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Hello, Hello Kitty fans, what do we have here for you? Japan’s hottest pop-diva, Hamasaki Ayumi (although she’s slowly giving ground to Koda Kumi), in a special collaboration with Sanrio, the company famous for their cute little characters (namely, Hello Kitty).

The collaboration brings us a digicam with Ayu’s logo printed on the face-plate along with the famous Kitty lurking from behind (the official collaboration logo). This special camera is of course, limited, and will be available on June 18 (I think fan club members can get it earlier, not sure). It is basically the 7.2mp Panasonic DMC-FX30 in white (pretty decent cam), comes bundled with a special carry case with the Ayu-Kitty logo embossed, and the box it comes in is… well… the normal cardboard box with the exception of the Ayu-Kitty logo. All this will set you back ¥54,600.

Hmmmmmmm… dunno what to think about this though. If I was an Ayu fan, I think I would prefer the cam without the Kitty. And if I was a Kitty fan, I’d just drop by to a Sanrio outlet and pickup one of their Kitty-printed cams (Casio, etc.). But that’s just me…

Also available will be an Ash & Diamonds cellphone/camera strap in either silver or gold. The strap is made from sheep skin and has an Ayu-kitty buckle that is lined with Austrian crystals. Again, it is limited and has a price tag of ¥9,975.

If neither of those appeal to you, how about an Ayu-Kitty figure for ¥600? No? An Ayu-Kitty mirror for ¥2,200?

Anyway, I think I’ll leave it at that. If ‘Ayu’ and ‘Kitty’ are your cuppa tea, head over to the mu-mo online store.