Tokyo 2020 Olympics discussion [consolidated]
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics discussion [consolidated]
Tokyo Olympic Committee began notifying people in Japan today about the ticket lottery results. Did you get your tickets?
We applied for judo, swimming and skateboarding and only got skateboarding. We're hoping to see Sky Brown win a medal!
We applied for judo, swimming and skateboarding and only got skateboarding. We're hoping to see Sky Brown win a medal!
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Skateboarding is an Olympic sport?
Is there anything you can see without a ticket besides marathon? And regarding marathon, I wonder how spectating will work. With Boston marathon, you just sit your butt down anywhere along the course. Even along the last 10km of the course, it wasnt hard to get front row view. How will it be for Olympic marathon?
Is there anything you can see without a ticket besides marathon? And regarding marathon, I wonder how spectating will work. With Boston marathon, you just sit your butt down anywhere along the course. Even along the last 10km of the course, it wasnt hard to get front row view. How will it be for Olympic marathon?
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Skateboarding, men's baseball, women's softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing...
https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20160804-01.html
No move yet to reintroduce poetry as an Olympic event, which is a shame.
https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20160804-01.html
No move yet to reintroduce poetry as an Olympic event, which is a shame.
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Of the five "new" sports being included in Tokyo 2020, Japan will have a good shot at medals in all of them, which I presume had an influence on the decision.
I'm guessing besides marathon, surfing and triathlon may be accessible by the general public without tickets. I'm sure they'll have some premium seats that require tickets, but along the course or beach it may be left open.
I'm guessing besides marathon, surfing and triathlon may be accessible by the general public without tickets. I'm sure they'll have some premium seats that require tickets, but along the course or beach it may be left open.
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surfing, sailing... no thanks.
maybe triathlon is worth looking into.
Actually, what about cycling?
We should keep an eye on the marathon situation. Just found the course map.
https://tokyo2020.org/en/assets/news...rathon-map.pdf
Crap... the entire course is in busy urban area. Plus the entire route is both direction, so the course is essentially half the marathon length. I wonder if it'll be crowded everywhere.
maybe triathlon is worth looking into.
Actually, what about cycling?
https://tokyo2020.org/en/assets/news...rathon-map.pdf
Crap... the entire course is in busy urban area. Plus the entire route is both direction, so the course is essentially half the marathon length. I wonder if it'll be crowded everywhere.
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We applied for the men's basketball and men's baseball game.
We "won" the baseball game but didn't get any of our picks for basketball.
Will try on the next ticket release for the basketball tickets later.
We "won" the baseball game but didn't get any of our picks for basketball.
Will try on the next ticket release for the basketball tickets later.
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Cycling road races will start in western Tokyo and finish at Fuji Speedway, near mt Fuji, so should be plenty of space on the road to catch the racers fly by.
OLYMPICS/ Mt. Fuji provides stunning setting for 2020 Games cycling routes?The Asahi Shimbun
OLYMPICS/ Mt. Fuji provides stunning setting for 2020 Games cycling routes?The Asahi Shimbun
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Speed/Sport Climbing is kind of amazing if you haven't heard of it.
https://youtu.be/e863Qr0jaYo
https://youtu.be/e863Qr0jaYo
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Skateboarding, men's baseball, women's softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing...
https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20160804-01.html
No move yet to reintroduce poetry as an Olympic event, which is a shame.
https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20160804-01.html
No move yet to reintroduce poetry as an Olympic event, which is a shame.
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Hi everyone,
This may not be the most appropriate place for this post but, in case I can get tickets for the games, I would like to try to secure lodging as quickly as possible. Although the whole ticket process seems tight, can anyone recommend a travel agency in Japan that may be able to help secure rooms? I expect things will get crazier as it get closer so I would like to snag something soon. Feel free to PM me or post here. I’ve only every been to NRT, so not familiar with Japan at all. Thanks in advance.
