Bow-tiful and timeless: A visitor looking at a giant Hello Kitty on display at the exhibition in Tokyo and visitors viewing gigantic Hello Kitty slippers. — AP
Hello Kitty is now 50. 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 national tour.
And that’s just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not the one listed in her official biography.
