2020 Summer Paralympics torch relay

The 2020 Summer Paralympics torch relay will run in the beginning of 12 August 2021 to 24 August 2021. After being lit in somewhere in Japan, the torch will travel around Japan and will end in Tokyo's New National Stadium, the main venue of the 2020 Paralympics.[1] The relay will take place in minor scale than the Olympic relay, starting in Tokyo, and local flames are to be lighted through Saitama, Chiba and Shizuoka prefectures where events of the games will be held.[2][3][4] The end of the relay was the closing to the 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.[5][6] LIXIL Corporation is the presenting partner of the torch relay.[7]

XVI Paralympic Games
Host cityTokyo, Japan
Countries visitedGreat Britain, Japan
ThemeShare Your Light
Start date12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)
End date24 August 2021 (2021-08-24)
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2020 Summer Paralympics

Route in Japan
August 2021
043. Local celebrations will be held along the all prefectures of Japan
17 August
044. Ibaraki Prefecture
18 August
044. Shizuoka Prefecture
19 August
045. Chiba Prefecture
20 August
046. Saitama Prefecture
21-24 August
047. Tokyo
25 August
048. New National Stadium

Tokyo
21 August (day 22)
  1. Shinjuku
  2. Nakano
  3. Toshima
  4. Kita
  5. Bunkyō
22 August (day 23)
  1. Chiyoda
  2. Taitō
  3. Sumida
  4. Kōtō
  5. Edogawa
23 August (day 24)
  1. Kunitachi
  2. Hino
  3. Tachikawa
  4. Higashiyamato
  5. Kokubunji
24 August (day 25)
  1. Nishitōkyō
  2. Mitaka
  3. Fuchū
  4. Chōfu
  5. Setagaya
25 August (day 26)
  1. Chūō
  2. Minato
  3. Chiyoda (Hibiya)
  4. Shinjuku
  5. New National Stadium

End of torch relay

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, the relay will end with the lighting of the cauldron.

References
  1. ""Share Your Light" to be Paralympic Torch Relay Concept - Accessible Japan". Accessible-japan.com. 21 December 2018.
  2. "Tokyo 2020: Torch Relay concept revealed". IPC. 21 December 2018.
  3. https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/torch/paralympic/
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Unveils Paralympic Torch Relay Concept: "Share Your Light"｜The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games". The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  5. Palmer, Dan (30 November 2018). "Toyota become presenting partner of Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay". Insidethegames.biz.
  6. "Tokyo 2020: Torch Relay concept revealed". Paralympic.org. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019. "Share Your Light" will be theme for Paralympic relay
  7. "Tokyo 2020: LIXIL first presenting partner for Paralympic Torch Relay". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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