An excerpt from Kenji Kawakami’s last TV appearance.  Here the man that coined the term “chindogu” gets an ABC news reporter to ride the Tokyo subways with him so he can showcase a number of would-be commuting aids.

(The segment was filmed when the trains weren’t crowded.  One can imagine that these unuseless implements might not have been a hit with fellow passengers during rush hour…which is exactly why they’re chindogu!)

Ride, Kenji, Ride…