Hello Kitty Ferrari 360

My friend sent me this picture the other day of a Hello Kitty Ferrari 360.

Characters.

So far there are 29 characters in the Sanrio character line. The most commonly known character is Hello Kitty. Her real name is Kitty White born at London, England on November 1st. Some of Hello Kitty’s hobbies are baking cookies, origami, playing piano, playing tennis, collecting stars, collecting ribbons and other cute things. Hello Kitty also has a identical twin sister named Mimmy White who is a minor character not commonly shown. While Hello Kitty wears a red bow on her right ear, Mimmy wears a yellow bow on her left ear.

As I said in another blog post, since there are many characters of Sanrio some of the old characters go into retirement but sometimes make random appearances. Some of the retired characters include Pochacco, Badtz Maru, Tuxedo Sam, Spottie Dottie, and Pekkle. Because this year they are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Sanrio many of the retired characters have been making appearances. The newest editions to the line of characters are the Jewlpets, which are small animals with gems as eyes.

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Sanrio Store in Madrid

Sanrio was created on August 10,1960 by Shintaro Tsuji, who owned The Yamanashi Silk Company. The name Sanrio wasn’t established until 1973. The first character Hello Kitty was created in 1974. Currently there are 29 characters in Sanrio. Every year there is at least one new member added to the line of characters, which moves some of the older characters into retirement.

Sanrio has over 12,000 locations in the western hemisphere, 85 boutiques, and earn more than $1 billion annually. Sanrio currently has two theme parks in Japan one named Sanrio Puroland and the other named Harmony Land. There is also a new recently opened Sanrio Café in Aiea, Hawaii. Also just recently opened are a new Hello Kitty Airport, Hello Kitty Hotel, and Hello Kitty Hospital all located in Taiwan. You may call it obsessive but others call it a life style.

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Introduction

Hello there! ^__^
In this blog I will be writing about all things Sanrio, a large store chain from Japan. Sanrio sells about everything, from stationary to cars. Sanrio bases all their designs on Japanese pop-culture but Sanrio is most commonly known for their many cute characters on all their products. Their most popular character is Hello Kitty, a small white cat who always wears a red bow on her head. Later on in the blog I will write more posts about the characters, the artists, some things about some stuff sold, and much more.