Hakone Ekiden Museum

Why Hakone Ekiden Museum is special ?

Hakone Ekiden Museum is a museum of art and design that showcases Hakone ekiden races. It is dedicated to the annual collegiate relay marathon now in its 92nd year. The "Ekiden" is one of the most watched and beloved sporting events in Japan. The race starts and ends in Tokyo with Lake Ashi as the turning point on the first day. Thousands of spectators line the streets of the race to cheer on the runners. The event has been considered as "The Greatest Race on Earth." In this museum, there is the shop which sells the items of Hakone Ekiden runners for visitors like the souvenirs.

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What to explore at Hakone Ekiden Museum?

Visiting Hakone Ekiden Museum, you can learn more about the history of this museum and admire the valuable photos recording the race landscape.

After visiting, you can come to the shop in the museum. The shop sell some goods such as muffler, T-shirts and so on and you can purchase to make souvenir.

Moreover, there is a cafe at there, you can enjoy and chat with your friends before leaving.

Specially, going to the Hakone Ekiden Museum, you can admire the Hakone Ekiden which is one of the most prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on 2 and 3 January.

How to get to Hakone Ekiden Museum?

Get off at the Hakone-Yumoto Station, from there take a mountain climbing bus towards Hakone-machi for 44 minutes, and get off at the Onshi-Kouen-Mae bus stop. Walking about 10 min. to get Hakone Ekiden Museum