The collaboration aims to revitalize regional communities in western Japan. The livery will be decorated in pink ribbons and Hello Kitty’s signature bow. (Source: West Japan Railway Company/Sanrio Co.

Last month fans got a look at the concept art for the Hello Kitty bullet train and now the real thing is finally in active service. The special “shinkansen” made its inaugural round-trip journey on ...

Rail travel is taking an adorable turn as a bullet train decked out in "Hello Kitty" motif starts a three-month run between the western Japanese cities of Osaka and Fukuoka on Saturday, the West Japan ...

The Neon Genesis Evangelion-themed bullet train is ending its service in Japan in May of this year, but riders won’t have to be without a high-speed character train for very long. A Hello Kitty-themed ...

There are two things that will never get old in Japan. Hello Kitty — Sanrio’s adorable mouthless character — and bullet trains. And now they’re coming together. Japan’s Shinkansen train operator, West ...

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There are two things that will never get old in Japan. Hello Kitty — Sanrio’s adorable mouthless character — and bullet trains. And now they’re coming together. Japan’s Shinkansen train operator, West ...