Japan 2 October: Ichihara - Shiki

Running through Tokyo area cities

市原市から志木市へとランニング

Morning meeting

朝のミーティング

Ready to start!

A blazing Peace Flame - Bayarkhuu from Mongolia prepares to run

モンゴルから参加のバクー、平和の願いを込めて。

Bayarkhuu carries the torch out of Ichihara

Easy to get lost on city streets - the runners consult the route map before they start running

Battsengel from Mongolia meditates on peace before starting her run

Lunch on the road (literally...)

It's a festival day today, so we see many people dressed in traditional clothing

秋祭り、ハッピ姿の地元の方々

Explaining the 2016 route map to interested passers-by

Putting our combined energy into the Peace Torch

Yu-san of Japan carries the Peace Torch onward

It's a complicated day for the map readers and drivers

Passers-by are excited hold the Peace Torch

ピーストーチを持って

Ashirvad of Brazil takes the Torch from Bayarkhuu

Happy at the end of a day's running

楽しい一日が終了。

Totoro and Nekobus are the girl's team mascots

Reported by Emily Oliver
Photos by Bayarkhuu Batbayar, Narantuya Batsaihan
Torch carried by Akanda Norov (MN), Ashirvad Zaiantchick (BR), Battsengel Badamsumberel (MN), Bayarkhuu Batbayar (MN), Emily Oliver (NZ), Gan-Erdene Ganbat (MN), Ken-ichi Nobunaga (JP), Midori Shimizu (JP), Narantuya Batsaihan (MN), Pramiti Niwa (JP), Usra Yamada (JP), Victor Lusis (NZ), Yahva Hoffmann (AT), You Yamada (JP).
The torch has travelled 75.0 km from Ichihara to Shiki.
Japan 2 October
Ichihara - Shiki
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