2020 Summer Olympics torch relay

Host city| Tokyo, Japan
Countries visited| Greece, Japan
Distance| 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi)
Theme| Hope Lights Our Way
Start date| 12 March 2020 (2020-03-12) (Greece)
25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) (Japan relay)
End date| 25 March 2020 (2020-03-25) (Japan)
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) (Japan relay)

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Olympic flame Transport aircraft. Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 (JA837J) Blue Impulse at the Olympic flame arrival ceremony on March 20, 2020

The 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay was held from 12 March 2020 and ended on 23 July 2021. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch was handed over to the Olympic shooting Gold medallist Anna Korakaki, who became the relay originating Olympian woman of the 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay.[1] It was then transported to Athens on 19 March by official airliner Japan Airlines. The Japanese leg began in Fukushima,[2] and is scheduled to end in Tokyo's New National Stadium, the main venue of the 2020 Olympics. It makes a tour of Japanese cities, including all 47 prefecture capitals.[3] The torch is even scheduled to go to two remote island groups which are part of Tokyo.[4] The end of the relay was the finale of the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony on 23 July 2021. Toyota, NTT, ENEOS, Nippon Life, JAL, ANA and Japan Post Holdings are the presenting partners of the relay, with the slogan being "Hope Lights Our Way".[5][6]

The torch relay was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned relay leg through Greece was cancelled, and both the lighting ceremony in Olympia and the handover ceremony in Athens had no public attendance. The relay was suspended on 25 March 2020, a day before the Japanese relay was due to start, and the torch was moved to Tokyo for exhibition until the relay resumed as planned on 25 March 2021.[7][8]

## Torches[edit]

The Olympic torch was designed by Tokujin Yoshioka and unveiled 19 March 2019; the design is inspired by cherry blossoms, with 5 petal-shaped columns around the tip of the torch, and a rose-gold "sakura gold" color finish. Their construction will incorporate aluminum recycled from unused shelters deployed in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[9][10]

## Route in Greece[edit]

The traditional lighting ceremony was held on 12 March 2020 at Olympia, Greece, and the torch was handed over to the first torchbearer, Anna Korakaki. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first lighting ceremony since 1984 to be held without spectators.[11] The handover ceremony was held at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on 19 March.[12] The torch was to visit 31 cities and 15 landmarks across Greece,[13][14][15] but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was cancelled.[16] On 13 March, a small ceremony was held in Sparta, the notable torchbearer was Scottish actor Gerard Butler, known for playing Leonidas in the movie 300 in commemorating with the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae.[17]

* 12 March 2020: Olympia, Amaliada, Pyrgos, Kyparissia, Kalamata
* 13 March 2020 (rest of the day cancelled): Sparta, Tripoli, Nafplio, Megara, Piraeus
* 14 March 2020 (cancelled): Kastellorizo, Agios Nikolaos, Rethymno, Chania
* 15 March 2020 (cancelled): Thermopylae, Volos, Thessaloniki, Chania
* 16 March 2020 (cancelled): Kavala, Alexandroupoli
* 17 March 2020 (cancelled): Amphipolis, Vergina, Meteora
* 18 March 2020 (cancelled): Marathon, Sounion, Athens
* 19 March 2020: Panathenaic Stadium

## Special display[edit]

As the damage from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami mostly affected three prefectures, Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, a special torch display known as "Flame of Recovery" will be held in these three prefectures. The flame first arrived at Matsushima Air Field before being displayed at the locations below.[18]

* 20 March 2020: Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park, Ishinomaki
* 21 March 2020: Sendai Station, Sendai
* 22 March 2020: Sanriku Railway and the SL Ginga Steam Locomotive Express (between Miyako, Kamaishi and Hanamaki Stations)
* 23 March 2020: Kyassen Ofunato, Ōfunato
* 24 March 2020: Fukushima Station, Fukushima
* 25 March 2020: Aquamarine Fukushima, Iwaki

After the postponement of the Summer Olympics to 2021, the torch display remained in Fukushima for at least a month before subsequently moved to Tokyo. The Olympic Flame would be later placed on display at Japan Olympic Museum from 1 September 2020 until 30 November 2020. The restart of the relay took place on 25 March 2021 for the rescheduled Olympics.[19]

