Stories from Mie Prefecture! 🔥🇯🇵
✅ The Olympic flame on a ferry 🛳️
The sacred fire continues to change means of transport and today he had to get on a ferry that connects the towns of Toba and Tōshijima, in Mie Prefecture. 🔥
✅ Here we have @saori___yoshida !
Three-time Olympic wrestling champion is leading a small group of children to kick off the torch relay in Tsu City.
This afternoon she runs at a sports complex that was named after her. And guess who was the next torchbearer? Yoshida’s dear mother YOSHIDA Yukiyo!
✅ Former long-distance runner SEKO Toshihiko is on the road again!
Seko competed in Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. He’s also won the Boston Marathon and London Marathon.
Today he not only runs with his own Olympic spirit, but also with the memory of SAKAI Yoshinori, who lit the Olympic cauldron at Tokyo 1964.
✅ “Boccia changed me”
AOKI Kenta wears a proud smile as he starts his relay.
Suffering paralysis below the neck due to a spinal cord injury at high school, it was boccia which gave him hope and he has a dream of becoming a Paralympian someday.
✅ Suzuka Circuit 🏁🏎️
The Olympic flame visited this international racing circuit located in Mie Prefecture, which is used for multiple events, including the @f1 Japanese Grand Prix. 🇯🇵
#Tokyo2020 #OlympicTorchRelay #HopeLightsOurWay
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