The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay will be held in Shimane Prefecture from the 15th to the 2nd.
The torch relay will be handed over to Shimane Prefecture, and 173 runners will travel to 14 municipalities in the prefecture in two days.
On the 15th of the first day, the first runner will start "Roadside Station Tsuwano Onsen Nagomi no Sato" in Tsuwano Town in the western part of the prefecture at 9 am.
Then, last year and three years ago, we will visit seven cities, towns and villages, including Gotsu City and Kawamoto Town, which are located in the Gonokawa River basin, which was flooded by heavy rain and damaged many buildings.
Regarding the torch relay in Shimane Prefecture, in February, Governor Maruyama announced that he would consider canceling the torch relay by asking the government and Tokyo to take measures against the infection of the new coronavirus and support restaurants. , Attention was gathered for the event.
In addition, Shimane Prefecture is requesting that Masuda City refrain from supporting the roadside due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus cluster in the city.
The Games Organizing Committee is calling for the use of live broadcasts delivered on the Internet and keeping intervals so that "three dense" does not occur when cheering along the road.