Distances: Marathon (42.195 km)
Opening: date unknown
Closing: date unknown
Kobe Marathon is a running event in the Japanese port city of Kobe, celebrating gratitude and friendship. The course starts in front of Kobe City Hall, heads west along the coast to the turnaround near Ōkura Beach in Akashi, and returns to Kobe. The finish is located in Harborland. The event features a full marathon and a two-person relay
Estimated from typical weather around this date — this race has no real race-day history at its new date yet (these are not days anyone actually ran).
2025
2024
2023
Timing weights apply to climbs, not turns. Elevation totals use the smoothed profile used by Index.
C = min(100, (mean raw weather burden / 150) × distance exposure factor × 100). Weather is averaged by local race hour across three full years.
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Total elevation gain
≈ 13 m
Total elevation loss
≈ 22 m
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Nearest airport
Kobe AirportUKB
Osaka Itami International AirportITM
