You May Call Me ‘Your Solar-Powered Highness’

Recent victim of pickpocket or dispenser of royal largesse? You decide.

For this week’s Wat-I-Don’t-Even Award, nothing beats this spectacularly useless figure of Her Royal Elizabeth-ness, which harnesses the mighty sun to power her royal wave. You may stock up on one in every color (that would be pink or royal blue) at Tokyu Hands in Ikebukuro.

(Okay, I know this product is not Japanese, but the fact that it’s for sale in Japan is SO Japanese, I just had to show you.)

Jonelle Patrick is the author of the Only In Tokyo mystery series, published by Penguin/Intermix.