How the Olympic Games will shape the future of Tokyo? We asked it to Adrian Bianco, editor-in-chief of @sabukaru.online

Since the Olympic Games were born, those who have had the privilege to attend them often tell that the difference  - compared to other competitions - lies in the atmosphere.  The sparkling air you breathe in the streets city, around the village, in the bars. There are those who call it the Olympic spirit, that feeling of pride, responsibility and excitement that came from hosting in their city or nation an event that unites almost all the nations of the world, called to excel in sport. It may seem like a rhetorical vision of the Olympics, but they have remained one of the very few events that maintain an ancient solemnity, which in its course often has the impression of witnessing a historical moment - many times positive, but also tragic. 

Subcultures have been one of the creative engines of Tokyo, as Hiroshi Fujiwara explained, since the 70s the streets of the Japanese capital have produced different cultural phenomena - from punk to street style - reworking the trends of Western culture. The last subculture is precisely the skateboard, understood as a symbol and cultural phenomenon, it is frowned upon by many and considered a noisy, disordered activity and above all that maintains that rebellious caliber contrary to traditional Japanese culture. A normal Olympics would have accelerated some cultural processes in a society that has different rules and mechanisms from western ones. In this week, in which the infections have reached 10 thousand a day and the government is preparing for new restrictions, the feeling of Bianco and I believe that of many other inhabitants of Tokyo is that it ends as soon as possible:  «Tokyo stayed pretty quiet and almost too chill during the first half of Corona. The Olympics weren't much in focus back then but already not a trendy topic. The last months of the pandemic and the slow rollout of vaccines have accelerated the opinions more and more against holding the Olympics - especially now. There are win-win situations, and this one more felt like a lose-lose situation for the people and Tokyo».