Tsukuba Marathon, live.

Tsukuba Marathon 2026

The 46th Tsukuba Marathon is on Sunday 22 November 2026 in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, with the start on the outer road of iias Tsukuba and the finish at Tsukuba City Hall.

It is organised by Tsukuba City, the University of Tsukuba, the Ibaraki Association of Athletics and the Yomiuri Shimbun, and the course is certified by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Entry is 12,000 yen for up to 11,000 people, born on or before 1 April 2008 and able to finish a marathon within six hours. Wheelchairs are not permitted in the marathon.

The start is in five waves by block: A to C at 8:50, D and E at 8:55, F at 9:00, G at 9:05 and H and I at 9:10, with assembly 15 minutes before each wave. Six cut-off points along the way close between 10:30 at about 9 km and 14:25 at about 36.7 km, and anyone not at the finish by 15:10 is picked up. A 1.5 km fun run starts at 9:25.

The venue is about a seven minute walk from Kenkyu-gakuen Station on the Tsukuba Express. The organiser provides no parking and points to public lots run by the Tsukuba urban transport centre, and a reserved round trip bus runs from Tokyo Station. After the finish, the rotary in front of City Hall becomes the cool down area.

A person taking part can choose to share their own live position on Livebib from their phone, so friends and family can follow them on the map. This is not the organiser's timing, and official results come from the organiser.