Entry Guidelines
Purpose of the Event
Kobo Trail 2025 will be held to promote the Kobo Trail as well as to encourage regional development of municipalities along the trail.
- Dates
- May 17th (Saturday) and 18th (Sunday), 2025（Number of participants required: 150 minimum）
- Organizer
- Kobo Trail Running Committee
(Nara Prefecture, Yoshino Town, Tenkawa Village, Gojo City, and Nosegawa Village)
- Course Director
- Minehiro Yokoyama
- Guest Runner
- Tsuyoshi Kaburaki(Route“K to K”)
- Entry Coordinator
- Nanto Kankosha Company
- Tour Coordinator
- Nanto Kankosha Company (Registered by the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency: No. 1220)
Those who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of the event (May 18th, 2025)
Those who are confident in their ability to complete the course without getting lost within the time limit
Those who understand the Kobo Trail and observe the event rules
[Past Results] Completion rate in the last three races:
87.2% in 2022, 75.4% in 2023, 82.5% in 2024
- This event will be held subject to the approval of the annual budget of 2025.
- This event has not been registered with the ITRA.
- In case of absence without notice, future entries may be rejected.
- If applying for both courses (“K to K” and “D to K”),
only the application for “D to K” will be accepted, while the application for “K to K” will be made invalid. - Accommodation for both the K to K and D to K races will be in shared rooms separated by gender. If there is someone you would like to share a room with, please write the person’s name in the “Notes” section of the entry form.
Kimpusenji, Yoshinoyama – Kongobuji, Koyasan
55.7 km (of which 14.7 km, or 26%, is paved)
Kimpusenji Temple
Mt.Norikura
- Maximum Number of Participants
- 150 people
(The first 150 to apply)
- Application deadline
- April 25th(Friday) 17:00, 2025
- Entry Fee
- ▪Domestic Payment:
¥28,000 (includes lodging at a “ryokan” or Japanese-style hotel)
¥25,000 (includes lodging at a guesthouse)
▪Overseas Payment:
¥29,500 (includes lodging at a “ryokan” or Japanese-style hotel)
¥26,500 (includes lodging at a guesthouse)
* Accommodation fees (including one night lodging in shared rooms separated by gender, two meals, baggage transport fee, insurance fee, etc.)
- 12:00 - 14:45
- Registration at Yoshinoyama Furusato Center
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Briefing
- 16:30 - 17:00
- Buddhist evening service at Zaodo Hall, Kimpusenji Temple
- 17:15
- Lodging check-in, dinner, bath at each facility
- 4:30
- Breakfast
- 5:30
- Check out (Leave baggage at the entrance of the lodging facility)
- 5:45
- Gather at the starting point (Zaodo Hall at Kimpusenji Temple)
Starting Ceremony - 6:00
- Start
From Dorogawa Onsen (hot spring) in Tenkawa Village to Kongobuji Temple in Koyasan
43.2 km (of which 15.2 km, or 35%, is paved)
”Suigyo” at Ryusenji Temple
Image of Race
- Maximum Number of Participants
- 100 people
(The first 100 to apply)
- Application deadline
- April 25th(Friday) 17:00, 2025
- Entry Fee
- ▪Domestic Payment:
¥28,000 (includes lodging at a “ryokan” or Japanese-style hotel)
▪Overseas Payment:
¥29,500 (includes lodging at a “ryokan” or Japanese-style hotel)
*The fee includes accommodation (two meals, one-night lodging in shared rooms separated by gender), bus fare, baggage transportation, insurance, etc.
- 9:30 - 10:30
- Registration at the South Exit of Yamato Yagi Station (Kintetsu Railway)
- 10:30
- Depart from the South Exit of Yamato Yagi Station by bus
- 12:00
- Arrive at Tenkawa Village’s Dorogawa Onsen (hot spring)
- 12:30 - 14:00
- Briefing at the Tenkawa Village Gymnasium
- 14:00 - 14:30
- Buddhist service at Ryusenji Temple
- 14:30 - 15:00
- ”Suigyo” or water ablutions at Ryusenji Temple (only for those who wish to try)
- 15:00
- Lodging check-in, dinner and bath at each facility
- 6:30
- Breakfast
- 7:30
- Check out (Leave baggage at the entrance of the lodging facility)
Gather at the starting point (Dorogawa Eco-Museum Center Parking Lot) - 7:45
- Starting Ceremony
- 8:00
- Start
- Closing Time of Checkpoints
-
Sunday, May 18th: 13:00 at Bushigamine Pass, 14:45 at Tentsuji Pass, 15:30 at Deyashiki Pass, 17:00 at Kiwa Zuido Pass, 18:50 at Tenguki Pass, and 20:00 at the finish line
Closing time means the last arrival time at each point. If you cannot reach each point before its closing time, you will have to stop running.
After dark, please use a headlamp and wear reflective materials.
- Goal
-
Konpon Daito Pagoda at Kongobuji Temple
- Baggage Pickup
- At Saizen-in (Shukubo)
- Awards Ceremony
-
Konpon Daito Pagoda at Kongobuji Temple
16:00 Top 3 mens finishers of each Route K to K and D to K will receive awards.
17:00 Top 3 womens finishers of each Route K to K and Route D to K will receive awards.*Transportation costs to and from the designated meeting places before and after the race are not included in the entry fee.
*The schedule may be subject to change depending on road restrictions, climate, or other conditions.
Please note that lodging on the night of May 18th (Sun.) after the race is not included in the entry fee.
If you are looking for lodging for that night, please request the lodging when you apply.
*Each “shukubo” (lodging offered by temples) sets the time for dinner, and it may not be served after that time. Please inquire in advance.
*If you arrange your post-race lodging by yourself, please tell the lodging facility in advance that you may check in late. Please be aware that some shukubo set their latest check-in time rather early.
- Inquiries：
- Kobo Trail Running Committee (c/o Oku-Yamato Revitalization Division, Nara Prefecture)
605-5, Tokiwa-cho, Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Entry and Tour Conductor：
- Nanto Kankosha Company (Registered by the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency: No. 1220) Travel Services Manager: Minoru Nishiguchi
332-1, Kawaharajo-cho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
+81-743-62-5850
Route Map
Route Map
