The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is celebrating its second day in Gifu Prefecture on the 4th, and runners are connecting the torch in the hot spring town of Gero City.
The torch relay, which started in Gifu Prefecture on the 3rd, started in Gero City, which is known for its hot springs, before 8 am on the 4th of the second day.
Mitsuichi Omae, a professional dancer from Gero City who was the first runner, was also known to have performed at the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics as a "prosthesis dancer" who lost his left knee to the bottom in an accident. Has been done.
Mr. Omae, who finished running, said, "I was honored to be able to run as the first runner in my hometown, and it was a memory of my life. I want to tell you. "
The torch relay will be thoroughly protected against the infection of the new coronavirus, and the executive committee of Gifu Prefecture will support it by live broadcasting via the Internet, saying that it may be interrupted if excessive congestion occurs. I'm calling.
On the afternoon of the 4th, the torch relay will visit Sekigahara Town, which was the stage of the Battle of Sekigahara, and in the last city of Gifu, after heading to Gifu Castle on the mountaintop by ropeway, it will go around the city area. I will.