“Tokyo 2020 Go”
with @ana.japan &
@japanairlines_jal ✈️🇯🇵
Get your first look at the plane that will be transporting the Olympic flame from its ancestral home of Greece to Tokyo in 2020!
The flame that will traverse the length and breadth of Japan and set the cauldron at the Olympic Stadium a blaze on Friday 24 July 2020,
will begin its relay in Greece before flying over 9,000km from Athens to Miyagi prefecture.😍

The torch to be used for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay has been designed with a cherry blossom motif –
a flower close to the hearts of all Japanese people.
The concept of the relay is 'Hope Lights Our Way'
with the torch traversing the length and breadth of Japan🌸

The cherry blossom motif of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch has been manufactured by the traditional method of aluminum extrusion,
a technique that is also used in the production of the Shinkansen ‘bullet’
train 🚅

Also,
part of the material from which the Olympic torch is composed of,
is recycled aluminum,
that was originally used in the construction of temporary housing units during the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

#Tokyo2020 gets creative!
🎨

Students from K International School channelled their artistic talent to produce some amazing #Tokyo2020 inspired works.
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Photo by Tokyo 2020 /
Shugo TAKEMI