A Victory Bouquet presented as a supplementary prize to the medalists of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

It is made from sunflowers and gentian grown in the disaster area with the wish for reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Although the dream of participating as a player did not come true, there is a woman who made her dream of being involved in a bouquet a new dream and made that dream come true.

Approximately 5,000 Victory Bouquets will be prepared for this year's Games, including the Olympics and Paralympics.



The bouquet uses flowers grown in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, such as ▽ Eustoma grandiflorum and Narukoran from Fukushima Prefecture, ▽ Sunflower from Miyagi Prefecture, and ▽ Lindou from Iwate Prefecture.

On the website of the Games Organizing Committee



▽ Eustoma is that Fukushima Prefecture has worked on production throughout the prefecture and found hope for reconstruction.



▽ Sunflowers were planted on the hills that parents in Miyagi Prefecture, who lost their children in the earthquake, aimed for evacuation.



▽ The reason why gentian was chosen is that it is a representative flower of Iwate prefecture and produces more than half of the flowers shipped in Japan.

Thoughts on Victory Bouquet

A 24-year-old woman living in Tokyo has a special feeling for volunteering to make a bouquet.

The woman said on Twitter, "I'm really happy that I was able to fulfill my new dream of joining the company," Making a Victory Bouquet for the Tokyo Olympics, "because I couldn't fulfill my dream of going to the Olympics in swimming. I'm glad I became a florist." I did it.



From the time I was in elementary school to college, I devoted myself to swimming, participated in the Junior Olympics, and dreamed of going to the Olympics in the future.

I entered the university with a sports recommendation, and although the club team also devoted themselves to swimming, I fell into a slump.



The woman said, "I couldn't get up on the podium as a swimmer, and I longed to see other athletes picking up the Victory Bouquet," recalled his thoughts at the time.

A Victory bouquet that I couldn't get as a player.



However, when he graduated from university and got a job at a flower shop three years ago, he publicized his new dream, "I want to make a Victory Bouquet for the Tokyo Olympics," and told my seniors that I wanted to be involved in the Olympics in a different way from the athletes. It seems to be.

I felt fate

And this time, that dream came true and I became a volunteer in charge of bouquets, and I decided to work at the venue of water polo and canoeing.



One of the venues, the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, is a place of memories that I have been attending in swimming competitions since I was a child, and "I felt fate," says the woman.



The woman said, "I remember that I was a junior high school student and couldn't practice at all during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Especially, I feel tight. "

Finally, the woman said, "Sometimes it's a corona bruise, but I think it's an Olympic Games for those who haven't given up in any situation and have continued their efforts. I'm glad to hear that. I will make it with all my heart. "