Tokyo, Japan · 42.195 km road marathon
Tokyo Marathon 2027
Sunday 7 March 2027
A point-to-point tour of central Tokyo from Nishi-Shinjuku to Tokyo Station, entered by drawing, with nine provisional cut-offs on the gun clock inside a seven-hour limit.
Tokyo Marathon at a glance
- Start
- 09:10 gun, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1, Nishi-Shinjuku; rear corrals cross about 09:40
- Finish
- Gyoko-dori at Wadakura Gate, by Tokyo Station
- Course
- Point to point with four turnarounds, flat after an early descent
- Elevation
- Between 4 and 63 m above sea level
- Time limit
- Seven hours from the 09:10 gun; the finish closes at 16:10
- Cut-offs
- Nine, provisional, on the gun clock: 4.9 km by 10:25, 33.5 km by 14:35, 38.5 km by 15:20
- Entry
- Drawing closed; results sent 18 September, pay by 30 September; possible extra member draw after 31 October
- Bib pickup
- Tokyo Big Sight with photo ID: 4 and 5 March 10:00 to 20:30, 6 March to 17:30; no race-day pickup
Entry details were checked on 25 September 2026 and may have changed since: a date in the entry rules has passed. Check the organizer's entry page before relying on them.
Checked against the organizer's pages on 25 September 2026. Facts for the next edition can still change; the organizer's page is the final word.
Tokyo Marathon course map and elevation
Point to point with four turnarounds, flat after an early descent. Map, elevation profile and 3D flyover.
› running direction two lines: out and back on the same road race kilometresCourse: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Route drawn by TrailSplits from published race information; approximate. For illustration, not navigation.
What to expect on the course
- The first 6 km lose about 30 m from Nishi-Shinjuku along Yasukuni-dori and Sotobori-dori
- An out-and-back on Chuo-dori to Ueno-hirokoji at km 10.6, then the Asakusa Kaminarimon turn
- Kuramae Bridge at km 20 and again at km 28, either side of the Tomioka Hachimangu turnaround at km 24
- Back through Nihombashi and Ginza 4-chome at km 33 to Hibiya
- A last out-and-back on Hibiya-dori, turning at Tamachi at km 37.5
The map follows the published course with its four turnarounds and both Kuramae Bridge crossings; distances along it are approximate.
Read the full course description
A point-to-point through central Tokyo. It drops from Nishi-Shinjuku along Yasukuni-dori and Sotobori-dori, losing about 30 m in the first six kilometres, passes Iidabashi and Suidobashi to Kanda, runs an out-and-back on Chuo-dori to Ueno-hirokoji at 10.6 km, returns through Nihombashi and heads east to the Asakusa Kaminarimon turn, crosses Kuramae Bridge at 20 km, takes Kiyosumi-dori south past halfway in Ryogoku to the Tomioka Hachimangu turnaround at 24 km, recrosses Kuramae Bridge at 28 km and comes back through Nihombashi and Ginza 4-chome at 33 km to Hibiya. A final out-and-back on Hibiya-dori to Tamachi at 37.5 km leads to the finish on Gyoko-dori in front of Tokyo Station. The organizer publishes only a profile image: about 40 m at the start, near sea level from 6 km, and flat thereafter.
Source, licence and file
TrailSplits reconstruction of the published route. Course: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL · original source · Download reference GPX (43.0 km in the file). Approximate terrain-model heights added by TrailSplits, sampled and smoothed at roughly 100 m intervals. Buildings, bridges and small road gradients are not surveyed road elevations.Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
Three decisions to make before race day
Plan every cut-off on the gun clock, not your chip time
The seven-hour limit and all nine provisional cut-offs run from the 09:10 gun. Rear corrals cross at about 09:40, leaving roughly 6 h 30 net: be past Sukiyabashi, 33.5 km, by 14:35 and Shiba Park, 38.5 km, by 15:20.
More detail
The seven-hour limit and all nine provisional cut-offs run from the 09:10 gun. The rearmost corrals reach the start at about 09:40, so a back-corral runner has roughly 6 h 30 net and must be past Sukiyabashi at 33.5 km by 14:35 and Shiba Park at 38.5 km by 15:20.
Choose the baggage service when you enter
The 12 US dollar baggage check can only be selected at entry and cannot be added or changed later. The start in Nishi-Shinjuku and the finish at Tokyo Station are in different districts, so decide at entry how your warm clothes will reach the finish.
Be in Tokyo by Saturday 6 March
Bibs are issued only in person with photo identification at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake on 4 and 5 March until 20:30 and on 6 March until 17:30, with no race-day pickup. Corrals are assigned at entry and cannot be changed.
Your race-day sheet
Even elapsed splits for 42.195 km. All clocks are local to Tokyo.
ESTIMATED FINISH
13:10:00
MOVING PACE BUDGET
5:34/ km
ELAPSED PACE
5:41/ km
180 min below the modelled finish limit
| Distance | Elapsed | Local clock |
|---|---|---|
| 5 km | 00:28:26 | 09:38:26 |
| 10 km | 00:56:53 | 10:06:53 |
| 15 km | 01:25:19 | 10:35:19 |
| 20 km | 01:53:45 | 11:03:45 |
| Halfway | 02:00:00 | 11:10:00 |
| 25 km | 02:22:12 | 11:32:12 |
| 30 km | 02:50:38 | 12:00:38 |
| 35 km | 03:19:05 | 12:29:05 |
| 40 km | 03:47:31 | 12:57:31 |
| Finish | 04:00:00 | 13:10:00 |
Training plan for Tokyo Marathon 2027
A free week-by-week plan dated to this race. It starts from a stated default (weekly distance, longest recent run, days a week) that you can change; nothing is read from your watch or training history. It does not use the finish-time target above.
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Entry, bib pickup and rules
- Entry:
- Drawing closed; results sent 18 September, pay by 30 September; possible extra member draw after 31 October
- Bib pickup:
- Tokyo Big Sight with photo ID: 4 and 5 March 10:00 to 20:30, 6 March to 17:30; no race-day pickup
Read the full entry and pickup rules
Places are allocated by drawing: the ONE TOKYO member and general drawings closed in August 2026 and results were sent on 18 September 2026; a selected runner must pay by 17:00 Japan time on 30 September 2026 or the entry is void. If places remain, an additional draw for ONE TOKYO Premium and GLOBAL members may follow after 31 October 2026. Charity entry closed on 13 August 2026; the semi-elite programme and the official tour operator are separate routes, and its September hotel packages do not include entry. The fee is 19,800 yen or 230 US dollars including handling, and the optional baggage service must be selected at entry. Bibs are collected in person with photo identification, not by proxy, at Tokyo Big Sight on 4 and 5 March 10:00 to 20:30 and on 6 March 10:00 to 17:30; there is no race-day pickup.
Sources
Checked 25 September 2026; next review due 2026-11-05. Event facts come from the organizer; the pacing sheet, decisions and plan are TrailSplits' own. Independently prepared by TrailSplits, not endorsed by the organizer.
What each source confirms
- Race outline: The 7 March 2027 date, start and finish, the 09:05 and 09:10 guns, the seven-hour gun-time limit with a 16:10 finish, the 6 h 30 eligibility standard, the fee, field size, the drawing and the Tokyo Big Sight pickup days.
- Course page: The per-kilometre landmarks and turnarounds used for the reconstruction, the passing-time table with the rearmost-runner clocks, the map artwork and the elevation image.
- Participant guideline: Entry categories and quotas, the provisional 2027 cut-off table, the baggage service and the corral rules.