Ticket to Tokyo

People from all over the world had big plans to visit, explore and experience Tokyo in the summer of 2020 for the Olympics. And then, the pandemic cancelled everyone’s plans. That’s where Microsoft Teams came in.

We gathered a group of real people who had their trips to Japan cancelled and gave them a personal, local, and off-the-beaten-path tour around Tokyo by people who live there, all through Teams. They got to see parts of the city they didn’t plan to see, learn traditions they didn’t know about, and become friends with people they would have never met. The spots aired throughout NBC’s coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, and kicked off during the Opening Ceremonies.