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       Victory bouquets are seen being made in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2021. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

       TOKYO -- People with disabilities are making colorful victory bouquets for Tokyo Paralympic medalists in a bid to brighten up the Games.

       Nippon Flower Council, which is aiming to promote the development of flower culture in Japan, designed the bouquets to be given to medalists a day after their finals. People with disabilities who go to Applause Association, a general incorporated foundation in Tokyo's Minato Ward whose missions include job assistance, make parts of the bouquets at a workshop in the capital.

       A total of 5,000 bouquets will be made, using flowers grown in regions struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011, such as roses from Miyagi Prefecture wrapped in Japanese gentians grown in Iwate Prefecture and prairie gentians from Fukushima Prefecture.

       A woman in her 40s who takes part in Applause Association's activities said, "I hope the bouquets will give the Games a boost, even if only slightly, and bring out the best in the athletes as society tends to be gloomy at present due to the coronavirus."

       (Japanese original by Yuki Miyatake, Tokyo Photo Group)

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