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Tokyo Marathon
7 March 2027 · Tokyo, Japan
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The Tokyo Marathon starts among the Shinjuku skyscrapers and runs almost entirely flat for forty-two kilometers, passing the Kaminarimon Gate at Sensoji Temple, Ginza, and Nihonbashi before finishing by the Imperial Palace. It's the flattest of the six World Marathon Majors, but also the strictest: checkpoints are spaced every few kilometers, and the overall limit is seven hours by gun time, not chip time. In return, runners get famously orderly crowd support and Japan's characteristic aid-station discipline, where each station number corresponds to the last digit of your bib.
Course records
Men
2:02:16
2024 · Benson Kipruto · Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1
Women
2:14:29
2026 · Brigid Kosgei
Weather in March
The historical average for early March is 6-14°C, but recent editions have consistently run warmer — runners have reported temperatures near 21°C by mid-race.
Starter pack 2025
- Official ASICS technical t-shirt (exclusive to participants)
- Finisher medal (this year's concept: 'The Day We Unite')
- Finisher poncho
- Finisher certificate
Finish-line food is sparser than at other Majors — a banana, a piece of cheese, beauty-product samples, and a bottle of Pocari Sweat; bloggers recommend packing your own snack in your gear bag.
Pacers & bib pickup
No pacers announced for this race.
Bib pickup
Expo, Tokyo Big Sight (Odaiba)
day before the race only
Bib pickup is in-person only at the expo, no proxy collection, usually three days before the race; no race-morning pickup.
Course map
Route not added yet
What’s nearby
Walking
Shinjuku Gyoen and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building — By the start, with a free observation deck at 202 meters.
Imperial Palace East Gardens — Right by the Marunouchi finish.
30 minutes
Shibuya — The famous scramble crossing and shopping district.
Odaiba — The island where the race expo is held.
2 hours
Kamakura — The Great Buddha and temples, about an hour by train.
Nikko — The UNESCO-listed Toshogu shrines, about two hours by train.
Dinner before the race
Udon Shin (Shinjuku)Known for its "carbonara udon"; a simpler, more common option the night before is the affordable Italian chain Saizeriya, which takes walk-ins with no reservation.
After the finish
A banana, a piece of cheese, and a bottle of Pocari Sweat at the finish; on course, water at nearly every station, and at some of them rice-ball snacks, pickled plum, chocolate, and glucose tablets.
Reviews
Tammy (Tammy on the Run)2025
Tokyo has a lot of rules and quirks that are different from other races — like the strict hydration-table system, where the table number matches the last digit of your bib; by the time slower runners came through, some stations had run out of water and Pocari Sweat.
Trevor (Marathon Training Academy)2024
The cut-off times are very strict — eight checkpoints besides the finish, starting at 4.9km; the course runs near the Tokyo Dome, through Asakusa by Sensoji Temple, and through Hibiya Park.
Registration status to be confirmed
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