Tokyo Marathon 2027 is a 42.2 km race on Sunday 7 March, starting at 09:10 at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. The course climbs about 31 m in total and has 15 aid stations.
From the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku, past Asakusa's Kaminarimon, the Sumida River, Ginza and Tokyo Tower, to the finish in front of Tokyo Station.
09:10 (wheelchair 09:05) on Tocho-dori by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku. In 2026 the start area opened at 07:00 and the gates closed at 08:45
Gyoko-dori at Wadakura-mon, in front of Tokyo Station. Time limit 7 hours: the course closes at 16:10
It climbs about 31 m in total. The highest point is 41 m above sea level, at km 0.3.
In 2026: 15 aid stations, water at all of them, Pocari Sweat every 5 km and food at 22, 27 and 38 km
km 5 · 7 · 10 · 12 · 15 · 17 · 20 · 22 · 25 · 27 · 30 · 32 · 35 · 38 · 40
In 2026, nine cut-offs, from Ichigaya-mitsuke (4.9 km, 10:25) to Shibakoen (38.5 km, 15:15). The 2027 runner guidebook is due in mid-February
Shinjuku or Nishi-Shinjuku station. Bag drop only if you booked it with your entry
Tokyo Big Sight South Halls, 4 to 6 March. No race-day bib pick-up: bring your passport
09:10 · km 0
The race starts on Tocho-dori between the twin towers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Kenzo Tange's city hall in Shinjuku. There are no waves: one gun at 09:10, and the last runners cross the line about half an hour later.
km 1.5 to 3 · Shinjuku
Under the JR tracks by Shinjuku Station, the busiest station in the world, and onto Yasukuni-dori, with Kabukicho, Tokyo's biggest nightlife district, on your left.
km 3 to 7 · Yasukuni-dori
From Shinjuku the course drops about 30 metres in four kilometres to the old castle moat. It's the only real slope on the course, and the easiest place to run too fast.
km 5 to 7 · Sotobori-dori
Left at Ichigaya onto Sotobori-dori, beside the outer moat of Edo Castle, finished in 1636. Past Iidabashi, Tokyo Dome rises on your left.
km 9 to 11 · Akihabara
Left at Sudacho onto Chuo-dori and up through Akihabara Electric Town, all anime billboards and electronics shops, to the first turnaround at 10.6 km, just short of Ueno. Then back down the same street.
km 13 · Nihonbashi
Chuo-dori crosses Nihonbashi, the stone bridge of 1911 from which every road distance in Japan is measured. Then left onto Eitai-dori and east through the quieter streets of Hamacho.
km 18 · Asakusa
Up Edo-dori to Asakusa and round in front of the Kaminarimon, the Thunder Gate of Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple, with its giant red lantern. Tokyo Skytree stands across the river.
km 20 · Kuramae Bridge
Back down Edo-dori and left over Kuramae Bridge across the Sumida River, with Tokyo Skytree upstream on your left. The bridge is the only rise after Shinjuku, and you cross it twice.
km 21.1 · halfway
Right onto Kiyosumi-dori through Ryogoku, home of the Kokugikan, Japan's national sumo arena, on your right. The halfway mark comes just after.
km 23 to 24 · Monzen-nakacho
Left at Monzen-nakacho onto Eitai-dori, past Tomioka Hachimangu, the shrine where Edo's public sumo tournaments began in 1684. The second turnaround is just past it, at 23.95 km.
km 25 to 31 · Kiyosumi-dori
North again on Kiyosumi-dori, back over Kuramae Bridge at 28 km and down Edo-dori towards Nihonbashi. It's the long, flat middle of the race, and the place to settle in.
km 32 to 34 · Ginza
Back over Nihonbashi and down Chuo-dori into Ginza, Tokyo's grandest shopping street. At the Ginza 4-chome crossing you turn right beneath the Wako clock tower, built in 1932.
km 34 to 37 · Hibiya-dori
Left at Hibiya onto Hibiya-dori, past Hibiya Park, Japan's first Western-style park. Then Zojoji temple and Tokyo Tower appear on your right.
km 37.5 · Tamachi
Onto Daiichi Keihin to the last turnaround near Tamachi Station at 37.5 km. Then it's straight back up Hibiya-dori, with Tokyo Tower on your left.
km 42.195 · Marunouchi
Right at Hibiya, then onto Marunouchi Naka-dori, a tree-lined street of paving stones, for the last kilometre. The finish is on Gyoko-dori, the avenue between the red-brick Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace.
Route: traced on OpenStreetMap from the Tokyo Marathon Foundation's published course. Heights: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (国土地理院)