So how do I properly prepare for this? Do I have to pay for tickets

>>1153366
Yes, tickets will go on sale in 2018.

What country are you from. Certain countries purchase their tickets through a third party. The one for Canada for example is CoSport https://www.cosport.com/

I've attended the Vancouver games here in my town and the London games 4 years ago. If you have questions about how to travel to the Olympics ask away and I'll give you my perspective.

I myself am also thinking about going to Japan in 4 years as I'm about 90% sure that I'll be in Asia at that time anyways. The biggest issue I'm facing is that I don't want to pay much for a place to stay there as Japan is expensive as fuck already and to add the cost of Olympic housing costs I don't feel it would be worth it. Would be great to find someone who would be able to host me for a week. I might look into volunteering for those games though if it will be possible as a foreigner.

>>1153378
Im from the states. Do you think the prices for food,hostels, transportation go up? Ive honestly never traveled to a foreign country and I want the olympics to be a good excuse to go for the first time. Ill probably graduate from uni around that time too so maybe I can study there for a bit?

>>1153384
>Do you think the prices for food,hostels, transportation go up?

Yes, yes, and yes (airfares). Prices in Japan automatically rise during any major holiday (Golden Week, Obon) so there's every reason to believe they'll increase substantially during the Olympics. Sorry!

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Got my eyes set on this instead. Doesn't have the same mass appeal, although probably half of New Zealand will be going

>>1153384
Do you think the prices for food,hostels, transportation go up?

Food not so much, unless you eat at specific points connected with the Olympics or ones targeting tourists. If you go to places where locals eat it will be regular prices, they wouldn't want to piss off their local customers. Hostels/hotels/any other accommodation will definitely go up for the 2 weeks an most likely a week before and after. I don't know how many hostels there are in Tokyo for example, I'm sure there's tons. I somehow found a good price in a London hostel, I was paying 20 pounds a night there fairly close to the centre of town.

Transportation costs go up as well because thousands of people will want to fly to Japan at the same time. On the ground there really shouldn't be much of a difference as the local metro will still be same prices. Taxis will likely be more expensive though. As will trains/buses to other cities. Japan is expensive to begin with so even minor changes to things like hostels or plane tickets might turn it into a make or break destination...

Olympics are a great time to travel. You get to spend time with people from all over, attend amazing sporting events, maybe meet your heroes or at least see them live. They do require a lot of pre-planning, often a few years in advance if you want to get your hands on tickets. And ticket prices for events look to be fairly expensive, some reports yesterday claiming $80 for average ticket but much much more to the highly touted events.

>>1153507
Where does this meme that Japan is expensive come from? Its a lot cheaper than most us cities

>>1153516
>Its a lot cheaper than most us cities

Most? I'd say yeah cheaper than some but not most.

The absolute best thing you can do to save money in Tokyo is buy a data sim card in advance and get the tripadvisor app because it has searchable offline street maps for free (they won't ship the sim abroad so you have to find your way to your hotel).

>>1153516
Where does the idea that Japan is just one thing, price wise, come from?

>>1153516
this post is 2 sopomore 4 me

>understand price history
>doesn't understand that some people have old heuristics for price history