Today I went to Sanrio Puroland ,on business, which is a small theme park. In Japan, schools are on summer holiday and so there were a lot of families at the park. Actually, I met a guy who said, that 10,000 people visit there on the weekend.
To be honest with you, Puroland has not been financially healthy for some time now. Not only was the theme park in trouble but other Sanrio products, after the first big sales boom started about 30 years ago. I did not think Sanro was popular anymore, but about 10 years ago or so, a popular singer (at that time) Tomomi Kahara declared she loved Hello Kitty and then Kitty products enjoyed another big boom in sales again. After that, Kitty became very popular in foreign countries. Finally, Puroland is quite healthy financially. Any ways, I went there as a client and they kindly gave me some puroland suveniors, but of course I gave them all to my Kitter Guy co-worker. Of course, he was so happy :-S
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