## Route in Japan[edit]

Simplified map of the 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay route. Day 5: The torch in Mibu, Tochigi with social distancing measures are in place. Day 12: A sign in Seto, Aichi put on the electrical post reminding citizens the flame is passing through the town

The original schedule of the torch relay in Japan was from 26 March to 24 July 2020. After the postponement of the Summer Olympics to 2021, all relays were delayed by 364 days (one day less than a full year to preserve the same days of the week). This change was not announced until 28 September 2020. The following table is taken from the original 2020 schedule:[20]

Prefecture  | Route  | Map

|
|

Fukushima |

25 March 2021 (day 1): Naraha to Minamisoma

* Naraha
* Hirono
* Iwaki
* Hirono
* Kawauchi
* Ōkuma
* Futaba
* Tomioka
* Katsurao
* Namie
* Minamisōma

26 March 2021 (day 2): Sōma to Aizuwakamatsu

* Sōma
* Iitate
* Shinchi
* Kawamata
* Fukushima
* Inawashiro
* Mishima
* Kitakata
* Aizuwakamatsu

27 March 2021 (day 3): Minamiaizu to Koriyama

* Minamiaizu
* Shimogō
* Shirakawa
* Sukagawa
* Tamura
* Motomiya
* Kōriyama

Naraha

Minamisōma

Sōma

Aizuwakamatsu

Minamiaizu

Kōriyama

Tochigi |

28 March 2021 (day 4): Ashikaga to Nasukarasuyama

* Ashikaga
* Sano
* Oyama
* Motegi
* Tochigi
* Kaminokawa
* Mooka
* Kaminokawa
* Nasukarasuyama

29 March 2021 (day 5): Nasu to Utsunomiya

* Nasu
* Sakura
* Nasushiobara
* Mashiko
* Mibu
* Nikkō
* Kanuma
* Utsunomiya

Ashikaga

Nasukarasuyama

Nasu

Utsunomiya

Gunma |

30 March 2021 (day 6): Tatebayashi to Maebashi

* Tatebayashi
* Ōizumi
* Ōta
* Ueno
* Kiryū
* Isesaki
* Maebashi

31 March 2021 (day 7): Shibukawa to Takasaki

* Shibukawa
* Kusatsu
* Numata
* Kawaba
* Naganohara
* Fujioka
* Tomioka
* Takasaki

Tatebayashi

Maebashi

Shibukawa

Takasaki

Nagano |

1 April 2021 (day 8): Karuizawa to Nagano

* Karuizawa
* Saku
* Yamanouchi
* Ueda
* Nozawaonsen
* Hakuba
* Nagano

2 April 2021 (day 9): Iida to Matsumoto

* Iida
* Nagiso
* Ina
* Suwa
* Ōmachi
* Azumino
* Matsumoto

Karuizawa

Nagano

Iida

Matsumoto

Gifu |

3 April 2021 (day 10): Nakatsugawa to Takayama

* Nakatsugawa
* Tajimi
* Yaotsu
* Gujō
* Takayama

4 April 2021 (day 11): Gero to Gifu

* Gero
* Kakamigahara
* Sekigahara
* Ōgaki
* Hashima
* Gifu

Nakatsugawa

Takayama

Gero

Gifu

Aichi |

5 April 2021 (day 12): Seto to Nagoya

* Seto
* Nagoya
* Kasugai
* Nagoya
* Ichinomiya
* Inuyama
* Nagoya
* Inazawa
* Kiyosu
* Nagoya

6 April 2021 (day 13): Toyohashi to Toyota

* Toyohashi
* Handa
* Toyokawa
* Anjō
* Kariya
* Okazaki
* Ōbu
* Toyota

Seto

Nagoya

Toyohashi

Toyota

Mie |

7 April 2021 (day 14): Yokkaichi to Ise

* Yokkaichi
* Suzuka
* Kameyama
* Tsu
* Toba
* Ise

8 April 2021 (day 15): Iga to Kumano

* Iga
* Nabari
* Matsusaka
* Taiki
* Kihoku
* Kumano

Yokkaichi

Ise

Iga

Kumano

Wakayama |

9 April 2021 (day 16): Shingū to Wakayama

* Shingū
* Nachikatsuura
* Kushimoto
* Shirahama
* Tanabe
* Gobō
* Arida
* Kainan
* Wakayama

