Tokyo Running - Running to Ueno Park and around the Imperial Palace
Channel: Joakim Johansson
Date: 2024-02-01

Running in the early mornings here in Tokyo is the best. You can see the city waking up and coming to life, the city fills up with people. Some people are coming while others are leaving.

I wanted to run to Ueno Park and run a bit over there. I passed Tokyo Station and Akihabara on my way. I added a map with the rough route I took.
When arriving in Ueno it was difficult to run in the park so I quickly turned around and headed down to the Imperial Palace and did 2 laps on the Imperial Palace loop.
This is maybe one of the most popular place for running in Tokyo and many people run here. The lap measures about 5 kilometers and it is a bit hilly. There are markings in the ground for every kilometer.
Yoyogi Park is also a popular place for running.

I managed to run the farthest I have ever run, 27 kilometers. I was out about 3 hours in total. My start was at Mita/Tamachi station.

A great thing here is that you can find vending machines to buy water, soft drinks, sports dinks etc almost everywhere on the streets.