K
This may not be the most appropriate place for this post but, in case I can get tickets for the games, I would like to try to secure lodging as quickly as possible. Although the whole ticket process seems tight, can anyone recommend a travel agency in Japan that may be able to help secure rooms? I expect things will get crazier as it get closer so I would like to snag something soon. Feel free to PM me or post here. I’ve only every been to NRT, so not familiar with Japan at all. Thanks in advance.
K
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Do you think we will need to rely on travel agency to make hotel bookings? I hope travel agencies arent locking up a chunk of hotel rooms before the room inventory opens up to public. Because I was going to try to book rooms myself.
In Jpn, some hotels accept bookings from 1yr out, more from 6-9mo out, vast majority from ~6mo out. Hilton app accepts bookings from 1yr out. Im thinking about being there for like the last ~5days of the Olympics. I was going to wait until exactly 1yr from my stay dates then jump on it and secure a room somewhere decent and reasonably priced within 30min ofYamamoto Yamanote line.
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Saw couple articles saying that many hotels are already booked up for the Olympics. The same articles advise people to book early. How is general public supposed to book early when most hotels don't even release room inventory to the public until at least a year out? I'll see what's out there available when it's exactly a year out. Worst-case, we'll have to either crash at one of my relatives', or be willing to stay up to 60-90min from Tokyo.
In Jpn, some hotels accept bookings from 1yr out, more from 6-9mo out, vast majority from ~6mo out. Hilton app accepts bookings from 1yr out. Im thinking about being there for like the last ~5days of the Olympics. I was going to wait until exactly 1yr from my stay dates then jump on it and secure a room somewhere decent and reasonably priced within 30min of
Add:
Saw couple articles saying that many hotels are already booked up for the Olympics. The same articles advise people to book early. How is general public supposed to book early when most hotels don't even release room inventory to the public until at least a year out? I'll see what's out there available when it's exactly a year out. Worst-case, we'll have to either crash at one of my relatives', or be willing to stay up to 60-90min from Tokyo.
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Saw couple articles saying that many hotels are already booked up for the Olympics. The same articles advise people to book early. How is general public supposed to book early when most hotels don't even release room inventory to the public until at least a year out? I'll see what's out there available when it's exactly a year out. Worst-case, we'll have to either crash at one of my relatives', or be willing to stay up to 60-90min from Tokyo.
Saw couple articles saying that many hotels are already booked up for the Olympics. The same articles advise people to book early. How is general public supposed to book early when most hotels don't even release room inventory to the public until at least a year out? I'll see what's out there available when it's exactly a year out. Worst-case, we'll have to either crash at one of my relatives', or be willing to stay up to 60-90min from Tokyo.
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https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/venue/olympic/
For example, if you've got tickets to Opening and Closing ceremonies or athletics or soccerball games you want the Olympic stadium - Venue 1
On the Tokyo Metro site, you'll find transit information for it. (Unfortunately the English version links are broken):
https://www.2020games.metro.tokyo.jp...map/index.html
WIth Chrome browser and google translate you'll get the following, which is mostly accurate -
Access information at the time of the event (assumption at the moment)
JR Sobu Line "Shinanomachi Station" "Senagaya Station" Get off Walk
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Toei Oedo Line "Aoyama 1-chome Station" Get off Walk
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line "North Sando" Station: Get off on foot [That should be "Kita Sando" station]
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Gokaimae Station" get off on foot [That should be "Gaienmae" station]
Toei Oedo Line "National Stadium Station" get off on foot [That's "Kokuritsu Kyogijo" station but perhaps they'll signpost it as "National Stadium" station for the games]
With that information you can start to identify places that offer decent connections to those lines. Options that would require no change of trains include Mitaka (start of the Sobu Line services on the West of Tokyo). or Yokohama (from which you can take a Tokyu Toyoko Line train that connects seamlessly onto the Fukutoshin Line).
If, in addition to the Opening Ceremony and the Soccerball, you want to watch some water polo (you weirdo), you might prefer to look for places around Monzennakacho - with Oedo Line to take you to Kitasando for the Olympic Stadium and the bus to take you to Tatsumi for the aquatic center.
I'll be interested to see just how creative foreign visitors will get ...
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