{"id":146754,"date":"2018-06-26T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/japan-unveils-hello-kitty-themed-bullet-train\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T14:55:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:55:37","slug":"japan-unveils-hello-kitty-themed-bullet-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/japan-unveils-hello-kitty-themed-bullet-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan unveils Hello Kitty-themed bullet train"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Shinkansen train adorned with special livery bearing popular character Hello Kitty\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/461E\/production\/_102205971_hi047738679.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      The rail firm hopes the train&#039;s eye-catching design will attract tourists                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">It is enough to wake the tired eyes of the groggiest commuter. A striking white and pink bullet train themed around the Japanese cartoon character and marketing phenomenon Hello Kitty.<\/p>\n<p>The bespoke train will begin a three month run between the western cities of Osaka and Fukuoka on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It was unveiled by the West Japan Railway firm which hopes the use of a famous local export will boost tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Hello Kitty branding features on the windows, seat covers, and flooring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet Hello Kitty&#039;s biggest fan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP                                                    <\/figure>\n<p>In line with the firm&#039;s aim to attract tourists, the first carriage will have no seats but will offer passengers the chance to buy regional goods and foods from western Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Another carriage will have a large Hello Kitty doll - adorned in a unique crew uniform - where fans can pose for photos.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP                                                    <\/figure>\n<p>The character was created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974 and since then has spread around the world.<\/p>\n<p>It can be found on everything from key chains to motor oil, aeroplanes to toilet paper and the brand is now estimated to be worth billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  The Asahi Shimbun \/ Getty Images                                                    <\/figure>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP                                                    <\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright AFPImage caption The rail firm hopes the train&#039;s eye-catching design will attract tourists It is enough to wake the tired eyes of the groggiest commuter. A striking white<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}