From ‘I Told You So’ to Hopeful, Japanese People React To 2020 Olympic Postponement blog.gaijinpot.com

By Amelie Marie Nishizawa Mar 31, 2020 4 min readThe flame for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games arrived in Japan from Greece just in time to be extinguished.
This was the perfect opportunity to parody Tokyo Olympic bid ambassador Christel Takigawa’s speech on Japanese おもてなし, a term expressing the spirit of Japanese selfless hospitality, with relatable memes.

Olympicpostponement”“Ob-viou-slyObviously#OlympicPostponement”Let’s reset the clockThe iconic anime Akira predicted 2020 Olympic Game setbacks in a scene that showed a signboard with a countdown until the 2020 opening ceremony.

“Tokyo 1940: Games are canceledTokyo 1964: Games are heldTokyo 2020: Games are postponedBreaking News: We’ve completed Olympic cancellation, opening, and postponement.”See you next year!
While the Committee has not yet decided when exactly the Tokyo 2020 games will be held, people are already adjusting their plans accordingly—starting with hotel bookings.