Kyoto Marathon

Name: Kyoto Marathon
Start: 2027-02-21
End: 2027-02-22
Location: Kyoto, Japan

42KCombo

BonusesScenic

Feb 21, 2027 – Feb 22, 2027 · 2 days🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

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Course

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The Kyoto Marathon 2027 runs Sunday, February 21, 2027, a 09:00 JST gun from Takebishi Stadium in Nishikyogoku to a finish before Heian Shrine at Okazaki. The course threads past seven of Kyoto's seventeen UNESCO Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, including Tenryu-ji, Ninna-ji, Ryoan-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Kamigamo and Shimogamo shrines, and Ginkaku-ji. It is a net rolling course with the toughest climbing in the first half around the Arashiyama hills and Kinukake-no-michi, then flatter and faster along the Kamo river to the finish. The race has a 6-hour time limit and a field size of ~16,000 runners.

Why attend here

In late February, Kyoto is quiet and cool, making the marathon route through its UNESCO World Heritage sites—from Arashiyama's bamboo groves to the golden Kinkaku-ji—feel like a private tour. After the race, warm up with a bowl of steaming yudofu (tofu hot pot) near Tenryu-ji, and stroll the Kinukake-no-michi road as plum blossoms begin to hint at spring.

Distance from you

From Columbus, US to Kyoto, JP

~13.5h · 10,780 km

Kyoto

combo

typical Feb weather · 2026

21 Sat

14°-1°

0mm2.6 m/s

22 Sun

20°4°

0mm3.9 m/s

ComboPart of a combo trip

Integrated Emergency & Medical Conference + 7 RacesFeb 14 – Feb 22Rusutsu +7 sports

Event Details

Elevation

130m

Course

The course passes seven UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites, including the Arashiyama district near Tenryu-ji and the Togetsukyo bridge, the Kinukake-no-michi temple road by Ninna-ji and the Kinkaku-ji area, plus the Kamigamo and Shimogamo shrines and a long stretch along the Kamo river before finishing at Heian-jingu Shrine.