Japan

Hole 13 of the Japan course in Mario Open Golf

Japan (Japanese: 日本; Rōmaji: Nihon or Nippon; Ainu: ニホン; Engrish: ジャパン) is an island country in Asia on Earth. This (specifically, Kyoto) is where Nintendo of Japan is located and where many Mario games are developed. Japan also made an appearance in NES Open Tournament Golf as one of the playable countries along with the United States of America and the United Kingdom. It also appeared in Mario is Missing! where Luigi had to go here, more specifically Tokyo.

Names in other languages

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

Trivia

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 was in fact really Japan.
In the Japanese version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Question 3 in the 66th Annual Quirk Quiz has the choices "４本", "６本", "８本", "日本", where "日本" looks similar to the previous choices which make sense, but means Japan. Its English version is "4 feet, 6 feet, 8 feet, Defeat".

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[Edit] NES Open Tournament Golf
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi
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Courses	Japan • United Kingdom • United States of America
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[Edit] Mario's Time Machine
Super Mario characters		Bowser • Bowser's mother^b • Donkey Kong Jr.^c • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Luigi^a • Mario • Roy Koopa^d • Yoshi^d
Historical persons used as characters		Abraham Lincoln^a • Albert Einstein^c • Andrew Iverson^a • Anne Hathaway • Aristotle • Benjamin Franklin • Booker T. Washington^a • Catherine Dickens^a • Charles Dickens^a • Charles-Gaspard de la Rive^a • Cleopatra • Constanze Mozart^a • David Grenewetzki^a • Deborah Read^a • Don Lloyd^a • Duke of Alençon • Edmund Halley • Ferdinand Magellan • Francis Drake • Frederick Douglass^a • Galileo Galilei^a • George Washington Carver^a • Henry Ford^a • Ho Ti^a • Isaac Newton • Jeff Griffeath^a • Joan of Arc • Johann Gutenberg • Joseph Haydn^a • Juan Sebastian Del Cano • Julius Caesar • Kublai Khan • Leonardo da Vinci • Louis Pasteur^a • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahatma Gandhi • Marco Polo • Mary Todd Lincoln^a • Michael Faraday^a • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Minamoto no Yoritomo^c • Pierre Paul Emile Roux^a • Plato • Queen Elizabeth I • Raphael Sanzio • Richard Burbage • Royal Society • Sarah Barnard^a • Thomas Edison • Thomas Jefferson • Ts'ai Lun^a • William Shakespeare • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart^a
Enemies		Bird^c • Bodyslam Koopa^c • Bullet Bill^a • Koopa • Mine • Pterodactyl^a • Shark^a • Space Troopa^c • UFO^c • Walking Turnip^c
Locations		Academy • Alexandria • Athens • Berlin Wall^c • Bowser's castle • Bowser's Museum • Calcutta • Cambridge University • Cambuluc • Cretaceous Period • Egypt^c • Florence • Germany^c • Gettysburg^c • Gobi Desert • Independence Hall • Japan^c • Kitty Hawk^c • London • Luoyang^a • Mainz • Menlo Park • Moon^c • Novato^a • Orleans • Padua^a • Paradise • Paris^a • Philadelphia • Stratford-upon-Avon • Swan Inn • Trinidad • Tuskegee^a • Vienna • Washington, D.C.^a • White House^a
Items and objects		Almanac^a • Apple • Art File^a • Astrolabe • Backscratcher • Ball^a • Bamboo^a • Beret • Book^a • Book of Marco Polo • Bosun's Pipe • Bow^a • Bowser Statue • Bread • Bucket of Plaster • Buckle^a • Bug Fix^a • Bug Report^a • Bunny^a • Calculus Book • Cat • Chisel • Chocolate^a • Cloth^a • Compass^a • Conversations on Chemistry^a • Crank Handle^a • Crown • Cup of Tea • Declaration of Independence • Dictionary^a • Dinosaur Egg^c • Drawing of Air Screw • Drawing of Ideal Man • Drumstick • F=MA • Fan • Feather • Filament • Firecracker^a • Fireworks • Flag (India) • Flag (United States of America)^c • Flask^a • Floppy Disk^a • Flute^a • Football • Globe • Grape • Handkerchief • Hand Mirror • Horse's Bit • Hourglass Block^c • Ice Cream^a • Incense • Inkwell^a • Information box^c • Key (Mainz) • Key (Philadelphia)^a • Knife • Ladder • Laurel Wreath • Law Book • Lemonade^a • Lens • Light Bulb^c • Magnet^a • Measuring Stick • Metal Type • Metronome • Milk^a • Mona's Mirror • Mona Lisa • Money^a • Monocle • Mushroom • Music • Newspaper • Notebook • Onion • Paint • Paintbrush • Painting^a • Pamphlet • Paper Money • Pearl Necklace • Penny^a • Physics Equation^c • Poetry Book^a • Postcard • Principia • Print Block • Propeller^c • Quill Pen (1602)^c • Quill Pen (Orleans) • Rat Trap • Republic • Rice^a • Scarf^a • Scissors • Script^a • Scroll^a • Shield • Skull • Sledgehammer^c • Spectacles (Philadelphia) • Spectacles (Washington, D.C.)^a • Sphinx^c • Staff • Stamp^a • Starman^c • Steering Wheel^c • Stovepipe Hat^c • Sword^c • Tea Bag • Telegram • Telescope (Padua)^a • Telescope (Trinidad) • Throne^c • Ticket^a • Timulator • Tire^a • Torch^c • Toy^a • Turkey^a • Turtle Cannon^c • Watch^a • Warp Pipe^c • Whirlpool • Wooden Snake
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^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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