Sapporo Half Marathon

Sapporo Half Marathon

札幌マラソン

(Sapporo marason)

Date: October 1, 2017
Place: Sapporo, Toyohira Riverside
Application period: 6/12 to 7/12.  Very early!
http://www.shsf.jp/satumara/

Half
10km , 5km , 3km , 2km , 1km


Website: http://www.shsf.jp/satumara/

2016 Season has started!

Last weekend, the first race of the season, the Shiranuka Road Race, was held and my social network feeds were flooded with pictures and race reports.

Note: Most races can be applied for through Runnet.  You can also contact the race organizers and get apply-by-mail application forms.  You usually need to have an address in Japan to apply.  Most races cannot be entered on race day.  (Although some, run by running clubs, can.)

For more information on entering races in Japan, head on over to the Japan Running News blog at http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.jp .
Their specific page on entering races in Japan is here: Race Entries.

Now for a short list of races that you may be able to apply for in Hokkaido.

Nikkan Sports Toyohira-gawa Half Marathon (Sapporo)

May 5 (Children's Day)
Dist: Half, 10k, 5k, 3k
Application: Feb 1, through March 31
http://www.toyomara.com/

Hokkaido Marathon - 30th Anniversary (Sapporo)

August 28
Application starts April 3 at 18:00pm and closes shortly thereafter (usually, within two hours!)
If you want to try and get into this race, and it is worth it, visit it's Runnet site at
https://entry.runnet.jp/entry/runtes/user/pc/competitionDetailAction.do?raceId=123074&div=1
Or their homepage for more information.  Also, if you are registering online you need to create an account with Runnet. You will need a credit card and an address in Japan. The marathon also has a multi-language website with information.

http://hokkaido-marathon.com/2016/overview-en/

Ohotsuku - Abashiri Marathon

September 25
This is a new marathon started in 2015 and is one I am eager to try.
Application starts April 1 and runs through June 30.
http://www.abashiri-marathon.jp

Northern Horse Park Half marathon and Ekiden (Chitose / Sapporo area)

May 14 and 15

Dist: Half, 7km Trail + Half, 2.5km 

Application until March 31

http://www.nhp-marathon.com/

Karikachi Trail Running (Shintoku / Tokachi area)

May 22

Apply by April 25

http://www.karikachi.org/trailrun/

20km, 12km, 4km Trail Run

Apply on Runnet: http://runnet.jp/entry/runtes/user/pc/competitionDetailAction.do?raceId=120793&div=1

There are many more events coming up, especially in June.  Check the archives to get an idea of where and when races are!

Foodvalley Tokachi Half Marathon

Foodvalley Tokachi Half Marathon

フードバレーとかちマラソン

What: Half marathon, 5k, 2.5k

Where: Obihiro

Date: 11/1

Deadline: 9/30

Fee: 5200 for adults

Time restrictions: Yes, 2:30 for the half, 50 minutes for the 5k.

THE biggest, most popular, and arguably most delicious half marathon in the sub-prefecture of Tokachi.  Starting in downtown Obihiro with a very slight climb out to the Obihiro no Mori Sports park for the turn-around and then a slight downhill for the second half.  The course is always lined with spectators and volunteer groups cheering you on and providing sweets, refreshment and entertainment to help take your mind of the pain! High school volunteers, adult volunteer groups, staff, local cake shops and banks, all provide support for runners along the course.  You might not want to slow down as you try to get your best time but it will be hard to pass up all the sweets along the course.  The famous cake and confectionery shop Rokkatei had not an aid station but a "Sweets Station" set up along the course where they offered chocolates and bite-sized pieces of cake for runners in 2014. Runners have received "Manpuku tickets" worth 1000 yen that can be used at outside food stalls and some type of sporting goods.  I have received a running pouch, a small duffle bag, and last year an over-the-shoulder one strap bag. I don't use the running pouch much but I do sometimes, It has a bottle holder.  I do use the other bags all the time.

http://hokkaido-run.jp/obihiro/

If you need help getting registered, let me know in the comments.

Nosappu Cape Marathon

北方領土ノサップ岬マラソン
Nosappu Cape Marathon
(Hoppo Ryodo Nossapu Misaki Marathon)

Place: Memuro, Nosappu Misaki
北海道芽室　納沙布岬
Date: August 16
Apply by 7/17

Running: half, 10k

Run from the Northern most point of Hokkaido into Memuro.

This is a race to raise awareness of the Northern Territories problem.

Past participation prizes include T-shirts, towels and baseball caps.