10 April 2021 (day 17): Wakayama to Hashimoto

* Wakayama
* Iwade
* Kinokawa
* Katsuragi
* Kōyasan
* Hashimoto

Shingū

Wakayama

Hashimoto

Nara |

11 April 2021 (day 18): Gojō to Kashihara

* Gojō
* Gose
* Katsuragi
* Totsukawa
* Sakurai
* Tawaramoto
* Tenri
* Asuka
* Kashihara

12 April 2021 (day 19): Kawai to Nara

* Kawai
* Kōryō
* Kashiba
* Yamatotakada
* Yoshino
* Ikaruga
* Yamatokōriyama
* Nara
* Uda
* Ikoma
* Nara

Gojō

Kashihara

Kawai

Nara

Osaka |

13 April 2021 (day 20): Sakai to Suita

* Sakai
* Higashiōsaka
* Kadoma
* Hirakata
* Toyonaka
* Ikeda
* Minoh
* Ibaraki
* Suita

14 April 2021 (day 21): Izumiōtsu to Osaka

* Izumiōtsu
* Kaizuka
* Izumi
* Kishiwada
* Osaka
* Taishi
* Kashiwara
* Habikino
* Fujiidera
* Osaka

Sakai

Suita

Izumisano

Osaka

Tokushima |

15 April 2021 (day 22): Miyoshi to Naruto

* Miyoshi
* Higashimiyoshi
* Tsurugi
* Mima
* Kamiyama
* Awa
* Yoshinogawa
* Ishii
* Kamiita
* Itano
* Kamiita
* Itano
* Aizumi
* Kitajima
* Matsushige
* Naruto

16 April 2021 (day 23): Kaiyō to Tokushima

* Kaiyō
* Mugi
* Kamikatsu
* Minami
* Naka
* Katsuura
* Anan
* Komatsushima
* Sanagōchi
* Tokushima

Miyoshi

Naruto

Kaiyō

Tokushima

Kagawa |

17 April 2021 (day 24): Utazu to Kan'onji

* Utazu
* Marugame
* Mannō
* Naoshima
* Kotohira
* Zentsūji
* Tadotsu
* Mitoyo
* Kan'onji

18 April 2021 (day 25): Sakaide to Takamatsu

* Sakaide
* Ayagawa
* Tonoshō
* Shōdoshima
* Higashikagawa
* Sanuki
* Miki
* Takamatsu

Utazu

Kan'onji

Sakaide

Takamatsu

Kōchi |

19 April 2021 (day 26): Kōchi to Sukumo

* Kōchi
* Ino
* Tosa
* Susaki
* Yusuhara
* Shimanto
* Shimanto
* Tosashimizu
* Sukumo

20 April 2021 (day 27): Nankoku to Kōchi

* Nankoku
* Kitagawa
* Kami
* Tano
* Kōnan
* Yasuda
* Aki
* Nahari
* Muroto
* Tōyō
* Kōchi

Kōchi

Sukumo

Nankoku

Ehime |

21 April 2021 (day 28): Shikokuchūō to Matsuyama

* Shikokuchūō
* Kamijima
* Niihama
* Saijō
* Imabari
* Tōon
* Masaki
* Kumakōgen
* Matsuyama

22 April 2021 (day 29): Tobe to Yawatahama

* Tobe
* Ainan
* Iyo
* Uchiko
* Ōzu
* Matsuno
* Kihoku
* Seiyo
* Uwajima
* Ikata
* Yawatahama

Shikokuchūō

Matsuyama

Tobe

Yawatahama

Ōita |

23 April 2021 (day 30): Beppu to Hita

* Beppu
* Hiji
* Kitsuki
* Kunisaki
* Himeshima
* Bungotakada
* Usa
* Nakatsu
* Hita

