Here’s Nancy Nova’s “Made in Japan,” a charmingly inappropriate gem from 1982, via Dinosaurs and Robots

The chorus, to wit:

Nissan! Datsun! Japanese-y!
Panasonic! Mitsubishi!
Take your business nice and easy!
Ah, so it goes!
Akai! Sanyo! Teac! Sony!
Yamaha, ha! Nice head phone-y!
Nikon for your one and only!
Get one of those!
Kawasaki, ride it solo!
Sukiyaki! Nice kimono!
Honda bike-y! Yoko Ono!
Everyone knows…
Buy one of those…
How well it goes…
Lucky you chose…
Something with that name MADE IN JAPAN!

Oh 1980s, you silly time, you. Piston Honda says “Sushi! Kamikaze!” to that.

The perfect gift for those of us who are incapable of sustaining any indoor plant life, save that scary vine that is growing through the bathroom wall? A cardboard bonsai tree!

Build your own Bonsai tree! No need to water or prune. Rebuild your tree as many times as you wish with the cardboard branches and leaves in the box. It comes in a box that is autographed by Joji Okazaki.

Buy it here for ~$35, or use the idea for your next craft night.

 

In more cardboard news:

The cardboard bicycle! Cheap & recyclable!

 

The cardboard portable toilet!

Shit Box is a lightweight portable cardboard toilet, made specifically for outdoor use. The box pops up from a convenient 14 inch flat pack to a rigid, reusable, comfortable toilet. Each box comes with ten degradable poo bags. Also doubles as a handy stool… scuse the pun!

When Homeless Take Over the World offers some facetious cardboard product ideas, which are incidentally also amazing. For example, the cardboard camera with pop-up flash:

You don’t need one of those shiny new digital cameras with all their bells and whistles. Go back to the basics and live battery free! -WARNING: DO NOT USE FLASH WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING SMALL CHILDREN OR GAS STATIONS-