{"id":43253,"date":"2025-01-27T17:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43253"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:43:35","slug":"ramen-with-a-side-of-lawsuit-someone-is-trying-to-open-a-mario-ramen-joint-right-across-the-nintendo-museum-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/ramen-with-a-side-of-lawsuit-someone-is-trying-to-open-a-mario-ramen-joint-right-across-the-nintendo-museum-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramen with a side of lawsuit? Someone is trying to open a \u201cMario Ramen\u201d joint right across The Nintendo Museum in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Update (2025\/01\/29): <\/strong>Japanese X users in Kyoto have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/D60906947\/status\/1884377693833322517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Mario Ramen shop&#8217;s logo has suddenly disappeared, only three days after the establishment started gaining traction on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bold move that you could call either genius or downright reckless, someone seems to have decided to open a ramen shop named \u201cM.A.R.I.O Ramen\u201d right in front the recently opened Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5b87\u6cbb\u306e\u30cb\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c9\u30fc\u30df\u30e5\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u30e0\u3001\u6b63\u9762\u7384\u95a2\u524d\u306b\u300cM.A.R.I.O RAMEN\u300d\u304c\u3067\u304d\u308b\u307f\u305f\u3044\u3002<br>\u3053\u306e\u8ddd\u96e2\u3060\u3051\u306b\u4eca\u5f8c\u306e\u52d5\u304d\u306b\u6ce8\u76ee\u3067\u3059\u306d\u3001\u3001 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZbHHzcQ1yO\">pic.twitter.com\/ZbHHzcQ1yO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011Kyotopi \uff08\u30ad\u30e7\u30a6\u30c8\u30d4\uff09\u4eac\u90fd\u89b3\u5149\u30fb\u30b0\u30eb\u30e1\u30fb\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8 (@Kyotopi_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kyotopi_jp\/status\/1882290043576082705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kyotopi_jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Kyotopi_jp,<\/a> an X account that specializes in sharing information about Kyoto events and cuisine, recently discovered the new establishment and shared images online. The noodle shop doesn\u2019t seem to be open for business yet, but its large signboard proudly spells out M.A.R.I.O Ramen (in a familiar red and white color palette), and it\u2019s likely only a matter of time until its doors open.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It probably goes without saying, but the restaurant shows no signs of being affiliated with Nintendo in any way \u2013 if the &#8220;please don\u2019t sue me\u201d periods in the word \u201cMario\u201d are anything to go by.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30df\u30e5\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u30e0\u306e\u6b63\u9762\u306b\u30de\u30ea\u30aa\u30e9\u30fc\u30e1\u30f3\u3042\u308b\u3051\u3069www <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wj4DYzz6vk\">pic.twitter.com\/Wj4DYzz6vk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NitRoooooo (@mNitRom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mNitRom\/status\/1882714290752540930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the notoriously strict reputation of Nintendo\u2019s legal department, Japanese users are already waiting with bated breath to see what kind of fate the audacious noodle venture will meet for daring to rattle Nintendo\u2019s cage. As M.A.R.I.O Ramen is strategically located almost literally under Nintendo\u2019s nose, people are guessing that its owners are attempting to attract museum-goers by presenting like an official Mario-themed establishment, which could possibly have legal implications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, others have given the ramen joint the benefit of the doubt, offering the possibility that the new shop may be a Kyoto version of Mario Ryuu Ramen, a landmark noodle house located in Nara. However, a quick Google search reveals that the Nara-based business spells the \u201cMario\u201d in its logo in hiragana, and also includes the kanji for \u201cryuu\u201d at the end, which makes it completely distinct visually from the \u201cM.A.R.I.O Ramen\u201d that\u2019s about to open in Kyoto. The fate of the bold ramen shop remains to be seen, but for now \u2013 it&#8217;s playing a dangerous game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an act that can only be described as playing with fire, someone is trying to open a &#8220;MARIO Ramen&#8221; shop right under Nintendo&#8217;s nose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":43257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-43253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ramen with a side of lawsuit? 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