Written with extracts from Kyodo News
November 12th 2019
About 5,000 bouquets will be prepared to give to athletes at the medal ceremonies of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. A stuffed doll of the games’ mascots, Miraitowa and Someity, will also be attached to to the bouquet.
The designs were proposed by the Nippon Flower Council, which includes Japanese flower producers, distributors, retailers and flower-arrangement designers.
“The design of the bouquets incorporates bright and cheerful colors,” Yukihiko Nunomura, the chief operating officer of the organizing committee, said in a statement.
“I think they are gorgeous bouquets that will help share the athletes’ moments of triumph with people around the world.”
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