In Koto Ward, Tokyo, where the venues of the Tokyo Olympics are gathered, there is a park decorated with flowers for the Games, and people passing by can enjoy taking pictures with the flowers to leave memories of the Olympics. increase.
The flowers are displayed in a park near "Tokyo Big Sight" in Koto Ward, where the IBC = International Broadcast Center, which is used by media around the world as a base for coverage, is located.
The park is adorned with approximately 8,400 flowers to entertain the media and the people involved in the tournament, and there are also statues of the tournament mascots "Miraitowa" and "Someity", all of which are decorated with petunia flowers.
According to Mr. Hitoshi Takeya, a garden designer who supervised the decoration of this flower, in summer Tokyo, the flowers often do not bloom beautifully or wilt due to the heat, so researchers and flower experts have been working for seven years. It means that we have been researching varieties that are resistant to heat.
Families and foreign media people visited and stopped in front of the flowers, taking pictures and having fun.
Mr. Takeya said, "There are fewer people than I expected before Corona, but I'm so happy to see the smiles of the people who come here and take pictures. Many people are worried about Corona. I think, but I want you to feel at ease when you see the flowers. "
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