An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Tokyo is filled with unforgettable experiences — after all, it's the most popular city in Japan, which the World Economic Forum named the No. 3 ...

In what could very well be the most fantastical way to relive your childhood, you can fully immerse yourself in Nintendo 64 nostalgia with a Mario Kart-inspired tour of Tokyo. In Tokyo's Akihabara ...

I mashed the pedal down hard and braced myself as my go-kart accelerated. Ahead -- finally -- was a long stretch with no traffic lights. Good news for me since I was tired of being stuck behind the ...

“It’s something to take you out of your daily lives,” says Catherine Ishii, manager of MariCAR Tokyo. “You wear costumes, you ride go-karts that kind of look like toys but actually is like a real car, ...

[Update, December 25] NHK reported that Nintendo's win over the case is now confirmed. The Supreme Court of Japan has dismissed the appeal by Street Kart. Unfortunately, the latter is no more.

It turns out that letting people dress up like video game characters and turning them loose on the streets of Tokyo might cause problems. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific ...

During the pandemic, Japan closed its borders to international travel, which meant go-kart operators in Tokyo, who usually lead fleets of foreign visitors down public roads, found themselves without ...

Mario Kart-themed go-karts may soon disappear from the streets of Tokyo following a decisive legal win by Nintendo. On Wednesday, the gaming giant announced that Japan's Intellectual Property High ...