Get on the bus at the bustling Ginza in Tokyo and take the subway to ginza line. It's only six stops to the outer court station. After leaving the station, you will find a modern stadium standing proudly, that is 1964 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo Olympic Games. This stadium, which has been used for 50 years, is full of vicissitudes and is not outdated at all. After the reconstruction of the 2002 World Cup, it is still integrated with the surrounding modern buildings. In the autumn afternoon, the old man Zangfu Okada, who was walking outside the stadium, pointed to the main flagpole of 15.2 1 m and said, "Year after year, the weather is beautiful, and earthquakes and hurricanes have not caused the stadium to collapse. This is because the spirit of Mikio Oda (the first Japanese Olympic champion) makes the stadium immortal. "
Okada has lived around the Olympic Stadium for nearly 50 years. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he also carried out turf maintenance work in the stadium. It was not until the high-tech transformation of the 2002 World Cup that the old talents left this post. He is "as familiar with this stadium as his own son" and is called "the great old man" in Japan. Hideo Okada introduced that the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Akimachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo is the most important stadium in Tokyo. "The Olympic Stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in Japan and is called' the great old man' in Japan. It has been used for nearly 50 years and has hosted 1964 Olympic Games, 1958 Asian Games, 65438+ and other events. Even now, when there are some more modern stadiums, the Olympic Stadium still plays an important role in Japanese football matches. "
Olympic Stadium 1964 can accommodate 70,000 people with long benches. 199 1 year was rebuilt on a large scale and changed to one for each person. Now it can only accommodate 50 thousand people. Seats are replaced on a large scale every five years, and other maintenance and updating work is usually done bit by bit, and the cost is not small. The government spends more than 2 billion yen on all aspects of the stadium every year. The annual income of the stadium itself is about 65.438 billion yen, mainly from holding various competitions and concerts every year from 654.38+040 days to 654.38+050 days. Gymnasiums and venues are usually open to the public.
The main entrance of Tokyo Olympic Stadium is used by local people to commemorate heroes. The emblem of the Tokyo Olympic Games is engraved on the front 1964, and the names, nationalities and events of the athletes who won the gold medal in this Games are engraved on both sides. This can be seen from the local people's attention to sports and reverence for Olympic champions. After entering from the main entrance of Tokyo Olympic Stadium, the main flagpole of the main stand suddenly appeared in front of you. This flagpole also symbolizes the champion honor of Japanese sports. It is worth mentioning that the height of the main flagpole is 15.2 1 m, which is exactly the result of Japanese player Mikio Oda winning the men's triple jump championship in 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. Mikio Oda not only won the first gold medal in the history of the Japanese Olympic Games. There are 84 flagpoles behind the main flagpole. At that time, flags of 84 countries and regions were hung here.