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 best country for tourism in the world. In a city filled ...

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, ...

Now that travel has returned to some sort of normalcy, Tokyo’s hottest attractions have never been busier. Pre-pandemic, one of the most popular tourist activities was the coveted ‘Mario Kart’ tour, ...

A street kart tour operator in Tokyo has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly allowing foreign tourists without valid driver’s licenses to drive go-karts on public roads.

[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.

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 ...

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 ...