Various prizes given for other things in the closing ceremony. Drink and soup and some food after the race. See the ocean as you run.

I don't have time to do this justice, but I really enjoy this race.  The views of the ocean are great and the soup at the end is delicious.  We always go a day early and enjoy a crab dinner the night before the race.

https://runnet.jp/107372/entry.html

  

  

Okushiri Moonlight Marathon

Okushiri Moonlight Marathon (Full)
http://unimaru.com/?cat=26

June 27 (Sat)
Full (6 hour limit), Half (4 hour limit)
Application period: April 1 to April 30, 2015
Fee: 10,000 yen  (Includes insurance, T-shirt and admittance to the pre-race and after race dinners.)
Apply through Sports Entry
http://www.sportsentry.ne.jp/event/t/41831

Pre-race dinner
Time: June 26 (Fri), 16:30 to 17:3-
Place: Okushiri-cho Kaiyo Kenshu Center

Award ceremony and After-race dinner
Time: June 27 (Sat) 21:00 to 22:30
Place: Jinkojiban Bokaikyo event area

For more information
Okushiri Moonlight Marathon Jikoi'inkai
Okushiri-jima Kanko Kyokai 9:00 to 17:00
Tel 01397-2-2400
E-mail:  okushiri-moonlight@unimaru.com

This is only a rough translation of the information on their website.  For more details, visit the website or ask your question here in the comments.

Yuzumi Half Marathon (Sapporo)

Sapporo Yuzumi Half Marathon

Ok, here is a quick and dirty translation for those interested.

Date: August 22
Apply by: August 3
Where: Sapporo, Meet at the riverside park near the Toyohira River Bridge
What: Half, 10k, 5k, 3k
Fee: 3,000, 3,500 (for parent child pair)

Put on by the Sunshine Sports Club.
Apply in person at the Sunshine Sports Club in Sapporo or by sending your participation fee to their bank account and sending your filled out application form to their address.

http://sunshine-sc.com/news/2015/04/post_839.html

Chitose JAL International Marathon

第35回千歳JAL国際マラソン
(dai nijyunana kai Chitose jyaru kokusai marason)

Where: Chitose City
When: June 7
Apply by: February 27 by mail* or April 8 over the internet*
Runs: Full, half, 10k, 3k
Fee: 4000 yen

*Applying over the Internet requires a Runnet.jp account, which requires an address in Japan.
*Application by mail (not e-mail, with envelopes and stamps) requires you to first send a self-addressed and stamped envelope, an unused envelope addressed to YOU, with the necessary postage, to the entry center. (see Japanese below)  The entry center will send you the application form. Fill out the form with the necessary details and take it and your application fee, along with 130 yen for handling fees, to a Japan Post office to apply.  You can only use an original form and copies will not be accepted.  You should, however, keep copies of your forms and receipts until the marathon is over.

申込期間 : 2015 年 2 月 13 日（金）〜 2 月 27 日（金）消印有効　※先着1,000名様

必要な方は、返信用封筒（切手貼付）を同封のうえ下記エントリーセンターまで御請求ください。
大会エントリーセンターより振替用紙をお送りいたします。届いた振替用紙（コピー不可）に必要事項をご記入の上、参加料を添えて、ゆうちょ銀行または郵便局窓口でお申し込みください。
確認用にコピーと受領証を大会まで保存されることをおすすめします。

• ※参加料とは別に手数料がかかります。
• ※払込手数料130円（窓口）・80円（ATM）

大会パンフレットのご請求先

TEL.03-3714-7924
（平日/10:00〜17:00 ※土日祝を除く）

〒152-8532　東京都目黒区原町1-31-9
千歳JAL国際マラソンエントリーセンター

• ※パンフレットの送料はご負担いただきます。
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Obviously, both of the above application methods require you to be in or living in Japan. Which makes it a bit odd for an "international" marathon.  I am trying to see if there is a way that a person can apply from overseas without the help of a third party.  At the moment, it looks like one's best bet would be to have a friend in Japan apply on your behalf through the post office or possibly you could use their address to make your account on Runnet.jp. I have talked to Runnet.jp over e-mail and they say it is ok for people living onverseas to use the addresses of friends or family living in Japan to register.

Some basic info on the event.

Water/drinks ever 5k
Mileage markers ever 1k
Places up to 6th
T-shirt and towel present
Course: The course is run in Aoba Koen ( a big park) and much of it is run on unpaved paths that go through the park.
Here is the course recreated on Google maps from the event literature.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zQ-s4RcdscFY.kCHm9PdbCPYM

Service: drinks, potatoes, and a drawing for two to go to the Honolulu Marathon!

