Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes to slopes on Day 2
Kyodo -- Mar 27
The Olympic torch relay went downhill as skiers transported the flaming symbol down a snowy slope in Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, the second day of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

Former Olympic freestyle mogul skier Sho Endo held the torch aloft as the 30-year-old led 20 elementary school pupils at Inawashiro Ski Resort before the flame was brought to the foot of Mt. Bandai aboard a lift.

Local junior high school students produced five-colored Olympic rings with hula-hoops on the snow as they welcomed the flame at the foot of the mountain with around 100 locals.

The second of the relay's three days in the northeastern prefecture also saw the flame arrive at a sightseeing tower in the town of Mishima and Tsurugajo Castle in the city of Aizuwakamatsu.

- Kyodo

東京五輪の聖火リレーは2日目が初日に続き福島県で行われ、沿岸部の相馬市をスタートして内陸の会津地方に入り、猪苗代町ではスキー滑走でトーチ運ぶなど各地を巡った。