| Registration | Tuesday, February 15: Registration opens * Application via the Internet starts at 10:00. * Application can be made via the Internet or the dedicated money transfer form. * Application via internet is recommended. |
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| Deadline | Monday, February 28 (Postmark deadline for postal transfers) Tuesday, March 15 (Until 17:00 for application via the Internet) * Entrants will be selected by drawing if applications exceed capacity. |
| Selection Results | Late April: Selection results are announced/notified * All applicants will be notified of the results. |
| Payment | Mid-May: Deadline for entry fee payment * Selected entrants are required to pay via the designated method. |
| Entry Guidelines | Late September: Entry Guidelines are mailed * Entry Guidelines will be mailed approximately one month before the event. |
| Check-in | Friday, October 28, 11:00-19:30: Check-in and Osaka Marathon Expo Saturday, October 29, 11:00-19:30; Check-in and Osaka Marathon Expo * Note that check-in will be closed on marathon day. * Entrants will be required to present ID at check-in. * Check-in must be completed on either of the two days indicated above. * Check-in will be located at INTEX Osaka. |
| Events start | Sunday, October 30: Osaka Marathon 8:55 Wheelchair race begins 9:00 Marathon and Challenge Run begin * Start location: Osaka Castle Park * Challenge Run finish location: Osaka City Hall * Marathon finish location: INTEX Osaka |
Aiming to be the world’s number one marathon in terms of charity supporters
In line with the slogan “Making a Rainbow Together,” each of the seven theme colors of the Osaka Marathon represents a different charity program. All runners are requested when applying for registration, to make a donation to one charity program of their choice.
Peace, health, a clean and safe city… All of these allow us to run this race. The Osaka Marathon hopes to give shape to our appreciation, and share it across our “rainbow” to create a bridge from Osaka to the world, and from us to future generations.
Within this context, the organizers ask for support from all participants in the Osaka Marathon – runners, spectators, volunteers, and all those involved in the event.
We invite you to take this opportunity to donate one coin to the Earth and to the future. The Osaka Marathon aims to be the world’s number one marathon in terms of the number of charity supporters.
If you are a runner applying for registration in the Osaka Marathon, please select the top three charities of your choice. The program you will actually support will be notified along with your selection results. The portion of your entry fee allotted to charity will be donated to the program of your choice.
Apply here if you live outside Japan.
(Registration starts on February 15)
* Foreign athletes residing in Japan who do not speak Japanese may register at the English website for entrants from abroad. In such a case, however, the entry fee for applicants from abroad shall apply.
