The Tokyo Olympics where the competition began.
On SNS, there are many posts about the Olympics, such as "I don't think I can see the Olympics in Tokyo anymore, so I enjoy watching the games in the living room" and "The good thing about the Olympics in Japan is that there is no time difference".
On the other hand, there are also conspicuous posts such as "Eh! Is the Olympics starting?"
I went out to the city and asked young people how it really was.
"Do you know when the Olympics will start?"
I asked in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, where many young people visit.
Eleven people between the ages of 15 and 21 answered, and eight answered that they "know" that competitions such as softball have begun.
On the other hand, most people said they were "not sure" about the opening ceremony schedule, and only three people knew exactly the 23rd.
Also, only two people knew both the start of the competition and the opening ceremony schedule.
A 15-year-old high school student who learned about the start of the competition on TV said, "I'm sorry for the lack of spectators, but if you think that the world's top players are playing games in Japan, I think it will be encouraging in the dark news." Was there.
On the other hand, a 21-year-old college student who did not know the start of the competition or the schedule of the opening ceremony said, "I have a strong impression that there are problems with the operation of the competition on a daily basis, and when can I be vaccinated from the Olympics? I'm worried. "
A 20-year-old female college student said, "I want the players to do their best, but it feels like a distant world."
Banners saying "Avoid the Three Cs" are displayed here and there on the streets where used clothing stores and restaurants are lined up and young people come and go, but there is no notice of the Olympic Games, and there is no excitement in the city. It was a state.
Also, when I asked 11 people in their teens to early 20s on Takeshita Street near Harajuku Station in Tokyo, nearly half of them didn't know that the competition had started, and a 21-year-old woman said, "The spread of the new corona infection. There was a lot of talk about this, and I think the impression that the Olympic Games will be held has diminished. "