Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay Mar 25-Jul 23, 2021
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Olympic torch: 30% recycled aluminium

Top view of torch

Five separate flames echo shape of Japan’s famous cherry blossom flower (sakura)

Length: 710mm

Weight: 1.2kg
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JAPAN

START*
1. Fukushima Mar 25-27
2. Tochigi Mar 28-29
3. Gunma Mar 30-31
4. Nagano Apr 1-2
5. Gifu Apr 3-4
6. Aichi Apr 5-6
7. Mie Apr 7-8
8. Wakayama Apr 9-10
9. Nara Apr 11-12 
10. Osaka Apr 13-14
11. Tokushima Apr 15-16
12. Kagawa Apr 17-18
13. Kochi Apr 19-20
14. Ehime Apr 21-22
15. Oita Apr 23-24
16. Miyazaki Apr 25-26
17. Kagoshima Apr 27-28
18. Okinawa May 1-2
19. Kumamoto May 5-6
20. Nagasaki May 7-8
21. Saga May 9-10
22. Fukuoka May 11-12
23. Yamaguchi May 13-14
24. Shimane May 15-16
25. Hiroshima May 17-18
26. Okayama May 19-20
27. Tottori May 21-22
28. Hyogo May 23-24
29. Kyoto May 25-26
30. Shiga May 27-28
31. Fukui May 29-30
32. Ishikawa May 31-Jun 1
33. Toyama Jun 2-3
34. Niigata Jun 4-5
35. Yamagata Jun 6-7
36. Akita Jun 8-9
37. Aomori Jun 10-11
38. Hokkaido Jun 13-14
39. Iwate Jun 16-18
40. Miyagi Jun 19-21
41. Shizuoka Jun 23-25
42. Yamanashi Jun 26-27
43. Kanagawa Jun 28-30
44. Chiba Jul 1-3
45. Ibaraki Jul 4-5
46. Saitama Jul 6-8
FINISH 
47. Tokyo Jul 9-23

Former swimmer Imoto Naoko holds Olympic flame at handover ceremony in Athens in March 2020

100km 60 miles

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Source: Tokyo 2020 
Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

*Route nodes show prefectures only – multiple locations visited within each
Emblem/pictogram ©TOCOPG