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On November 1st, the 40th-anniversary event of the Sanrio character "Hello Kitty" was held at Sanrio Puroland (Ochiai, Tama City, TOKYO, Japan).
Visitors hugged Hello Kitty one after another.
Hello, Kitty, whose birthday is the same day. Since the design development in 1974 (Showa 49), next year will be the 40th anniversary, so Sanrio (Shinagawa Ward) will develop a commemorative project with the concept of "ARIGATO HUG YOU".
On the day of the event, an opening ceremony will be held at "Puro Village" on the 1st floor of the same garden. Hello, Kitty designer Yuko Yamaguchi appeared at the venue and said, "The 40th anniversary of Kitty will start from today," and handed Hello Kitty a bouquet of birthday celebrations, and the platform gave a big applause. ..
Following the opening ceremony, the new parade "ARIGATO EVERYONE!" Will be unveiled for the first time in 6 years. With the theme of a party celebrating the anniversary, 49 people including characters such as Hello Kitty, My Melody, and Little Twin Stars and dancers will appear, and music videos and TV such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's song "PONPONPON" "Choreographer air: man", known for his CM choreography, participated in the production.
The parade was acrobatic, with characters wearing shoes with unique springs jumping and performing, and during the 15-minute show, the audience cheered many times and the show's performance. On the way, the children of the audience also enjoyed participating in the dance.
At the "Lady Kitty House" on the 2nd floor, "HUG and" Gyu "1000 people special" where Hello Kitty and visitors hug each other is also held. At the "Character Award" held by Sanrio this year, Hello Kitty's promise was realized, and there was a long line of visitors wearing "special HUG T-shirts" distributed in advance at the venue. Did it. A female customer in her twenties who lined up from midnight and hugged Hello Kitty said, "It was comfortable. It feels fluffy." "(Puroland) never gets tired of coming. I want to continue." ..
In addition to the enormous event with "Hello Kitty", the garden plans to hold various events in the future, such as distributing the "40th Anniversary Pin Badge" to the first 200 people on weekdays from the 5th to the 26th of this month.
