The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay will be held in Hiroshima Prefecture on the 17th and 18th for two days.
In Hiroshima Prefecture, the relay on public roads will be canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the torch ignition ceremony will be held.
The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay was held in Hiroshima Prefecture on the 17th and 18th, and was initially planned to connect 12 cities and towns with approximately 170 runners.
However, as the infection of the new coronavirus has spread again in Hiroshima Prefecture, all relays on public roads have been canceled for both days in the prefecture, and instead, a holy fire ignition ceremony will be held at the Peace Park in Hiroshima City and the Fukuyama City General Gymnasium. I will.
On the 17th of the first day, a ceremony was held at Peace Park from noon without the general public, and among the runners who were scheduled to run on the first day, those who wished to participate, and the runners moved the torch to the next runner. A "torch kiss" will be held.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Internet.