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EKIDEN

Japan Times
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Jan 2, 2018
Toyo University takes lead in Hakone ekiden
Toyo University took the lead in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Tuesday, winning the first day of the two-day race for the first time in four years.
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Oct 1, 2017
Former ekiden star Kashiwabara brings new fans to football
Ryuji Kashiwabara used to be called "God of the Mountain" when he starred in Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden from 2009 to 2012.
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Jan 23, 2017
Aoyama Gakuin rules the Hakone ekiden again
Aoyama Gakuin University won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay for the third straight year on Jan. 3 after completing the two-day race with a lead of more than seven minutes.
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Jan 2, 2017
Aoyama Gakuin takes first leg of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden
Aoyama Gakuin University won the first leg of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay Monday, taking the outward half of the race for the third straight year.
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Jan 3, 2016
Aoyama Gakuin defends title
Aoyama Gakuin University successfully defended its Hakone Ekiden championship in style on Sunday, becoming the first team to lead the two-day event from wire to wire in 39 years.
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Jan 2, 2016
Aoyama Gakuin takes control
Defending champion Aoyama Gakuin University seized the lead on Saturday in the outward-bound leg of the two-day Hakone Ekiden road relay.
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Dec 31, 2015
Supporters share 'ekiden' drama with athletes
As Daichi Kamino crossed the finish line at the end of the first day of last year's Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden (relay marathon) championship, he ran straight into the arms of his ecstatic teammates.
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Dec 31, 2015
Tokyo running events for the casual jogger
If watching the Tokyo-Hakone ekiden inspires you to test your own running ability, you could try your luck at a number of other races in the capital in January.
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Dec 10, 2015
Runners, coaches gearing up for Hakone ekiden
The Hakone ekiden, one of the biggest amateur sporting events in Japan and the nation's tradition for the New Year, gets underway in three weeks and the head coaches of the 21 participating teams presented their ambitions for their respective squads at a Tokyo news conference on Thursday.
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CULTURE / Books
May 16, 2015
Japan's runners need a change of pace
In "The Way of the Runner," Adharanand Finn has written an entertaining account of Japan's obsession with long-distance running (and training). However, the problem is when he veers off the running track into the land of cliche. Consider this: Finn writes that bread only comes in packets of three slices, the moon rises like a paper lantern and Japanese men have an inferiority complex about their manhood.
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CULTURE / Books
May 16, 2015
Marathon Japan
Thomas R.H. Havens warns us early in "Marathon Japan" that "the emphasis is on sports history, not the anthropology of running communities or body culture." What this means is that, for the most part, in place of analysis and interpretation we get facts, and those who aren't absolutely besotted with Japanese running may feel their eyelids grow heavy as they move through the many pages detailing the performances of Japanese athletes at various international and domestic races. Eyes will snap open again, though, at some of the things that emerge from this pile of data.
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Jan 3, 2015
Aoyama Gakuin takes ekiden title
Overnight leader Aoyama Gakuin University won the 91st running of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden on Saturday, earning the school's first championship in the classic road race.
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Jan 2, 2015
Aoyama Gakuin leads Tokyo-Hakone ekiden
Aoyama Gakuin University got a leg up in the pursuit of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden championship on Friday, when the school's team won the first day of the grueling road race for the first time ever.
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JAPAN
Apr 27, 2014
Relay races proliferate as jogging catches on
The long-distance relay races called "ekiden" are growing on the back of the jogging boom, providing opportunities to run for recreation or bond with fellow employees.
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Jan 3, 2014
Toyo University captures Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden title
Toyo University held on to its overnight lead to win the Tokyo-Hakone men's collegiate ekiden road relay for the first time in two years on Friday.
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