Monday, January 25, 2010

Tokyo Suer 2020 Olympic Games

"It is composed of the Olympic rings superimposed on the emblem of the Japanese national flag, representing the rising sun. Having examined a large number of proposals, the Games Organising Committee chose the design submitted by Yusaku Kamekura which was subsequently accepted as the official emblem of the Games." (http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Summer/Tokyo-1964/Tokyo-1964-Collection/?Tab=0)


Logo used when they were running as a city for 2016 games with Rio won. The logo of the Tokyo bid takes the form of a traditional Japanese knot known as musubi. The five Olympic colors are used in the decorative knot; the musubi has long been utilized in Japan to signify blessings during times of celebration.
This is an image that was of a Tokyo rendering of what one of there Olympic stadiums would look like. It as covered in solar panels with there attempt a green Olympics.

Tokyo is also touting its effort to design green games that coexist in harmony with the natural environment. They will utilize five temporary structures and measures for reducing CO2 emissions and energy consumption. For example, the Olympic village, built in the Ariake area bordering Tokyo Bay, would feature an array of eco-friendly systems such as solar and renewable energy, and aim for total waste recycling. After the Games, they would be converted to rental apartments and condominiums in a greenery-rich area.

The Yumenoshima landfill will be an 88-hectare island in Tokyo Bay with compost made from fallen leaves and twigs gathered in the public parks and streets of Tokyo. The trash landfill will be transformed into a green forest where 480,000 trees will be planted, in addition to the sports venues located on the island In addition, Tokyo plans to promote the use of more low-emissions buses and other vehicles in order to reduce in traffic congestion and help curb emissions from carbon dioxide.


Another location in Tokyo where they had there logo and andervistment for there applicant to the summer olympic games.
Japans flagTokoys flag "White sun with 6 rays on dark purple colour field. The sun is stylized Kanji character of Tokyo-Nihon which represents developing capital city Tokyo. Dark purple has been popular colour in Tokyo from old days. Adopted 1 October 1964.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998" (http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/jp-13.html#descr)

  • Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government, home of the Emperor of Japan and is the capital of the country.
  • Earlier, Tokyo was a small fishing village named ‘Edo’, meaning estuary. Later, when it became the imperial capital of Japan, in 1868, its name was changed to Tokyo.
  • The name ‘Tokyo’ literally translates to ‘Eastern Capital’.
  • The 23 wards of Tokyo collectively constitute the ‘City of Tokyo’, which is one of the largest cities in the world.
  • Tokyo is one of the three world finance ‘command centers’, apart from New York and London.
  • The Greater Tokyo Area that includes Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama, is the most densely populated metropolitan area in the world.
  • There are many remote islands in Tokyo, which extend as far as 1850 km from central Tokyo.
  • Tokyo has the largest metropolitan gross domestic product (GDP) in the whole world, for a city.
  • Tokyo is home to many of the world's most developed investment banks and insurance companies.
  • Tokyo serves as the nucleus of Japan's transportation, broadcasting and publishing industries.
  • Railways in Tokyo have the most extensive urban railway network in the whole world.
  • Tokyo was stuck by many historical tragedies, including the 1923 Kanto Earthquake, widespread devastation during World War II, the economic ‘bubble burst’ of 1989 and the 1995 nerve gas attack.
  • The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Tokyo as the most costly city in the whole world, for a period of 14 yrs, until 2006.
  • Popular Hollywood flicks like ‘The Fast and the Furious’, ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Lost in Translation’ have been filmed in Tokyo.
  • (http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-tokyo-1794.html)

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