SANRIO PUROLAND, HELLO KITTY THEME PARK IN TOKYO, JAPAN. STRANGE KIDS AMUSEMENT PARK, HELLO KITTY RIDES, COSTUMES & MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.
Somewhere, over the rainbow… specifically in Tokyo, Japan… there’s a Hello Kitty theme park!
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.
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.
The entire amusement park is Hello Kitty hell. You can’t walk two paces without coming face-to-face with the mouthless cat.
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.
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.
The rides aren’t impressive. Most of them are coin-operated one-seaters.
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.
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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ok that is WAY more awesome than Disney World or Six Flags. Now I wanna goooo!!!!!!!!!
Way trippier!!
ok that is WAY more awesome than Disney World or Six Flags. Now I wanna goooo!!!!!!!!!
Tinahime will sell her soul to be on the next flight there. lol
hahaha that theme park will take a piece of your soul!
*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
Coin rides… so old skool!
I want some! :P
:3 win
Way too cute!!!
Fallengod is absolutely right! I soo want to visit there! Forget Disneyland haha
Kawaii Kills!
Tinahime will sell her soul to be on the next flight there. lol
*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
I want some! :P
:3 win
Way trippier!!
hahaha that theme park will take a piece of your soul!
Coin rides… so old skool!
Way too cute!!!
Fallengod is absolutely right! I soo want to visit there! Forget Disneyland haha
Kawaii Kills!
Just saw the hello kitty world thing, I WANNNA GOOOOOO *SOBS MADLY* you are just too awsome YoY
It’s either Hello Kitty heaven or hell, depending on one’s perspective haha.
looks like pure kitty fun! They need a Basil ride!
YES they do!! An earless kitty ride that goes wahhh wahhh wahh
Love the shorts jumper with matching leggings!
OMG…. I WANNA GO!!!!! Hello Kitty makes me cringe but I love Sanrio nonetheless…
I still wanna go XD
Just saw the hello kitty world thing, I WANNNA GOOOOOO *SOBS MADLY* you are just too awsome YoY
looks like pure kitty fun! They need a Basil ride!
Love the shorts jumper with matching leggings!
YES they do!! An earless kitty ride that goes wahhh wahhh wahh
It's either Hello Kitty heaven or hell, depending on one's perspective haha.
OMG…. I WANNA GO!!!!! Hello Kitty makes me cringe but I love Sanrio nonetheless…
I still wanna go XD
Hello Kitty Heaven! :)
Hello Kitty Heaven! :)
ohhhhhhhhh puroland…wonderfullllllllllll
ohhhhhhhhh puroland…wonderfullllllllllll
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I seriously need to visit this place, even if it is Hello Kitty Hell!
I seriously need to visit this place, even if it is Hello Kitty Hell!
does it take the whole day?
I’d set aside at least a morning/afternoon to visit Puroland. it takes about an hour by subway, from Shinjuku, to get there.
Hello Kitty papa is so cute~ (I just love megane XD)
But going there is definitely scary. XD
Too. Much. Color. X_X
OMFG!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!? I need to go there!!!???? HELP ME!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEEHEE… ILY HELLO KITTY <3
OMFG!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!? I need to go there!!!???? HELP ME!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEEHEE… ILY HELLO KITTY <3
LOVE YOU HELLO KITTY
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/
Love your post!
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.
I think so — there are some car rides inside.