Stories from Shiga Prefecture! 🇯🇵🔥
✅ The Olympic flame is on a bicycle 🚲
The #OlympicTorchRelay crossed Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake, on two wheels.
And it won’t be the last time we see the lake’s 235km shoreline in Shiga Prefecture, located just 10 minutes from Kyoto.
✅ The Metasequoia trees in Takashima City
One of the charms of Takashima City is the 2.5km stretch of 500 metasequoia trees.
✅ From Tokyo 1964 to to Tokyo 2020!
UMEDA Michihiro, who was a torchbearer at #Tokyo1964, ran proudly next to Lake Biwa in Otsu city.
✅ MORIKAWA Hiromi fulfilled her dream of being a torchbearer in the city of Otsu. ❤️
#Tokyo2020 #HopeLightsOurWay
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