delicious green tea desserts and Hello Kitty rice cookers. But that same creativity can go wrong. Very wrong.<\/p>

That creativity has branched into Japanese body pillow <\/a>spouses, used underwear vending machines and horrible trends like the bagel head (Google at your own risk).<\/p>

So we've trawl the deep dark recesses of the Internet to find you some useful and slightly bizarre Japanese products.<\/p>

We've hit that odd part of the Internet now and we are scarred.<\/p>

You are welcome, by the way.<\/p>

Cheryl Lee<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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