{"id":174774,"date":"2025-12-05T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174774&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:51:42","slug":"fukuoka-international-marathon2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/fukuoka-international-marathon2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fukuoka International Marathon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka International Marathon returns this year, starting and finishing at Heiwadai Track and Field Stadium (Heiwadai Rikuj\u014d Ky\u014dgij\u014d). The 42.195 km route runs through \u014chori Park, the city\u2019s southwest, and the Kashi area. Known for its flat profile and fast times, it attracts elite runners from Japan and abroad. This edition also serves as a men\u2019s selection race for the Aichi\u2013Nagoya 2026 Asian Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Spectators can witness top athletes push a high pace from the early stages, feel the intensity of mid-race tactics after the turnaround, and experience the energetic roadside support\u2014an atmosphere characteristic of Fukuoka\u2019s winter marathon scene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_167162\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167162\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Fukuoka International Marathon 2025, \u798f\u5ca1\u56fd\u969b\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-167162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(C) \u798f\u5ca1\u56fd\u969b\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3\u5b9f\u884c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a2023<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 12\/7 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Starts 12:10<br \/>\n\u2022 Course: Heiwadai Track and Field Stadium (Group A) \/ Ohori Park (Group B) &gt;&gt; South-west Fukuoka &gt;&gt; Kashii &gt;&gt; Heiwadai Track and Field Stadium (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-international-marathon.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0478ddd07ffea79b057402938800acfc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">course map<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-international-marathon.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fukuoka-international-marathon.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka International Marathon returns this year, starting and finishing at Heiwadai Track and Field Stadium&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":167162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174774","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","event-type-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}