This Sunday on 17th of January, Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden race will be held in Kyoto.
Ekiden is relay race originates in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekiden
Usually team made up by number of runners will run separated sections of cource and relay the sash to goal.
This time the whole cource is 42.195km and teams are made up by 9 Female runners from Junior High School students to Adults.
In our ryokan, team from Aichi prefecture are staying.
We hope them to be do well, but as a Kyoto citizen, we hope Kyoto to win this race :P
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/kyo_np/info/ekiden/09ekiden/corse.html This the route map in Japanese. The race starts from Nishikyogoku stadium, then at Kyoto International Conference Center the runners will make the turn and go back to the stadium.
The race starts from 12:30 on January 17th.
So if you are in Kyoto, let's cheer up Kyoto and Aichi teams!
Ekiden is relay race originates in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekiden
Usually team made up by number of runners will run separated sections of cource and relay the sash to goal.
This time the whole cource is 42.195km and teams are made up by 9 Female runners from Junior High School students to Adults.
In our ryokan, team from Aichi prefecture are staying.
We hope them to be do well, but as a Kyoto citizen, we hope Kyoto to win this race :P
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/kyo_np/info/ekiden/09ekiden/corse.html This the route map in Japanese. The race starts from Nishikyogoku stadium, then at Kyoto International Conference Center the runners will make the turn and go back to the stadium.
The race starts from 12:30 on January 17th.
So if you are in Kyoto, let's cheer up Kyoto and Aichi teams!