24 April 2021 (day 31): Kusu to Ōita

* Kusu
* Kokonoe
* Yufu
* Taketa
* Saiki
* Tsukumi
* Usuki
* Bungo-ōno
* Ōita

Beppu

Hita

Kusu

Ōita

Miyazaki |

25 April 2021 (day 32): Takachiho to Miyazaki

* Takachiho
* Nobeoka
* Hyūga
* Takanabe
* Saito
* Miyazaki

26 April 2021 (day 33): Miyazaki to Ebino

* Miyazaki
* Nichinan
* Kushima
* Mimata
* Miyakonojō
* Kobayashi
* Ebino

Takachiho

Miyazaki

Ebino

Kagoshima |

27 April 2021 (day 34): Shibushi to Kagoshima

* Shibushi
* Kanoya
* Amami
* Minamiōsumi
* Kirishima
* Aira
* Kagoshima

28 April 2021 (day 35): Izumi to Ibusuki

* Izumi
* Nishinoomote
* Satsumasendai
* Hioki
* Isa
* Minamikyūshū
* Ibusuki

Shibushi

Kagoshima

Izumi

Ibusuki

29–30 April 2021: Transport via ferry from Kyushu to Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa |

1 May 2021 (day 36): Naha to Nago

* Naha
* Ginowan
* Ishigaki
* Okinawa
* Uruma
* Nago
* Motobu
* Nago

2 May 2021 (day 37): Tomigusuku to Itoman

* Tomigusuku
* Urasoe
* Zamami
* Chatan
* Miyakojima
* Nanjō
* Itoman

Naha

Nago

Tomigusuku

Itoman

3–4 May 2021: Transport via ferry from Okinawa Island to Kyushu
Kumamoto |

5 May 2021 (day 38): Hitoyoshi to Yatsushiro

* Hitoyoshi
* Minamata
* Amakusa
* Uto
* Yatsushiro

6 May 2021 (day 39): Mashiki to Kumamoto

* Mashiki
* Minamiaso
* Aso
* Kikuchi
* Yamaga
* Nagomi
* Tamana
* Kumamoto

Hitoyoshi

Yatsushiro

Mashiki

Kumamoto

Nagasaki |

7 May 2021 (day 40): Minamishimabara to Nagasaki

* Minamishimabara
* Shimabara
* Unzen
* Iki
* Shin-Kamigotō
* Isahaya
* Ōmura
* Nagasaki

8 May 2021 (day 41): Nagayo to Sasebo

* Nagayo
* Togitsu
* Saikai
* Gotō
* Tsushima
* Matsuura
* Hirado
* Saza
* Sasebo

Minamishimabara

Nagasaki

Nagayo

Sasebo

Saga |

9 May 2021 (day 42): Tara to Karatsu

* Tara
* Kasima
* Ureshino
* Shiroishi
* Takeo
* Arita
* Imari
* Genkai
* Karatsu

10 May 2021 (day 43): Kiyama to Saga

* Kiyama
* Tosu
* Miyaki
* Yoshinogari
* Kanzaki
* Kamimine
* Ogi
* Taku
* Ōmachi
* Kōhoku
* Saga

Tara

Karasu

Kiyama

Saga

Fukuoka |

11 May 2021 (day 44): Ōmuta to Fukuoka

* Ōmuta
* Chikugo
* Itoshima
* Kurume
* Kasuga
* Asakura
* Tōhō
* Dazaifu
* Fukuoka
* Shime
* Fukuoka

12 May 2021 (day 45): Chikujō to Kitakyushu

* Chikujō
* Tagawa
* Soeda
* Iizuka
* Keisen
* Miyawaka
* Munakata
* Nakama
* Fukutsu
* Kitakyushu

