Before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, large-scale traffic restrictions began at 4 pm around the national stadium.
Traffic restrictions around the national stadium due to the opening ceremony will be enforced from 4 pm on the 23rd to 1:30 am on the 24th, and it is common in the section of about 2 km of Aoyama Dori, Gaien Higashi Dori, part of Gaien Nishi Dori, etc. Cars will be impassable.
At the intersection of Omotesando, police officers placed a traffic cone around 4 pm and started guiding.
In addition, the Metropolitan Expressway is a combination of the downtown loop line, No. 2 Meguro line, No. 3 Shibuya line, No. 4 Shinjuku line, No. 10 Harumi line, and No. 11 Daiba line from 5:30 pm on the 23rd to 1:30 am on the 24th. 17 entrances will be closed and traffic to the city center will be restricted.
In Tokyo and its surroundings, where competition venues are concentrated, traffic restrictions will continue during the Games, including additional tolls on the Metropolitan Expressway, and the closing ceremony on the 8th of next month and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympics will be of the same scale as on the 23rd. Traffic restrictions will be enforced.