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49th Ashikaga Takauji Marathon

Name: 開催しました🏃第48回足利尊氏公マラソン大会
Uploaded: 2025-12-15
Description: Flat and scenic, course is suitable even for first-time runners. Run through Ashikaga City with cheers from spectators along the route. The finisher's souvenir is a bath towel featuring the race logo

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

JPNov 1, 202610km · 5km · 3km

YouTube · 足利市

Race date in 17 days: Nov 1, 2026 Sun
City · Distance: Ashikaga · 10km · 5km · 3km
Entry fee: 一般（ハーフ）4,500円Varies by event and entry period
Status: ClosedWed, July 1, 2026 ~ Mon, September 14, 2026See how to enter ↗

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 15, 2026

About the race Runner stories How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

Flat and scenic, course is suitable even for first-time runners.

Run through Ashikaga City with cheers from spectators along the route.

The finisher's souvenir is a bath towel featuring the race logo.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from runners who've been there.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

Race reports: 2

yu_runkiRan in 2016 · Finish time 1:24:01

“I will be staying in Tokyo around this time of year again and decided to enter the Ashikaga race.”

The runner tucked in behind the runners ahead through the strong headwind sections to save energy and recorded a half marathon finish split of 1:24:01.

Quoted from the original · translated

Original quote

今年もこのタイミングで東京滞在のため、足利の大会出場することに。

Read the original on Yu-Run記

Ameba 블로그

“I'm so grateful for the cheers!”

A fall before the Ashikaga Takauji Marathon injured this runner's back and hand, but the runner started from the rear. An early fast pace disrupted breathing, yet the runner passed others in roughly the final 2km and enjoyed the run thanks to the cheers.

Quoted from the original · translated

Original quote

応援📣ありがたいです！

Read the original on Ameba 블로그

We translated a short line from each public race report and summarized the experience. Finish times are as stated by the author, and past editions may differ from this year's weather and operations.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

開催しました🏃第48回足利尊氏公マラソン大会

足利市

View on YouTube

This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

Registration history

The 2026 race opened entry on Wed, July 1, 2026

We'll fill this in once the official entry rules are out.

Registration platform RUNNET

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Your 10km

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

Runners start · local timeFrom 9:00

Time limit2 hours 40 minutes

2 hours 40 minutes, cut-off point (7.3km point 1 hour 00 minutes, 7.9km point 1 hour 15 minutes, 18

Event	Start
Half21.0975km	09:00
10K10km	09:10
5K5km	09:25

General (half marathon): ¥4,500; General (excluding half marathon): ¥4,000; high school students: ¥2,500; elementary and junior high school students: ¥2,000; general pair (per pair): ¥5,000; parent-child pair (per pair): ¥4,500

START

Ashikaga Gas Ground (Ashikaga City General Sports Ground Athletics Stadium), 1123 Tadokoro-cho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture

Start · Google Maps

FINISH

Ashikaga Gas Ground (Ashikaga City General Sports Ground Athletics Stadium), 1123 Tadokoro-cho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture

Cutoff
Cut-off point (7.3km point: 1:00; 7.9km point: 1:15; 18.5km point: 2:20)

Runners start · local time — (half marathon) / 9:10(10km) / 9:25(5km) / 9:30(3km) / 9:32(3km pair)

The 10km, 5km, and half marathon events are held together.

Start line starts at Ashikaga Gas Ground (Ashikaga Municipal Track and Field Stadium), 1123 Tadokorocho,

Ashikaga, Tochigi, and the start time is 9:00 AM local time.

Field size: Half marathon 2,000 / 10km 1,500 / 5km 1,000 / 3km 500 / pairs 500
Typical race-season temperature: around 8°C (46°F): Long sleeves + a throwaway layer for the start

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

From the 2025 edition

Pick up your bib at the expo

Registration and bib details for the Ashikaga Takauji-ko Marathon could not be confirmed in publicly available information.

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the startTobu Isesaki Line Ashikagashi Station

Source · checked Aug 22, 2026

More details

Getting to the start

Tobu Isesaki Line Ashikagashi Station

The venue is Ashikaga Gas Ground (Ashikaga Gas Ground / Ashikaga City General Sports Ground Athletics Stadium). The organizer plans to operate a shuttle bus from Ashikagashi Station on the Tobu Isesaki Line to the sports ground.

Map

Getting to the finish

Tobu Isesaki Line Ashikagashi Station

The shuttle returns to the same station area after the race.

Map

Road closures

For shuttle bus and parking information, check the dedicated access page.

Start shuttle

A shuttle bus is planned between Ashikagashi Station on the Tobu Isesaki Line and Ashikaga General Sports Ground, the venue.

Source · checked Aug 22, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

Course is a flat course that runs through the urban area in the first half and along the Watarase River,

which flows through Ashikaga, in the second half, returning to Ashikaga Municipal Track and Field Stadium, the start and finish venue.

Half marathon has the following time limit section cutoffs: 1 hour at 7.3km mark, 1 hour 15 minutes at 7.9km mark, and 2 hours 20 minutes at 18.5km mark.

The overall time limit is 2 hours 40 minutes.

Times are local to Ashikaga. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Hotel R9 The Yard Ashikagafukutomi

Hotel · 1.5km

8.3/10(252)

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Tokyo Dry Head Spa Iyasheep Oji Branch

₩152,290

49th Ashikaga Takauji Marathon

About 49th Ashikaga Takauji Marathon — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run