Race HP: http://chitose-jal-marathon.jp/

Apply to :
〒152-0011
東京都目黒区原町1-31-9　
千歳JAL国際マラソン エントリーセンター
TEL 03-3714-7924
For more information: 千歳JAL国際マラソン実行委員会事務局 (Chitose jyaru kokusai marason jikkouiinkai jimukyoku) TEL 0123-24-2320 (Tue to Sat 8:45 to 17:15, excluding holidays) shinkoka@city.chitose.hokkaido.jp

Mt. Mokoto Fukioroshi Marathon

Mt. Mokoto Fukioroshi Marathon
Full, half, 10k, 5k, 3k, 2k events. 
October 27.
Apply by September 27.

Here is the event site: home | fukioroshi

https://plus.google.com/u/0/103071592548368208603/posts/i9p36AwYrXL

Urakawa Pisukari Half canceled

Canceled This year to prevent the spread of hoof and mouth disease.


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Sapporo Marathon

Date: October 3rd
Deadline: July 28
Half, 10k, 5k and Family

Takikawa Half Marathon

Takikawa Half Marathon

The Takikawa Cosumosu (Cosmos) Half Marathon.
Half, 10k, 5k
Date: September 20th (Monday, Respect for the Aged Day)
Deadline: August 20th.
This is a fairly flat and fast course that takes you from the Takikawa train station out of the city and along the river and back.
http://www.takikawa-taikyou.jp/kosumosumarason2010/kosumosumarason2010.html
Apply online at (Japanese)
【ＲＵＮＮＥＴ】　http://runnet.jp/
【ＳＰＯＲＴＳ ＥＮＴＲＹ】　http://www.sportsentry.ne.jp/
滝川市コスモスマラソン

Nissan Cup Rikubetsu Cold Wind Marathon

In Japan, any race 1km or over is called a marathon. So basically, all foot races that we attend, whether they be 10k or 42.195k, have “marathon” in their title. I often translate them as “half marathon” just for the sake of clarity.

Last weekend I went to Rikubetsu with my father in law for the second year in a row. Rikubetsu has as it’s claim to fame the distinction of being the coldest place in Japan and they call their marathon the “kogarashi marason”, translated as “the cold wind marathon”. True to its name, there was a cold, cold wind blowing on the back half of the course.

From last year they added a half marathon to the event. The event is run on the closed circuit Nissan test track in Rikubetsu, Hokkaido Japan. The event is sponsored by both the town of Rikubetsu and Nissan and there are many Nissan flavored goods as prizes for winners and other lucky participants. Last year I got a Nismo jacket for being the runner coming the farthest distance to the race. This year I got 5k of rice. The course itself is on the Nissan secret test course. Secret in that the course is usually closed to the public and no cameras/cellphones are allowed on the course. You can use your favorite mapping software to find it at lat=43.61457542 and lon=143.66365492. The first 10k of the half is run on the “country road” on the inside of the course and the second half on the high speed road that goes around the outside. There is a lot of up down with a difference of 100m up and down steep hills. At one point there is a sign on the road that shows a car going over an upside down U and taking off into the air. The word on the sign says “jump!”. I can only imagine what the test drivers and engineers are doing there on the course. Must be exciting.

I ran the half in 1:37:28 seconds, a minute slower than last year and two minutes slower than the race the weekend before. That is several minutes slower than my best time this year but considering the amount of practice I have been doing since the end of June, I would say that it is not a bad time.

I thought this year would be the year for some PRs but not so. Maybe next year.

Haru Ichiban Date Half Marathon

マラソン・ロードレース大会情報｜テクネット

21st Haru Ichiban Date Half Marathon

Date: April 20, 2008 (3rd Sunday)
Deadline: March 17th
Place: Date City, Hokkaido
Date Rekishi no Mori Culture Center

Reception: from 9am
Start: Half 10:50
3k, 5k, 10k,: 11:02

Awards: to 6th place

Other: All participants get a printout with their record and a participation prize.
There is a drawing to win prizes. (Potted flowers one year.)

Fee: 1000yen for Elementary and Junior High School, 2000 for High School, General and Wheel Chair, 3000 for Half Marathon participants

Can apply by money transfer to the following account.
Include your name, address, sex, age, distance you will run, and team or school name.

