Sensoji Temple Lantern

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Sensoji Temple Lantern
Sensoji Temple Lantern in Mario is Missing!
DOS
The Sensoji Temple Lantern in Mario is Missing! Macintosh version.
Mac
Sensoji Temple Lantern in Mario is Missing!
SNES
Sensoji Temple Lantern in Mario is Missing!
NES
First appearance Mario is Missing! (1992)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 1) (2022)

The Sensoji Temple Lantern is the lantern which hangs from the Kaminarimon outside Sensoji Temple.

History[edit]

Mario is Missing![edit]

In the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing!, it is one of the objects Koopa Troopas stole from Tokyo for money.

Person Quote
PC version
Kid "I'd like to go to the pagoda Temple too, that will light the way for you."
Tourist "Once it's hanging on the Gate of Thunder, that's what you'll be standing under."
Tour Guide "That lamp lights up the Temple gate in the Asaku District."
Professor "I see you've found the paper lantern sacred to the Sensoji Temple built around 640 AD."
Policewoman "That's the giant red lantern from the Sensoji Temple, you have a green light to put it back."
SNES version
kid "I'd like to go to the pagoda Temple too, that will light the way for you."
Tourist "Once it's hanging on the Gate of Thunder, that's what you'll be standing under."
Tour Guide "That lamp lights up the Temple gate in the Asaku District."
Professor "I see you've found the paper lantern sacred to the Sensoji Temple built around 640 AD."
Policewoman "That's the giant red lantern from the Sensoji Temple, you have a green light to put it back."
NES version
Boy "I'd like to go to the Pagoda Temple too. That will light the way for you."
Tourist "Once it's hanging on the Gate of Thunder, that's what you'll be standing under."
Tour Guide "Return that to the temple that looks like a pagoda, why don't ya?"
Professor "I see you've found the red paper lantern sacred to the Sensoji Temple built around 640 AD."
Policewoman "That's the giant red lantern from the Sensoji Temple in Asaku, green light to put it back."

Mario Kart series[edit]

Tokyo Blur 2 in Mario Kart Tour
The lantern in Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, and later in wave 1 of the Mario Kart 8 DeluxeBooster Course Pass, the Sensoji Temple Lantern appears under the Kaminarimon in Tokyo Blur.

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario is Missing! (Macintosh) AO12C AO12C Artifact Object 12 C

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
German die Laterne des Sensoji-Tempels[1] Sensoji Temple Lantern

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario wir vermisst. Software Toolworks (German). Retrieved March 11, 2025.