On the 12th it will be 500 days to the Tokyo Olympics opening, and events are being held in many places. One of them, the Olympic and Paralympic news photo exhibition "TOKYO to TOKYO" (co-hosted by The Mainichi Newspapers and Chiyoda Ward), opened the 12th in Chiyoda Civic Hall on the first floor of Chiyoda Ward Office (1-2-1 Kudan-minami, Chiyoda). Through Saturday, March 16, 9 a.m.–7 p.m. (last day
until 2 p.m.).
It covers Summer Games from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics through Rio 2016, focusing on Japanese athletes. Panels for each Games combining outlines, newspaper pages and memorable scenes stand in a
row. About 60 photos that ran in the Mainichi are the core of the look back.
Photo above is the Japanese team marching at the Tokyo Olympics opening, with the page and more. Other famous scenes include Kyoko Iwasaki, who won as a junior-high student in Barcelona (1992) =photo left above, and Kosuke Kitajima at Athens (2004), when Japan won a record 16 golds =photo left below. Please enjoy the emotion and excitement of the Olympics.
Not a Summer Games, but a Nagano Winter Olympics torch =foreground of the end photo= is also on show. There is a corner of photos of the torch relay at the previous Tokyo Olym
pics =photo below.
Inquiries: The Mainichi Newspapers Olympic and Paralympic Office, 03-3212-2908 (weekdays 10 a.m.–6 p.m.).
