Harumi Futo

Harumi Futo is located in Harumi (晴海), an island district of Chūō, Tokyo (central Tokyo). 'Harumi' may mean sunny, spring or beauty, while 'futō' (海) refers to coastline or pier. The harbour pier supports Harumi Terminal Park which berths cruise ships, and is part of an urban redevelopment project site associated with the 2020 Olympic Village.

Neighbourhood

The locale was created as land reclamation from seabed fill.[1]

The site was the intended place for an international exposition planned to coincide with the later-cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics.[2] Helsinki, Finland, eventually hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics and Tokyo, the 1964 Summer Olympics.

The six-story Harumi Passenger Terminal was opened in 1991 for the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Port of Tokyo.[1] The terminal building has an observation deck.

Harumifuto Park has a statue, with views to the large artificial island of Odaiba, and the Rainbow Bridge.

The area is serviced by the Kachidoki Station (勝どき駅 Kachidoki-eki) subway station (E17) on the Toei Oedo Line, and the Shijō-mae Station (市場前駅, Shijōmae-eki) subway station (U14) on the Yurikamome Line.

Olympic Games 2020 Village

Determined as the site for an Olympic Village to accommodate competitors, team staff, and sports officials, it should host up to 10,000 Olympic and 4,000 Paralympic athletes. The Harumi 5-chrome 44 hectares (110 acres)[3] neighbourhood complex will be closed to the public during the two events. At least one Paralympic sport will accommodate the sports officials and national teams separate to the Village due to commuting delay concerns to the sporting venue.

It is expected the Village will cater for about 2000 visiting guests and media, and 8000 Games staff, per day.[3] The athletes village mayor is 84-year-old Olympian and former Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi.[4]

The Village forms the centre of an 'infinity' symbol between the 'Heritage' and 'Tokyo Bay' themed competition zones.[5] Twenty-one residential buildings will be built, totalling 5,650 units.[6] Buildings will range from 14 to 18 stories, total costing estimated to be ¥207 billion (about 2 billion USD).[5] It is intended to have three types of apartments:

  • 60 square metres (650 sq ft) apartments to house four athletes;
  • 104 square metres (1,120 sq ft) apartments to house seven people;
  • 135 square metres (1,450 sq ft) apartments to house eight people, with three bathrooms.[5]

Beds are reported to be constructed out of cardboard, holding a weight up to 200 kilograms (440 lb).[7] Supplying 18,000 bed for the Olympic Games and 8,000 beds for the Paralympic Games,[3] the beds and mattresses will be recycled into other products after the events.

Self-driving buses, such as the Toyota e-Palette, are being considered for predetermined routes around the Village.[8][9]

Some of the units will be sold post-events to establish a new community as part of 'model plan of the after-use of the Olympic Village/Paralympic Village',[10][5] more than 4000 condominiums with city views, some to be priced at ¥170 million (€1.4 million).[11][12] Two fifty-story residential skyscrapers are to be built post-event, resulting a total of twenty-three tower blocks.[5] A school and fire station are also later planned.

There are two satellite villages:[3]

Village plaza

Within the Village is a plaza with a general store, café, and media centre. Operation BATON (Building Athletes' Village with Timber Of the Nation) will see the plaza structure made of 40,000 pieces of donated wood to demonstrate sustainability, and later the woods will be returned to municipalities for reuse in local facilities.[13]

Coronavirus responses

As part of the COVID-19 response, a taskforce is planning to reduce the impact on Chūō ward’s public health centre by establishing a special health facility dedicated to infectious diseases; separate to mandatory testing including body temperatures, and using Japan's 'COCOA' (COntact-COnfirming Application)[14] contact tracing mobile app.[15][16]

In mid-November 2020, it was indicated to reduce the risks of coronavirus transmission and infection, late-night social parties that form part of Village life would not be supported,[17] athletes would be encouraged to stay within the Village and not go sightseeing around Tokyo, and to enter and remain in the Village only for the duration of the sport and then leave Japan rather than stay for the entire duration of the Games itself.[18][19] A COVID-19 code of conduct would be impressed on the athletes.[20] The just-announced vaccines would not be an entry requirement to the Games.

While capable of accommodating 16,500 persons, the changes would mean only 6,000 to 7,000 people in the Village at any one time, with diminishing numbers as athletes depart after their sport.[21] Athlete numbers within the dining hall would be limited (as well as limited to thirty minutes for breakfast and one hour for lunch and dinner, with food menus received on cellphones).[19] With a reduction in spectators and athletes, a concern was expressed as to whether halal food supply could be sustained within the Village and the Games themselves.[22] Masks are expected to be worn at all times other than when eating.[19]

Concerns generally

With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic deferring the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games by twelve months, there were calls for the Olympic Village to be temporarily used as a homeless shelter.[23] With the Games' deferment, concerns were raised that some of the properties had already been sold to developers, and units sold to owners who were set to move in after the September 2020 event conclusion.[2] In February 2021, over twenty-four apartment owners commenced legal action for compensation due to the event's postponement, many having been required to take out a loan for the new apartment as the old apartment had been sold.[12]

The post-event apartment supply is estimated as 30% annual supply of all of Tokyo's wards, and this may be greater than can be accommodated by the market.[5] Being not new, the properties may not sell at a premium price. Limited transport options may also reduce desirability as a new residential area.

See also

References
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  12. "Owners of Tokyo Olympic Village condos seek damages over delay". Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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