The Tokyo Olympics, where the competition began on the 21st.
A man who has been shining his shoes on the streets for half a century at Tokyo Station has been in a difficult situation, saying that he is "triple pain" at the heat, the corona sickness, and the Olympics that many people watch at home.
A countdown bulletin board showing up to the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at Tokyo Station.
Around the bulletin board, which says two days left, many people were seen taking pictures in commemoration.
A few tens of meters away, there was a man named Shoe Shine on the street, who was the last to get permission from the city, and he was sitting on the street with a parasol for guests on the 21st under the scorching sun.
When he said, "The Olympics will start," he said, "When did you start? Wasn't it from next week?" In the declaration of the situation, the number of people going out is decreasing, and the number of people going out to watch the Olympics at home will increase, so the number of people going out will decrease further, and he said, "I am in a state of triple pain."
I used to polish about 30 people a day when I was busy, but now I don't see 10 people.
A male office worker who visits shoe shine once a week for nearly 10 years also said, "The company will reduce the number of people who go to work by 70% during the Olympics, so it will be difficult to come from now on." I did.
Now, the 70-year-old man who shines shoes was a junior high school student at the time of the last Tokyo Olympics in 1964, and there was only a TV in his neighborhood, so the neighbors visited his house. He has memories of watching the Olympic games.
The man said, "At that time, the economy was good at the Olympics, and my parents, who were shining shoes like me, bought the first TV in the neighborhood. It's not an Olympics, so the number of customers is far away, and like a body blow, I'm responding to this job. "