Bouquets from 2011 quake-hit areas to be given to Olympic medalists

The 2020 Tokyo Games organizing committee plans to use flowers produced in areas hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami for victory bouquets awarded to Olympic and Paralympic medalists.The plan to use flowers from three prefectures -- Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate -- is aimed at showing appreciation to people around the world for their support in rebuilding the devastated areas, the organizing committee said.Around 5,000 bouquets will be prepared for the games, and are expected to be a combination of prairie gentians from Fukushima, sunflowers and roses from Miyagi and gentians from Iwate. Th…READ FULL ARTICLE