Miyashita-san demonstrating the gold medal podium in Nagano City's newly renovated Central Square
１９９８年の長野冬五輪のメダル発表式が行われた場所「セントラルスクゥエア―」が改造されました。当時の金・銀・銅の台がずっと残されたけど、年数が経ち、大分寂びてきた。場所は未知（善光寺の参道）のそばに移されて、こんな素敵なモニュメントが出来ました。
観光客が聖火をバックにして、金・銀・銅の台で記念写真を撮れるようになりました。
この夏はロンドン五輪、２０１８年は近くの韓国に冬五輪が来るし、長野市はまたオリンピックフィーバーになってきました！
The awards ceremonies for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics took place at Central Square, located in between Nagano Station and the venerable Zenkoji Temple. The medal stands had been left in place after the Olympics but had gotten a bit run down over the years. Central Square has been renovated recently -- a new medal stand and Olympic Torch replica have been built closer to the main road.
Now visitors can stand on the medal podiums and have their picture taken with the torch in the background.
With the London Olympics taking place this summer, and nearby South Korea scheduled to host the Winter Olympics in 2018, Nagano is once again getting Olympic fever!
