Outline of the Imperial Palace running
The length of the Imperial Palace Running / Jogging Course is about 5 km and the height difference is 26 m.
You can run counterclockwise, it is a flat course from Sakurada Gate to Takebashi, from Takebashi to Chidorigafuchi-park is an uphill. It is an almost flat course from Chidorigafuchi-park to Hanzoumon.
And downhill course from Hanzoumon to Sakuradamon-gate.
There is no signal in this one course, nor will it cross the roadway.
It is also a feature of this course that famous spots such as Sakuradamon-gate, Nijuubashi, National Theater and The Diet Building are around.
Starting point of the Imperial Palace running
“Sakuradamon” “bamboo bridge” “Hanzomon” is popular as a starting point.
· Sakurada-mon-gate
There is a third exit of Sakuradamon Subway Station on the Yurakucho Line outside the gate. Inside the gate there is a clock tower and a toilet. there are people who run immediately after leaving the subway, and people who prepare at the square in front of the clock tower, and so on.
· Takebashi
Tozai line Takebashi Station Exit 2 Square in front of Wakeno-kiyomaro-statue and a square in front of the toilet at 1a exit. Both are in the course.
· Hanzomon
Chidoriguchi-park, a 3-4 minute walk from the Hanzomon line Hanzomon subway station. It is convenient because there are “runner’s stations” around. There are downhill immediately after you start running.
Toilet and public drinking fountain
The public drinking fountain in the course is near the clock tower of sakurada-mon-gate, in front of Wada Kuramon, square before Wakeno-kiyomaro-statue, Chidorigafuchi-park.
The toilet in the course is inside the sakurada-mon-gate, in front of Wada Kuramon, in front of Takebashi station 1 a 1, in Chidorigafuchi-park 4 places.
Although it is outside the course, Wadakura Fountain Park and Nanko rest house also have clean toilets. (These are located on the outside adjacent to Uchihigori Street)
Access
·Station located in the running course
· Exit No. 1 and No. 3 at Sakuradamon Subway Station on Yurakucho Line. There is a coin locker and a toilet in the station premises.
· Exit 1a and 2 of Takebashi station on the Tozai line Tozai line. There is a toilet in the station premises, but there is no locker.
·Station outside the running course
· Subway: Hanzomon station, Hibiya station, Kasumigaseki station, Nijubashi-mae station, Otemachi station, Kudanshita station
· JR: Tokyo Station, Yurakucho Station
Manners of running
· run on the left side
Let’s try to run on the left side of the sidewalk. If you open the road on the right for a runner faster than yourself it will be a prevention of contact accidents.
· Traveling in one row
when you run with two people in a place where the running course is narrow, let’s try to run in a line.
· Counterclockwise, let’s refrain from reverse running
Just like on track track competitions, counterclockwise is the mainstream in the Imperial Palace
Running station
When going to the Imperial Palace Running on jogging wear It is courage to take a train with short pants. You also have resistance to get on the train with you sweating after you finish running. For such a case, there is a convenient presence that allows you to change clothes, showers and baggage, is called “running station”.
In addition, there is a sports gym around the Imperial Palace, a public bath facility around the Imperial Palace, but there are also veteran runners substituting for toilets at the stations and coin lockers.
Details will be explained in another section.
