I would like to express my sympathy to everyone affected by the heavy rain disaster that occurred mainly on the Noto Peninsula from September 21, 2024, and their families and relatives.
My heart goes out to Noto Peninsula where the earthquake occurred on this year New Year's Day, and where were faced the disaster again. I sincerely pray for the recovery and reconstruction of the affected areas as soon as possible.
There was no noticeable damage at Kaga, Yamanaka Onsen, the venue for KagaSpa Trail Endurance 100 Japan by UTMB, and there is no direct impact on the race scheduled on Jun 21-22, 2025 or the test run event scheduled in this Oct and Nov.
Hosting the UTMB World Series in Japan is a dream for domestic trail runners, and runners around the world are eagerly awaiting a by-UTMB in Japan. I hope that many domestic and international runners will visit Ishikawa Prefecture to join this race held on a beautiful mountain, and after the race, enjoy the history, culture, and food, so that they will talk about the beautiful and attractive Ishikawa Prefecture to their home country and local community after the go back home. And I really hope that in the future, tourists from all over the world will help the reconstruction from these disasters.
With the help of everyone who agree and the companies and organizations that support us, I will do my best to make the UTMB World Series a success. I kindly ask for your cooperation.

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.