{"id":9753,"date":"2019-08-21T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T10:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jrailpass.com\/blog?page_id=9753"},"modified":"2021-07-23T11:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T09:50:50","slug":"venues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jrailpass.com\/blog\/tokyo-2020-olympics\/venues","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tokyo Olympics have finally begun!<\/strong> Get all the information on our complete guide<\/a> including schedules, event details, dates, Tokyo Stadium, other venues and more.<\/p>\n

In 1964 Tokyo became the first ever Asian host-city <\/strong>of the Olympic games. Next year, with the Opening Ceremony on July 24, it will become the first Asian city to have held the biggest sporting competition <\/strong>on the planet twice.<\/p>\n

Many of the iconic 1964 stadiums <\/strong>will be reopened for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games<\/strong> and there will also be new, state-of-the-art venues which will have been purpose built.<\/p>\n

At each Olympics, there are always a couple of new sports to feature<\/strong>. For the first time, climbing, karate, skateboarding, and surfing will be contested. Baseball and softball will make a comeback after being dropped from the London 2012 Olympics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There will be two main zones <\/strong>which will be linked physically and metaphorically. The Heritage Zone <\/strong>(the area of the \u201864 Olympics) will overlap with the new Tokyo Bay Zone<\/strong>, representing the link between past Olympic legacy and that of the present and future.<\/p>\n

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