If you're heading to the public bath at Tokyo Plaza Harajuku Harakado in Japan next week, then you might get a little ...
Founder Fusajiro Yamauchi starts manufacturing Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" in Kyoto. Western-style cards follow years later. 1962: Listed on the Osaka and Kyoto stock exchanges.
The Kosugiya public bath in Harajuku Harakado will sell Super Mario hanafuda cards as part of its new hanafuda event.