Hiroshima Ultra-Trail 25K 2027
Also known as: Hiroshima by UTMB · HIROSHIMA TRAIL · HIROSHIMA 25K
Starts and finishes at Hiroshima Gate Park. After a riverside warm-up it climbs over three peaks, the last with a panoramic view of downtown Hiroshima and the bay, before cruising back. The scenery shifts from roads and mountains to city streets and riverbanks, with waterfalls, shrines and views of the Seto Inland Sea along the way.
The course tops out at 364 m (low point 0 m). There are 2 big climbs: 313 m around 0–9 km; 301 m around 11–14 km. The longest descent drops 308 m around 14 km at about 13% on average. About 50% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2026, 100% of starters finished. The median finish was about 4 h.
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- Date
- Sun, 11 Apr 2027
- Start
- 08:00
- Location
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Distance
- 25 km
- Elevation gain
- 880 m
- Time limit
- 6h
- ITRA
- H
- Official website
- hiroshima.utmb.world/races/HIROSHIMA25K
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.3 km | Gamagatao | 13.3 km | 11:303h 30m |
| 2 | 19.9 km | Ushita Park | 6.6 km | — |
| F | 25 km | FINISH | 5.1 km | 14:006h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start.
2026 results
297 starters, 297 finishers (100% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 1h 55m
- Top 10%
- 2h 53m
- Top 25%
- 3h 22m
- Median
- 3h 53m
- Top 75%
- 4h 28m
- Top 90%
- 5h
- Last finisher
- 5h 50m
"Top 25%" means one in four finishers had crossed the line by this time.
Years with a different course or different cutoffs are not directly comparable.
Practice courses
See the course on the Runnable map ↗
Runnable has practice courses on this race's trails, split into sections to run and sections to walk (pages in Japanese).
- Hiroshima Ultra-Trail 25K (24.3 km)
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