On November the 13th the Nara Prefectural Track and Field Association held a press conference at the head offices of the Nara Newspaper group to announce that with support from Rikuren director Yohei Kono, it will start a new marathon beginning in 2011 as part of a celebration of the 1300th anniversary of Nara’s status as the ancient capital of Japan. Of course Sanrio have got involved making Hello Kitty T-shirts and keyrings for the event which will hopefully take place.

The marathon is aiming to increase a involvement of sports within the Nara Prefecture and also to attract the interest of people outside of the prefecture. There is still more news to come about the marathon and the event but the Nara T&F director Masahiro Morioka said that the race committee was in the process of being assembled and it would hold its first meeting at the end of the year.

What do you think of the marathon and the Hello Kitty goodies which are supporting the Marathon?

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