Foreign Dispatch
News Staff
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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From the moment I stepped off the plane, I could tell that I was in Japan. No, this was not from being surrounded by Japanese people; my clue came from walking through the international terminal at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport after disembarking and being greeted by Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and all the characters from Nintendo’s “Mario Universe”, all with signs shouting “Welcome to Japan!” This display went on for at least several hundred meters and three down escalators.