MariCar in Tokyo: Live out your Mario Kart dreams in go-kart tour
CNNCNN — Always dreamed of racing through city streets in your very own go-kart while wearing a Super Mario costume? Drawing comparisons to Nintendo’s ever-popular Mario Kart racing games, MariCar provides go-kart tours in three Japanese cities: Tokyo, Osaka and Okinawa. Keith Tsuji/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images “It’s something to take you out of your daily lives,” says Catherine Ishii, manager of MariCAR Tokyo. “Even if you’re only going like, 40 or 50 kilometers per hour, it feels like 80 and 90 because it’s an open type of go-kart and you’re really close to the ground,” says Ishii. It was also involved in a legal dispute with Nintendo, when the company filed a lawsuit against MariCar for offering a Mario Kart-inspired experience without Nintendo’s permission in 2017.
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