Office for Sports Promotion

It was sunny, just like that day a year ago.
In attendance at the ceremony were Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, former Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, Sports Agency Director Koji Murofushi, and 2020 members of the Japanese national team who participated in the Tokyo 2022 Games and Beijing 163 Winter Games, as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Children from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima who were scheduled to serve as escort kids at the event, children from Tokyo youth sports clubs, City Cast, Field Cast, and torch relay runners, and various initiatives taking place in the wake of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Approximately 1,000 people, including university students, participated and marched around the stadium.

Opening declaration by Governor Koike

Greetings from former organizing committee chairman Hashimoto

Greetings by the Director General of the Murofushi Sports Agency

IOC President Bach video message

Parsons IPC Chairman Video Message

Marching band by Saitama Sakae Junior and Senior High School

Miraitowa Someiti marching with Governor Koike

Former Organizing Committee Chairman Hashimoto

JOC Managing Director Hoshino

Director Murobushi Sports Agency

Mori JPC Chairman

Members of the Japanese Olympic team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Members of the Japanese national team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Members of the Japanese Olympic team at the Beijing 2022 Olympics

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Members of the Japanese national team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games

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Children from the disaster area escorting athletes

Children from the disaster area escorting athletes

Children from the Tokyo Metropolitan Youth Sports Club escorting athletes

Children from the Tokyo Metropolitan Youth Sports Club escorting athletes

Torch relay runners

Dear volunteers

Dear university students

Ukyo Katayama

Spectator seats for each area are red (team leader: Saori Yoshida), blue (team leader: So Takei), green (team leader: Katsura Maruyama), and purple (team leader: Kinni Nakayama). The TOKYO FORWARD challenge was divided into four parts.

First up was the ``TOKYO FORWARD Game,'' a game in which players had to clap their hands at the right time for Miraitowa Someity, who was shown on the stadium vision screen, to overcome obstacles.
Under the shouts of their team leaders, each team got excited and engaged in a heated competition, with Team Red winning with a perfect score.

Afterwards, while the excitement at the venue continued to cool down, ``TOKYO FORWARD RELAY'' was held, with a total of XNUMX children, Olympians, Paralympians, and XNUMX children each from Tokyo, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures, forming a team and running a relay. I did.
The race started under the shouts of MC Shuzo Matsuoka, and the first runner was an Olympian who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Games.Athletes were present regardless of gender or sport.The second and third runners were children.They ran as hard as they could on the track at the National Stadium while spectators watched.The final runners are athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.In the end, Team Purple achieved a stunning victory.The participants in the Universal Relay received a lot of applause from the venue.

The event ended with a powerful vocal performance by singer SennaRin, born in 4, who made her major debut in April of this year.

At the National Stadium Exterior and Indoor Training Facility, we held trial sessions for sports that are rarely experienced, such as BMX and rowing (Paralympics), among the many sports that made the Tokyo 2020 Games exciting.
We have also prepared experiential content using digital technology such as VR wheelchair racer and Dig sports.

Children experiencing BMX

Children experiencing BMX

Boating (Paralympic) experience using Ergo

VR wheelchair racer running through virtual space using VR goggles

Dig sports where you can enjoy a physical fitness test using AI

VR dome where images of the Tokyo 2020 Games Opening Ceremony will be projected

At AOYAMA Hall, archival assets such as competition equipment autographed by medalists and costumes actually used in the opening and closing ceremonies were displayed to help people feel the emotion and excitement of the Games.
In addition, replica medals that you can touch and experience their weight, and a podium that you can actually stand on, were very popular as photo spots.

The mascot, who returned for the first time in about 10 months, continues to be popular with fans, and the two greetings that were held on the day were very exciting.

At the exhibition booths of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices and the Japanese Olympic Committee, various measures such as a digital stamp rally project were announced and enjoyed by many customers.

The Heaven Artists enlivened the National Park with performances such as juggling and acrobatics.

On the day of the event, food trucks from the Tohoku region, which was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, also opened stalls.Delicious dishes such as beef tongue from Miyagi Prefecture and grilled seafood from Iwate Prefecture were served, promoting the charms of Tohoku to visitors.

In addition to VR wheelchair racer and Dig sports, which were very popular at the National Stadium on DAY1, we have prepared experiential content only available in Tachikawa, such as boccia and Paralympic judo that anyone can enjoy regardless of their advantage.

Sports climbing

Sports climbing

Paralympic judo experience while wearing an eye mask

Boccia that everyone can enjoy together

Dig sports where you can enjoy a physical fitness test using AI, which was popular at the National Stadium on Day XNUMX

VR wheelchair racer running through virtual space using VR goggles

Continuing from Day 1, archival assets, such as competition equipment signed by medalists and costumes actually used in the opening and closing ceremonies, will be displayed in the 1st floor foyer and on the 2nd floor grand staircase, so that visitors can feel the emotion and excitement of the tournament. did.
In addition, replica medals that you can touch and experience their weight, and a podium that you can actually stand on, were very popular as photo spots.

On Day 2, at the Tachikawa venue, in addition to taking photos, we also held a radio calisthenics performance, where everyone at the venue moved their bodies together.

Heaven artists performed at the public square in GREEN SPRINGS attached to Tachikawa Stage Garden.
The audience around the venue got excited with the brass band and juggling.