The 3Yen’s reporter, Den4, spotted that that Hello Kitty has become O-hell Kitty and is going on the reunion tour of the speed metal band, X JAPAN.
Kitty will be taking over Heath on bass according to the X JAPAN ARMY website.
The motto of the 3Yen is “You Can Never Have Enough HELLO KITTY” and true to form I bring you Hello Kitty, the MAC via purveyors of the strange, YouTube.
Here’s a photo taken at the 109 Building in Shibuya Tokyo of a blinged-out foldable bike for move you in Hello Kitty style thanks to gruntzooki’s flickr photostream… Full-size photo on flickr.
An odd Tokyo factoid:
Maybe 15% of all bicycles in Tokyo are foldable bikes–However, I have NEVER seen one folded. Looking at the frames of foldable bikes parked on the street, it is obvious that the folding mechanisms have never been used (and often are rusted shut). Pedaling these small clown bicycles is would seem more difficult and there is not much practical advantage to having a such bicycle if the folding feature is never used.
Today is one of those amazing ninja holidays that sneak up on me without me knowing about it. I never know about Japanese holidays until I hustle out of house and discover no one else is on the train with me going to work.
My calendar claims that it is Kinro kansha no hi–Labor Thanksgiving Day–(Wikipedia) . And, because of the holiday it’s a slow news-day without anything for me to comment on, so I’ll leave you with Toyota’s ninja cats. Enjoy!
Listen to wisdom of the ages/ageless….
“Let people all over the world drink delicious wine and live their dreams in happiness.“
–HELLO KITTY
First Beaujolais shipments arrive; Aeon to serve in plastic bottles Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 – japantimes.co.jp (Kyodo) NARITA, Chiba Pref.– This year’s first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau arrived Friday at Narita and other airports in Japan…. Aeon Co. said it will offer this year’s… “special” Beaujolais Nouveau…in 750-ml plastic bottles instead of glass, and priced at 1,780 yen, undercutting the average market price of 2,000 to 3,000 yen...more…
Hello Kitty 1-Seg portable TV Japan Today: 23rd July 2008—Sanrio Corp has a new portable TV in the shape of its Hello Kitty character…[the] “Hello Kitty Face-Shape 1-Seg TV” features a 2.4-inch display that can show subtitles, sound multiplex services as well as stereo speaker and earphone…more…
A bit quick explanation about Japan-only 1Seg tech….
Japanese TV programs on 1Seg (Wiki) are fundamentally the same as those broadcast on the equivalent HDTV channel but are meant to be broadcast to cell phones. Since 2006 Japan has had 1Seg that allows mobile devices to pick up TV shows without a large antenna and it is considered by most cell phone users here as an important (but not critical) feature.
The Hello Kitty Face-Shape 1-Seg TV by Sanrio Corp costs 21,000 yen and is available on yahoo.co.jp. It has a Lithium-ion battery that will run the TV about 4.5 hours (as well as an AC charger/power adapter (100V-240V AC, 50/60Hz).
The 3Yen’s crack correspondent, the illustrious Herr Doctor Professor Den4, has spotted more Hello Kitty fun for all of you to enjoy!
First check out the Hello Kitty House(via kittyhell.com)
What would be worse than a house full of Hello Kitty crap? How about a Hello Kitty House full of Hello Kitty crap?