Olympic Torch "Fire of Reconstruction" on display at Fukushima March 24 17:37
While the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is being considered, the Olympic torch, which is said to be the "fire of reconstruction" in the stricken area of the Great East Japan Earthquake, was exhibited in Fukushima Prefecture from 24th, and many people came to the venue .
At 2:30 pm, a ceremony to ignite the “Fire of Reconstruction” was held at the square in front of JR Fukushima Station. Four elementary school children born March 11, 9 years before the earthquake first, had a torch. We entered with a lantern and unveiled the torch.
And when the torch was transferred to the torch, great applause boiled up.
Many people visited the venue to see the torch at a glance, and officials from the prefecture were calling to arrange them at intervals of one meter to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Visitors were limited to about 15 seconds of viewing, and visitors approached the torch taking pictures one after the other.
The torch relay is scheduled to start Fukushima Prefecture on the 26th, but the prefecture has been informed by the Games Organizing Committee on the morning of the 24th that runners will not be running with a torch.
A 58-year-old woman said, "I'm sorry about the Torch Relay, but I hope that the new coronavirus is over and the Olympics will be held safely."
The torch will be on display in Iwaki City on the 25th and will be patrolled around the prefecture with a lantern with a torch on a car for three days from the 26th, but ordinary people will not be able to see it from the roadside.