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Organizers said the simple ticket designs,
which feature the pictograms of each individual event and come
in one of four colors, are inspired by the creation of fabrics
for kimono, Japanese traditional formal wear.
The colors – red, blue, purple and green – represent each of
Japan’s four seasons.
Tickets for the Olympics have been on sale since May 2019 and
organizers said on Wednesday that 4.48 million had been sold so
far.
Organizers are still unclear on how many tickets are available
but in Tokyo 2020’s bid to host the Olympics, they detailed that
7.8 million would be available.
Tickets for the Paralympics are also a hot commodity for
Japanese sports fans and the second wave of domestic sales for
those events began on Wednesday.
American silver medalist para-archer Matt Stutzman was in Tokyo
to rally even more support for the Paralympics.
“I think that the spectators are going to come and watch archery
and watch basically the impossible,” said Stutzman, who won
silver at London 2012.
“That is people with physical disabilities like myself, me
without any arms, performing at the highest level of
competition.”
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics run from July 24 – Aug. 9 with the
Paralympics starting over two weeks later on Aug. 25.
(Reporting by Jack Tarrant; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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