Fireworks mark six months to Olympics
Below the fireworks, a giant monument of the five interlocking Olympic rings was lit up
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo Bay on Friday (January 24) and a giant monument of the Olympic rings was unveiled in the shadow of Rainbow Bridge as the Japanese capital marked six months until the start of the Games.
After a decade of planning, Tokyo 2020 organisers have entered the final stretch ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony on July 24.
Below the fireworks, a giant monument of the five interlocking Olympic rings was lit up, nestled in the water at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay.
The area will be the venue for triathlon and marathon swimming at Tokyo 2020 and is within sight of the athletes’ village that is still under construction.
In a sign that perhaps not everyone is happy with Tokyo hosting the summer showpiece, about 10 anti-Olympics protesters gathered outside the hotel hosting the ceremony.
They shouted throughout the ceremony through a megaphone and held banners reading "no Olympics in Tokyo" and "Olympics kills the poor".
