With the 2021 Olympic Summer Games less than a month away, media on-hand were given a tour of the Olympic & Paralympic Village in Tokyo, where the athletes will eat, sleep and pass the time when they’re not competing.
The village, located on the Harumi waterfront district of Tokyo, is expected to host 18,000 athletes and officials inside 21 residential buildings. The size of the village is approximately 44 hectares
Introducing the #Tokyo2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village! pic.twitter.com/gPfUNkTlYi
— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) June 20, 2021
Below, find a series of tweets from Tokyo 2020 International Communications Senior Manager Tristan Lavier with pictures of the village.
The new Harumi Port Park
(I’m sure we’ll see more than a few athletes on the children’s slides) pic.twitter.com/dyGzzWGNSb— Tristan Lavier (@trilavier) June 20, 2021
The Main Dining Hall will be open 24h and can serve up to 45,000 meals per day. Menu options include: Japanese cuisine, World, Asia, Halal, Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Pizza, Pasta, Salad bar, etc.
📸©Tokyo 2020 pic.twitter.com/NklzZ8t2wW— Tristan Lavier (@trilavier) June 20, 2021
The village is 44 hectares. That’s quite big so there’s an internal shuttle bus service with Toyota e-Palette vehicles. They are 100% electric and driverless (there will be an operator to monitor)
📸©Tokyo 2020 pic.twitter.com/cpCza8OOyd— Tristan Lavier (@trilavier) June 20, 2021
There will be around 3,800 units. Beds and bedding are made almost entirely from renewable materials. All beds are made of carboard and will be converted into recycled paper after the Games while the mattress components will be recycled into new plastic products pic.twitter.com/p7otujZnkp
— Tristan Lavier (@trilavier) June 20, 2021
You can find more photos of the village on the Olympic website here.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will officially kick off with the Opening Ceremonies on Friday, July 23, though softball action will get underway two days prior in Fukushima. Swimming action will begin on July 24.
