In planning our trip to Japan, I randomly found an app on the iTunes store for my iPhone called "Visit Japan with Hello Kitty" - it was, apparently, only available from September 3, 2012 until March 31, 2013. The official site was
here and there's more Official info about it
here - those are probably pointless links if the app is no longer available, but if you are able to find it, it's fun and I used it earlier today so I know it still functions. I played with it a little before we left, but I couldn't figure out what it was supposed to do, besides provide a bit of info about touristy places in a cute format, and almost deleted it. Luckily, I didn't - and happened to open it and click on the camera button - Hello Kitty magically appeared on my camera screen!
We first met her at a temple in Kyoto:
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She followed us to Osaka where she and her little bunny friend frolicked around our room with John:
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We found her again in Nara, looking adorable hanging out with the deer:
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While waiting to board the Shinkansen back to Tokyo, we spotted Hello Kitty once again:
I guess she enjoyed our company because she seemed to be following us on our way from Osaka to Tokyo - with some creative modes of transportation...
She was very adorable...
…so, fInally, we just invited her to ride with us...
She was happy to show us the sites:
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…and she was always up for a drink!
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She was definitely an adorable addition to our adventures in Japan!
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