Real Life Mario Kart
If you are every driving through the streets of Nara, Japan and see what looks like Mario riding a go kart, do not be alarmed. You are not hallucinating:
“Mario” is actually Satoshi Imanaka, the wealthy 57-year-old manager of S.C.A.T JAPAN, a company that does disaster and emergency preparedness consulting work. Imanaka uses his Mario Kart act to help give something back to his community. Together with a group of friends, he drives around town on 50cc go karts, occasionally stopping to hand out candy, toys, and school supplies to children.
The location of Mario manor, also the office of S.C.A.T Japan:
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