43. Puroland: The fun begins!
So, here we have it - Puroland, aka: Hello Kitty World! This is Emma using her showmanship to build up our excitement to it ..... it's just a shame that it was a Tuesday or something, and so it was completely dead. We were the only Westerners there, except for a brief period in the afternoon when a Dad and his kid were there for the big show (more on that later!!).
44. Puroland: Gettin' it on with the oldies ....
This was the first thing we saw once we were in Puroland, a small stage show involving the older Hello Kitty generation ..... it was bizarre seeing grandad and grandma Kitty gettin' it on* in front of a bunch of pre-schoolers.
* Well, OK, they weren't exactly gettin' it on, they were more, uh, romancing in non-sexual way.
45. Puroland: "Happy birthday dear mina-san (everyone) ...."
This lucky (and slightly bemused) kid was one of many who were there to celebrate a birthday. We all got to sing 'Happy Birthday' to her and the other kids (and yes, it was sung in English!).
46. Puroland: My arse!
Hmm .... OK, confession time. In one room in the Wisdom Tree (yes, that's the Wisdom Tree!) there were 3 framed 'pictures', which were actually hooked up to video cameras which you could take still pictures with and have them displayed on the wall. Emma and I both pulled faces, and in the remaining frame I took a picture of my arse (not naked though!) and then proceeded to run away! I'm sure it wasn't hard for anyone to figure out who did it though ......
47. Puroland: Kitty-chan gets religious ....
Also in the Wisdom Tree was this slightly (or should that be very?) bizarre/tacky fully-working Buddhist/Shinto shrine, which Emma is expertly modelling here. Wishes can be tied around the bell, although whether anyone actually prays for them I don't know ....
48. Puroland: Kitty and Daniel go to Hawaii!
This shot is from one of the stage shows, in which Hello Kitty goes to Hawaii and gets involved in something or other which inevitably requires her and Daniel to save the day. Huzzah!
49. Puroland: Daniel goes to hell!
My favourite stage show, however, involved Pom Pom Purin (pictured) and Dear Daniel teaming up with a fallen Angel to fight demons and even the Devil himself, and it finishes with Daniel descending into Hell (literally, through a trap-door in the stage) for a climactic fight with the Devil. Again, huzzah! (Alas, the pictures of Daniel fighting didn't come out very well. Darn.)
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