The Tokyo Traveler

You don’t need to go to Beijing to get in the Olympics spirit. Japan recently gave it’s athletes a royal send off to Beijing and the country is feverishly promoting its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo. The city hosted the Olympic Games in 1964 and is home to a museum dedicated to the history of sport in Japan. The Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum, located in the National Stadium was one of the main venues of the 1964 Olympic Games and houses a large collection of Olympic memorabilia and displays that …read more

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Japan will be sending a team of 339 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing which will be captained by Keiji Suzuki, the 2004 Athens Olympic Judo gold medalist.  Ai Fukuhara, a petite table tennis star has the honor of bearing the Japanese Flag, also knows as the Hinomaru, at the games.
At a traditional sendoff ceremony and gala party held for Japan’s Olympic Team last Monday, Crown Prince Naruhito, a member of the Japanese royal family and next in line to become the Emperor of Japan, passed on some words of encouragement to the athletes:
“At such a memorable event, …read more

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