1998 Winter Olympics torch relay


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.

Nagano Prefecture

;Eastern Japan route
  1. 23 January: Kawakami, Minamiaiki, Minamimaki, Kitaaiki
  2. 24 January: Koumi, Yachiho, Sakumachi, Usuda
  3. 25 January: Saku, Karuizawa
  4. 26 January: Miyota, Komoro, Kitamimaki
  5. 27 January: Asashina, Mochizuki, Tateshina
  6. 29 January: Wada, Nagato, Takeshi
  7. 30 January: Maruko, Tōbu, Sanada
  8. 31 January: Aoki, Ueda
  9. 1 February: Sakae, Nozawaonsen
  10. 2 February: Kijimaidara, Iiyama, Toyota
  11. 3 February: Yamanouchi, Nakano
  12. 4 February: Shinano, Toyono, Samizu
  13. 5 February: Obuse, Takayama, Suzaka
;Pacific Ocean route
  1. 23 January: Urugi, Neba, Hiraya, Namiai
  2. 24 January: Seinaiji, Achi, Iida
  3. 25 January: Shimojō, Anan, Yasuoka
  4. 26 January: Tenryū, Minamishinano, Kami
  5. 27 January: Takagi, Takamori, Matsukawa, Oshika
  6. 29 January: Nakagawa, Iijima, Komagane
  7. 30 January: Miyada, Hase, Takatō
  8. 31 January: Ina, Minamiminowa, Minowa
  9. 1 February: Tatsuno, Fujimi, Hara
  10. 2 February: Chino, Suwa
  11. 3 February: Shimosuwa, Okaya
  12. 4 February: Ōoka, Ogawa, Nakajō
  13. 5 February: Kinasa, Togakushi
;Japan Sea route
  1. 23 January: Otari, Hakuba
  2. 24 January: Miasa, Yasaka, Ōmachi
  3. 25 January: Ikeda, Matsukawa
  4. 27 January: Yamaguchi, Nagiso, Ōkuwa, Agematsu
  5. 28 January: Mitake, Ōtaki, Kaida
  6. 29 January: Kisofukushima, Hiyoshi, Kiso, Narakawa
  7. 30 January: Shiojiri, Asahi, Yamagata
  8. 31 January: Matsumoto, Hata
  9. 1 February: Nagawa, Azumi, Azusagawa
  10. 2 February: Misato, Horigane, Toyoshina
  11. 3 February: Hotaka, Akashina, Shiga
  12. 4 February: Ikusaka, Honjō, Sakakita, Omi, Sakai
  13. 5 February: Sakaki, Kamiyamada, Togura, Koshoku