Olympic Torch Relay in Shiga Prefecture

From picturesque old merchant town –Omi Hachiman, to Lake Biwa –Japan’s largest freshwater lake. The Olympic flame journeyed through this beautiful prefecture on 27 –28 May. The #Sacred Fire in Shiga Prefecture, which connects the vicinity of Hachimanbori in Omihachiman City, which is often used, the Metasequoia trees in Takashima City, where the fresh green tree-lined roads are beautiful, and Hikone City, where many important cultural assets such as the national treasure castle tower exist, are connected by a torch. relay. #The story of the torchbearers and the people who support them. ..