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Let’s discuss the Tokyo 2020 Cultural Olympiad

People form the words 'Thank you' in English and Japanese outside the Tokyo metro government buildings in Shinjuku on Sept. 8, 2013, after the capital won the right to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

People form the words 'Thank you' in English and Japanese outside the Tokyo metro government buildings in Shinjuku on Sept. 8, 2013, after the capital won the right to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

By Andrew MCKIRDY

Mar 20, 2017

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ANDREW MCKIRDY, THE 51吃瓜网 TIMES

Japan’s celebration of culture leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will “deliver something inspiring for the people of Japan and the whole world,” according to London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Director Ruth Mackenzie.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

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