One of the elders of kawaii in Little Tokyo, Monkey Pants has been slinging cute collectibles, plushies and children’s clothing since 2012. Every year, owner Mychaela Hardy heads to Japan, ...

Tourists from Britain pose with Hello Kitty decoration at the Tokyo National Museum where the exhibition “As I change, so does she” is held, marking the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty in ...

Inside the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in the Odaiba district is a bizarre interactive museum, where visitors can take photos with kawaii unko, or cute poop. Don’t worry, there is no actual excrement ...

TOKYO--Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character's fictional birthday has brought museum exhibits, a theme park spectacle and a ...

I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - 2012 Comedy . 57%. Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban ...

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Japan has always been a source of style inspiration, with many fashion aesthetics emerging from Tokyo. The Lolita aesthetic, for instance, represents themes like cuteness, sweetness, elegance, and ...

Dressed in a kimono, Hello Kitty performs a classical Japanese dance at a Tokyo shopping center event in 2007. Once a symbol of rebellion and girlhood, the cartoon cat has become a cultural ...

A recent Fruits Zipper fan frenzy stirred online criticism, raising questions about the line between passion and obsession in ...

“Shrewd” is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo’s Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered the worlds of commerce, fashion and entertainment. As a tabula rasa open to ...