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 ...

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 ...

Hello Kitty is the subject of Japan's second pop culture-themed bullet train which enters service on June 30. Kyle Hyatt Former news and features editor Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from ...

It's time to add another must-do item to your Hello Kitty travel bucket list! West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) is launching a new Hello Kitty bullet train that will debut on its Sanyo Shinkansen Line, ...

If you're looking for a good reason to get the heck of out of the U.S. right now, Japan just gave you extra incentive — with a Hello Kitty Bullet train that is practically screaming, "Our country is ...

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 operator, West ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One locomotive got a little more purrrfect. Following in the footsteps of EVA Airways, and their famous Hello Kitty Shining Star ...

The kawaii cuteness of Hello Kitty knows no bounds, with the Sanrio mascot present in some way in just about every part of Japanese popular culture. Sadly, one of these aspects is soon coming to an ...

This train is purr-fect for Hello Kitty fans. Next month, the West Japan Railway Company will debut a flashy new bullet train decked out in brightly colored decor that features the long-popular Sanrio ...

That’s right, it a bullet train, and it’s pink. Starting this weekend, the Japanese obsession with the Hello Kitty character is expanding to the railroad, with the launch of this special machine. The ...

FUKUOKA, Japan >> West Japan Railway Co. unveiled Monday a Hello Kitty Shinkansen bullet train, which will begin service Saturday between Shin-Osaka Station and Hakata Station in Fukuoka. JR West ...