In Japan, the Olympic and Paralympics are also known as the 平和の 祭典 (Heiwa no Saiten, Festival of Peace). The first installment of this year's Heiwa no Saiten came to a peaceful conclusion on Feb. 25, with the Japanese delegation returning home from South Korea on Feb. 26.
Japan's Olympians received a rapturous welcome after their triumph at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games, with the country caught up in a 祝賀ムード (shukuga mūdo, celebratory mood) after Team Japan amassed 13 medals, its best ever Winter Games medal haul — even topping the 10 earned at Nagano in 1998.