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Victory parade for Japan's Rio Olympic and Paralympic medalists was held on Oct. 7, 2016 in Tokyo's Ginza and Nihonbashi areas. At Nihonbashi near Mitsukoshi Dept. Store.These photos were taken at Nihonbashi.
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About 800,000 crowded the sidewalks along the 2.5 km route on Chuo-dori that goes through Ginza 4-chome.
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Crowd control
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Crazy about the Olympics, that's Japan.
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Passing out a newspaper extra about the parade.
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The parade was headed by policewomen on white motorcycles. They wore the red Olympic uniform.
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Policewomen on white motorcycles.
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Start of the parade of 50 Olympian and 37 Paralympian medalists on four double-decker, open top buses and two flatbed trucks. The Olympians wore red uniforms while the Paralympians wore white.
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Paralympians on a flatbed truck first appeared. They are wheelchair rugby players who won the bronze.
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Paralympians on a flatbed truck first appeared. They are wheelchair rugby players who won the bronze.
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Paralympian wheelchair rugby players Ikezaki Daisuke, Ike Yukinobu 池崎大輔 池透暢
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Nakazato Shin, wheelchair rugby bronze medalist. 仲里進
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Paralympians on a flatbed truck first appeared. They are wheelchair rugby players who won the bronze.
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Wheelchair tennis medalists.
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Boccia medalists 廣瀬隆喜 杉村英孝
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Yui Kamiji, bronze medalist in women's single wheelchair tennis. 上地結衣
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Saida Satoshi, wheelchair tennis bronze medalist in Rio. 齋田悟司
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Olympian buses coming over Nihonbashi Bridge. As I had hoped, Nihonbashi was not as crowded as Ginza. In Ginza, there were people who waited from midnight or 5 am this morning to see this parade.
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Rio Olympic medalists parade on Oct. 7, 2016 in Ginza-Nihonbashi, Tokyo.
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Kaori Icho, freestyle wrestler who made Olympic history by winning the Olympic gold medal four times in a row (since Athens in 2004). No other woman has won an Olympic gold that many consecutive times for an individual event.
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Kaori Icho, freestyle wrestler who made Olympic history by winning the Olympic gold medal four times in a row (since Athens in 2004).
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Sprinters and silver medalists Yoshihide Kiryu (middle) and Shota Iizuka (right) who got their Olympic glory in the 400-meter relay race
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Sprinters and silver medalists Yoshihide Kiryu (middle) and Shota Iizuka (right) who got their Olympic glory in the 400-meter relay race
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On the right is Ayaka Takahashi, Japan's first badminton player to win an Olympic gold medal.
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On the left is synchronized swimmer Yukiko Inui who won two bronze medals for duet synchronized swimming and Team synchronized swimming at Rio.
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Paralympians not on wheechairs.
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Paralympians
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Paralympians Tanaka Mai (Women's tandem B cycling time trial silver medalist, pilot for Kanuma Yurie), Kanuma Yurie (Women's tandem B cycling time trial silver medalist), Masaki Fujita (Road Cycling TT bronze medalist) 田中まい 鹿沼由理
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Misato Michishita, silver medalist in women's Paralympic marathon in Rio 2016. 道下美里
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Misato Michishita, silver medalist in women's Paralympic marathon in Rio 2016. 道下美里
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Judo medalists. On the left is Hisayoshi Harasawa, judo silver medalist in 100+ kg class. In the middle is Takanori Nagase, judo bronze medalist in 81 kg. On the right is Shohei Ono, judo gold medalist in 73 kg.
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Mashu (Matthew) Baker, judo gold medalist in 90 kg.
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On the right is Mashu (Matthew) Baker, judo gold medalist in 90 kg. Father was American, mom Japanese. One of the high-profile mixed-blood Japanese Olympians at Rio.
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On the left is Kaori Matsumoto, judo bronze medalist in women's -57 kg. She was giving her trademark "beast" pose. On the right is Haruka Tachimoto, Japan's sole female judo gold medalist (70 kg) in Rio.
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On the left is Kaori Matsumoto, judo bronze medalist in women's -57 kg. She was giving her trademark "beast" pose. On the right is Haruka Tachimoto, Japan's sole female judo gold medalist (70 kg) in Rio.
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On the left is Kanae Yamabe, judo bronze medalist in women's 78+ kg.
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The thing about this parade is that you get to see only half of the medalists. The other half face the other side of the road. Missed Ai Fukuhara, Saori Yoshida, Kohei Uchimura, etc. Wouldn't it be great if they made a U-turn and drove back so we can see the other half?
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And there they go.
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The parade went by in about 10 min. It was worth the wait and the hot sun. Wait till next time. Crowd will be more massive.
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