任天堂On a short ride through a former redlight area known as Gojo Rakuen, we came upon the original headquarters of Nintendo.
Nintendo is of course Kyoto's best known corporation (beating out Kyocera, Rohm, Omron, Wacoal, Murata, Nidec, and many others).
The former playing card company is now the multi-billion dollar world beater based in a large corporate campus in south Kyoto.
Now revered for its Super Mario games, its origins are far more simple.
Located on side street north of Shichijo just east of Kiyamachi, the old building remains.
The company began as a card company in 1889, first called Nintendo Koppai. Nintendo made Hanafuda, which are handmade Japanese playing cards.
Until the late 1950s it was a lively area of theaters, bars, restaurants, and brothels. Since the enforcement of anti-prostitution laws, the neighborhood has settled into a quiet area. It is hard by the Kamo River, and extends south of Gojo Dori to Shichijo Dori.
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