Trail and mountain running in Japan

Hayama is a town in Kanagawa on the northern western edge of the Miura peninsular facing Sagami bay. Thanks to Russian trail runner Inna f...

I was kindly contacted by Inna, a Russian woman who has lived in Japan for 20 years and enjoys running with Angie, the Dalmatian originally...

Taku-san by two of the waterfalls At the western fringes of Saitama, north of Tokyo are forested hills. Tucked into corners of these...

Aapo, a runner from Finland who was top 50 in world orienteering as a junior and visited Japan recently sent me these photos and notes from...

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...