Ikuko Nagano hoped to escort athletes to Fujisawa to join sailing racing but now, she only irrigated trees at the city station.

Foreign Teacher Jordan Michels wanted a celebration of the Olympic Volunteer Like Father and British him received at the Atlanta Olympics 1996. EMMA Parker interpreter was ready to pay the bag to Tokyo to have new experiences

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But like thousands of others, they had to rethink their dreams, when the issues began to spread over this year's Olympics.

A Tokyo Olympic Volunteer poses on the left side of the volleyball at the traditional center before the opening of the Olympics.

In 110,000 Volunteers registered to support Tokyo Olympic, nearly 1/10 was said to have given up.

Others abandoned because nowting the movement around Tokyo is too risky by the number of Covid-19, while the country's vaccination program is still delayed.

For those who stayed, although many volunteers retreated, the work was still very gentle, even too idle.

As a result, many volunteers now feel they are just like the audience reluctant or unexpectedly to take on new roles.

Instead of led visitors to visit, Nagano is irriting a tree in Fujisawa station and caught the video of her video in the white blue uniform to encourage the online athletes.

Michels, 26, who are willing to exceed 350 km from where she worked in Yokkaichi, south of Japan, to Tokyo, gave up when she knew that she could not get on time.

I am willing to spend money to Tokyo, including the cost of accommodating and taking care of small children, accepting the loss of income during the Olympic service days.

The 48-year-old woman must exceed 400 km from Toyama, the East Coast of Japan, to Tokyo and afraid that he can bring the virus back home.

The worse thing is that her schedule at the Olympics is too unreasonable.

It seems that the organizers expect women to find ways to solve, as they often do, she said.

Parker is not the only one who is concerned about safety.

The feeling that the safety of volunteers was not interested by the organizers to make those who were extremely enthusiastic, like Michels, felt depressed.

We used to receive email that JOC will not be responsible if we are infected with the virus, Michels remembers.

With many volunteers, the worry of safety becomes worse because of what they describe as messy organization and erratic communication from the organizers.

The only detailed information is 'Make sure your team has drinking water', Michels tells.

Olympic Volunteers Tokyo Ikuko Nagano.

Even withdrawal process is also difficult for some volunteers.

The disease is not an option in the list and there is no place to write other feedbacks.

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For those who stay, many problems still exist.

But she began to doubt the original decision when her immunization appointment was canceled at the last minute.

According to Anna, an application is said to help enhance the work schedule that she and the volunteers have been trained for use several months so far still do not work.

Anna said she still considered withdrawal but felt grateful because her mission was not assigned as a situation where many others encountered.

I'm glad not to go to the street under the harsh sun to hold the sea to record 'carefully sunny drunken', the job I saw an older man delivered, she said.

However, many volunteers passed the challenge and still kept a happy attitude to the assigned role, regardless of whether it was smaller than expected.

Everyone is doing what is best to minimize risks.

Klein is an American but lives and works in Japan.

He was tasked with managing the resting area of hockey teams, a space that Klein described was not crowded and ventilated.

Obviously I will have a very different view if I haven't been fully vaccinated.

Ayako Ueda, 48, is another volunteer who is still eager and enthusiastic with his role at the Olympics.

I don't think Olympic will be held in Japan once again in your life, female media consultants, said.

But Ueda admitted that she would have a different feeling if she was not full of vaccines.

If I'm not vaccinated, I'm not sure whether I can continue to be a volunteer or not because the mission requires me to close close to athletes and I have to move by public transport to workplace

Ueda thinks that the organizers do not cut the number of volunteers is a good gesture, even if it makes some people feel unagram.

It was assigned to be the audience, at least they could see some matches, she wet.

According to Ueda, despite unwanted issues arising, Tokyo Olympic is still an event that brings positive things.

When I arrived at him, I heard that the London people initially protested the 2012 Olympics, but then they gradually received and even joyful because of it, she said.

Unfortunately, the government decided not for the audience directly.