1998 Winter Olympics torch relay

The 1998 Winter Olympics torch relay was run from December 19, 1997 until February 7, 1998 prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The route covered around 1,612 kilometres (1,002 mi) and involved over 6,916 torchbearers. Midori Ito lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.[1]

Host cityNagano, Japan
Countries visitedGreece, Japan
Distance1,612 kilometres (1,002 mi)
Torch bearers6,916
Start dateDecember 19, 1997
End dateFebruary 7, 1998
Torch designerAkio Haruhara
No. of torches69,010
Olympic rings
Part of a series on
1998 Winter Olympics
A torch from the relay

Route

Japan

In December 1997, Midori Ito, silver medalist in figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics and Eishiro Saito, Chairman of the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee, brought the Olympic Torch to Ryutaro Hashimoto, at the time the Prime Minister of Japan.[2]

Eastern Japan route
  1. 6 January: Hokkaido
  2. 7 January: Aomori
  3. 8 January: Iwate
  4. 9 January: Akita
  5. 11 January: Miyagi
  6. 12 January: Fukushima
  7. 13 January: Yamagata
  8. 14 January: Ibaraki
  9. 15 January: Tochigi
  10. 16 January: Gunma
  11. 17 January: Saitama
  12. 18 January: Chiba
  13. 19 January: Tokyo
  14. 21 January: Kanagawa
  15. 22 January: Yamanashi
Pacific Ocean route
  1. 6 January: Kagoshima
  2. 7 January: Miyazaki
  3. 8 January: Ōita
  4. 9 January: Ehime
  5. 10 January: Kōchi
  6. 11 January: Tokushima
  7. 12 January: Kagawa
  8. 13 January: Okayama
  9. 14 January: Hyōgo
  10. 15 January: Osaka
  11. 16 January: Nara
  12. 17 January: Wakayama
  13. 19 January: Mie
  14. 20 January: Gifu
  15. 21 January: Aichi
  16. 22 January: Shizuoka
Japan Sea route
  1. 6 January: Okinawa
  2. 8 January: Kumamoto
  3. 9 January: Nagasaki
  4. 10 January: Saga
  5. 11 January: Fukuoka
  6. 12 January: Yamaguchi
  7. 13 January: Hiroshima
  8. 14 January: Shimane
  9. 15 January: Tottori
  10. 17 January: Kyoto
  11. 18 January: Shiga
  12. 19 January: Fukui
  13. 20 January: Ishikawa
  14. 21 January: Toyama
  15. 22 January: Niigata

Nagano Prefecture
Nagano city route commenced on 6 and 7 February before the opening ceremony
Eastern Japan route
  1. 23 January: Kawakami, Minamiaiki, Minamimaki, Kitaaiki
  2. 24 January: Koumi, Yachiho, Sakumachi, Usuda
  3. 25 January: Saku, Karuizawa
  4. 26 January: Miyota, Komoro, Kitamimaki
  5. 27 January: Asashina, Mochizuki, Tateshina
  6. 29 January: Wada, Nagato, Takeshi
  7. 30 January: Maruko, Tōbu, Sanada
  8. 31 January: Aoki, Ueda
  9. 1 February: Sakae, Nozawaonsen
  10. 2 February: Kijimaidara, Iiyama, Toyota
  11. 3 February: Yamanouchi, Nakano
  12. 4 February: Shinano, Toyono, Samizu
  13. 5 February: Obuse, Takayama, Suzaka
Pacific Ocean route
  1. 23 January: Urugi, Neba, Hiraya, Namiai
  2. 24 January: Seinaiji, Achi, Iida
  3. 25 January: Shimojō, Anan, Yasuoka
  4. 26 January: Tenryū, Minamishinano, Kami
  5. 27 January: Takagi, Takamori, Matsukawa, Oshika
  6. 29 January: Nakagawa, Iijima, Komagane
  7. 30 January: Miyada, Hase, Takatō
  8. 31 January: Ina, Minamiminowa, Minowa
  9. 1 February: Tatsuno, Fujimi, Hara
  10. 2 February: Chino, Suwa
  11. 3 February: Shimosuwa, Okaya
  12. 4 February: Ōoka, Ogawa, Nakajō
  13. 5 February: Kinasa, Togakushi
Japan Sea route
  1. 23 January: Otari, Hakuba
  2. 24 January: Miasa, Yasaka, Ōmachi
  3. 25 January: Ikeda, Matsukawa
  4. 27 January: Yamaguchi, Nagiso, Ōkuwa, Agematsu
  5. 28 January: Mitake, Ōtaki, Kaida
  6. 29 January: Kisofukushima, Hiyoshi, Kiso, Narakawa
  7. 30 January: Shiojiri, Asahi, Yamagata
  8. 31 January: Matsumoto, Hata
  9. 1 February: Nagawa, Azumi, Azusagawa
  10. 2 February: Misato, Horigane, Toyoshina
  11. 3 February: Hotaka, Akashina, Shiga
  12. 4 February: Ikusaka, Honjō, Sakakita, Omi, Sakai
  13. 5 February: Sakaki, Kamiyamada, Togura, Koshoku

References
  1. "Official Report of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, v. 2". la84.org. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. "Olympics Torch "Greets" Prime Minister Hashimoto". Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, Cabinet Public Relations Office. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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