Hakone Ekiden
Annual university relay race between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), officially called the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race (東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走, Tōkyō Hakone kan Ōfuku Daigaku Ekiden Kyōsō), is one of the most prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on January 2 and 3. The race is telecast on Nippon Television.
This two-day race from Ōtemachi to Hakone and back is separated into five legs on each day.[1] Due to slight variations in the courses, the first day distance is 107.5 km while the distance on the second day is 109.6 km.[2]