The time of the Olympics is here again! In the blink of an eye, 4 years have passed since the Rio 2016 Olympics, and today, we will be providing you with a handy guide that covers basic information about the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
Table of Contents
Event Details
Cultural differences to note
Ordering Meals
Sport Event Details
Badminton
Baseball
Softball
Basketball:
Fencing
Football
Golf
Gymnastics:
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Karate
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting:
Sport Climbing
Surfing
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball:
Event Details:
Olympics:
- Date: Friday, 24 July 2020 – Sunday, 9 August 2020
- Torch Relay: 12 March 2020 – 26 March 2020
- 33 Sports
- Opening Ceremony: 24 July 2020 @The Olympic Stadium
- Closing Ceremony: 9 August 2020 @The Olympic Stadium
Tokyo 2020 Mascots
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Cultural differences to note:
If you are planning to visit Japan to watch the Olympics, here are some tips that you should take note of. This would help you avoid a culture shock due to the differences in circumstances and greetings that you might be used to.
[showhide type=”post” more_text=”Read more about cultural differences” less_text=”Hide cultural differences”]1. Japanese Hospitality – Omotenashi
To a foreigner, the Japanese Hospitality may seem too polite. The word omotenashi is being used by the media a lot to promote Japanese hospitality. The meaning of omotenashi goes way deeper than just proving outstanding hospitality as the original meaning is to entertain guests wholeheartedly. This is because, in Japan, they have a proverb: 「お客様は神様」which can be translated to “the customer is always right” but many in Japan will prefer the literal translation of “the customer is god”.
2. Few trash disposal points
There are very few bins on the streets in Japan. If you are going to watch the show and want to dispose of your trash, it might be difficult to find a disposal point. Finding one may take a long time which results in you missing certain parts of the events. Thus, we would recommend you to bring a spare bag to store all your rubbish and dispose of it at the end of the event.
3. Japanese dates
In Japan, dates are written in the format [mm/dd/yyyy] instead of [dd/mm/yyyy] so do take note of this when you are looking at the dates of specific events. [/showhide]
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