New Year Ekiden
Eki-den is a long-distance run in which multiple runners run in a relay.Eki is station, den is the meaning of telling. It comes from the time that in ancient China, horses were prepared at the stopover point, and the horses were transferred to communicate.New Year Ekiden is a 100km sports event held in Gunma Prefecture on January 1 every year. Starting with the Gunma Prefectural Office (Maebashi City), which also appears in popular animation as a high-tech tower, a course that returns to the prefectural office via takasaki city area, Isesaki City Hall, ota city hall, famous Japanese companies compete for (more…)