Hakone Ekiden
| Hakone Ekiden | |
|---|---|
| Logos for the Hakone Ekiden | |
| Date | 2 - 3 January |
| Location | Round trip between Yomiuri Shimbun Building, Tokyo and Lake Ashi, Hakone |
| Event type | Road Relay |
| Distance | 217.1 kilometers |
| Primary sponsor | Sapporo Beer |
| Established | February 14, 1920 |
| Course records | Overall: 10:37:34 (2026) Aoyama Gakuin Day 1: 5:18:08 (2026) Aoyama Gakuin Day 2: 5:19:26 (2026) Aoyama Gakuin |
| Official site | KCRR Official Site Yomuri Official Site |
Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), officially called the Tokyo-Hakone Round Trip College Ekiden Race (東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走, Tōkyō Hakone kan Ōfuku Daigaku Ekiden Kyōsō), is a ekiden (relay marathon) race held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on January 2 and 3. Hakone Ekiden is one of the most prominent university-level Ekiden races of the year and is part of the two ekiden race events that celebrate the new year, the other one being the New Year Ekiden for corporate teams on January 1st.
The race is telecast on Nippon Television and streamed on TVer and in the special Yomuri coverage website for the event.
This two-day race from Ōtemachi to Hakone and back is separated into five legs on each day. Due to slight variations in the courses, the first day distance is 107.5 km while the distance on the second day is 109.6 km.