Hello Kitty Cafe Truck Will Bring Exclusive Toys And Treats To Tysons Corner Center

WASHINGTON, DC — Each spring, thousands of visitors descend on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. to take in the beauty of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

This year, the festival will celebrate its 110th anniversary, commemorating the gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the city from Tokyo Mayor Yukio Osaka in 1912.

As it has in previous years, the festival hosts a number of activities — many of them free — highlighting Japanese culture. A full list of events is available on the festival's website.

This year, a popular Japanese retail and cultural icon will be coming to the District to help celebrate the return of the cherry blossoms.

The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will be making five stops around the D.C. area to sell exclusive treats and collectibles, including:

• New Hello Kitty Cafe Lunchbox
• New Hello Kitty Cafe Lavender T-Shirt
• Hello Kitty Cafe Canvas Tote
• Hello Kitty Cafe Rainbow Thermos
• Hand-decorated cookie sets
• Enamel Pin Sets
• Madeleine Cookie Sets.

Fans of the Japanese pop culture icon will also be able to purchase Hello Kitty Cafe Plush Toys and Giant Hello Kitty Cafe Chef Cookies from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., this Saturday, when the truck sets up in the Events Plaza at Tysons Corner Center.

Over the next couple of weeks, the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will make two stops additional in Maryland before it rolls into D.C. for the National Cherry Blossom Festival's Sakuri Matsuri Japanese Street Festival on Pennsylvania Avenue. The truck will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturday, April 9 and from 10:30 am. to 4 p.m., on Sunday, April 10.