Stories from Nagano Prefecture! 🔥🇯🇵
✅The Olympic flame passed through Nagiso, a town famous for its traditional buildings and historic streets, which are part of the Nakasendo route that connected Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo) during the Edo Period. 🏯🗾
✅ The Olympic flame went through the streets of Iida, where torchbearers were cheered on by local children under the sakura. 🌸👦👧🌸
✅Three-time winter Paralympian wants to pass on the dream ✨
As a Para ice hockey player who competed in Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and PyeongChang 2018, UEHARA Daiske saw how children with impairments abroad freely played sport. He hopes to create such an environment for kids in Japan. 🙏
#Tokyo2020 #OlympicTorchRelay #HopeLightsOurWay
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