For the Tokyo Paralympics, which will start four days later, a "fire collection ceremony" was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to bring together the fires collected in various parts of Tokyo.
Before the Tokyo Paralympics start on the 24th of this month, four days later, the torch relay in the host city of Tokyo will be held for five days from the 20th, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus, it will not be held on public roads and will be held in various places. The ignition ceremony will be held at.
Prior to this, a "fire collection ceremony" was held at the Tomin Hiroba of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, in which only the people concerned participated in a "fire collection ceremony" to bring together the fires collected in all 62 wards, cities, towns and villages in Tokyo.
At the ceremony, each representative used the ignition rods to hold the three fires of "special ward", "city", and "town / village" on the fire collection stand at the same time, and became "the fire of Tokyo".
Governor Koike said, "The Tokyo Games will not be successful without the success of the Paralympics. We will make the Games safe and secure and connect the legacy to the development of a sustainable city."
"Fire in Tokyo" is a ceremony held at the guesthouse Akasaka Palace on the night of the 20th, together with the fires taken in England and the fires of the whole country, which originated in the Paralympic Games, and after the torch relay ignition ceremony in various parts of Tokyo. It will be lit by the torch stand at the opening ceremony.