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 ...

Ah yes, Akihabara. When you think of Tokyo’s “Electric Town”, you probably think of retro game shops, arcades, and a sea of anime, manga, and collectible figurines. Add go-karts to that list. Dubbed ...

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.

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 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 ...

“A new business here takes advantage of Mario Kart‘s popularity and loose regulations on go-karts to offer self-driving tours of Tokyo and other cities,” the article recounts, “with costumes of ...

We never wanted to visit Tokyo more than we do right now. According to The Telegraph, there is a monthly Mario Kart spectacle that takes place throughout the streets of Tokyo: "The event, organised by ...

“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, ...