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Nintendo are known for their videogames, like Mario and Zelda. But did you know, that in the year 1960, Nintendo started their very own taxi company? Today, let's uncover this forgotten chapter of Nintendo's history - that time Nintendo ran a taxi company!
TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
MERCH - thomasmerchdocs.com
PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
Main Sources
* The History of Nintendo - Volume 1
* Nintendo Archive Project (happy-today.org/nintendo/history/history1-05.html)
* Taxi image from interview with Satoru Okada (4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20220303097)
Official Sources
* History of Nintendo from Nintendo’s website (nintendo.co.uk/Corporate/Nintendo-History/Nintendo-History-625945.html)
* Minami Yasaka Transportation (http://www.yasaka.jp/group/taxi/minami.html)
Secondary Sources
* kotaku.com/the-nintendo-theyve-tried-to-forget-gambling-gangster-5784314
* nsidr.com/archive/nintendo-history-lesson
* nindb.net/feature/history-of-nintendo/index.html
* nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/random-70s-photo-reminds-us-that-once-upon-a-time-nintendo-ran-a-taxi-firm
Credits
* Hanafuda Footage from Clubhouse Games recorded by CBGames (youtube.com/watch?v=NbeDU8U2Gc8) and hello to his son, too!
* Photo of taxi for thumbnail (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_Taxi.JPG)
* Hiroshi Yamauchi at SpaceWorld 1995 1 (youtube.com/watch?v=3V8tUea4Hbs)
* Hiroshi Yamauchi at SpaceWorld 1995 2 (youtube.com/watch?v=W4WlniHylrU)
* Pictures of Nintendo/Disney playing card (levelingupyourgame.com/blog/original-nintendo-playing-cards-nintendo-history-with-disney)
* Pictures of Nintendo HQ with plaque (sharing-kyoto.com/See-Do/magazine/td008279)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Kamiro2000 (pixabay.com/photos/japan-tokyo-taxi-automobile-1208843/?download)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Alex Satriani (unsplash.com/photos/NX9ayef1QpY)
* Japanese Taxi photo via JuniperPhoton (unsplash.com/photos/aVA1S3R1dtY)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Alejandro Ortiz (unsplash.com/photos/QNEKAjsZrpI)
* Group of Japanese Taxis photo via Victoriano Izquierdo (unsplash.com/photos/29Rh5DOS5Qs)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Roméo A. (unsplash.com/photos/jrN7JD7UVpk)
* Japanese Taxi Driver photo via Nicholas Ng (unsplash.com/photos/zlwo870zsfg)
* Japanese Taxi Footage via Tianwang Xiao (pexels.com/video/taxi-cars-used-for-public-transportation-in-japan-3360907)
* Japanese Taxi Footage via Alan W (pexels.com/video/cars-on-the-street-8639853)
* Japanese Taxi photo via merdanata (pixabay.com/photos/taxis-night-japan-taxi-drivers-1692404)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Franck Michel (flickr.com/photos/franckmichel/49995392691/in/photostream)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Kure (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honjo_taxi_2007-01.jpg)
* Hanafuda image via Marcus Richert (http://www.marcusrichert.com/images/koikoi1)
* Hanafuda images via Japanexperterna.se (flickr.com/search/?user_id=68532869%40N08&view_all=1&text=hanafuda)
* Hanafuda images via Yamanaka Tamaki (flickr.com/search/?user_id=44124420092%40N01&view_all=1&text=hanafuda)
* Playing card images via Ron Maijen (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AcetoFive.JPG)
* Nintendo playing card images via BeforeMario (http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-playing-cards-early-1960s.html)
Nintendo are known for their videogames, like Mario and Zelda. But did you know, that in the year 1960, Nintendo started their very own taxi company? Today, let's uncover this forgotten chapter of Nintendo's history - that time Nintendo ran a taxi company!
TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
MERCH - thomasmerchdocs.com
PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
Main Sources
* The History of Nintendo - Volume 1
* Nintendo Archive Project (happy-today.org/nintendo/history/history1-05.html)
* Taxi image from interview with Satoru Okada (4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20220303097)
Official Sources
* History of Nintendo from Nintendo’s website (nintendo.co.uk/Corporate/Nintendo-History/Nintendo-History-625945.html)
* Minami Yasaka Transportation (http://www.yasaka.jp/group/taxi/minami.html)
Secondary Sources
* kotaku.com/the-nintendo-theyve-tried-to-forget-gambling-gangster-5784314
* nsidr.com/archive/nintendo-history-lesson
* nindb.net/feature/history-of-nintendo/index.html
* nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/random-70s-photo-reminds-us-that-once-upon-a-time-nintendo-ran-a-taxi-firm
Credits
* Hanafuda Footage from Clubhouse Games recorded by CBGames (youtube.com/watch?v=NbeDU8U2Gc8) and hello to his son, too!
* Photo of taxi for thumbnail (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_Taxi.JPG)
* Hiroshi Yamauchi at SpaceWorld 1995 1 (youtube.com/watch?v=3V8tUea4Hbs)
* Hiroshi Yamauchi at SpaceWorld 1995 2 (youtube.com/watch?v=W4WlniHylrU)
* Pictures of Nintendo/Disney playing card (levelingupyourgame.com/blog/original-nintendo-playing-cards-nintendo-history-with-disney)
* Pictures of Nintendo HQ with plaque (sharing-kyoto.com/See-Do/magazine/td008279)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Kamiro2000 (pixabay.com/photos/japan-tokyo-taxi-automobile-1208843/?download)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Alex Satriani (unsplash.com/photos/NX9ayef1QpY)
* Japanese Taxi photo via JuniperPhoton (unsplash.com/photos/aVA1S3R1dtY)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Alejandro Ortiz (unsplash.com/photos/QNEKAjsZrpI)
* Group of Japanese Taxis photo via Victoriano Izquierdo (unsplash.com/photos/29Rh5DOS5Qs)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Roméo A. (unsplash.com/photos/jrN7JD7UVpk)
* Japanese Taxi Driver photo via Nicholas Ng (unsplash.com/photos/zlwo870zsfg)
* Japanese Taxi Footage via Tianwang Xiao (pexels.com/video/taxi-cars-used-for-public-transportation-in-japan-3360907)
* Japanese Taxi Footage via Alan W (pexels.com/video/cars-on-the-street-8639853)
* Japanese Taxi photo via merdanata (pixabay.com/photos/taxis-night-japan-taxi-drivers-1692404)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Franck Michel (flickr.com/photos/franckmichel/49995392691/in/photostream)
* Japanese Taxi photo via Kure (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honjo_taxi_2007-01.jpg)
* Hanafuda image via Marcus Richert (http://www.marcusrichert.com/images/koikoi1)
* Hanafuda images via Japanexperterna.se (flickr.com/search/?user_id=68532869%40N08&view_all=1&text=hanafuda)
* Hanafuda images via Yamanaka Tamaki (flickr.com/search/?user_id=44124420092%40N01&view_all=1&text=hanafuda)
* Playing card images via Ron Maijen (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AcetoFive.JPG)
* Nintendo playing card images via BeforeMario (http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-playing-cards-early-1960s.html)