Ōmuta

Fukuoka

Chikujō

Kitakyushu

Yamaguchi |

13 May 2021 (day 46): Iwakuni to Yamaguchi

* Iwakuni
* Yanai
* Hikari
* Kudamatsu
* Shūnan
* Hōfu
* Yamaguchi

14 May 2021 (day 47): Ube to Hagi

* Ube
* San'yō-Onoda
* Shimonoseki
* Mine
* Nagato
* Hagi

Iwakuni

Yamaguchi

Ube

Hagi

Shimane |

15 May 2021 (day 48): Tsuwano to Ōnan

* Tsuwano
* Chibu
* Masuda
* Hamada
* Gōtsu
* Kawamoto
* Ōnan

16 May 2021 (day 49): Ōda to Matsue

* Ōda
* Izumo
* Unnan
* Okuizumo
* Okinoshima
* Yasugi
* Matsue

Tsuwano

Ōnan

Ōda

Matsue

Hiroshima |

17 May 2021 (day 50): Miyoshi to Hiroshima

* Miyoshi
* Shōbara
* Higashihiroshima
* Kure
* Saka
* Hiroshima

18 May 2021 (day 51): Hatsukaichi to Matsue

* Hatsukaichi
* Kaita
* Mihara
* Onomichi
* Fuchū
* Fukuyama

Miyoshi

Hiroshima

Hatsukachi

Fukuyama

Okayama |

19 May 2021 (day 52): Ibara to Okayama

* Ibara
* Takahashi
* Kibichūō
* Sōja
* Kurashiki
* Okayama

20 May 2021 (day 53): Tamano to Tsuyama

* Tamano
* Maniwa
* Akaiwa
* Mimasaka
* Nagi
* Tsuyama

Ibara

Okayama

Tamano

Tsuyama

Tottori |

21 May 2021 (day 54): Sakaiminato to Kurayoshi

* Sakaiminato
* Yonago
* Hiezu
* Nanbu
* Nichinan
* Hino
* Kōfu
* Hōki
* Daisen
* Kurayoshi

22 May 2021 (day 55): Kotoura to Tottori

* Kotoura
* Hokuei
* Misasa
* Yurihama
* Tottori
* Iwami
* Yazu
* Chizu
* Wakasa
* Tottori

Sakaiminato

Kurayoshi

Kotoura

Tottori

Hyōgo |

23 May 2021 (day 56): Toyooka to Himeji

* Toyooka
* Asago
* Shisō
* Katō
* Ono
* Kakogawa
* Himeji

24 May 2021 (day 57): Kobe to Tamba-Sasayama

* Kobe
* Akashi
* Minamiawaji
* Nishinomiya
* Amagasaki
* Sanda
* Tamba-Sasayama

Toyooka

Himeji

Kobe

Tamba-Sasayama

Kyoto |

25 May 2021 (day 58): Kyōtango to Kameoka

* Kyōtango
* Miyazu
* Maizuru
* Ayabe
* Fukuchiyama
* Nagaokakyō
* Kameoka

26 May 2021 (day 59): Uji to Kyoto

* Uji
* Ujitawara
* Jōyō
* Kizugawa
* Seika
* Kyōtanabe
* Yawata
* Kumiyama
* Kyoto

Kyōtango

Kameoka

Uji

Kyoto

Shiga |

27 May 2021 (day 60): Takashima to Ōtsu

* Takashima
* Moriyama
* Yasu
* Ōmihachiman
* Ryūō
* Konan
* Rittō
* Kusatsu
* Ōtsu

28 May 2021 (day 61): Kōka to Nagahama

* Kōka
* Hino
* Higashiōmi
* Aishō
* Toyosato
* Kōra
* Taga
* Hikone
* Maibara
* Nagahama

Takashima

Ōtsu

Kōka

Nagahama

Fukui |

29 May 2021 (day 62): Takashima to Minamiechizen

* Takahama
* Ōi
* Obama
* Wakasa
* Mihama
* Tsuruga
* Minamiechizen

30 May 2021 (day 63): Echizen to Fukui

* Echizen
* Sabae
* Echizen
* Ikeda
* Ōno
* Katsuyama
* Eiheiji
* Awara
* Sakai
* Fukui

Takahama

Minamiechizen

Echizen

Fukui

Ishikawa |

31 May 2021 (day 64): Kaga to Kanazawa

* Kaga
* Komatsu
* Nomi
* Kawakita
* Hakusan
* Nonoichi
* Uchinada
* Kanazawa
* Kahoku
* Tsubata
* Kanazawa

1 June 2021 (day 65): Wajima to Nanao

* Wajima
* Noto
* Anamizu
* Suzu
* Shika
* Hakui
* Hōdatsushimizu
* Nakanoto
* Nanao

Kaga

Kanazawa

Wajima

Fukui

Toyama |

2 June 2021 (day 66): Oyabe to Takaoka

* Oyabe
* Nanto
* Tonami
* Imizu
* Takaoka
* Himi
* Takaoka

3 June 2021 (day 67): Asahi to Toyama

* Asahi
* Nyūzen
* Kurobe
* Uozu
* Namerikawa
* Kamiichi
* Funahashi
* Tateyama
* Toyama

