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SANRIO PUROLAND, HELLO KITTY THEME PARK IN TOKYO, JAPAN. STRANGE KIDS AMUSEMENT PARK, HELLO KITTY RIDES, COSTUMES & MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.


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Somewhere, over the rainbow… specifically in Tokyo, Japan… there’s a Hello Kitty theme park!

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The giant rainbow that shines over Kitty-land is easy to find. Take the Odakyu or Keio line to Tama Center Station, then follow the Sanrio character posters.

SANRIO PUROLAND, HELLO KITTY THEME PARK IN TOKYO, JAPAN. STRANGE KIDS AMUSEMENT PARK, HELLO KITTY RIDES, COSTUMES & MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. strangest theme parks in the world, hello kitty rainbow

Once you step inside, you’ll run into these scary-cute mascots! The design is quite clever: the adults see through the letters on the hats.

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The entire amusement park is Hello Kitty hell. You can’t walk two paces without coming face-to-face with the mouthless cat.

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There’s not one, but several stores that sell Sanrio goods. You can find obscure merchandise, such as Tuxedo Sam plush toys. Kitty’s mom and dad lord over the main shop.

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You can line up to sit next to Hello Kitty in her pink car, and explore the house that she shares with Dear Daniel. Don’t worry, they have separate bedrooms.

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The rides aren’t impressive. Most of them are coin-operated one-seaters.

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The stage show, however… is an LSD acid trip! An excerpt from my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants book: Fifty dancers zoomed around the colossal circular stage, flapping their arms to a manic pop track: “Imaginaaation!” The Professor noted two nymphs with strawberries on their heads, a DayGlo Amish lady, a mustachioed man in a rainbow apron. He wrote Saturday Night Fever, then crossed it out and wrote Drag Ball + Bollywood and underlined it twice.

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My Puroland adventure is one of my favorite writing pieces from my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants book. Please consider picking up a copy here — I hope you’ll enjoy the writing and photos.

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49 Comments

  1. AngryBroomstick
    Posted May 5, 2010 at 3:21 pm | Permalink

    ok that is WAY more awesome than Disney World or Six Flags. Now I wanna goooo!!!!!!!!!

  2. AngryBroomstick
    Posted May 5, 2010 at 3:21 pm | Permalink

    ok that is WAY more awesome than Disney World or Six Flags. Now I wanna goooo!!!!!!!!!

  3. Fallengod
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:33 am | Permalink

    Tinahime will sell her soul to be on the next flight there. lol

  4. Moon Maiden 90
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:33 am | Permalink

    *haha* I remember when one-seater coin rides were the coolest! lol it so interesting to remember childhood…
    & I luved that puroland adventure section of ur book! I’m gonna have to experience the stage show- LCD- acid trip for myself! lol

  5. Caro
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:33 am | Permalink

    I want some! :P

  6. sam
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:35 am | Permalink

    :3 win

  7. Anonymous
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:42 am | Permalink

    Way too cute!!!

  8. Anonymous
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 4:28 am | Permalink

    Fallengod is absolutely right! I soo want to visit there! Forget Disneyland haha

    Kawaii Kills!

  9. Fallengod
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:33 am | Permalink

    Tinahime will sell her soul to be on the next flight there. lol

  10. Moon Maiden 90
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:33 am | Permalink

    *haha* I remember when one-seater coin rides were the coolest! lol it so interesting to remember childhood…
    & I luved that puroland adventure section of ur book! I'm gonna have to experience the stage show- LCD- acid trip for myself! lol

  11. Caro
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:33 am | Permalink

    I want some! :P

  12. sam
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:35 am | Permalink

    :3 win

  13. lacarmina
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:39 am | Permalink

    Way trippier!!

  14. lacarmina
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:40 am | Permalink

    hahaha that theme park will take a piece of your soul!

  15. lacarmina
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:41 am | Permalink

    Coin rides… so old skool!

