With one month to go until the opening ceremony, AFP takes a tour of the key venues:Used for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the athletics and some football matches, the 68,000-seater Olympic Stadium in central Tokyo has been built on the site of the 1964 stadium.The original design, by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, was jettisoned in July 2015 after public outrage over its US$2 billion price tag - which would have made it the world's most expensive stadium.
The Olympic-sized 50m pool has a design which can convert it into two 25m pools and change its depth for future events. The Ariake Arena will host the volleyball at the Olympics and wheelchair basketball in the Paralympic Games. The Olympic Village was built on reclaimed land on a huge rectangular site looking out over the water.
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