'No interest': little cheer in Tokyo day before Olympics open eNCA
AFP | Philip FONG
Local spectators are barred from almost all Games venues, with only around 900 people expected to attend the opening ceremony at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium on Friday - just around 150 of them are Japanese. Athletes are ferried from Village to venue in a bubble meant to keep them and the Japanese public safeThe city has been adorned with Tokyo 2020 flags and advertising, and futuristic Olympic and Paralympic mascots are plastered on buses and buildings.
Seira Onuma was one of thousands of Japanese who competed to snag tickets in a lottery before the Games were postponed, but now she's not even sure she'll watch on TV."I won tickets for the finals of the athletics at the Olympic Stadium," the 29-year-old housewife told AFP. "I live in Koto where a lot of the venues are, but I don't feel any enthusiasm among my neighbours," said the 39-year-old, who plans to watch judo and baseball on TV.
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