Kenji Kawakami, Butter Stick, c. 1990 - ELEPHANT
2022年4月3日 · A breakfast butter stick, anyone? This Burt’s Bees-emulating butter dispenser was dreamed up by inventor Kenji Kawakami, the man behind the Japanese Chindōgu craze (chin meaning “curious” and dougu meaning “tool”).
Deep-fried butter - Wikipedia
A version of deep-fried butter on a stick debuted at the Iowa State Fair 2011, [6] [7] which was prepared using frozen butter that is dipped in a honey- and cinnamon- flavored batter, deep-fried until browned, and then topped with a confectioner's sugar glaze. [1]
Chindogu: Those Viral Japanese Inventions - Tofugu
2016年3月14日 · The butter stick is possibly the most well-known chindogu. Maybe because it's the one people could actually see themselves using (almost). When you don't have a knife or the time to butter toast, the Butter Stick is there for you.
Chindogu: The Art of Un-useless Inventions | HowStuffWorks
Chindogu was created by Japanese artist Kenji Kawakami in the 1990s, who describes these inventions as "un-useless." He coined the term chindogu using a combination of the Japanese words chin, meaning "strange" or "odd," and dougu, which means "device" or "tool."
Chindōgu: The Japanese Art of Unuseless Inventions
2018年10月18日 · You have definitely seen a chindōgu. They are those ridiculous Japanese inventions designed to solve a particular problem but are, in fact, so clumsy and inelegant that they are an inconvenience to use, and generate a whole lot of new problems.
8 Silly Chindogu Inventions That Will Make You Laugh
1997年2月17日 · From a butter stick to a noodle fan, here are some of our favorite Chindogu inventions. Enjoy! Stay dry under this umbrella curtain. A noodle fan? Because all bowls of soup should have their own jet streams. Sign Translation: Since I bought this hat, I have no friends. Now Daddy can milk himself.
MindAntix Brainteaser: Wacky Inventions – MindAntix Blog
2014年11月29日 · The inventor of Butter Stick and hundreds of other such creative inventions is Kenji Kawakami, the progenitor of Chindogu, the Japanese art of “unuseless” inventions.
7 of Our Favorite Chindogu Inventions: The Japanese Art of the ...
2016年4月5日 · The butter stick. It’s basically butter in a gluestick – which, when you think about it, could almost be useful. This is a prime example of how Chindogu inventions walk that extremely thin line between “What a crazy idea” and “That might actually work.”
Weird and Useless Japanese Inventions That Many Secretly Need
2024年1月13日 · Butter Stick. The Butter Stick stands out as one of the most recognized chindogu, perhaps because it’s the one that people can actually envision using (almost). In situations where you lack a knife or time to butter toast, the Butter Stick comes to the rescue. It sparks curiosity about the potential for other condiments to adopt a stick form.
Spread the news: Students invent 'Better Butter' stick - YouTube
CityNews videographer Audra Brown spoke to the students about their butter stick invention, which they are currently trying to patent.