Tokyo Marathon

Name: Tokyo Marathon
Start: 2027-03-07
End: 2027-03-08
Location: Tokyo, Japan

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Mar 7, 2027 – Mar 8, 2027 · 2 days🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo Marathon 2027 is the 20th-anniversary edition and the only World Marathon Major in Asia, a flat, fast, net-downhill course with brutal lottery odds (roughly 1 in 10) that often serves as a six-star runner's final star. The course is a point-to-point with several out-and-back legs, starting in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku and finishing at Tokyo Station, with strict intermediate checkpoint gates and a 7-hour gun-time limit.

Why attend here

Early March in Tokyo means the first hints of spring, with crisp air and the chance to catch plum blossoms before the crowds arrive. After the run, wander through the historic lanes of Asakusa, warm up with a bowl of steaming ramen in Ginza, and soak in the neon-lit energy of Shinjuku, where the race begins.

Distance from you

From Columbus, US to Tokyo, JP

~13.2h · 10,536 km

Tokyo

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typical Mar weather · 2026

7 Sat

15°7°

1.5mm4.7 m/s

15 Sun

15°5°

0mm3 m/s

ComboPart of a combo trip

21st IPNA Congress — International Pediatric Nephrology Association + 7 RacesMar 7 – Mar 15Kyoto +7 sports

Event Details

Elevation

45m

Finisher Medal

Major medal — elegant Japanese aesthetic, hard to qualify for

Course

The route is a point-to-point with several out-and-back legs, starting in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku and threading through Iidabashi, Kanda, Ueno, Nihonbashi, Asakusa, Ryogoku, Ginza and Shinagawa before finishing at Tokyo Station. It runs almost entirely along Tokyo's wide arterial avenues, so crowding eases once the field spreads out.