Tokyo Essentials Blog » Olympics http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog Tokyo news and information Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:08:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Tokyo steps up their 2016 Olympic bid http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2009/03/02/tokyo-steps-up-their-2016-olympic-bid/ http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2009/03/02/tokyo-steps-up-their-2016-olympic-bid/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:49:32 +0000 Mike http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/?p=82 Warning: Division by zero in /home/content/b/u/r/burwoodjp2/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/tla_78947.php on line 407
I think Chicago is the city to beat for the 2016 Olympics. Since the 2008 Olympics were in Asia, 2012 in Europe, I think there is a strong chance the following Olympics will shift back to the Americas. It is a shame, because I believe Tokyo would be an incredible city to host the games. [...]]]> Warning: Division by zero in /home/content/b/u/r/burwoodjp2/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/tla_78947.php on line 407

I think Chicago is the city to beat for the 2016 Olympics. Since the 2008 Olympics were in Asia, 2012 in Europe, I think there is a strong chance the following Olympics will shift back to the Americas.

It is a shame, because I believe Tokyo would be an incredible city to host the games. Rainbow Bridge was closed this weekend with 5,000 people walking across the bridge to show their support for Tokyo’s bid.

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