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 and involved over 6,916 torchbearers. Midori Ito lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.
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.
Eastern Japan route 6 January: Hokkaido 7 January: Aomori 8 January: Iwate 9 January: Akita 11 January: Miyagi 12 January: Fukushima 13 January: Yamagata 14 January: Ibaraki 15 January: Tochigi 16 January: Gunma 17 January: Saitama 18 January: Chiba 19 January: Tokyo 21 January: Kanagawa 22 January: YamanashiPacific Ocean route 6 January: Kagoshima 7 January: Miyazaki 8 January: Ōita 9 January: Ehime 10 January: Kōchi 11 January: Tokushima 12 January: Kagawa 13 January: Okayama 14 January: Hyōgo 15 January: Osaka 16 January: Nara 17 January: Wakayama 19 January: Mie 20 January: Gifu 21 January: Aichi 22 January: ShizuokaJapan Sea route 6 January: Okinawa 8 January: Kumamoto 9 January: Nagasaki 10 January: Saga 11 January: Fukuoka 12 January: Yamaguchi 13 January: Hiroshima 14 January: Shimane 15 January: Tottori 17 January: Kyoto 18 January: Shiga 19 January: Fukui 20 January: Ishikawa 21 January: Toyama 22 January: Niigata
Nagano Prefecture
Eastern Japan route 23 January: Kawakami, Minamiaiki, Minamimaki, Kitaaiki 24 January: Koumi, Yachiho, Sakumachi, Usuda 25 January: Saku, Karuizawa 26 January: Miyota, Komoro, Kitamimaki 27 January: Asashina, Mochizuki, Tateshina 29 January: Wada, Nagato, Takeshi 30 January: Maruko, Tōbu, Sanada 31 January: Aoki, Ueda 1 February: Sakae, Nozawaonsen 2 February: Kijimaidara, Iiyama, Toyota 3 February: Yamanouchi, Nakano 4 February: Shinano, Toyono, Samizu 5 February: Obuse, Takayama, Suzaka
Pacific Ocean route 23 January: Urugi, Neba, Hiraya, Namiai 24 January: Seinaiji, Achi, Iida 25 January: Shimojō, Anan, Yasuoka 26 January: Tenryū, Minamishinano, Kami 27 January: Takagi, Takamori, Matsukawa, Oshika 29 January: Nakagawa, Iijima, Komagane 30 January: Miyada, Hase, Takatō 31 January: Ina, Minamiminowa, Minowa 1 February: Tatsuno, Fujimi, Hara 2 February: Chino, Suwa 3 February: Shimosuwa, Okaya 4 February: Ōoka, Ogawa, Nakajō 5 February: Kinasa, Togakushi
Japan Sea route 23 January: Otari, Hakuba 24 January: Miasa, Yasaka, Ōmachi 25 January: Ikeda, Matsukawa 27 January: Yamaguchi, Nagiso, Ōkuwa, Agematsu 28 January: Mitake, Ōtaki, Kaida 29 January: Kisofukushima, Hiyoshi, Kiso, Narakawa 30 January: Shiojiri, Asahi, Yamagata 31 January: Matsumoto, Hata 1 February: Nagawa, Azumi, Azusagawa 2 February: Misato, Horigane, Toyoshina 3 February: Hotaka, Akashina, Shiga 4 February: Ikusaka, Honjō, Sakakita, Omi, Sakai 5 February: Sakaki, Kamiyamada, Togura, Koshoku
References
External links 1998 torch relay via IOC website