MarathonRoad🇯🇵 Tsukuba, Japan

Tsukuba Marathon

Sunday, 22 November 2026In 24 days · Start 08:50

A flat late-November marathon on a course redesigned in 2025 around Tsukuba city hall and the Kenkyu-gakuen centre, running the science city's wide straight avenues; with 11,000 runners it is a Japanese favourite for a personal best.

Something out of date? Suggest a correction · Organizer of this race? · Send photos

Facts checked 29 Oct 2026 against tsukuba-marathon.com, tsukuba-marathon.com, rundida.com.

Elevation gain

50 m

Flat · ↓ 50 m

Start altitude

24 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

9°C

Peaks around 15°C

Entry fee

≈ $80

Open entry

Finishers

—

typical year

Course

Loop

6h cut-off

Getting thereFly into IBR (Omitama), about 32 km from the start

Plan your trip to Tsukuba

Race weekends book up early. Searches are set for the race dates.

Hotels near the start lineSat 21 Nov – Mon 23 Nov · 2 nights · closest to the start firstSee hotels on Booking.com Flights to TsukubaArrive Fri 20 Nov, fly home Tue 24 NovSee flights on Google Flights

Things to do in TsukubaKlook Mobile data in JapanAiralo Airport transfer from IBRKiwitaxi

Some of these are affiliate links: if you book or buy through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Flat: about 50 m of climbing and 50 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

9°C

Peak during race

15°C

Humidity

68%

Chance of rain

20%

Wind

9 km/h

22 November in past years

Historical averages for 22 November ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 08:50 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

Finish times by age group

No data yet. We’re collecting age-group results race by race.

Runner reviews

What time could you run here?Adjust your goal time for this course’s hills and typical race-day weather.Race time calculator →

Guides for this race

Share this race

WhatsApp Telegram Facebook X LinkedIn Email

Organizing this race? Add it to your website

Show your runners the course facts and race-day weather. Paste this code into your site; it displays the badge below and links to this page. It updates automatically when the race details change.

<a href="https://irun42.com/race/tsukuba" title="Tsukuba Marathon on iRun42"><img src="https://irun42.com/badge/tsukuba.svg" width="300" height="120" alt="Tsukuba Marathon: course, elevation and race-day weather on iRun42" /></a>

Around the same time

All races in November 2026 →

More races in Japan

All races in Japan →