Come summer, Hello Kitty superfans will be able to ride in style on a Japanese bullet train honoring the beloved character, as West Japan Railway will be going full steam ahead on a project to “send ...

Last month fans got a look at the concept art for the Hello Kitty bullet train and now the real thing is finally in active service. The special “shinkansen” made its inaugural round-trip journey on ...

(CNN) — There are two things that will never get old in Japan. Hello Kitty — Sanrio’s adorable mouthless character — and bullet trains. And now they’re coming together. Japan’s Shinkansen train ...

Hello Kitty is a fictional Japanese character with powers like no other: it is worth around $5 billion per year in global marketing, according to a study published in The New York Times. The obsession ...

This cutesy mode of transportation has debuted. The high-speed bullet train featuring the lovable Hello Kitty is now making trips in Japan. Unveiled today, the railroad cars are stylishly embellished ...

Lucky fans of Hello Kitty were among the first to ride a train themed after the iconic fictional character on its inaugural run in Taiwan on Monday. The Hello Kitty-themed Taroko Express train, the ...

Hello Kitty is without a doubt our favourite cartoon feline. But would you resort to committing a crime, just so you can take a piece of her home with you? On Monday, Taiwan unveiled its Hello ...

Rail travel is taking an adorable turn as a bullet train decked out in "Hello Kitty" motif starts a three-month run between the western Japanese cities of Osaka and Fukuoka on Saturday, the West Japan ...

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As we’ve previously reported, a Hello Kitty-themed train was set to begin service in Western Japan this summer and now we know the date service is set to commence. Last Friday, West Japan Railway Co.