Displayed at the Odaiba Big Site Exhibition Hall is a large clock showing the countdown to decision day in Copenhagen on October 2, 2009.
Alongside the clock are some great drawings that have been done by Japanese kids. It looks like they have had some wonderful dreams of watching and maybe participating in the Olympic/Paralympic Games.
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Entries Tagged as 'Community Support'
Olympic Dreams
September 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Teamwork for Tokyo2016 with the Tower
August 22nd, 2009 2 Comments
Great teamwork depicting a popular Tokyo symbol – The Tokyo Tower – and promoting the 2016 games.
This shot was submitted to the Tokyo2016 flickr group and shows great teamwork!
Tokyo Tower is a popular symbol for the city.
It was built in 1958, just six years prior to the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. And is [...]
Tags: teamwork
Water for Olympics
August 7th, 2009 1 Comment
The Tokyo Water Board (東京水道局) is sending out its letters with the official Tokyo 2016 Candidate City logo on. We got a letter today that looks like this.
Tags: suido · water board
The Flickr Five
July 18th, 2009 2 Comments
Support for Tokyo2016 is well demonstrated in the continuing stream of photos added to the photo blog on flickr. It is a great group with some fantastic shots!
Boyz II Men Support Tokyo2016
July 16th, 2009 6 Comments
American musical group Boyz II Men expressed their support for the Tokyo bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016.
The most successful R&B group shared their thoughts in a letter to the Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee on the eve of a series of Japan performances.
“Tokyo is a city we have been fortunate enough [...]
Tags: Boyz II Men · Concerts · Musicians · R&B · support
The Student Association for the 2016 Tokyo Olympics
July 14th, 2009 3 Comments
We’ve shown you some of the groups, organizations and events that have been taking place in Tokyo to support the 2016 Olympic games bid. One of my personal favorites is a group of students who started their campaign way back in 2006. Committed? I think so!
Picture taken at one of the groups earlier events held [...]
Tags: student support · tokyo olympic bid · Tokyo Olympics · tokyo olympics 2016
Even Mythical Creatures Support Tokyo2016
July 9th, 2009 3 Comments
Kappa, the mythical water dwelling sprite, and adopted mascot of Tokyo’s Kappabashi shopping district near Asakusa was recently spotted wearing a Tokyo2106 apron to show his support for the bid!
Kappa (”river child” in English) are popular creatures in Japanese folklore and can be found in the ponds, rivers and lakes throughout Japan. These mythical creatures [...]
Tags: asakusa · kappa · kappabashi · mascot · Tokyo
The Flickr Five
July 8th, 2009 12 Comments
The photos on flickr promoting and encouraging Tokyo2016 have been brilliant. Lets highlight our top five this week!
This was captured and sent in by t-miki. It is a really classic shot highlighting the 2016 message in Tokyo.
This was added by Kevin Tierney with the title Omega Building. It is a photo of strength and determination, [...]
Relay Race Led by Naoko Takahashi
June 27th, 2009 1 Comment
Last weekend, June 22, the women’s marathon champion of the 2000 Olympics, Naoko Takahashi, led a relay race in support of the Tokyo 2016 bid to host the games.
Running with Takahashi were other famous faces including Kenji Kimihara, who won a silver medal at the Mexico games in 1968 and Yasutaro Matsuki, the former international [...]
Tags: Olympic · relay · takahashi naoko
Kindergarten gets taste of Olympics
June 10th, 2009 No Comments
I was invited to an event held at the Fukuda kindergarten (福田幼稚園) in Hatagaya, Shibuya, over the weekend and attended with Shane Sakata from The Nihon Sun, a blog with great information on Japan travel.
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