Similar services are also available in other parts of Japan, including Osaka and Okinawa prefectures. The growing popularity of go-kart tours has been accompanied by a rise in accidents.

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Go-Kart Tours Turn Heads in Japan Touring cities on go-karts and dressed as Nintendo characters has become one of Japan's hottest tourist attractions. Photo: Shiho Fukada for The Wall Street Journal.