The marathon starts and finishes at Roto Field Nara, the athletics stadium in Konoike Park, and turns around in Tenri. The organiser says the route takes in the Heijo Palace site and other Nara landmarks. You have six hours with eight gates, and you need to be able to finish in 5 hours 30 minutes. The section east of Shirakawa Dam in Tenri is private road, so it is closed to practice runs. A World Heritage 10K runs the same weekend.
Route from Nara Marathon.
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