All-Japan Interprefectural Ekiden Championships

The Empress Cup - Interprefectural Women's Ekiden is held in Kyoto on the third Sunday in January.

[1] The Interprefectural Men's Ekiden is held in Hiroshima in recent years on the fourth Sunday of January.

[2] The Empress Cup - Interprefectural Women's Ekiden Championship is held in Kyoto on the third Sunday in January.

The course is the same as the course for the high school boys national ekiden race held on the third Sunday of December,[3] except that the women's relay has 9 stages (rather than 7) over the 42.195 kilometers.

In the men's All-Japan Interprefectural Ekiden Championship, 7 runners run 48 kilometers in stages of 7k 3k 8.5k 5k 8.5k 3k and 13k.