Sites Agreed for Tokyo 2020 Games Cauldron

Tokyo, 17 December 2018 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

(Tokyo 2020) reached agreement today with all relevant government agencies and sporting committees

regarding the display of the Olympic and Paralympic Flames during their respective Games. The

agreement was concluded with the Cabinet Secretariat, the Japan Sports Agency, the Tokyo Metropolitan

Government, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Japanese Paralympic Committee, and the Japan

Sport Council at a Multi-Party Leaders’ Meeting.

So that as many people as possible can view the Flame, two separate cauldrons will be deployed. One

will be set up inside the Olympic Stadium and used only during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies;

another, to which the Flame will be transferred after the Opening Ceremony, will be placed in Tokyo’s

bustling waterfront area, allowing the wider public to view it and experience the spirit and excitement of

the Games. The Flame will only be displayed in one location at a time.

A number of locations, including Games venues, live sites and tourist attractions in Tokyo, were

considered as the site for the cauldron outside of the Olympic Stadium. Tokyo 2020 took into account the

IOC’s stipulation that the location should be a symbolic site which would allow as many people as possible

to view the Flame without having to purchase tickets for the Games. Considering all these factors, as well

as security and operational issues, it was decided that the Ariake side of the Yume-no-Ohashi Bridge in

the waterfront area would be an ideal location.

It was agreed that areas in the vicinity of the cauldrons’ Games-time locations will be natural choices for

their permanent locations after the Games. The Japan Sports Agency and the Japan Sport Council will

manage the cauldron used during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, with the Tokyo Metropolitan

Government taking responsibility for the other cauldron as the host city authority.

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