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       SERVICES

All good trips are ones in which you have positive contacts with the people and places you travel. We understand this and strive to create the type of experience that will stay in your memory. Our products and services are designed with this in mind and are assembled to ensure enjoyment, value for money and time. We'll provide individual runners or running groups with solutions to make their trip to Japan as smooth and cost-effective as possible.

We know Japan, its race scene and the numerous potential pitfalls that will cost you time and money in the short term and long run (pun intended). Contact us to find out how we can help.

The following are a list of the services we offer for a one off price per person. (Group rates will vary).

  • race registrations
  • race recommendations
  • hotel advice & bookings
  • tour advice & bookings
  • pre/post race parties
  • language support
  • training advice
  • sightseeing advice
  • travel advice (logistics)
  • general guidance
  • food/restaurant guides
Testimonial

The following is a "Thank you" letter and race report from two lovely travelers that we
helped earlier this year. They ran in the Ishigaki Half Marathon in Okinawa.

dear scott,
 
first of all apologies for the lack of capitals in the missive! and also apologies for taking so long to write to tell you about the race - and to thank you for facilitating it. we`ve barely sat down since!
 
the race went brilliantly. we ran round the island in blistering heat, up hills and small mountains. i felt good, really strong, which i`m sure was down to my frame of mind - i knew i wouldn`t get a good time (i ended up with almost 20 minutes off my pb) so just rolled with it, enjoyed the scenary and sunshine and the support which was amazing. we would approach little groups of japanese old women who as they realised we were western woman started giving out these little yelps and oohs and aahs and "faite" and ganbare / ganbate - i spent more energy saying thank you and waving than anything else! 
 
even with bad times sarah and i managed to come 53th / 752 and 174th / 752 out of the half marathon runners. we also came 1st and 2nd in our 20 - 30 age group so ended up on the podium being presented with gold and silver medals by an official of ishigaki and a lady in a white hat and white high heels. it was hilarious! we couldn`t believe it. afterwards we were like local celebs and found it all very entertaining.  
 
the after-race celebrations were fantastic too. the closing ceremony (event of the year) involved beer, soba noodles, endamame beans, much hilarity and lying in a sports hall with hundreds of japanese families watching local music and dance and the okinawan lion. through a random convo we were then invited by japan`s blind runners society to their celebratory dinner okinaawan style at a local restaurant - blind and partially sighted runners with their guides from all over the country. great food, sake, more beer, more dancing and singing. i sat next to a young snowboarder turned runner who can no longer snowboard because suddenly 2 years ago over the course of 4 months he went from fully sighted, living a normal life to very nearly blind due to a disease of some nerve in his eye. he can`t really snow board anymore (though keeps trying) so has taken up endurance running - marathons and 100km runs. he nearly broke my heart and made me think about doing support running in the uk when i get back. 
 
we were asked to do a turn at the dinner and couldn`t think of a single english song so ended up on the podium (actually stage!) again for the second time that day teaching a room of japanese blind, deaf, fully sighted runners ranging from 20 to 70 yrs old "heads, shoulders, knees and toes". as you can imagine it went down a storm and we had to repeat it 3 times. much hilarity again!
 
so we`d like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making what has been a definite highlight of our trip possible. we loved running in japan, loved ishigaki and would never have made it down that far and experienced this magical part of japan (and then on to taketomi and iriomote) had it not been for your help and direction. want to get under the skin of a local community? then run a half marathon!
 
 
thanks so much again.
 
best wishes and love from constance and sarah x 

Ishigaki marathon
More photos in the "Samurai Galleries."