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Race: Osaka MarathonDate: Nov 25, 2012Location: OsakaWebsite: http://www.osaka-marathon.com/                

Race: Bando Iwai Masakado 21kDate: Nov 11, 2012Location: Bando City, Ibaraki PrefectureWebsite: http://www.lap.co.jp/iwai-masakado/   To reach the venue, you ‘ll have to take Tsukuba Express to Moriya, and then change to a shuttle bus. Not exactly convenient.  Seeing these cosplay runners[...]

Race: Turtle Marathon (第41回タートルマラソン国際大会)Date: Oct 21, 2012Location: Tokyo, along Arakawa riverWebsite: http://www.turtle.or.jp/   Start and finish line. What a wonderful day to run! The venue is well organized. You can see the balloon signaling the location of runner services.  Se[...]

Inspired by the recent copy of Tokyo Walker featuring Yamashita Tomohisa running at Yoyogi Park, I headed to the place in the morning of “the day of exercising”. (It’s a national holiday that falls on the 2nd Monday of October) The location of Yoyogi Park used to be the athlet[...]

Sport: Mihara Trail Run 18k http://www.mihara-trailrun.com/ My first attempt at trail running! The race takes place at Hakuryo-ko lake in Hiroshima Prefecture, and has 2 courses (long:35k; short: 18k) to choose from. Around 600 runners in total participated this year.     After around 2kms runn[...]

Komazawa Olympic Park is located at the Southwesteren suburb of Tokyo. The place was one of the venues usded for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Now the park is one of the favorites for Tokyoites to enjoy all kinds of sport activities.   My main purpose today is to investigate the running course in th[...]

This is a Dohyo (Sumo wrestling ring) in a park near my place. I was really surprised to see this for the first time. Last weekend, there was this event featuring free Sumo hotpot tasting and Sumo practice sessions.  The wrestler in the right picture is “Gagamaru” from the Republic [...]

On Aug 20th, 500,000 supporters gathered in Ginza to cheer for Japan’s Olympic medalists. The 38 medals won at the London games were the most ever by a Japanese Olympic team.  Despite the parade was held on Moday, passionate fans occupied the street of Ginza. I was here one and half hour [...]

In his book, Murakami Haruki once wrote about the running route around Jingu Gaien, where he used to run when he lived in Tokyo. Moreover, the area used to be the training base of legendary Marathon runner, Seto Toshihiko, who competed in the Los Angeles Olympics and has won the London, Boston,[...]

On a Saturday morining, lords of high school students and their parents flocked to Waseda University, one of the best in the country, for its open campus weekend.   Since I haven’t got a chance to experience Japanese education system, I figure it’s a great opportunity to do so. Thus[...]

As more and more runners hit the streets, the surroundings of Imperial Palace have become a Mecca for runners; just like Central Park in NYC. Arguably the most popular running course in Tokyo, the parameters around Imperial Palace is booming for several good reasons: 1. Easy access: The course [...]