Tokyo residents and visitors to the capital will face road closures starting early Sunday morning due to the 12th annual Tokyo Marathon.

The Tokyo Marathon Foundation, the event's organizer, said 36,000 people will take part.

The runners will depart from a plaza in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters in Shinjuku Ward and pass through districts including Kanda, Nihonbashi, Asakusa, Ryogoku, Ginza and Hibiya.