Sneak peek inside the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Village - In Pictures

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics opened the athletes' village to the media on Sunday, showing off apartments and a timber-laced shopping plaza where 11,000 athletes would stay and mingle during the sporting extravaganza. (Image Credit: Reuters Photos)

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics opened the athletes' village to the media, showing off apartments and a timber-laced shopping plaza where 11,000 athletes would stay and mingle during the sporting extravaganza.

Athletes will be shuttled in and out of the vAthletes will be shuttled in and out of the village and be tested for coronavirus every day.illage and be tested for the coronavirus every day.

Hand sanitizers and signs for Covid-19 counter-measures are placed at the entrance of the fitness center at the multi-function complex of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo, Japan.

The shopping area of the village features an automatic teller machine, dry cleaner, post office, bank and courier counter.

A hand sanitizer and a sign for Covid counter-measures are placed at the main dining hall of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village, in Tokyo, Japan.

A view of the news conference room at the village plaza of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo, Japan.

The wooden plaza, which draws on Japanese minimalist design aesthetics, follows the Tokyo 2020 theme of using timber in the construction of Olympics venues, including the National Stadium.

Flag poles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo, Japan

A recyclable cardboard bed and a mattress are pictured in a residential unit for the players. After the Olympics, it will be dismantled and the timber returned to the donating cities for re-use in local facilities.

General view of bedrooms in a residential unit for athletes. The apartment complex abutting the shopping plaza was built on reclaimed land, and designed to house about 12,000 people in 23 buildings. It includes shops, a park and a school. The buildings will be converted into flats after the Olympics.

A bathroom in a residential unit for athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Tokyo 2020 Games, in Tokyo.

A recreation center is pictured at the multi-function complex of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo, Japan.

Recyclable cardboard beds and mattresses for athletes.

Chairs and a table are pictured in a residential unit for athletes during a media tour at the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Tokyo 2020 Games, in Tokyo, Japan. organisers will ask athletes to dine alone, maintain social distancing with others, and wipe down surfaces after eating to curb the spread of the virus.

A processing room of the doping control station of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo, Japan.

Partitions are installed at the fitness center at the multi-function complex of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo, Japan.