Fire from Tokyo Paralympic Torch "Light of Peace" etc. February 6 18:35
The Tokyo Paralympic Torch is lit up throughout the country and then collected together in Tokyo. On June 6, the method of igniting the torch in various places was announced, with the `` light of peace '' at the Peace Park in Hiroshima City, and the `` light of hope '' at Kobe City and Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, hoping for recovery from the earthquake. It was decided to catch fire.
Unlike the Olympic Games, which set fire in Greece, the Paralympic Torch is lit by more than 700 municipalities in 47 prefectures nationwide and is to be collected in Tokyo.
The Organizing Committee announced on June 6 how to ignite fires in various places. In Hiroshima City, the Peace Park “Light of Peace”, in Kobe City that was damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, “Light of Hope 1.17”, and Iwate In Rikuzentakata City, prefecture, it is said that each fire will be ignited from "3.11 Lights of Hope" in hope of recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
In addition, the fire is ignited by various methods that represent the characteristics of the region, such as the bonfire of the cormorant fish on the Nagara River in Gifu City, and the seed fire from the combustion experiment conducted at JAXA and the Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture. Will be
The torch will be ignited on August 13 after the Olympics, and will be exhibited in some prefectures and will be held in four prefectures in Shizuoka, Chiba, Saitama, and Tokyo, where competitions will be held from the 18th. Is done.
After the ceremony to celebrate the torch of the whole country on the 21st, a torch relay will be held again around Tokyo, and the opening ceremony on the 25th will bring the torch to the torch.
Features of each place for fire extinguishing
The Tokyo Paralympic Torch is ignited in more than 700 municipalities nationwide in a variety of ways to characterize the region.
Looking at the characteristic fire method from the north, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, from “3.11 Lights of Hope” wishing for recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture, JAXA = Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. A torch is taken from a seed fire generated in a burning experiment in Yamagata City from the "Immortal Fire Lamp", which is said to have been burning without interruption for over 1,100 years at Tateishi-ji Temple, known as "Yamadera Temple".
In Gifu City, it was caused by the cormorant bonfire of the Nagara River, Kobe City which was damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake from `` Light of Hope 1.17 '', and Setouchi City in Okayama Prefecture, which was called the `` old-fashioned forging '', an old Japanese sword making process. The torch is taken from the fire.
In Hiroshima City, fire is ignited from the Peace Park's "Light of Peace" and in Miyazaki City, a phoenix, a digital image created based on feathers drawn by a large number of people, is fired from the flames of Phoenix.
In Kagoshima City, people working on the preservation of matchlock guns transmitted to Tanegashima were ignited with flint stones, and in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture, which became a fierce battleground in the late Battle of the Pacific War in Okinawa, a torch was taken from the `` Fire of Peace '' at the Peace Memorial Park. You.