Tokyo, 12 January 2018 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
(Tokyo 2020) announced today that it will host a Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE hospitality suite inside the
Gangneung Olympic Park during the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang
2018, in conjunction with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Overview of the Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE
During the PyeongChang 2018 Games, the Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE will be open to athletes,
spectators, media personnel, and visitors from around the world. It will feature exhibits and events
designed to promote the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and to highlight the attractions of
the host city of Tokyo and of other regions that will host events.
Period: Olympic Games: Friday 9 February to Sunday 25 February 2018
Paralympic Games: Friday 9 March to Sunday 18 March 2018
Opening Hours: 12:00 ~ 20:00 (provisional)
Location: Inside the Gangneung Olympic Park
Hosts: Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Official Website: https://tokyo2020.jp/en/special/pyeongchang-to-tokyo/japanhouse/
Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE Content
The Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE will showcase the Tokyo 2020 Games and the appeal of the host city
of Tokyo through a variety of different content including experience-based attractions utilising cuttingedge
technologies and an exhibition.
1. Tokyo Travellers
The very latest scanning technologies will be deployed in a special
booth to produce high-speed 3D body images of visitors; these will be
used to create a life-sized avatar of the visitor which will appear in CG
images of various tourist attractions in Tokyo.
2. Tokyo 2020 Games PR
This exhibition will introduce the vision and emblems of the Tokyo 2020 Games and will provide summary
information including details of venues and event schedules. In addition, the "Tokyo 2020 Medal Project"
and the "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Flag and Paralympic Flag Tour" – coordinated efforts by the Tokyo 2020
Organising Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government – will be introduced through various
images, with other images highlighting the recovery underway in areas affected by the Great East Japan
Earthquake.
3. Host City Tokyo PR
Tokyo’s various attractions will be introduced through videos and images of Tokyo icons evoking the four
themes of Nature, Culture, Food and Water. Special-effects photography will be deployed to give visitors
a feel for the Rugby World Cup being held in Japan in 2019.
4. Additional Sports – Photo Corner
Visitors can capture images of themselves participating as an
athlete in sports that have been added to the Olympic and
Paralympic programme at Tokyo 2020: five Olympic sports
(baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and
surfing) and two Paralympic sports (badminton and taekwondo).
5. Japanese Culture Experience (Original ORIGAMI)
Visitors can create a folded paper crane using Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE
original origami paper. They will be able to print a favourite photo at the
booth; the photo will be printed on the wings of the crane, and the Games
emblem will be printed on the crane’s back.
6. Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE Original Frame Photo Printing
Visitors who upload photos with a specific hashtag to social media can print these out with a Tokyo 2020
JAPAN HOUSE original frame surround while at the booth.
7. Introduction of Japan Olympic and Paralympic Athletes and their Official Sportswear
Athletes representing Japan in the PyeongChang 2018 Games will be introduced using photos. There
will also be an exhibit of the official sportswear worn by the Japan Olympic and Paralympic Team.
Private Showing for the Media
Date & Time: Thursday 8 February 2018 / 9:30 ~ 11:00 (provisional)
Details: Overview of the Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE.
※ Above details are subject to change.
※ Details will be provided separately in a news coverage guide to be published in late January.
You can download images of the Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE here:
https://media.tokyo2020.jp/en/press-room/press-kit/data/japanhouse-data_EN.zip
ID: media password: tokyo2020media
Credits: ©Tokyo 2020 or courtesy of Tokyo 2020.
For more information please visit:
https://tokyo2020.jp/en/special/pyeongchang-to-tokyo/japanhouse/
Or contact the Tokyo 2020 JAPAN HOUSE Press Office:
Tel: +81(0)3 6204 4301
Ask for: Moeko Yagi, Hiroyuki Naito
E-mail: tokyo2020japanhouse@fleishman.com
For inquiries regarding Tokyo 2020, please contact:
Tatsuo OGURA, tatsuo.ogura@tokyo2020.jp
Tristan LAVIER, tristan.lavier@tokyo2020.jp
Junichi SATO, junichi.sato@tokyo2020.jp
Kaho AKIYAMA, kaho.akiyama@tokyo2020.jp
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