Apparently, today is “Pear Day” in Japan. In Japanese, that’s なしの日 (nashi no hi). The reason for this is the date – 07/04. 7 in Japanese is なな (nana) and 4 is (sometimes) し (shi). So, when you put them together, you can make なし (nashi) which also happens to mean ‘pear’ in Japanese.
I don’t know if this is actually true though! I asked Japanese friends about it and they had never heard of it, but when I Googled I found two other definite mentions of it (1, 2). If you have heard of “Pear Day” or なしの日 please leave me a comment to let me know! 
Out of curiosity, I then Googled “Hello Kitty pear”, and look what I found…
Kawaii!! haha! (With thanks to the website I found this on.)
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I have just realized that Hello Kitty has no mouth, eh? Why is that, do you know if there’s any particular reason that?
Anyway, that Hello Kitty pear looks cute, what is that for?
Yeah, Kitty-chan has no mouth! Weird, huh? Haha!
I think this pear thing is must some kind of small box. I think!
Yes, that’s weird, maybe there’s some kind of philosophy there? To imply to no talks, just hear and work only, ahahahaha