This was the day we indulged in a sea of pinkness and cuteness. Read lots of reviews before going to Sanrio Puroland, and I must say the theme park turned out way exceeding my expectation.

A five minutes walk from Tama-center station, we saw the big Hello Kitty at the entrance.

It was an indoor theme park, nicely decorated with all Sanrio characters. We got hold of the passport which allowed us to visit the Hello Kitty house, Hello Kitty lab and watch performances at the theatres. If you are not a fan of Sanrio and rushing to leave, you can get the ordinary ticket (around 1000 yen cheaper), which allows you to shop for the Sanrio mechandise and watch the performances at the central stage. Any performance at the theatres or visit to the Hello Kitty house or lab will cost you another 500 yen each.

Our first stop was the arcade and toilet (haha, we had a long journey from Ikebukuro).

We entered the Hello Kitty house next.

And all visitors got to take a shot with Hello Kitty at the exit. She was so friendly! (unlike the characters in Tokyo Disneyland) 

Visitors may purchase the Hello Kitty shot (by their photographer) at 1000 yen. The photo on WQ's camera was quite nice, so we decided to give it a miss (haha, we want to save the money to buy other things too).

We took a boat ride after that. Short queue and the staff allowed me to occupy the boat (which can take 6 people) by ourselves. WQ and I thought it was quite generous of them. Lots of cute characters throughout the ride.

Managed to catch two different performances at the tree house central stage before and after lunch. Too bad it was in Japanese and I couldn't understand most of it. Luckily the characters were animated and cute, so it was satisfying by just watching them dance to the music.

 Rushed from one theatre to another after that so as to make full use of the passport to watch every performance (haha, and we succeeded!). Those performances in the theatres (which those holding ordinary tickets have to pay) have english subtitles.

Visited the lab. Had to move from one station to another. By winning the game at each station, we will get to choose the hairstyle/clothes/shoes/hairband etc. for the cat. Otherwise, it will be determined by the machine randomly. Quite hard to get a nice looking kitty for a first timer. Before I could understand the instructions on the screen (for some of the stations), the game started and ended.

The final stop was the Hello Kitty shop on Level 3. There are several shops in the themepark, but the one in level 3 has the greatest variety.

A long train ride to Yokohama (and an expensive one). Was seven plus when we reached and couldn't take the ferris wheel and explore the place thoroughly. Must devote one full day for Yokohama if we ever visit Tokyo again. Must go and see the chinatown.