10.50 am: An exposition dedicated to Hello Kitty is currently running in the nearby Japan Museum Siebold Huis ( http://www.sieboldhuis.org/en/) and we visited it this morning.
I have no affinity at all with the character but my elder daughter absolutely adores her. She happily posed in this staircase featuring several huge Hello Kitties. The result confused her - she requested to see the photo several times and kept asking why she looked so small and Hello Kitty so big.
I love Hello Kitty too. My eldest granddaughter however does not and the youngest is into Fairy Princesses. Love the socks on your daughter, very funky.