Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Torch Relay

General view, OCTOBER 10, 1964 - Opening Ceremony : Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony (1964) -- The torch heading for the National Stadium on the day of the Opening Ceremony, the last day of the torch relay 1964 (Showa 39) On October 10, the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo began. On the same day, the Opening Ceremony was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, and 5,500 athletes from 94 countries marched into the stadium in front of 73,000 spectators. The Emperor Showa declared the opening of the Games, and Yoshinori Sakai, the final runner of the torch relay, entered and lit the torch. On the day of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the final day of the torch relay, the torch heads toward the National Stadium near the Akasaka-mitsuke intersection (behind) in the fourth section. ＝This photo was taken on October 10, 1964 at Aoyama-dori in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo.