Sanrio — Travel Blog — The Check In

If you know me, you know how much I love Gudetama. Of course, we went to the Gudetama Cafe in Osaka in one of my previous posts. But we also went to Sanrio Puroland. This themepark is a Sanrio character theme park about 40 minutes away from Shinjuku station in Tama ward. They have tons of attractions and photo opportunities with all of your favorite Sanrio characters.

One of my favorite parts to this amusement park was the Gudetama area. There was an entire exhibit dedicated to Gudetama “traveling the world” as different foods. There are lots of fun Gudetama photo-ops, as well. Gudetama as an omurice, gudetama on a burger, gudetama in a crepe, and many more!

Another adorable part of Sanrio Puroland was the boat ride. This was very reminiscent of the “Small World” boat ride in Disney, except with all Sanrio characters. It was so cute! I absolutely loved Cinnamoroll baking cinnamon rolls and PomPomPurin carrying around pudding. Each of the characters were represented in this boat ride that is fun for the whole family.

And if you’re looking for Sanrio swagg, you’ve come to the right place! I’ve never seen so many Gudetama items as I did in this store! There is something for every Sanrio character here. Many items are even unique to Puroland and can’t be found anywhere else!

Of course, every good attraction has food! And Puroland has a great cafeteria! All of their food is character themed. We ate Gudetama ramen, a gudetama donut, and a Wish Me Mell Pancake with ice cream and berries. It was fun and delicious!

If you’re a Sanrio fan, you’ve got to check out this theme park. Come see Hello Kitty and all of her friends next time you’re in Tokyo and come check out Sanrio Puroland.

Ok. You’re going to need to just deal with how incredibly obsessed I am with Gudetama. Gudetama is a Sanrio character, a character from the same company as Hello Kitty. Gudetama, however, is an egg that embodies laziness and a love of sleep and all things chill. He is my spirit animal… spirit food?

Anyways, he has his own cafe in Osaka, Japan, in HEP FIVE, a mall in the Umeda area. Japan has many character themed restaurants, so I was really excited when I found out that Gudetama has his own cafe. We went to it, and it was amazing. First, you walk up to a Gudetama themed entrance, and upon walking in, you’ll see Gudetama everywhere!

There are Gudetama plushies all around the cafe and even a Gudetama statue in the front. The entire time, you’ll hear Gudetama cartoons playing on TVs throughout the restaurant. There is even a gift shop in the entrance of the store. Here you’ll find all of the Gudetama swag you could ever want. It’s even Sanrio official merchandise.

Next, let’s talk about the food. Because Gudetama is an egg, of course you’ll find a ton of egg type foods like udon and gyudon. But you’ll also find some super cute desserts like the Gudetama custards that come in little egg shell containers or the Gudetama ice cream Sunday. All of the food items have super cute Gudetama pun-themed names in Japanese, too.

The food was delicious and definitely made the experience really memorable. If you don’t leave that cafe with a fully belly, humming the Gudetama theme song for the next day and a half, then something has gone seriously wrong.

Next time you’re in Osaka, Japan, definitely try this place out. Even if you’re not as big of a Gudetama fan as I am, it’s an absolute must-see.