Friday, September 22, 2023

Riding Japan’s Hello Kitty Bullet Train | Osaka - Hiroshima

I have never quite understood why Hello Kitty is a thing. Maybe I am chortle-proof? Fans of Hello Kitty chirp and giggle like chickadees.

There are Kitty comic books, cereals, toys of every description. A Kitty movie is coming.  Get lost, Lego.

Even less clear, is why Japan has a Hello Kitty bullet train. It is very pink. The floors, the windows, the seats, pink. The train is wrapped in images of Hello Kitty.

Travelers pay top dollar to touch Kitty, eat Kitty, buy bowls of octopus like Kitty eats. Most are grown-ups, since they have $70.

Over to you, YouTube.


 

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