Hello Kitty world or Sanrio puroland is located in the suburbs of Tokyo and after spending an hour in the car driving to Hello Kitty world and paying Disneyish prices to enter there was nothing to say but disappointed. Located in a single 3 story building there does not appear to have been a cent spent on this place since it opened almost 20 years ago. Apart from a log ride around the inside of the building (memorable, if for no other reason, than for some characters laying on each others laps spanking each other) there is little to do except shop, watch a parade and take in one of 4 stage shows.
We sat in on a 40 minute Hello Kitty interpretation of the Wizard of Oz some of which can be viewed on youtube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPmPqgvtsU). In this story Oz was a sunglass salesman dressed (and very loosely modelled on, I’m assuming) as Elvis who memorably performs pelvic thrusts over the audience of 4 and 5 year olds. The whole show finishes with 10 minutes of dancing routines that, apart from the same actors in different costumes, had nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz – truly bizarre.
We sat in on a 40 minute Hello Kitty interpretation of the Wizard of Oz some of which can be viewed on youtube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPmPqgvtsU). In this story Oz was a sunglass salesman dressed (and very loosely modelled on, I’m assuming) as Elvis who memorably performs pelvic thrusts over the audience of 4 and 5 year olds. The whole show finishes with 10 minutes of dancing routines that, apart from the same actors in different costumes, had nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz – truly bizarre.
And then there’s the food, how much, for that?
In short unless you really really really love hello kitty I wouldn’t be taking the time to travel to hello kitty world.
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