※口　座　番　号：０２７５０－０－３７３３６
※加　入　社　名：春の合宿村まつり実行委員会事務局
※通信欄記入事項：参加者氏名、住所、性別、年齢、種目、所
属団体や学校名

Questions about Entry to
エントリーに関するお問合せ
恵那峡ハーフマラソン大会エントリーセンター
〒３６２－０００３　埼玉県上尾市菅谷１－４９テクノプラン
(株)内
TEL０４８－７７８－５８８８
FAX０４８－７７８－５８８９

競技に関するお問合せ
伊達市教育委員会 生涯学習推進課 体育係
TEL ０１４２－２３－３３３１<内線５１０>

Mokotoyama Fukioroshi Half Marathon

もこと山ふきおろしマラソン

October 28
Apply directly to organizers by 9/20
Organizers HP: http://www.town.ozora.hokkaido.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=1870

Half, 10k, 5k, 3k, 2k

Fee: 2000
Reception: Ozora Higashi MokotoB&G Kaiyo Center
Address:網走郡大空町東藻琴387-1
Reception Time: 7:40 - 8:10
Access: Take Higashi Mokoto Bound bus from Abashiri Station (45 minutes), then walk 10 minutes
Parking: 100 spaces
Course: Half and 10k is a run down a mountain.
Water: 1 point for half and 10k
Mileage Markers: Every 5k, every 1k for last 3km
Opening Ceremony: 8:30
Start at: Mokoto Yama (Half), Furusato Center (10k), Midori to Cheezu no Sato Fureai Park (other)
Finish at: Higashi Mokoto Tamokuteki Ground
Record print out: yes, same day
Places: to 6th
Participation prize: yes (last year was a napsack)
Last year: 497 people, 134 half, 85 10k, 73 5k
Last year wining time: Men's Hal 1:09:55, Women's 1:25:26

Other: Pork Soup after the run, vendors
Local specialties: cheese, Chinese yams

Apply to: Mokotoyama Fukioroshi Marason Taikai Jimukyoku
Address:〒099-3201
北海道網走郡大空町東藻琴387-1 大空町東藻琴B&G海洋センター内　
TEL 0152-66-2741
FAX 0152-66-3615

Hokkaido Road Race

北海道ロードレース (札幌)

Hokkaido Road Race (Sapporo)

Apply by 10/1

• Catch Phrase: "A hand-made event to close up the season with."
• Held: Annually. 4th Sunday in October
• Date: Sunday October 21, 2007


• Place: Sapporo Minami-ku Makomanai Koen (park) and Toyohira Riverside


• 北海道札幌市南区　真駒内公園および豊平川河川敷右岸コース

Events:

• Men's Half Marathon Under 29/30's/40's/Over 50
• Women's Half Marathon Under 34/Over 35
• 10km Men's Under 29/30's/40's/Over 50
• 10Km Women's Under 34/Over 35
• 5km Men's and Women's JHS/High School/Open

• Who can participate?
• Can finish the half within 2:30. Junior and High School students who have guardian permission
  
• Not accessible to wheel chair participants
• Number of participants: No limit
• Application period: From August to early October !! Apply by October 2, 2006!
• Fee: Half/10km 3,000yen, 5km 2,500yen
• Application: By mailed in Application Form
• Last year's participants: 2,101
• Awards: Trophy, medal and certificate to 1st - 3rd, certificate and plaque to 4th - 10th.
• Participation Prize: Local products
• Service Events: Drawing to win local products
• Check in: October 22 (sun) 8:00 - 10:00
  Makomanai Open Stadium
• Starting Place: Makomanai Open Stadium
• Starting Time: Half = 10:00, 10km = 10:25, 5km = 10:35
• Access: Subway Nanboku-sen, 15 minute walk from Makomanai Station, Pay parking available
• Sponsor: The Hokkaido Marathon Club (北海道マラソンクラブ)
  http://www17.plala.or.jp/hokkaido-mc/index.html (As of Sept. 2006)
• Other: RC-chip, Finisher Certificate, Water points, kilometer markers, place to put your luggage
• Contact: 060-0006 Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku Kita 6-jo, Nishi 20-chome 2-3, Aisamu: Hokkaido Roade Race Entry Center, Tel: 011-622-1100 FAX 011-622-2800, 10:30am - 16:00pm from August to early October only
• 問い合わせ申込先：〒 060-0006　北海道札幌市中央区北6条西20丁目2-3　㈱アイサム内　北海道ロードレースエントリーセンターTEL: 011-622-1100 FAX 011-622-2800, エントリーセンターは8月中旬～10下旬の平日10:30 - 16:00のみ開設

Asahikawa Marathon

旭川マラソン
Asahikawa Marathon

Date: 10/7/2007
Place: Asahikawa
Apply by: September 7
Running
Runtes: 01044
Events: Full, half, 10k, 5k, 3k

Full is a 2 lap course over and under Asahikawa's many bridges along the riverside.