  16. mellylo7
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:42 am | Permalink

    Way too cute!!!

  17. tinahime
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 4:28 am | Permalink

    Fallengod is absolutely right! I soo want to visit there! Forget Disneyland haha

    Kawaii Kills!

  18. Sam
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:28 pm | Permalink

    Just saw the hello kitty world thing, I WANNNA GOOOOOO *SOBS MADLY* you are just too awsome YoY

    • lacarmina
      Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

      It’s either Hello Kitty heaven or hell, depending on one’s perspective haha.

  19. Thompson
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    looks like pure kitty fun! They need a Basil ride!

    • lacarmina
      Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

      YES they do!! An earless kitty ride that goes wahhh wahhh wahh

  20. Thompson
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    Love the shorts jumper with matching leggings!

  21. Anonymous
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    OMG…. I WANNA GO!!!!! Hello Kitty makes me cringe but I love Sanrio nonetheless…
    I still wanna go XD

  22. Sam
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:28 pm | Permalink

    Just saw the hello kitty world thing, I WANNNA GOOOOOO *SOBS MADLY* you are just too awsome YoY

  23. Thompson
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    looks like pure kitty fun! They need a Basil ride!

  24. Thompson
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    Love the shorts jumper with matching leggings!

  25. lacarmina
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

    YES they do!! An earless kitty ride that goes wahhh wahhh wahh

  26. lacarmina
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

    It's either Hello Kitty heaven or hell, depending on one's perspective haha.

  27. stillprince
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    OMG…. I WANNA GO!!!!! Hello Kitty makes me cringe but I love Sanrio nonetheless…
    I still wanna go XD

  28. Lisa
    Posted May 7, 2010 at 3:50 am | Permalink

    Hello Kitty Heaven! :)

  29. Lisa
    Posted May 7, 2010 at 3:50 am | Permalink

    Hello Kitty Heaven! :)

  30. Maleva
    Posted May 7, 2010 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

    ohhhhhhhhh puroland…wonderfullllllllllll

  31. Maleva
    Posted May 7, 2010 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

    ohhhhhhhhh puroland…wonderfullllllllllll

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  33. Winnie
    Posted May 12, 2010 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

    I seriously need to visit this place, even if it is Hello Kitty Hell!

  34. Winnie
    Posted May 12, 2010 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

    I seriously need to visit this place, even if it is Hello Kitty Hell!

  35. Guest
    Posted September 17, 2010 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

    does it take the whole day?

    • lacarmina
      Posted September 17, 2010 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

      I’d set aside at least a morning/afternoon to visit Puroland. it takes about an hour by subway, from Shinjuku, to get there.

  36. Euri
    Posted September 24, 2010 at 4:11 am | Permalink

    Hello Kitty papa is so cute~ (I just love megane XD)
    But going there is definitely scary. XD
    Too. Much. Color. X_X

  37. Kittylover9516
    Posted October 14, 2010 at 1:57 pm | Permalink

    OMFG!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!? I need to go there!!!???? HELP ME!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEEHEE… ILY HELLO KITTY <3

  38. Kittylover9516
    Posted October 14, 2010 at 1:57 pm | Permalink

    OMFG!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!? I need to go there!!!???? HELP ME!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEEHEE… ILY HELLO KITTY <3

  39. Synthetic Alice
    Posted November 13, 2010 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

    LOVE YOU HELLO KITTY

  40. Barbarella
    Posted November 14, 2010 at 10:47 am | Permalink

    Yes yes yes!!! I was there in April this year! Hello Kitty Rules! :D My blog post about it with pics is here, if you like to see: http://tokyo2010.themadcatlady.com/10/04/2010/hello-kitty-puroland-sanrio/

  41. Shishly_17
    Posted September 1, 2011 at 4:26 am | Permalink

    hi! i wanna take my two girls in Hello Kitty World.is this Puroland is there a gondola where u can ride?coz i saw it in a tv i/m not sure if these is the same that they were calling hello kitty world. 

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