Popsugar Living Restaurants Hello Kitty Smile Restaurant on Awaji Island in Japan This New Immersive Hello Kitty Restaurant Is Right Out of a Dream — See All the Details! 10 July 2018 by Brittany Natale Image Source: Instagram Your favourite Sanrio character has big news – a new Hello Kitty-themed restaurant has recently opened in Japan, and it is all types of amazing! Aptly named Hello Kitty Smile, the space is located on Awaji Island and proves to be so much more than just a place to dine. It comes complete with a gourmet restaurant, high tea annex, outdoor terrace, theatre, shop, and more. The main dining area serves creative dishes influenced by both Japanese and Chinese cuisines prepared by award-winning chefs – restaurant goers can expect high-quality ingredients such as locally sourced shark fin and abalone. In an annex area, high tea is served daily, where more than 50 types of tea can be enjoyed with Hello Kitty-inspired pastries and treats. There is even an immersive theatre where projection-mapping, spherical colour-changing LED lights, and other design details are used to bring Hello Kitty's world to life. Before heading out, guests can visit the Hello Kitty shop to pick up gifts and souvenirs. If this isn't enticing enough, the exterior of the new space boasts a 36-foot tall Hello Kitty sculpture that looks right out onto the water. This restaurant joins other popular Hello Kitty collaborations – such as the Hello Kitty x PBTeen collection that was released earlier this Summer and the Hello Kitty bullet train in Japan that recently debuted. See all the details of this incredible restaurant now! Related: Hello Kitty Is Here to Make Blending Your Makeup Way Cuter A post shared by HELLO KITTY SMILE (@hellokittysmile.awaji) on Jun 15, 2018 at 7:24pm PDT 1 / 23 A post shared by Wendy🌸 (@wendywendysl) on Jun 27, 2018 at 1:18am PDT 2 / 23 A post shared by Koyanagi Mizue ☺︎❥ (@mizuchan.k) on Jun 13, 2018 at 5:48am PDT 3 / 23 A post shared by rumi (@rumichi820) on May 8, 2018 at 3:50am PDT 4 / 23 A post shared by M A I K A (@maika_sing) on Apr 27, 2018 at 3:19am PDT 5 / 23 A post shared by Hello Kitty (@hellokitty) on Jun 12, 2018 at 3:51pm PDT 6 / 23 A post shared by 7 🇯🇵 (@sora_no_hoshi73) on May 15, 2018 at 2:55am PDT 7 / 23 A post shared by @yasuyoh on Jun 17, 2018 at 4:32am PDT 8 / 23 A post shared by Hello Kitty (@hellokitty) on Jun 12, 2018 at 3:52pm PDT 9 / 23 A post shared by HELLO KITTY SMILE (@hellokittysmile.awaji) on Jun 16, 2018 at 8:33pm PDT 10 / 23 A post shared by HELLO KITTY SMILE (@hellokittysmile.awaji) on May 10, 2018 at 5:54pm PDT 11 / 23 A post shared by HELLO KITTY SMILE (@hellokittysmile.awaji) on May 17, 2018 at 10:03pm PDT 12 / 23 A post shared by tomoco/KOBE (@lucky7jp) on Jun 30, 2018 at 9:00pm PDT 13 / 23 A post shared by tomoco/KOBE (@lucky7jp) on Jul 1, 2018 at 5:18pm PDT 14 / 23 A post shared by HELLO KITTY SMILE (@hellokittysmile.awaji) on May 12, 2018 at 2:25am PDT 15 / 23 A post shared by Kaori Kuroda (@kaorikuroda7866) on Jul 1, 2018 at 5:53am PDT 16 / 23 A post shared by Akilucky (@akiinoel) on Jul 1, 2018 at 8:15pm PDT 17 / 23 A post shared by tomoco/KOBE (@lucky7jp) on Jul 1, 2018 at 3:00am PDT 18 / 23 A post shared by Tomoko Sakata (@moko_sakata) on Jun 14, 2018 at 9:31pm PDT 19 / 23 A post shared by まこっちゃん☕️ (@cafe._trip) on Jun 1, 2018 at 11:18pm PDT 20 / 23 A post shared by ♡☺︎*:.✧리사*:.✧☺︎♡ (@_risaaababy_) on Jun 2, 2018 at 11:22am PDT 21 / 23 A post shared by ariru.7941 (@aki.7941.rarmam) on May 5, 2018 at 10:26pm PDT 22 / 23 A post shared by 山田ひろみ (@hiropi3553) on May 27, 2018 at 9:10pm PDT 23 / 23 RestaurantsSanrioTravel InspirationJapanTravelHello Kitty