Oyabe

Takaoka

Asahi

Toyama

Niigata |

4 June 2021 (day 68): Itoigawa to Minamiuonuma

* Itoigawa
* Jōetsu
* Kashiwazaki
* Sado
* Tōkamachi
* Minamiuonuma

5 June 2021 (day 69): Nagaoka to Murakami

* Nagaoka
* Sanjō
* Tsubame
* Yahiko
* Niigata
* Shibata
* Aga
* Murakami

Itoigawa

Minamiuonuma

Nagaoka

Murakami

Yamagata |

6 June 2021 (day 70): Nishikawa to Yamagata

* Nishikawa
* Sagae
* Kahoku
* Shirataka
* Nagai
* Takahata
* Yonezawa
* Nan'yō
* Kaminoyama
* Yamagata

7 June 2021 (day 71): Tendō to Sakata

* Tendō
* Higashine
* Murayama
* Obanazawa
* Shinjō
* Tsuruoka
* Yuza
* Sakata

Nishikawa

Yamagata

Tendō

Sakata

Akita |

8 June 2021 (day 72): Yuzawa to Yamagata

* Yuzawa
* Yokote
* Yurihonjō
* Misato
* Daisen
* Semboku
* Akita

9 June 2021 (day 73): Katagami to Kazuno

* Katagami
* Hachirōgata
* Ōgata
* Noshiro
* Ōdate
* Oga
* Kazuno

Yuzawa

Akita

Katagami

Kazuno

Aomori |

10 June 2021 (day 74): Hirosaki to Aomori

* Hirosaki
* Nishimeya
* Hirakawa
* Kuroishi
* Tsugaru
* Goshogawara
* Imabetsu
* Aomori

11 June 2021 (day 75): Mutsu to Hachinohe

* Mutsu
* Towada
* Misawa
* Oirase
* Hashikami
* Towada
* Hachinohe

Hirosaki

Aomori

Mutsu

Hachinohe

12 June 2021: Transport via ferry from Honshu to Hokkaido
Hokkaido |

13 June 2021 (day 76): Hakodate to Shiraoi

* Hakodate
* Nemuro
* Hokuto
* Nanae
* Kushiro
* Tōyako
* Obihiro
* Muroran
* Shiraoi

14 June 2021 (day 77): Tomakomai to Sapporo

* Tomakomai
* Furano
* Mukawa
* Asahikawa
* Atsuma
* Abira
* Tomakomai
* Chitose
* Sapporo
* Wakkanai
* Sapporo

Hakodate

Shiraoi

Tomakomai

Sapporo

15 June 2021: Transport via ferry from Hokkaido to Honshu
Iwate |

16 June 2021 (day 78): Shizukuishi to Kuji

* Shizukuishi
* Takizawa
* Hachimantai
* Iwate
* Ichinohe
* Ninohe
* Hirono
* Fudai
* Noda
* Kuji

17 June 2021 (day 79): Iwaizumi to Rikuzentakata

* Iwaizumi
* Tanohata
* Miyako
* Yamada
* Ōtsuchi
* Kamaishi
* Ōfunato
* Rikuzentakata

18 June 2021 (day 80): Ichinoseki to Morioka

* Ichinoseki
* Hiraizumi
* Ōshū
* Kanegasaki
* Kitakami
* Hanamaki
* Tōno
* Shiwa
* Yahaba
* Morioka

Shizukuishi

Kuji

Iwaizumi

Rikuzentakata

Ichinoseki

Morioka

Miyagi |

19 June 2021 (day 81): Kesennuma to Onagawa

* Kesennuma
* Minamisanriku
* Ishinomaki
* Onagawa

20 June 2021 (day 82): Higashimatsushima to Rifu

* Higashimatsushima
* Ōhira
* Matsushima
* Shiogama
* Shichigahama
* Tagajō
* Rifu