3500 yen for full.

Time limit for full: 6hours

Reception: Hanasaki Sports Koen Rikujo Kyogijo
13:00 to 16:30 (Sat), 7:00 - 8:45 (Sun)

Official Home Page

Yoichi Mikaku Marathon

余市味覚マラソン
Yoichi Mikaku Marathon

half, 10k, 5k
Click here to apply at Runtes for this race.

Deadline: 8/31
Sponsors: Yoichi-cho board of education and Yoichi Physical Education League
Participation fee: Elementary school 1500 yen, Adults 3000 yen
Events: Half (mens, womens time limit 2:30, 10k mens, womens time limit 1:20, 5k time limit 0:40, 4k
Reception: Yoichi Sogo Taiikukan, 8:00am to 9:30am
Access: 15minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Yoichi Station
Course: Mostly flat course running through fields of apples, pairs, plums and grapes the “Fruit Road”. 4 Water Points, Kilometer markers ever 5k and every 1k from last 5k with digital timer display at finish.

Opening Ceremony: 9:30
Place: Undokoen Rikujo Kyogijo (Sports Park)
Race Start: Half 10:30, 10k 10:35, 5k 10:40, 4k 10:45
Finish: Undokoen Rikujyo Kyogijo
Certificate of your time available, places through 6th place
Participation prize: T-shirt, apple, pairs
Last Year: 1211 participants
Half: 369 people
10k: 540 people
5k: 276 people
4k: 26 people
Half: Wining time for men was 1:12:59, winning time for women was 1:25:36.



more info to come

Ganbaro Yubari Festival

Ganbaro Yubari Festival

A race to help out the failing City of Yubari, the home of Yubari Melons. Yubari is trying hard to restructure in the face of bankruptcy.

Courses: Half, 5k
Fee: 1000
Apply by 7/30

This also marks the 30th anniversary since the making of the movie "Kofuku no Kiiroi Hankachi", roughly translated as "Yellow Handkerchief(s) of Happiness". The course will be decorated with yellow handkerchiefs in celebration.

All finishes will get to eat some of the famous Yubari Melon!

The event will aslo be tying up with "24 jikan terebi Ai ha chikyu wo suku" and the race and charity events will be broadcasted to all of Hokkaido and all over Japan.

The day before the race will be a viewing of the movie and BBQ along with many other attractions.

Apply to: http://www.runnet.jp/mm/u/l?p=a-Q2LlD0wHcZ

Kita Hiroshima Elfin Road Race

きたひろしまエルフィンロードレース
Kitahiroshima Elfin Road Race

Date: July 1, 2007
Place: Kitahiroshima-shi
Apply by date: May 21st, 2007
Fee: 3000 (half)

Running
Half, 10k, 5k, 3k

Apply to:
Kitahiroshima Sports Festival
Kitahiroshima-shi Board of Education
4-2-1 Chuo, Kitahiroshima-shi, Hokkaido, 061-1192

Tel: 011-372-0808
Fax: 011-372-6226


HP: http://www.city.kitahiroshima.hokkaido.jp/
Runtes No.：01014
http://www.runnet.jp/runtes/detail.php?ses_competition_id=5162&ses_event_type_id=5108

Tokachi Healthy Marathon

* The Tokachi Healthy Half Marathon is no longer.  However, there is a new half marathon in Obihiro, Tokachi!  The Foodvalley Tokachi Half Marathon!

Tokachi Healthy Marathon
十勝健康マラソン
(Tokachi Kenko Marason)

When: June 24th
Apply by: June 4th
Where: Obihiro , Obihiro no Mori　Rikujyo Kyogijo
Running
Runtes No.: 00642
Runs: Half, 10k, 5k, 3k, family

Fee:
Half 3000yen
10k 1500yen
5k 1000yen

Family division cannot apply through Runtes.

Can get an application from local authorities (city and town halls) in the Tokachi area (Obihiro, Makubetsu, Memuro, Otofuke etc)
Can apply by Runtes.

Apply to:
Tokachi Kenko Marathon Entry Office
Address: 060-0006, Sapporo-si, Chuo-ku, Kita 6-jo, Nishi 20-chome 2-3
Tel: 011-622-1100
Fax: 011-622-2800
HP: http://www.nissenren-obihiro.co.jp/