Following the spread of the new coronavirus, Kyoto City has decided to request the prefectural executive committee to stop all relays on public roads in the city regarding the Tokyo Olympics holy fire relay scheduled for next month. ..
The torch relay in Kyoto Prefecture is scheduled to be held in 16 cities and towns for two days on the 25th and 26th next month. Of these, in Kyoto City, we will depart from Nijo Castle in Nakagyo Ward and go to Okazaki Park in Sakyo Ward. Preparations have been made on the route we are aiming for.
However, as a result of discussions by the city of Kyoto following the fact that Kyoto Prefecture has begun to make adjustments to request the government to issue a state of emergency due to the spread of the new corona infection, many spectators will be avoided. Therefore, we have decided to request the executive committee of the prefecture to cancel all relays on public roads in Kyoto city.
The city of Kyoto asks the executive committee to come to a conclusion at the earliest possible stage, and as an alternative, it plans to make adjustments at Nijo Castle in the direction of holding a ceremony in which the torch runners in turn move the torch fire without spectators. ..