21 June 2021 (day 83): Yamamoto to Sendai

* Yamamoto
* Watari
* Iwanuma
* Sendai
* Natori
* Sendai

Kesennuma

Onagawa

Higashimatsushima

Rifu

Yamamoto

Sendai

22 June 2021: Transport via land route from Tōhoku to southeastern part of Japan
Shizuoka |

23 June 2021 (day 84): Kosai to Shizuoka

* Kosai
* Hamamatsu
* Iwata
* Fukuroi
* Kakegawa
* Shimada
* Shizuoka

24 June 2021 (day 85): Makinohara to Numazu

* Makinohara
* Fujieda
* Yaizu
* Shizuoka
* Fuji
* Nagaizumi
* Mishima
* Numazu

25 June 2021 (day 86): Itō to Fujinomiya

* Itō
* Shimoda
* Izunokuni
* Susono
* Oyama
* Gotemba
* Izu
* Fujinomiya

Kosai

Shizuoka

Makinohara

Numazu

Itō

Fujinomiya

Yamanashi |

26 June 2021 (day 87): Nanbu to Kōfu

* Nanbu
* Minobu
* Hayakawa
* Fujikawa
* Ichikawamisato
* Chūō
* Shōwa
* Kai
* Minami-Alps
* Hokuto
* Nirasaki
* Kōfu

27 June 2021 (day 88): Fuefuki to Fujiyoshida

* Fuefuki
* Yamanashi
* Kōshū
* Mount Fuji
* Uenohara
* Ōtsuki
* Tsuru
* Nishikatsura
* Oshino
* Fujikawaguchiko
* Narusawa
* Fujiyoshida

Nanbu

Kōfu

Fuefuki

Fujiyoshida

Kanagawa |

28 June 2021 (day 89): Hakone to Fujisawa

* Hakone
* Isehara
* Odawara
* Ōiso
* Hiratsuka
* Chigasaki
* Fujisawa

29 June 2021 (day 90): Miura to Sagamihara

* Miura
* Yokosuka
* Kamakura
* Ebina
* Atsugi
* Sagamihara

30 June 2021 (day 91): Kawasaki to Yokohama

* Kawasaki
* Yokohama

Hakone

Fujisawa

Miura

Sagamihara

Kawasaki

Yokohama

Chiba |

1 July 2021 (day 92): Kisarazu to Sanmu

* Kisarazu
* Kimitsu
* Futtsu
* Minamibōsō
* Isumi
* Ichinomiya
* Sōsa
* Sanmu

2 July 2021 (day 93): Chōshi to Chiba

* Chōshi
* Asahi
* Katori
* Shibayama
* Narita
* Narashino
* Chiba

3 July 2021 (day 94): Urayasu to Matsudo

* Urayasu
* Funabashi
* Kamagaya
* Kashiwa
* Abiko
* Kashiwa
* Matsudo

Kisarazu

Sanmu

Chōshi

Chiba

Urayasu

Matsudo

Ibaraki |

4 July 2021 (day 95): Kashima to Mito

* Kashima
* Hitachinaka
* Ōarai
* Daigo
* Hitachi
* Hitachiōta
* Kasama
* Mito

5 July 2021 (day 96): Koga to Tsukuba

* Koga
* Bandō
* Jōsō
* Ushiku
* Ryūgasaki
* Namegata
* Tsuchiura
* Tsukuba

Kashima

Mito

Koga

Tsukuba

Saitama |

6 July 2021 (day 97): Koga to Tokorozawa

* Kawaguchi
* Warabi
* Toda
* Wakō
* Asaka
* Niiza
* Hidaka
* Sayama
* Fujimi
* Fujimino
* Miyoshi
* Tokorozawa

7 July 2021 (day 98): Sōka to Kumagaya

* Sōka
* Yashio
* Misato
* Yoshikawa
* Koshigaya
* Chichibu
* Minano
* Nagatoro
* Kasukabe
* Sugito
* Miyashiro
* Kuki
* Kazo
* Gyōda
* Kumagaya

8 July 2021 (day 99): Kawagoe to Saitama

* Kawagoe
* Tsurugashima
* Sakado
* Honjō
* Fukaya
* Ranzan
* Higashimatsuyama
* Namegawa
* Kōnosu
* Kitamoto
* Okegawa
* Ageo
* Saitama

Kawaguchi

Tokorozawa

Sōka

Kumagaya

Kawagoe

Saitama

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9 July 2021 (day 100)
01\. Setagaya
02\. Komae
03\. Inagi
04\. Machida
10 July 2021 (day 101)
05\. Tama
06\. Hino
07\. Akishima
08\. Hachiōji
11 July 2021 (day 102)
09\. Hinohara
010\. Okutama
011\. Hinode
012\. Ōme
013\. Mizuho
12 July 2021 (day 103)
014\. Hamura
015\. Akiruno
016\. Fussa
017\. Musashimurayama
018\. Tachikawa
13 July 2021 (day 104)
019\. Kunitachi
020\. Kokubunji
021\. Kodaira
022\. Higashiyamato
023\. Higashimurayama
14 July 2021 (day 105)
024\. Kiyose
025\. Higashikurume
026\. Nishitōkyō
027\. Koganei
028\. Fuchū

