Tokyo mario go-kart

Hello everyone,
I am planning to go to japan this summer with some friends and we are planning to drive the famous mario go karts.
But my question is, do you need a international drivers license for it? We are from Belgium and i know that if i want to drive a car i need a drivers license with a japanese translation, but i dont know if i need it for for the go karts.
Thanks anyway

https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/119c7ul/tokyo_mario_gokart/

10 comments
  1. I did it and we needed international licenses. It wasn’t difficult for us to get in the US. Good Luck!

  2. Yes you do, but since you’re from Belgium, just a translation seems valid.

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    >You will need a valid Japanese driver’s license, or an International Driving Permit, or an SOFA License for US Forces Japan, or your own driver’s license and an official Japanese translation of the license if you are from Switzerland, Germany, France, Taiwan, Belgium, Estonia, Monaco. Remember! NO LICENSE NO DRIVE!!

  3. If you do these, you’re an asshole. Please find another way to enjoy your time in Japan.

  4. So i have read all you guys comment and have decided we will not do the karting, thank you all for the feedback

  5. #1) As already stated by many others, it’s highly recommended that you avoid doing this altogether. It really is very annoying for locals. Furthermore, the number of accidents and traffic violations in general has been staggeringly high when it comes to these go-karts. Go-karts tend to be loud, smelly, etc. Drivers will honk at you out of annoyance and a lot of tourists, because they can’t read Japanese and don’t know the traffic laws, tend to do whatever they want. The costumes look lame as hell, too.

    #2) Assuming you’re okay with everything above and you are going to do it, you will need either a Japanese drivers license, an international drivers license or a SOFA license.

  6. The company got sued for copyright infringement so there are no Nintendo characters anymore.
    You can ride the go-karts with international or Japanese drivers license. In my opinion it’s very dangerous as go-karts are small and very low on the ground. Cars which are higher might not see you clearly.

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