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Japan
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 appearance 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, along with other real countries such as the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Japan's capital, Tokyo, has been featured in several Super 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 edition.

Many Super Mario games have been developed in Japan, which contains the headquarters of Nintendo in the city of Kyoto.

Locations based on Japan

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

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.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Shogun Studios is an amusement park in Paper Mario: The Origami King styled after Japan and visually themed after the real-world Edo Wonderland.

Super Mario Odyssey

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

Hole 13 of the Japan course in NES Open Tournament Golf

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	日に本ほん Nihon	Japan		^[1]
	日にっ本ぽん Nippon			^[2]
	ニッポン Nippon		As it appears in the name of All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros..	^[3]
Chinese	日本 Rìběn (Mandarin) Yahtbún (Cantonese)	Japan		^[4]
Dutch	Japan	-		^[5]
French	Japon	Japan		^[6]
German	Japan	-		^[7]
Italian	Giappone	Japan		^[8]
Korean	일본 Ilbon	Japan		^[9]
Portuguese	Japão	Japan		^[?]
Russian	Японии Yaponii	Japan		^[10]
Spanish	Japón	Japan		^[11]

Notes

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" (yon-hon, "4 feet"), "６本" (rop-pon, "6 feet"), "８本" (hachi-hon, "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".

References

^ Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
^ Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
^ Title of All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.: in the game. and box art.
^ 「亞洲版的１Ｐ色是紅白２色，２Ｐ色是亮灰色，歐美版則是相反。各自是以日本版與歐美版的FAMICOM機器人配色為原型。」– 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of Taiwan Co., Ltd. (Traditional Chinese).
^ "R.O.B.'s wit-roe variant is gebaseerd op hoe hij er in Japan uitziet. Het is zelfs zijn standaardvariant als je de taal verandert naar het Japans!" – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of Europe (Dutch).
^ « R.O.B. est rouge et blanc dans sa seconde variante, basé sur ses couleurs au Japon. En fait, ce sont même ses couleurs par défaut si vous jouez en japonais! » – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
^ „R.O.B.s rot-weiße Zweitfarbe entspricht dem Farbschema, das er in Japan hatte. Spielst du dieses Spiel auf Japanisch, wird Rot-Weiß sogar zu R.O.B.s Standardfarbe!“ – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of Europe (German).
^ «Il bianco e il rosso della seconda colorazione di R.O.B. si rifanno all'aspetto dell'accessorio in Giappone. R.O.B. apparirà infatti in questa colorazione di base quando la lingua è impostata sul giapponese!» – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
^ "1P 컬러는 붉은색과 흰색, 2P 컬러는 밝은 회색. 국가에 따라선 색이 반대. 각각 일본판과 해외판 패밀리컴퓨터 R.O.B. 색상을 바탕으로 하였다." – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
^ «Вторая внешность R.O.B. (красно-белая) основана на расцветке этого аксессуара в Японии. А если в игре выбрать японский язык, то это будет внешность R.O.B. по умолчанию!» – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of Europe (Russian).
^ "Se eligió el rojo y el blanco para la segunda apariencia de R.O.B. en honor al color del accesorio original en Japón. De hecho, si cambias el idioma del juego al japonés, ¡su primera "equipación" será esta!" – 2018. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).

[Edit] 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 • Blaufischbar • 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 • DinoBurgers • 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 • Waialae C.C. • Washington Monument • Westminster Abbey • White House • Windows of the World • Wolkenkratzer • Wonder World Mall • World Trade Center • World Trade Center station • Ziemlich Böse Shop

[Edit] 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 • Golfing terms • Power Challenge Trading Cards • Pre-release and unused content • Staff

[Edit] Mario's Time Machine (PC) / Mario's Time Machine (SNES) / Mario's Time Machine (NES)
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 • Pteranodon^a • Shark^a • UFO^c • Walking Turnip^c
Locations	Academy • Alexandria • Athens • Berlin Wall^c • Bowser's castle • Bowser's Museum • Calcutta • Cambridge University • Cambuluc • Cretaceous Period • Eat at Joe's^a • 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
Other	Gallery • Mario's Time Machine Deluxe • Multimedia • 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

[Edit] Shitamachi Ninjō Gekijō
Broadcasts	"Kinoko Jōwa" • "Marikō to Pinokō no Bijo Hyōron" • "Suspense Series" • "High-Tech Banchō" • "Saishūkai" • "Dowel" • "Sonic"
Characters	Bill Gates • Bowser • Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Sonic • Toad
Locations	Hell • Japan • Rio de Janeiro

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