Posts Tagged ‘olympics’
Hatoyama, 2016 Bid
A couple of hours from now and the decision on the Olympic Venue for 2016 will be made by the IOC. Tokyo has made the second presentation with the emphasis on emotion! I wonder if this has made a difference? Presenters even promised to teach visitors to the Tokyo Games [Read More]
Tokyo's Sustainable Bid, Olympics 2016
The IOC will annouce its decision on the host city for the 2016 Olympics tomorrow! The new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama will be on his way to Copenhagen to personally lobby for Tokyo’s bid. So too will President Barack Obama to lobby for Chicago’s bid. What a [Read More]
Gundam Auction, Odaiba
Do you have $25 thousand dollars and a head for heights? If so, you have just missed out on the once in a lifetime chance to stand on the shoulders of the 1/1 Gundam robot that is standing in Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. There were 504 bids, but only one winner. The winning bidder [Read More]
Olympic Smiles from the Sky
This is a great way of supporting Japan’s Olympic Bid. The faces of Japanese Olympic medalists are painted on the side of the plane. What a great idea. JAL is an official partner of the Tokyo2016 Bid Committee and the design concept is to help raise awareness and [Read More]
