Trail and mountain running in Japan

15km 762m/2,500 feet of climb (Mountain top finish) November GAMBARE! Run! Lunge up endless steps, gongs beating in your ears and stagger...

Mt Kongo, south of Osaka - seen from Katsuragi-san 35km, 2,000m of climb and descent on fast runnable paths (22 miles / 6,000ft ) 2012...

Trail race 45km/3,000m (28 miles/10,000ft) Kobe, Kansai, Japan Red Lights in the mist Well that was very interesting, to say the least....

An example of rules in Japanese trail races: Mt Rokko Longitudinal Race  Fell running. The freedom of the trails, the one area of life w...

Mt Hiei just north east of Kyoto in late December I didn't know until we were on the mountain that I would be coming into close con...

The spurs and flanks leading up to the Rokko ridge are much better than the ruined ridge itself Rokko-san above Kobe is a mountain rui...

Japanese Cyclocross Champion 2012 Yu Takenouchi pretending to be tired, with Masaki and his boss The Yata hills are small and easy but...

View  to the south west from Kikuisui-yama, looking back along the first 40% of the Rokko trail The Mount Rokko Longitudinal Course i...