Torch Relay start point Fukushima J Village Marathon at 15:21 on December 15
It has been over 100 days until the start of the torch relay in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics, and a marathon event was held at J Village, a soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture, which is the starting point.
The Torch Relay will start J-village on March 26 next year that spans Naraha Town and Hirono Town in Fukushima Prefecture.
The tournament was held to increase the momentum, and over 2,100 people from all over the country participated in the fifth event from 1.2 km to half marathon.
In the 1.2 kilometer section for elementary school students, infants and parents, the children rushed with the start signal and ran on the roads and trucks on the course grounds at their own pace.
J Village was once a decommissioning base at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but resumed operations in July last year.
Although a marathon event was planned in January, it was canceled due to snow, and this was the first time it was held.
A 30-year-old woman in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, who participated with a 4-year-old daughter, said, “I was glad that J Village, which had been unusable due to the earthquake, was so beautiful that I could run. I want you to be. "