Stories from Kochi Prefecture! 🔥 🇯🇵
✅ On the way to the town of Ino in Kochi Prefecture, the Olympic torch travelled on a small boat with the flame reflecting of on the surface of the river. 🏞️
✅ The Olympic flame began its journey in Kochi Prefecture under a 13.5m-tall bronze statue of legendary Japanese historical figure SAKAMOTO Ryoma. ⚔️
✅ “My next goal is to swim until I’m 100 years old” 🙏
Just like the Olympic Games, the Olympic Torch Relay journey is full of inspiring stories and 88-year-old HAYASHI Takashi is one of them.
Five years ago, Hayashi was diagnosed with stomach cancer and thought it was the end of his swimming career, which had started in high school. However, he did not give up — dreaming of breaking the world record at Japan Masters Swimming events.
And he finally did it. 💞
#Tokyo2020 #OlympicTorchRelay #HopeLightsOurWay
AloJapan.com