Finally, Japan's first UTMB World Series “Kaga Spa Trail Endurance 100 by UTMB” will be held this year.
We are really honored to have received the registrations of over 2,700 runners from 34 countries around the world, and feel the high expectation to have the first By UTMB in Japan.
The race committee is planning various initiatives so that runners and supporters can spend their time comfortably during the tournament in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. I'm looking forward to seeing you all at the race venue in June this year.

Race Producer, Jiro Takikawa

Yamanaka Onsen in Ishikawa Prefecture has a history of 1,300 years since its opening. The mountains at Yamanaka Onsen are the stage for the races. It consists of Kanan Sanzan (Mt. Fuji Shagatake, Mount Dainichi, and Mount Kurakake) with a series of majestic local mountains With a course layout, fresh green primeval beech forests, mountain trails along mountain streams, Steep climbs, etc. will stir up the fighting spirit of tournament players.

Yamanaka Onsen is a hot spring resort with a history of 1,300 years.

Matsuo, Basho, who visited on the way to “Oku no Hosomichi,” also really liked it, and wrote the poem “Yamanaka and chrysanthemums smell like hand-folded hot water” (you can live a long time just by soaking in this bath).

Hot springs are smooth, and local people use them, so you can also experience unadorned humanity.

Soyu is called Kikunoyu, and the men's bath and women's bath are separate buildings and are built next to each other.