Today, March 25, in the Japanese city of Fukushima, the Olympic Torch relay "Tokyo-2020" started. It will then travel through all of the country’s 47 prefectures over the next 121 days before arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 23 July.
The route, which is unchanged from a year ago when the Games were postponed, will see the Olympic flame travel through 859 municipalities, passing within a short distance of the majority of the Japanese population.
The flame’s journey began in the J-Village national football training facility in Naraha, Fukushima, one of several areas badly hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
This particular location is befitting of Tokyo 2020’s Olympic Torch Relay concept - "Hope Lights Our Way", reflecting the Olympic flame’s symbolism of hope and peace, which is particularly relevant considering the challenges faced both within Japan and across the world in recent times.
Source: www.olympic.org