Hello Kitty is beloved all around the world, but nowhere is she more revered, celebrated, and protected than in Japan. In fact, she was named Tourism Ambassador to China and Hong Kong by Japan's tourism ministry in 2008. However, the Atlantic Wire reports, the publication of Hello Kitty's Guide to Japan in English and Japanese has been stirring up a bit of drama, bringing Kitty's nationality and essentially her entire history in question.
Her official biography on the Sanrio website explains that she lives in London with her parents and twin sister, Mimmy. We are given her birth date, but it's unclear whether she was born in London or just moved there at some point in time.
(Time)
Hello Kitty is beloved all around the world, but nowhere is she more revered, celebrated, and protected than in Japan. In fact, she was named Tourism Ambassador to China and Hong Kong by Japan's tourism ministry in 2008. However, the Atlantic Wire reports, the publication of Hello Kitty's Guide to Japan in English and Japanese has been stirring up a bit of drama, bringing Kitty's nationality and essentially her entire history in question.
Her official biography on the Sanrio website explains that she lives in London with her parents and twin sister, Mimmy. We are given her birth date, but it's unclear whether she was born in London or just moved there at some point in time.
(Time)