The Tokyo Olympic torch relay started in Nagano Prefecture on the 1st, and the first runner started in Karuizawa on the morning of the 1st.
The starting point of the torch relay in Nagano Prefecture is "Kazakoshi Park" in Karuizawa Town, which was the venue for the curling competition at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
Residents who applied in advance participated in the departure ceremony, and after 8 am, the torch of Yusuke Morozumi, the first runner in the prefecture who participated in the Pyeongchang Olympics, was lit by a torch and the relay started.
Karuizawa Town was one of the venues for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics last time, and the torch will be handed over to the next runner in front of the two torch stands set up to commemorate the two Olympics in Tokyo and Nagano. It was done.
A woman whose son was scheduled to run as a runner on the 2nd and visited the departure ceremony said, "I felt that it was a torch that connects the thoughts of various people, and I was impressed when it was said."
The torch relay in Nagano Prefecture was held in 14 cities, towns and villages for two days on the 1st and 2nd, and after that, the Japanese team won the gold medal in the ski jumping of the Nagano Olympics, such as "Hakuba Jump Stadium". I plan to go around.
In Nagano City, where the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing rapidly, measures are being taken to make some sections unattended.