Last year's Olympics - which are held every four years - were postponed due to the pandemic. A world in turmoil has a reason to smile this year because of them. The Japanese government has decided to commemorate and honour those who have perished in natural disasters. Yellow, green, and blue flower bouquets were presented to medalists in the three districts. The yellow sunflowers are from Miyagi, the green Eustomas are from Fukushima, and the blue Gentians are from Iwate. The bright yellow sunflowers that dominate the bouquets were grown in Miyagi by parents whose children died in the disaster.
The parents chose a hillside where their children had sought refuge from the effects of the tsunami. Delicate white and purple eustomas and salomonas seals were grown in Fukushima - as part of a non-profit initiative set up to try to revitalise the local economy after the disaster severely damaged agricultural production. Apart from the prestigious medals, sportspersons at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics receive a bouquet of flowers, which holds special significance.
The flowers in the victory bouquet are believed to have been grown in three districts of north-east Japan which were wrecked by the Tohuku earthquake and tsunami of and the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. According to a BBC report, more than 20, people lost their lives in the tragedy that hit the three prefectures of Iwate, Fukushima and Miyagi. These prefectures are, to this day, undergoing recovery efforts. There are bouquets being handed out to Olympics and Paralympics athletes and each flowers in each of those bouquets, too, has a deeper meaning.
The BBC report states that the bouquets of yellow, green and blue flowers being presented to the medallists have been grown almost entirely in the aforementioned three districts.
The yellow sunflowers, which are seen in many bouquets, were grown in Miyagi. They were said to have been planted by parents whose children died in the disaster. These parents chose the hillside where their kids had taken refuge during the tsunami. The bouquets also contain gentians — small bright blue flowers — which were grown in Iwate, a coastal area devastated by the disaster.
Additionally, these bouquets also have green aspidistras, which represent host city Tokyo, where they were grown, the report states.
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