Sanrio Puroland

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Sanrio Puroland

Sanrio Puroland (サンリオピューロランド, Sanrio Pyūrorando^?) is an indoor theme park located in Tama New Town, Tokyo, Japan that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year.

Opened on December 7, 1990, the theme park is run by the Sanrio company, and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, etc. While many of these attractions are only in the Japanese language, because of the worldwide popularity of these characters, Puroland attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan. Puroland also has a gift shop with Puroland-specific character goods, and an extensive range including a large Hello Kitty wedding collection, and character goods ranging from very small to lifesize. Tourists visiting in the summer will see fireworks on a daily basis.

The theme park lost money its first three years, owing to operational foul-ups and a temporary lull in Hello Kitty's popularity, but has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.^[1]

Nearby train stations are the Odakyu Tama Center station (Odakyu Tama Line), Keio Tama Center Station on the Keio Sagamihara line, and Tama City Monorail's Tama Center Station. Puroland is also situated within walking distance of the Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo.