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Japan
Tokyo Blur in Mario Kart Tour
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, in Mario Kart Tour
First appearance Golf: Japan Course (1987)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass) (2022)
Greater location Asia
Capital Tokyo
Inhabitants Humans

Japan (Japanese: 日本; Rōmaji: Nihon / Nippon; Ainu: シサㇺモシㇼ, Sisam Mosir; Okinawan: ヤマトゥ, Yamatu) is an island country in Asia on Earth. Japan's first debut in the Super Mario franchise was in Golf: Japan Course; however, only a map of the country is seen on the title screen. Japan's first full appearance was in NES Open Tournament Golf as one of the playable countries; other real world countries, including the United States of America and the United Kingdom, likewise debuted in the Mario universe the same game. Japan's capital, Tokyo, has been featured in several Mario games, including in Mario is Missing! as one of the locations Luigi visits, as the Tokyo Blur race course in Mario Kart Tour and the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and as the host city in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and its arcade port.

Outside of the Mario universe, Japan's city of Kyoto is the headquarters of Nintendo. As such, many of the Mario games are developed there.

Locations based on Japan[edit]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

While Japan was never seen in the show, in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario Meets Koop-zilla" and "Karate Koopa", Sayonara is based on real-world country Japan, which it includes a references to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

In Super Mario Odyssey, Bowser's Kingdom is visually based on feudal Japan, with the castle's architecture resembling that of a traditional Japanese castle.

Gallery[edit]

  • Hole 13 of the Japan course in NES Open Tournament Golf

    Hole 13 of the Japan course in NES Open Tournament Golf

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 日本[?]
Nihon
Nippon 		Japan
Chinese 日本[?]
Rìběn 		Japan
French Japon[?] Japan
German Japan[?] Japan
Italian Giappone[?] Japan
Korean 일본[?]
Ilbon 		Japan
Portuguese Japão[?] Japan
Romanian Japonia[?] Japan
Russian Япония[?]
Yaponiya 		Japan
Spanish Japón[?] Japan

Notes[edit]

Mario and Yoshi participating in the 66th Annual Quirk Quiz in the Japanese version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This image illustrates a pun: "４本", "６本", "８本" means "four feet", "six feet", "eight feet" while "日本" means Japan.
The pun
  • In Super Mario Bros. 3 in Water Land, on the island where the castle is, the island is shaped like Japan. Also, the castle is located right where the Nintendo of Japan Headquarters in Kyoto would be if the island were really Japan.
  • In the Japanese version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Question 3 in the 66th Trivia Quiz-Off has the choices "４本" (4 feet), "６本" (6 feet), "８本" (8 feet), and "日本" (Nihon, "Japan") which sounds like "２本" (ni-hon, "2 feet"). Its English version is "4 feet, 6 feet, 8 feet, Defeat."
The English Wikipedia logo, for use on the Wikipedia template. Wikipedia has an article on Japan.
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Locations on Earth
Continents Africa • Antarctica • North America • South America
Countries Australia • Austria • Egypt • Germany • Japan • Switzerland • United Kingdom • United States of America
Cities, states, and areas Alexandria • Amsterdam • Athens • Beijing • Berlin • Bombay • Brooklyn • Buenos Aires • Cairo • Calcutta • Chicago • Dublin • Flatbush • Florence • Frankfurt • Gettysburg • Gobi Desert • Greenhorn • Hawaii • Hollywood • Istanbul • Jerusalem • Kathmandu • Kitty Hawk • London • Los Angeles • Luoyang • Madrid • Mainz • Marrakech • Menlo Park • Mexico City • Miami • Montreal • Moscow • Nairobi • New York City • New Orleans • Novato • Orleans • Pacific Ocean • Padua • Paris • Philadelphia • Piscataway • Pleasant Bluff • Rio de Janeiro • Rome • San Francisco • Seaside Heights • Sochi • Stratford-upon-Avon • Sweetville • Sydney • Tokyo • Toronto • Tuskegee • Vancouver • Venice • Vienna • Washington, D.C.
Buildings, monuments, and landmarks Academy • Acme Video • Alte Oper • Angel of Independence • Arc de Triomphe • Barney Todd's Circus • Berlin Wall • Big Banana Malt Shop • Big Ben • Big Gorilla Burgers • Bolshoi Theater • Bondi Beach • British Museum • Brooklyn Bridge • Cambridge University • Cape Canaveral • Cathedral of Notre Dame • Christ the Redeemer Statue • City Zoo • Clam Creek Nuclear Reactor • Clearwater Cave • Coit Tower • Colosseum • Coney Island • Copacabana Beach • Cutting Edge Salon • Disney World • Don Diego's Hacienda • Eiffel Tower • Empire State Building • ExCeL London • Erechtheion Temple • Eton Dorney • Fine Arts Palace • Florida State Poochitentiary • Forbidden City • Fortress Tatanga • Gaucho Museum • Golden Bridge Theatre • Golden Gate Bridge • Great Buddha of Kamakura • Great Pyramid • Great Wall of China • Golden Studios • Hadrian's Arch • Hollywood Bowl • Hornby Manor • Horse Guards Parade • Hyde Park • Independence Hall • Jerky's Burger Bar • Kennedy Space Center • Kenyatta International Conference Center • Kokugikan Arena • Kremlin • London Tennis Club • Lev's 'Lectronics • Maasai village • Main Stadium • McCormick Place Exposition Center • Mississippi Maid • Mosque of Mohammed Ali • Mr. Anderson's Toy Shop • Nairobi National Park • National Museum of Kenya • National Palace • Newark Airport • Obelisk Monument • Oceanland • One Star Saloon • Paradise • Pantheon • Parthenon • Pet City • Rest Area Tex. Hwy. 77 • Rockefeller Center • S.S. Romance • Safari Land • Samson's Electronics • San Francisco Hotel • Sensoji Temple • Sistine Chapel • Sooper Dooper Market • Spanish Steps • Speed-Oil Car Wash • Sphinx • Stanley's Nursery • State Prison • Statue of Liberty • St. Basil's Cathedral • Stonehenge • Sugarloaf Mountain • Super Mario Bros. Plumbing • Swan Inn • Sydney Opera House • Taj Mahal • Taronga Zoo • Teatro Colon • Temple of Heaven • Tower Bridge • Tower of London • Transamerica Pyramid • Trevi Fountain • Trinidad • Turnpike Tex Truck Stop • Twin Falls River • USS Nimitz • Washington Monument • Westminster Abbey • White House • Windows on the World • Wolkenkratzer • Wonder World Mall • World Trade Center • World Trade Center station
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NES Open Tournament Golf
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Non-playable characters Billy • Donkey Kong • Mark • Princess Daisy • Princess Toadstool • Steve • Toad • Tony
Courses Japan • United Kingdom • United States of America
Further info Gallery • Staff • List of golfing terms
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Mario's Time Machine (PC) / Mario's Time Machine (SNES) / Mario's Time Machine (NES)
Super Mario characters Bowser • Bowser's motherb • Donkey Kong Jr.c • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Luigia • Mario • Roy Koopad • Yoshid
Historical persons used as characters Abraham Lincolna • Albert Einsteinc • Andrew Iversona • Anne Hathaway • Aristotle • Benjamin Franklin • Booker T. Washingtona • Catherine Dickensa • Charles Dickensa • Charles-Gaspard de la Rivea • Cleopatra • Constanze Mozarta • David Grenewetzkia • Deborah Reada • Don Lloyda • Duke of Alençon • Edmund Halley • Ferdinand Magellan • Francis Drake • Frederick Douglassa • Galileo Galileia • George Washington Carvera • Henry Forda • Ho Tia • Isaac Newton • Jeff Griffeatha • Joan of Arc • Johann Gutenberg • Joseph Haydna • Juan Sebastian Del Cano • Julius Caesar • Kublai Khan • Leonardo da Vinci • Louis Pasteura • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahatma Gandhi • Marco Polo • Mary Todd Lincolna • Michael Faradaya • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Minamoto no Yoritomoc • Pierre Paul Emile Rouxa • Plato • Queen Elizabeth I • Raphael Sanzio • Richard Burbage • Royal Society • Sarah Barnarda • Thomas Edison • Thomas Jefferson • Ts'ai Luna • William Shakespeare • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarta
Enemies Birdc • Bodyslam Koopac • Bullet Billa • Koopa • Mine • Pterosaura • Sharka • Space Troopac • UFOc • Walking Turnipc
Locations Academy • Alexandria • Athens • Berlin Wallc • Bowser's castle • Bowser's Museum • Calcutta • Cambridge University • Cambuluc • Cretaceous Period • Eat at Joe'sa • Egyptc • Florence • Germanyc • Gettysburgc • Gobi Desert • Independence Hall • Japanc • Kitty Hawkc • London • Luoyanga • Mainz • Menlo Park • Moonc • Novatoa • Orleans • Paduaa • Paradise • Parisa • Philadelphia • Stratford-upon-Avon • Swan Inn • Trinidad • Tuskegeea • Vienna • Washington, D.C.a • White Housea
Items and objects Almanaca • Apple • Art Filea • Astrolabe • Backscratcher • Balla • Bambooa • Beret • Booka • Book of Marco Polo • Bosun's Pipe • Bowa • Bowser Statue • Bread • Bucket of Plaster • Bucklea • Bug Fixa • Bug Reporta • Bunnya • Calculus Book • Cat • Chisel • Chocolatea • Clotha • Compassa • Conversations on Chemistrya • Crank Handlea • Crown • Cup of Tea • Declaration of Independence • Dictionarya • Dinosaur Eggc • Drawing of Air Screw • Drawing of Ideal Man • Drumstick • F=MA • Fan • Feather • Filament • Firecrackera • Fireworks • Flag (India) • Flag (United States of America)c • Flaska • Floppy Diska • Flutea • Football • Globe • Grape • Handkerchief • Hand Mirror • Horse's Bit • Hourglass Blockc • Ice Creama • Incense • Inkwella • Information boxc • Key (Mainz) • Key (Philadelphia)a • Knife • Ladder • Laurel Wreath • Law Book • Lemonadea • Lens • Light Bulbc • Magneta • Measuring Stick • Metal Type • Metronome • Milka • Mona's Mirror • Mona Lisa • Moneya • Monocle • Mushroom • Music • Newspaper • Notebook • Onion • Paint • Paintbrush • Paintinga • Pamphlet • Paper Money • Pearl Necklace • Pennya • Physics Equationc • Poetry Booka • Postcard • Principia • Print Block • Propellerc • Quill Pen (1602)c • Quill Pen (Orleans) • Rat Trap • Republic • Ricea • Scarfa • Scissors • Scripta • Scrolla • Shield • Skull • Sledgehammerc • Spectacles (Philadelphia) • Spectacles (Washington, D.C.)a • Sphinxc • Staff • Stampa • Starmanc • Steering Wheelc • Stovepipe Hatc • Swordc • Tea Bag • Telegram • Telescope (Padua)a • Telescope (Trinidad) • Thronec • Ticketa • Timulator • Tirea • Torchc • Toya • Turkeya • Turtle Cannonc • Watcha • Warp Pipec • Whirlpool • Wooden Snake
Other Gallery • Mario's Time Machine Deluxe • Staff
a Exclusive to the DOS/PC releases
b Exclusive to the Deluxe release
c Exclusive to the NES release
d Not in the SNES release
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Shitamachi Ninjō Gekijō
Broadcasts "Kinoko Jōwa" • "Marikō to Pinokō no Bijo Hyōron" • "Suspense Series" • "High-Tech Banchō" • "Saishūkai" • "Dowel"
Characters Bill Gates • Bowser • Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Toad
Locations Hell • Japan • Rio de Janeiro
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