Stories from Tokushima Prefecture! 🔥 🇯🇵
✅ The dancing torchbearer 👏
SAGIIKE Kiyomi performs the Awa dance, which is part of the Awa Odori festival that is Tokushima’s most famous folk dance event.
She danced while carrying the torch, and inspired many children who want to follow this traditional performance.
✅ The Olympic flame today passed through the streets of Kaiyo City, located in the Kaifu district of Tokushima. 🌄
Kaifu is a relatively new location, having been founded in 2006, but the area is renowned for its beautiful seaside attractions and scenery.
✅ Hina dolls in Tokushima 🎎
As chairperson of the the famous Big Hina Matsuri, a festival that sees thousands of dolls displayed, INARI Minoru was greeted by many Hina dolls as he finished his leg of the Olympic Torch Relay.
✅ From Tokyo 1964 to Tokyo 2020 ⏪ 🇯🇵 ⏩
It was almost 57-years ago BANDO Kazuyuki carried the Olympic flame during the Tokyo 1964 Torch Relay.
“I wanted to share the excitement of the torch relay with my 17-year-old grandson, who is the same age as I was at the time [of being a torchbearer at Tokyo 1964]”.
#Tokyo2020 #OlympicTorchRelay #HopeLightsOurWay
AloJapan.com