Online Virtual Tours by City Cast Chiba during Tokyo 2020 Games

 

Shcheduleld tours have all ended. We would like to express our gratitude for the participation of many internantioal guests.

The report in Japanese is available here.

 

• Enjoy "Online Virtual Tours" by City Cast Chiba
• Tour topics, Languages and Schedule
• Who can apply
• How to participate
• Apply now
• Terms and Conditions
• Purpose and Concept of the Tours
• For Press
• What is “City Volunteers”?

• Contact

Enjoy "Online Virtual Tours" by City Cast Chiba

Who can apply

• Overseas participants  individuals (not for businesses) 
• Foreign residents in Japan
• All participants are required to be able to use Zoom.  

How to particilate

Join an online meeting via Zoom.

*The meeting URL will be sent to the applicants at a later date.

Apply now

Please apply by clicking the “apply” button on each tour language page and sent the following necessary information in each language after choosing their preferred programs.

Necessary information; (1) preferred date,* (2)Name,* (3)Name shown on Zoom meeting, (4)e-mail address,* (5)Nationality and resident area(Ex, China /Shanghai),* (6)your specific interest(if any)

After sending your application, the the automatic booking confirmation email will be sent to the submitted e-mail.

Please contact to the following if you could not receive it.

Terms and Conditions

Photography/filming

Please note that the tours will be photographed (screenshots) and filmed for organizer’s PR and recording purposes.

Limitation of the number of applications

Multiple applications for each tour is not allowed. (We accept only one application per person for each tour.) 

Cancellation and reservation changes

Please inform the organizer by e-mail 5 days prior to the scheduled tour if you wish to cancel your reservation. If you want to change your reservation (Tour No. or schedule), you need to inform the organizer by e-mail of the cancellation first, and then apply again to the preferred tour/schedule by the deadline on the website.

Preparing for participation

* In the automatic booking confirmation email that you will receive, you can check what you need to prepare before attending the tour.
You will find the link to join the tour (Zoom meeting) in the “Tour URL information email” which will be sent 2 days before the scheduled tour.

How to use Zoom

If you are using a desktop, you can either join from your browser or download the Zoom application. If you are using iOS or an Android phone, you need to download the Zoom application.

Do not share the Zoom link with others. Please note that the organizer may remove unknown guests coming into the Zoom meeting room.

Restrictions on the use of personal information

The organizer uses personal information provided by applicants only for the purposes of this program and never uses the information outside of the purpose of collection, nor will this personal information be provided to any parties, unless otherwise specified by the Ordinance.

The Chiba Prefectural Government will handle all collected personal information securely and carefully and take proper measures to prevent any unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration, etc.

The operaiton of this program may be entrusted to an external party. The contractor will also take proper measures in the identical manner to that described above.
 

Purpose and Concept of the Tours

The purpose and concept of the virtual tours are to unite the world divided by the COVID-19 pandemic through cross-cultural communication, and to achieve the Games’ vision of “Diversity and Inclusion”.

The tours are designed and carried out entirely by the passionate volunteers, from planning to operation. It might have been quite a big challenge for them.   

Though some volunteers may not be confident of their language ability, they will definitely try to execute the tours in the targeted language with utmost hospitality. We sincerely request that participants support the volunteers and join the tour with a positive attitude.

*Tours are mostly composed of slideshow presentations with many original photos; not  a live streaming.
 

For Press

We accept the participation of press for interviews to City Cast Chiba on the specified following schedules.

Members of the press who wish to take part in these tours must submit the necessary information by clicking the apply button on each tour language page.

By submitting your information, you hereby accept the following terms and conditions.

Interview time: 30 minutes after each session has finished.

• Tour No.4 – English: Aug. 5 (Thu), 2021, 19:00 - 20:00  *Ask the organizer for the English tours.
• Tour No.1 - Chinese: Aug. 15 (Sun), 2021, 15:00 - 16:00
• Tour No.2 – Spanish: Aug. 21(Sat), 2021, 20:00-21:00

《Terms and Conditions – For Press》

Those wishing to take part in the tours are required to apply 3 days prior to each tour.

*Partial video-recording of the contents and interviews  are only permitted for press use.
*The Zoom meeting URL will be sent to the applicants at a later date.
 

What is “City Volunteers”?

There are  two main types of official volunteers at the Tokyo 2020 Games: volunteers for venues （“games-volunteers”）called “Field Cast” who support the operations of various game events at the venues, and volunteers in towns (“city-volunteers”) called “City Cast” who serve visitors by providing information on tourism, transportation and Games-related guidance throughout the duration of the 2020 games.

In 2018, the Chiba Prefectural Government recruited 3,000 “City Cast” volunteers among 6500 applicants, who will support visitors in the host cities and towns of 8 Olympic and Paralympic events held in Chiba Prefecture. Now, in 2021, the number of registered volunteers is about 1400. These volunteers are looking forward to executing their roles in the Paralympic Games. Some of the members are now challenging remote volunteering opportunities such as preparing for these virtual tours, translation, robot operating training, SNS, writing newsletters, and so on.   

Areas for volunteering

Volunteers are expected to work for 5 areas in Chiba prefecture; Chiba City Venue Area, Ichinomiya Town, Narita International Airport, Narita City Area, Urayasu City Area.

During the Olympic Games, the volunteer services at each area will not be implemented because the games are held without audience. 

Update their activities on SNS

Please update their latest activities on SNS, "Tokyo 2020 Chiba City-Volunteer" Contact