Kiki Lala

Do you know Kiki and Lala? They're twin little star fairies from Sanrio.

 

 

 

I grew up with Little Twin Stars goods along with beloved Keroppi and Hello Kitty and some Pochacco, but only today learnt who is who in KikiLala. Because of the movie "Kiki's Delivery Service", I thought Kiki is a girl, but always also thought Lala can't be a boy's name. I don't know why I never bothered to check. Apparently, Kiki is the boy and Lala is the girl.

 

Pochacco

 

I first fell in love with KikiLala (I've never heard of anyone call them by the actual name, LTS) because their tissues from Sanrio shop had the best candy print and mild cotton candyish scent.

 

In Japan, we're taught to always carry with us a packet of tissues and a handkerchief. There's even a "Health Maintenance staff" in each class that checks to make sure each student has them and reports to the Nurse's room. This staff also checks if your nails are trimmed, and if your hair is past your shoulder you are to tie them.

 

Because of such rule and another rule that says we can not bring to school anything that isn't necessary, girls compete to have the cutest handkerchief and tissues, and at the time Sanrio was the only company that had irregular shaped packages and KikiLala even came with a scent which was a big deal for little kids. Because of the no toy rule, Japanese stationery goods often are half a toy, too. The many different erasers clearly not for erasing are perfect example of the situation.

 

I've owned almost all of them here except for the chocolate donut.

These are just a part of the food series, and there are many others.

I used to be obsessed with the food series but recently I'm more into the animal series, especially the fish collection.

Keroppi

 

 

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