Please apply via JTB Sports Station (First-come, first-served basis) at "JTB Sports Station."
The application period begins at 8 p.m. on Wednesday July 19.
Group application is available, allowing you to apply for your family or friends at a time.

Group application is available via JTB Sports Station.
Apply for your family with the same address as "Family Entry" and for friends as "Friend Entry."
Note: Your application will not be completed until you finish entering your information.
There are many cases where the representative person enters wrong names or races or where his/her family members/friends within the group applies separately. Please make sure with your group members.
Regarding an agreement to the terms of application, the representative is responsible for all the members' agreement (including parents for underage applicants).

Either of the two entrants needs to be a member of JTB Sports Station. The representative person will fill in the information of the other person on the entry form.

Yes, you can.
Mini Nara Marathon is held on Saturday. Runners applying for 10K or Marathon are also eligible to apply. (not regarded as duplicate application)

You can confirm your entry conditions by logging into "My Page" on "JTB Sports Station."
As for entry, please contact JTB Sports Station at jtbss@jtb.com (9:30-17:30 Office Closed: Every Weekends, National Holidays)

No race change is available after application.
And we do not offer any refund for your own reasons or duplicate application.

No, you cannot change it after entry.

No, there is no waiting list of the races.

They are scheduled to be available in late November.
You will be notified by email once they are ready.

The entry prize is available for pick-up on Saturday December 9 at the runner's check-in desk in exchange for the Athlete Bibs Voucher. You are allowed to have someone else pick it up for you.

You will receive your Athlete Bibs, Entry Prize, timing chip, etc. Runners must come to the check-in desk within opening hours.
Note: No runner's check-in is available on Sunday December 10.
No participants are allowed to run without checking in.

Yes, all runners must check in on Saturday due to no such time available on race day.
You are asked to visit Rohto Nara Konoike Park (Konoike Sports Park) on Saturday December 9 between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m (until 3:10 for Mini Nara Marathon).
No check-in is available outside the designated hours or by mail.

We ask you to check in by yourself, but if you have an inevitable reason, someone else can do it in place of you. Please fill in the emergency contact (name and telephone number of someone who can get in touch) on the Athlete Bibs Voucher and bring it with him/her. But NO SUBSTITUTE PARTICIPATION IN RACE IS ALLOWED.

You can bring vouchers for multiple participants, but check-in counters vary depending on bib numbers. Please check in at the designated counter.

Your start block is determined according to your expected finish time that you reported on your application.
All runners start when the start gun goes off. If slow runners are in a faster block, there is a possibility of collisions. Please fill in the accurate expected time. Applicants who did not fill in will start at the last block.

Runners who enter the race via Friend or Family Entry are also designated to a proper block.

Yes, 13 water stations and a few food stations are installed on the marathon course.
One water station is set up on the 10K course.

No, we do not accept special drinks. Please take water and food at the water and food stations that the organizer prepares.

Yes, portable toilets are located on the course. Some existing toilet facilities are also available along the course.

The toilet locations will be indicated on the Runner's Guidebook. During the race, please use toilets specified by the event organizer with on-course signs. We strongly ask runners NOT to flush anything other than toilet paper.

Yes, distance markers are displayed every one kilometer for the marathon and 10K race. And between the last 5km and the finish of the marathon course, the rest of distance is shown every one kilometer.

Times are recorded by a timing chip (Runner's Chip) handed out along with your athlete bibs and attached to your shoe. However, there is no time measurement for Mini Nara Marathon.

Please mail us. If you do not return the chip, we will charge you the exact cost of repurchase.

Address: 757 Horen-cho, Nara, Nara Prefecture 630-8113, Japan
To Nara Marathon Organizing Committee Office

No paper finisher's certificate will be available on the race day. Instead, downloadable digital certificate will be available following the race.

The Marathon race ends at 3 p.m. Runners must be capable of completing the race within 5 hours and 30 minutes to participate in the marathon race. There are 9 cut-off points on the course.
Please see the Event Outline page to check the time at each cut-off point.
The 10K race ends at 11:05 a.m. with cut-off point setting up at 7.5km point with 65-minute time limit. (Refer to course guide)
Although the time limit from the timing the gun goes off is 6 hours for marathon and 90 minutes for 10K, runners who are designated in the latter blocks may take a longer time to pass the start line.
The time limit for Mini Nara Marathon is 60 minutes.
Note: Even in case that runners are forced to stop during the race due to emergency vehicles passing through the course, race times and closing times at cut-off points will not be adjusted.

