Tokyo Games organizers unveil designs of bouquets for medalists

The 2020 Tokyo Games organizing committee unveiled Tuesday the designs of the bouquets that will be presented to medalists and revealed they will be created with flowers grown in the areas of northeastern Japan heavily hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.The bouquets will feature flowers like eustoma grown in Fukushima Prefecture and gentian from Iwate Prefecture in a bid to showcase the region's recovery from the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster, according to the organizers.About 5,000 bouquets will be prepared to give to athletes at the medal ceremonies of the 2020 O…READ FULL ARTICLE