Visit Tokyo before the Olympics: bad idea?

Hello,
as I am deciding the timing of my next visit of Tokyo (a week) and thought about June 2020, I wondered: What will it be like then, with all te preparation for the Olympics?
Will it be better to go another time?
(September 2018 is my second option.)
I will be staying in a hostel nearby Ryougoku Station and visit friends in Tokyo and Yokohama.
One friend living in Chuou-ku. Isn't that Olympic village area?
Thanks for helping me!
Jantje

Probably a better idea than during the event. Plus, preparations have been running for a few years already - and will continue for the next eighteen months or so, you probably wouldn't notice them unless you were in a construction zone.

It's a good idea to go before or after the Olympics if you want to avoid the crowd and premium cost. If you go before the event you may be able to buy all the Olympics-related souvenir. If you go after the event you may be able to buy them at discount, if there is any left.

Both June and September are hot. June can get very hot in Tokyo - the later in June the hotter it gets. September is usually pretty hot but it can be drizzly as well which cools it down (or typhoon-ey). May or October are better, temperature wise.

Depends on your definition of better. The few weeks before and after still will have Olympics events going on. Competitors and voluntees arrive early. It doesn't just get busy the day before the opening ceremony.

I'd only go close to the Olympics if you were interested in the Olympics. Otherwise watch it on tv at home, and travel another time.

Don't forget there are two Olympic events being hosted.

Hi,

thank you all!

Still a bit unsure.

My concern is: I like Tokyo to be like allways, not too much 'under construction'.
So where are those 'construction areas' and are they quite limited, or all around?!
If I walk from Sumida to Chuou-ku, or if I walk all along the Sumida river, or if I go to all the nice places within the Yamanoteline... Will I see construction work? Are all the parks open and beautiful as ever?

The warmth is the reason I want to go in June or September.
I will defintely not go during the Olympics, and I am not interested in souvenirs.
My second option will be another year. (Maybe this September but less convenient.)

Thank you so much again!

Jantje

Hakata14 what kind of events you mean? If I would first half of June 2020?
JapanCustomTours where are those construction zones?
Thanks!!!
Jantje

I believe JapanCustomTours is referring to the Olympics being followed by the Paralympics.

Thank you!
I was referring to an earlier post:
"wouldn't notice them unless you were in a construction zone."
Wondering: where are those zones?
For instance liked to visit Imperial Palace area, but also there will be Olympic Activity...
So I am afraid things will be closed and made ugly by construction going on....
(Once visited Athens while the Acropolis was unther construction, bad timing indeed!)