If you go over the time limit or are not able to pass each cut-off point by the closing time, you are asked to remove your timing chip, and move onto the sidewalk or side of the road. And then, move to the next cut-off point (or the finish site) by the official race bus or on foot.

If you become sick or get injured during your run, do not push yourself but move to a safe place such as a sidewalk. And let a race official or medical aid station staff know your condition and situation. If you decide to retire the race, get on a bus running at the tail of the race or being parked at each cut-off point.

We plan to put pace teams in place.
For your reference, we have pace teams as follows: 3 hours (3 pacers), 3.5 hours (3 pacers), 4 hours (3 pacers), 4.5 hours (2 pacers), 5 hours (2 pacers) , 5.5 hours (2 pacers), and finish assist runners.
Note: All pacers put on an orange-colored bib and balloon.
Pacers run based on the gun time (from start gun to finish).
But please note that those runner's paces are just a rough indication and they will not finish at the exact time.

Please see the "Direction" page.
During the event, the parking lots for cars and bicycles at Rohto Nara Konoike Park are not available for use. Please use public transportations such as Kentetsu line, JR line or Nara Kotsu Bus (see below).
Expected time to the event site by walk is about 30 minutes from JR Nara Station and 20 minutes from Kintetsu Nara Station.
Special buses will run on the Sunday morning of December 10 from JR Nara Station and Kintetsu Takanohara station. We recommend that you take a bus from Kintetsu Takanohara Station since buses from JR Nara Station are expected to be heavily congested.(About 15 minutes from Kintetsu Takanohara Station)
Please check detailed time tables for the special buses on "Guide for Participants" that is available for all participants a month before the race day.

Kintetsu Railway http://www.kintetsu.co.jp/foreign/english/index.html
JR West https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/

Yes. Take Nara Kotsu Bus Line 108/ 208 bound for "Minami Kamodai 5-chome," Line 109/ 209 bound for "Kamo Station," or Line 115 bound for "Takanohara Station." Get off at "Shiei Kyujo."
From Kintetsu Takanohara Station, take Nara Kotsu Bus Line115 "JR Nara Station West Gate" and get off at "Horen Sahoyama 3-chome."
Special buses will run on the Sunday morning of December 10 from JR Nara Station and Kintetsu Takanohara station. We recommend that you take a bus from Kintetsu Takanohara Station since buses from JR Nara Station are expected to be heavily congested. (About 15 minutes from Kintetsu Takanohara Station)
Please check detailed time tables for the special buses on "Guide for Participants" that is available for all participants two weeks before the race day.

No, we do not have any of them at the Rohto Field Nara. Please walk from/to the stadium or use public transportation.
Note: Due to expected traffic jam around the event site, we do not permit you to come by car, including drop-off.
Special buses are running from JR Nara Station and Kintetsu Takanohara Station on the morning of Sunday December 10. Buses from JR Nara Station are expected to be highly crowded. We recommend that you take a bus from Kintetsu Takanohara Station (About 15 minutes from Takanohara Station).
Please check detailed time tables for the special buses on "Guide for Participants" that is available for all participants a month before the race day.

Please check out the website below.

●JAPANiCAN.com
https://www.japanican.com/search?region=1667

Yes, we plan to set up changing areas and baggage holds at Rohto Nara Konoike Park, located at the start/finish area. Your baggage needs to be put in a 45 litter plastic bag(W65cm x H80cm) provided at your designated check-in desk, and only one bag will be allowed per person. The organizer is not responsible for any theft, loss or damage. You are responsible for fragile or valuable items.

The average temperature of Nara City in December is 6.0 degrees Celsius (1.5-11.3 degrees). Be prepared to adjust what to wear by yourself.

You can follow your friend's real-time progress by inputting his/her bib number or name. Go to the website below via your computer or mobile phone.
(Split locations are 10km, 15km, 20km, halfway point, 25km, 30km, 35km, 40km and finish time for Marathon, and finish time only for 10K race.)

- Runner's Update (Both links are to be open on Saturday)
(Computer)http://update.runnet.jp/2023nara/
(Mobile Phone)http://update.runnet.jp/m_2023nara/
- Support Navigator App (Ohen Navi)
This service estimates runner’s locations based on tracking data and allows you to follow your favorite runners on a web map.
(Google Play)https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.runners.ouennavi&hl=ja
(App Store)https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/ying-yuannavi-ranningu-da/id1107467189

No, we do not plan to have it at this moment. We have a feeding room for babies on the event day.

Yes, "Nara Marathon 2023 EXPO" is to be held on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December at Rohto Nara Konoike Park(Nara City Konoike Sports Park), exhibiting and selling Nara's local foods and products as well as holding stage shows.