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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I love Sanrio! It's my favorite, and I think that Sanrio has become so popular to the point where they really do just stick Sanrio characters one about anything. I remember reading a story about hello kitty, like there was a special reason why she wasn't given a mouth, do you remember?
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