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This California City Has America's Best Japantown You've Never Heard Of
If you've never been to Japan, this incredible neighborhood in a major California city will show you what it's like to be ...
Campaign Asia4d
Of fandom, kawaii, and marketing: Hello Kitty turns 50
Campaign dissects the secret sauce to Hello Kitty’s iconic global domination, its grasp of the timeless kawaii concept, and ...
Fender celebrates 50 years of Hello Kitty with kawaii Squier Strat, fuzz pedal and accessories
The Hello Kitty Stratocaster is officially back, available in pink or white, and if you are allergic to cute look away ...
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The bond between the Japanese and animals as seen in ukiyo-e
“Animals are not just cute. Their relationship with humans is a little more ... This exhibition is an expansion of one held ...
The Columbian8d
At 50, Hello Kitty is as ‘kawaii’ and lucrative as ever
Hello Kitty turned 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional ...
A quintessential ‘kawaii’ export
Hello Kitty is now 50. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-­headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional birthday has ...
Norwich Evening News12d
Japanese and kawaii themed pop-up coming to Norwich Market
It will be run as a collaboration between best friends Katherine Rose, 29, and Jessica Fulcher, 25, who love Japanese and kawaii culture and run their own small businesses based on different aspects ...
BBC13d
Japan
As the cute character celebrates her 50th anniversary, the firm behind it is now a trillion yen business. Japan's highest mountain typically gets snow by early October, but there has been ...
SBS15d
As Hello Kitty turns 50, meet the Aussie superfan who spent a house deposit on her collection
The Japanese pop culture icon has attracted fans of all ages across the world. It's become a symbol of Japanese 'kawaii' (cute) culture and soft power, an anthropologist says. Victoria ...
Niagara Gazette16d
A half century of Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty turns 50 today. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character's fictional birthday ...
Hello Kitty at 50: The mouthless face that launched an $80 billion empire
She has been a UNICEF ambassador, a special envoy for Japan’s Foreign Ministry and the subject of themed restaurants, cafes, ...
KXLY 4 News16d
Hello Kitty at 50: The mouthless face that launched an $80 billion empire
“Just after 9/11, the world was changing,” he told CNN. “And I think that the Japanese ‘kawaii’ culture was an alternative fit for America, somehow.” Much of Hello Kitty’s commercial ...