https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i Get to know about this beautiful Olympic city! en-us 2019-05-02 18:23:11 UTC 2019-05-02 19:01:20 UTC hello@padlet.com amanda_mesquita https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356355706 The Olympic mascot is called Miraitowa, which is derived from the Japanese words mirai (future) and towa (eternity). This name was chosen to promote a future full of eternal hope in the hearts of people all over the world. It was created by Ryo Taniguchi

With its traditional and futurist style, the mascot embodies both the old and the new, echoing the concept of "innovation from harmony". Its forehead bears the emblem of the Tokyo 2020 Games, whose traditional chessboard motif is composed of indigo blue rectangles of three different sizes.

In August 2017, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee received 2,042 designs submitted as part of a competition open to anyone aged 18 or over resident in Japan. Then, by means of a selection process in several stages, the number of proposals was progressively reduced to leave three finalists, which were announced at the beginning of December 2017.

The task of electing the winner from the three finalist projects was given to the children of Japanese primary schools, with each class having one vote. The voting period extended from 11 December 2017 to 22 February 2018 and 205,755 classes from 16,769 schools participated. The project of Ryo Taniguchi won with a total of 109,041 votes.



]]> 2019-05-02 18:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356355706 amanda_mesquita https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356356560 https://livejapan.com/en/in-tokyo/in-pref-tokyo/in-tokyo_train_station/article-a0003112/ check this link for more informations and photos about the beautiful cherry blossom! 😉]]> 2019-05-02 18:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356356560 japaomuitobom https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356359026 Click here for more information about Japanese food! ;) (Not the Brazilian type)]]> 2019-05-02 18:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356359026 amanda_mesquita https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356363053  The Tokyo Olympics Games will start at July, 24 of 2020, and it will end at August, 9 of 2020. The most of the competitions will be in The New National Stadium. However, there are other stadiums, like The Yoyogi National Gymnasium, The Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, and The Tokyo International Forum.]]> 2019-05-02 18:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356363053 japaomuitobom https://padlet.com/amanda_mesquita/1z4w83mwb65i/wish/356364374 The name Miraitowa is written in Japanese like this: 未来永久 in kanji, みらいとわ in hiragana and ミライトワ in katakana. 

There is actually another mascot called someity (ソメイティ in katakana and そめいてぃ in hiragana) and they named it after the flower  someyoshino, and was also inspired in the English word "So mighty"


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