HELLO KITTY APPLE HOUSE — Attraction in Awaji

Going to Hello Kitty Apple House wasn’t really planned for my trip but since it was on the way to Hello Kitty smile we decided to stopover there first.

The shuttle bus from Iwaya Port will bring you to the carpark below the Apple House. You need to walk up the hill yourself. Note there is no “bus stop” so it was kind of a run to where ever the shuttle bus stopped even though we were already waiting for the bus on our departure from Apple House.

I forgot the ticket price but there’s a few options. We took the one with the tea time set meal snack & show since we happened to be there in time. I think it was 2:30pm.

Of course, if you’re a hello kitty fan like me, everything would be cute and magical. But I feel that the sparkle was dampened by the rather curt staff who were manning the photo taking. They kept insisting One Group One Photo. But it’s just me & my friend. Literally if we chose to sit separately we wouldn’t be a group. We came from overseas. Fly all the way and travel there for hello kitty. The majority of everyone else was local Japanese. They refused to let each of us take photos with hello kitty. It HAD to be in a group. And they chased us away. Pretty upsetting. Literally they could just give us 10 seconds and individual photos would be snapped. Nobody is asking hello kitty for 10 minutes. Not even 5 minutes. Even 1 minute isn’t too long to ask for since we flew and traveled hours to see Hello Kitty. We really felt disrespected as guests.

We also went to Hello Kitty smile & hello Kitty universal studios. The staff were all very kind and understanding. They allowed us to snap quick individual photos. Those were precious photos to us.

Frankly, the food - all vegan desserts , and drinks were so-so. We didn’t come for the food. We came for Hello Kitty but we felt our purpose was badly disrespected.

The rest of hello Kitty Apple house is just merchandise selling (mainly made in China) and photo spots only. The show when we went was the autumn hello kitty piano show for autumn. It was ok, mainly music played by the musicians, hello kitty only came out at the end for 2-3 songs and photo taking. Not very long. Less than 20 min.

Even as a huge fan of hello kitty, I’m not so sure about this spot. I’d like to see hello kitty here again in different seasons. But I wish the staff would be kinder and more respectful to guests who made good effort and paid good money to come see hello kitty.

Update March 2025: I wanted to visit again for the spring show but after discovering from March 21, prices for teatime cafe show increased JPY500, and the show doesn’t include a dessert anymore! Only a drink! Price up and reduced service… we decided not to go. Second time disappointed...

키티의 고향 일본에서 키티로 해볼 수 있는건 다해보고 있는 와중에 코로나때 새롭게 오픈한 헬로키티 애플하우스를 찾아 갑니다. 헬로키티 스마일이 2018년에 오픈하여 먼저 찾았었구요.

그곳에서 키티애프터눈티를 경험했었습니다. 헬로키티스마일에서 2.5킬로정도 떨어진 곳에 헬로키티 애플하우스와 헬로키티 쇼박스가 나란히 붙어 있습니다.

3곳 모두 효고현 아와지시마에 있는 시설입니다. 헬로키티 스마일(ハローキティスマイル)이 키티숍과 키티뮤지엄, 레스토랑등으로 구성되어 있구요.

헬로키티 애플하우스는 전망대 역할을 하고 있습니다. 헬로키티 쇼박스는 쇼를 보며 식사나 디저트를 먹을수 있는 극장과 키티숍으로 구성되어 있습니다.

스마일 입장료와 애플하우스&쇼박스 입장료가 별도로 필요하구요. 레스토랑의 쇼를 보며 식사나 디저트는 사전 유선예약으로 진행됩니다.

고베 산노미야로부터 가까운 정류장까지 고속버스가 1일8회 정도 다니고 있구요. 각시설들을 이어주는 셔틀버스가 운행됩니다. 도보로는 정류장서 10분정도 소요됩니다.

헬로키티 스마일이 바다와 딱붙어 있고 애플&쇼박스는 논밭가운데 위치합니다. 주변풍경은 영락없는 우리의 시골마을과 다를게 없습니다.

아와지시마는 휴양지로 잘발달되어 고베시민들의 하와이로 각광받는 곳으로 온천과 레저, 리조트, 뮤지엄등등 관광지가 도처에 산재되어 있습니다.

스모토온천에서 1박 안도타다오 호텔에서 1박을 하며 이곳저곳 다녀오다가 이번 기회에 헬로키티 쇼박스 런치타임으로 찾습니다.

입장료와 런치비건코스요리, 헬로키티쇼타임, 공연후 키티짱과의 30초 직접대화 그리고 기념사진까지 포함되어 있습니다. 인형탈을 쓴 키티와의 대화라니?.?

키티덕후들에겐 그자체로 아름답고 행복한 순간입니다. 인스타팔로우를 하고 미션을 클리어시키면 가챠1회 기회도 얻습니다. 참가상인 한정판 클리어파일을 받습니다.

애플하우스 엘리베이터를 탑승하면 키티랩핑이된 키티하우스에서 셀카를 맘껏 찍을수도 있구요. 옥상전망대에 오르면 쇼박스를 뒤덮은 키티지붕과 마주합니다.

멀리 아카시시와 바다가 보이며 좋은 풍경을 보여 줍니다. 이곳에만 파는 한정판 굿즈들도 가득하구요. 키덕들에게는 키티의 모든 것을 느낄 수 있는...

Caught a beautiful sunset here at the observatory! There is also a kitty show in the cafe, and we missed the last show which prolly started around 4pm.

We purchased onsite, the ticket package that included this attraction and Hello kitty smile.

It was a weekday so it wasn’t crowded at all! And I suppose it wasn’t summer so it’s not a...