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Japan's Hello Kitty Bullet Train Is Way Too Cute

It’s a dream come true for some, and a big part of the country’s embrace of “kawaii” culture.
The bullet train is decked out in pink ribbons and images of Hello Kitty as a conductor.
The bullet train is decked out in pink ribbons and images of Hello Kitty as a conductor.Sanrio

It was only a matter of time before two of Japan’s biggest obsessions came together. It’s an unbearably sweet collaboration—and, for many, a dream come true.

Beginning June 30, the country’s newest bullet train will come barreling down the railway at some 200 miles an hour, decked out in pink. Blink and you might miss the sight of one the world’s most iconic characters plastered on the side: the beloved Hello Kitty.