15 July 2021 (day 106)
029\. Chōfu

16 July 2021 (day 107, continued)
039\. Mitaka
040\. Musashino

17 July 2021 (day 108)
041\. Suginami
042\. Nakano
043\. Nerima

18 July 2021 (day 109)
044\. Toshima
045\. Itabashi
046\. Kita
047\. Adachi

19 July 2021 (day 110)
048\. Katsushika
049\. Edogawa
050\. Sumida
051\. Arakawa

20 July 2021 (day 111)
052\. Taitō
053\. Bunkyō
054\. Chiyoda
055\. Chūō

21 July 2021 (day 112)
056\. Kōtō
057\. Ōta
058\. Shinagawa

22 July 2021 (day 113)
059\. Meguro
060\. Shibuya
061\. Minato

23 July 2021 (day 114)
062\. Shinjuku
063\. New National Stadium

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15 July 2021 (day 106, continued)
030\. Miyake
031\. Kōzushima
032\. Niijima (Nii-jima and Shikine-jima)
033\. To-shima
034\. Ōshima
16 July 2021 (day 107)
035\. Mikurajima
036\. Hachijō
037\. Aogashima
038\. Ogasawara (Chichijima and Hahajima)

## Ceremony changes[edit]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and several prefectures declared state of emergency amid COVID-19 surge, many of the public stages of the relay were truncated to be more ceremonial rather than functional such as alternative events.[21] Participants of the relay would carry the torch for about 30 meters before passing the flame to another participant rather than carrying it for long stretches.

For instance, the relay in Osaka prefecture was changed into a private relay without passing spectators at Expo Commemoration Park in Suita. The relay in Matsuyama, Ehime was cancelled and changed onto a private relay, while the rest of Ehime Prefecture still had their relays on public roads as planned. Later relays in prefectures affected by COVID-19 as the virus cases increased but changed into a ceremonial lighting ceremony onto the designated final destination.[22]

## End of torch relay[edit]

In December 2018, organizers announced that, similar to what happened at the 2016 Summer Olympics, two cauldrons were built: one inside the Olympic Stadium and another on the waterfront, near the Dream Bridge. The function of the stadium cauldron was merely scenographic, to go according to what is established in the Olympic Charter. The Dream Bridge cauldron was placed where the flame will burn during the 16 days of the Games. It was lit right after the end of opening ceremony and will be extinguished a few moments before the closing ceremony starts, when the flame will return to the scenographic cauldron inside the stadium and will be burned for its last few moments. The decision to use a public cauldron came from the fact that it would not be possible to maintain the flame burning inside the stadium during the games.[23]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the flame was transported to Japan National Stadium by judoka Tadahiro Nomura and wrestler Saori Yoshida, then the torch followed by the trio of baseball greats (Sadaharu Oh, Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui), until they passed to Hiroki Ohashi (大橋博樹 Ōhashi Hiroki) and Junko Kitagawa (北川順子 Kitagawa Junko), a doctor and a nurse helped to save lives during the pandemic as they carried the flame to Paralympian and wheelchair marathoner Wakako Tsuchida as passed to a group of students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures who were born before the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami until they handed the torch to tennis player Naomi Osaka, who would go on to light the Olympic cauldron; during the Olympics, Osaka would compete for Japan in the women's tennis competition before being eliminated in the third round.[24][25]

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22. ^ "青森県内聖火リレー 10日スタート／初日は青森で代替セレモニー、2日目は4市町5区間" [Aomori Prefecture Torch Relay Starts on the 10th / Alternative Ceremony in Aomori on the First Day, 4 Municipalities and 5 Sections on the 2nd Day]. Tō-Ō Nippō (in Japanese). Yahoo! News Japan. 9 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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## External links[edit]

External videos

Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony Tokyo 2020 on YouTube

* Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay official website

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