Inside the former house of Yamauchi.

This is where the hotel draws its name, with the Japanese suffix -ro denoting its luxurious status.

Certainly, it’s the fanciest and priciest hotel I’ve personally ever stayed in on my own dime.

A wooden fan spread open and occupying a bookshelf. Two-thirds of the fan is coloured red, and in the middle of the fan-spread is a picture of Mario, in a running posture.

But the real draw is the library next door, named dNa.

So immaculate was everything displayed, I almost felt nervous about touching anything.

These include Gunpei Yokoi’s Light Telephone, which is also faithfully replicated as one of the art displays.

A Mortis key with a number on it, attached on a keyring to a green, card-sized rectangular metal plaque that reads “Playing Cards” by “The Nintendo Playing Card Co.”.

There will be plenty more Nintendo Stores and Super Nintendo Worlds, but there is only one Marufukuro.

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A bookshelf with what looks like a gold-encrusted Nintendo Switch, and another with a GameCube in.

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A hotel guestbook but one with Nintendo characters Mario and Kirby, and Japanese writing annotating them.