1998 Winter Olympics torch relay explained
| Host City: | Nagano, Japan |
| Countries Visited: | Greece, Japan |
| Torch Bearers: | 6,916 |
| Start Date: | December 19, 1997 |
| End Date: | February 7, 1998 |
| Torch Designer: | Akio Haruhara |
| Torch Development: | Tokyo Katsura |
| Number Of Torches: | 69,010 |
The 1998 Winter Olympics torch relay was run from December 19, 1997 until February 7, 1998 prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The route covered around and involved over 6,916 torchbearers. Midori Ito lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.[1]
Route
Japan
In December 1997, Midori Ito, silver medalist in figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics and Eishiro Saito, Chairman of the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee, brought the Olympic Torch to Ryutaro Hashimoto, at the time the Prime Minister of Japan.[2]
Nagano Prefecture
- Eastern Japan route
- 23 January: Kawakami, Minamiaiki, Minamimaki, Kitaaiki
- 24 January: Koumi, Yachiho, Sakumachi, Usuda
- 25 January: Saku, Karuizawa
- 26 January: Miyota, Komoro, Kitamimaki
- 27 January: Asashina, Mochizuki, Tateshina
- 29 January: Wada, Nagato, Takeshi
- 30 January: Maruko, Tōbu, Sanada
- 31 January: Aoki, Ueda
- 1 February: Sakae, Nozawaonsen
- 2 February: Kijimaidara, Iiyama, Toyota
- 3 February: Yamanouchi, Nakano
- 4 February: Shinano, Toyono, Samizu
- 5 February: Obuse, Takayama, Suzaka
- Pacific Ocean route
- 23 January: Urugi, Neba, Hiraya, Namiai
- 24 January: Seinaiji, Achi, Iida
- 25 January: Shimojō, Anan, Yasuoka
- 26 January: Tenryū, Minamishinano, Kami
- 27 January: Takagi, Takamori, Matsukawa, Oshika
- 29 January: Nakagawa, Iijima, Komagane
- 30 January: Miyada, Hase, Takatō
- 31 January: Ina, Minamiminowa, Minowa
- 1 February: Tatsuno, Fujimi, Hara
- 2 February: Chino, Suwa
- 3 February: Shimosuwa, Okaya
- 4 February: Ōoka, Ogawa, Nakajō
- 5 February: Kinasa, Togakushi
- Japan Sea route
- 23 January: Otari, Hakuba
- 24 January: Miasa, Yasaka, Ōmachi
- 25 January: Ikeda, Matsukawa
- 27 January: Yamaguchi, Nagiso, Ōkuwa, Agematsu
- 28 January: Mitake, Ōtaki, Kaida
- 29 January: Kisofukushima, Hiyoshi, Kiso, Narakawa
- 30 January: Shiojiri, Asahi, Yamagata
- 31 January: Matsumoto, Hata
- 1 February: Nagawa, Azumi, Azusagawa
- 2 February: Misato, Horigane, Toyoshina
- 3 February: Hotaka, Akashina, Shiga
- 4 February: Ikusaka, Honjō, Sakakita, Omi, Sakai
- 5 February: Sakaki, Kamiyamada, Togura, Koshoku
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Official Report of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, v. 2. la84.org. LA84 Foundation. 4 May 2019.
- Web site: Olympics Torch "Greets" Prime Minister Hashimoto . Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, Cabinet Public Relations Office . 22 June 2019.
