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Road loops

Loop courses in parks and around perimeters. Distances are listed only where the operator publishes them.

• Osaka Castle Run & Walk Course

  Lap 3.5 km

  大阪府 大阪市中央区 · JR大阪環状線 大阪城公園駅

  A signed loop maintained by the park. The park publishes two options — a long course of about 3.5 km and a short course of about 2.9 km. The figure listed here is for the long course.

  Osaka Castle Run & Walk Course

• Meijo Park Jogging Course

  Lap approx. 1.3 km

  愛知県 名古屋市北区 · 名古屋市営地下鉄 名城公園駅

  • No crossings
  • Distance markers
  • Toilets

  The short lap makes it easy to manage distance by counting laps. The inner jogging path is separated from the outer cycling path. **The park does not publish a distance,** so about 1.3 km is listed here as an approximation. Part of the course closes during events.

  Meijo Park Jogging Course

• Komazawa Olympic Park Jogging Course

  Lap 2.14 km

  東京都 世田谷区 · 東急田園都市線 駒沢大学駅

  • Has crossings
  • Distance markers
  • Lit at night
  • Toilets
  • Water fountain

  A 2,140 m loop, one-way anticlockwise, with distance markers every 100 m — useful for pacing intervals. There are slopes and pedestrian crossings, so it is not a fully uninterrupted circuit.

  Komazawa Olympic Park Jogging Course

• Imperial Palace Loop

  Lap approx. 5 km

  東京都 千代田区 · 東京メトロ 大手町駅・桜田門駅ほか

  • No crossings
  • Lit at night
  • Toilets
  • Water fountain

  The most-run loop in Japan. Its defining feature is that you can complete a lap without stopping at a crossing. **The distance is about 5 km; no single operator publishes an official figure,** so it is listed here as an approximation. Running anticlockwise is the unwritten convention.

• Ohori Park Loop

  Lap 2 km

  福岡県 福岡市中央区 · 福岡市地下鉄 大濠公園駅

  • No crossings
  • Distance markers
  • Lit at night
  • Toilets

  A roughly 2 km path around the pond. The inner jogging lane is rubber-chip surfaced and separated from the outer cycling lane. Distance markers make it easy to stack laps.

  Ohori Park Loop