Japan Cool Animates The City For 2020 Olympics

Above, a view from Aqua City in Odaiba.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

At Sports Features.com, an expat living in Japan reflects on how Tokyo Cool animates the city for the 2020 Olympics Summer Games.

He begins with:

(SFC) Only in Tokyo could you rent a cat to stroke while you sip coffee, have a robot cook your noodles or purchase bananas, or even buy an umbrella from vending machines thoughtfully designed for such random emergencies. Even ride an amphibious vehicle.

Japan's hi-tech capital, inspiration for the scenery in Ridley Scott's cult movie "Blade Runner", has turned convenience into an art form with its automated wizardry. 

The crackling neon, whizzing trains and giant video screens across the city bear a striking resemblance to Scott's vision of Los Angeles in 2019 - the year rugby's World Cup comes to Japan. 

In Tokyo the future is now and has been for many years. It could almost be the slogan for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic bid. If it weren't so obvious.

We'll know in two days if Tokyo gets the Olympics.

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