Kitty-san

On the theme of kawaii, I mustn’t miss mentioning Japan´s Kitty-san or Kitty White キティ・ホワイト Kiti Howaito, who is a white Japanese bobtail cat, a fictional character produced by Sanrio. She was first designed by cartoonist Yuko Shimizu. Kitty-san is found on everything from school supplies, stamps and flower arrangements to consumer goods such as Swarovski´s high end Hello Kitty range. She also has her own theme parks. To make Kitty, who was named after a cat in Lewis Carroll´s Through the Looking Glass, more interesting, her background story is that she was born in the suburbs of London as England was trending in Japan at the time. Have a great weekend everyone!