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Olympic caldron set to display in tsunami city

音声ダウンロード

The caldron that flamed for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics was removed from the National Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 10, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the games, and will go on show in the area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

It will be loaned to the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture for display at a coastal park to be built there, although no date has been set for its dispatch.

“It will be nice if (the caldron) gives encouragement to disaster victims,” an Ishinomaki municipal official said. (Kyodo)

国立競技場の聖火台取り外し、石巻へ

1964年の東京オリンピック開会式から50年目の10月10日、国立競技場の聖火台が取り外された。聖火台は宮城県石巻市へ貸し出される予定だ。

The Japan Times ST: October 24, 2014