Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay Details Announcement December 17th 13:13
The details of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay next year were announced on the 17th, revealing the contents of the torch relay that is transported in a special way, such as the departure and arrival points of over 800 municipalities nationwide where the relay will take place and the railway.
The Organizing Committee held an event on the 17th, which was just 100 days before the start of the torch relay in the Tokyo Olympics, and announced the details of the relay.
The torch relay will be held in 858 cities and towns nationwide, and the departure and arrival locations of each municipality were announced except for a part of the adjustment.
The detailed route within the municipality is that the map will be available on the official website of the Organizing Committee after 2pm.
It also revealed the location and content of relays that carry the torch in a special way. Special methods include railways, ships, ropeways and horses. For example, a relay using the Sanriku Railway in Iwate Prefecture, which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and a swimming method that has been traditionally reported as one of the martial arts in the Usuki City of Oita Prefecture and the Peace Park in Hiroshima City, relayed by the Japanese swimming method. The
In the future, the Organizing Committee and each prefecture will also announce the implementation time and content of the ceremony for each section of the relay.
The Torch Relay of the Tokyo Olympics was held at Olympia, Greece on March 12, next year, and then the Torch arrived at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture on March 20, "Fire" will be on display every two days in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima.
On March 26th, the “Village Olympics” from the Great East Japan Earthquake will be emphasized, and the soccer facility “J Village”, which became the decommissioning work site for the nuclear accident in Fukushima, will be started and domestic relay will begin.
The torch relay will be held in about half of the cities in the country over 121 months, 4 months.