Sapporo, Hokkaido, JAPAN

Sapporo, Hokkaido, JAPAN

From Vegan Marathoner Podcast by Kyle Macy Hall

October 1, 2025 · 0 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the unexpected experiences of running in Sapporo, Japan, during a planned trip that included a Half Marathon Challenge.

The funny thing is, we never even made it to the arts-filled park. That was an initial plan drawn from some research I’d done pre-trip. I thought for sure we’d run there and that Chengye could also pop into some crafting workshops within the park. Primarily, I expected us to be running along the Toyohira River pathway in the center of Japan’s 5th largest city—like, on a daily basis. I’d read runners discussing its half-marathon + distance, with easy add-ons to a nearby university and some smaller parks and it seemed like the ideal spot for daily maintenance running. We also made a point to include a Half Marathon Challenge in our trip up north to help kickstart a new cycle of training. And what better time than while in JAPAN—on the shortest of short lists of the world’s greatest nations—and further northwards in late August where it would be cooler?* And that’s the funny thing about traveling…finding the unexpected whilst not doing what was expected. We barely even touched the Toyohira pathway (!), only running a tiny segment of it one night—ONE time—in a week spent in Sapporo. That time would not have even happened had it not been for us dropping our stuff spontaneously by some…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Macy Hall

Topics covered

  • running
  • travel
  • marathon
  • training
  • Japan
  • fitness

Keywords

  • Sapporo
  • Hokkaido
  • Japan
  • running
  • Half Marathon
  • Toyohira River
  • fitness
  • travel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Half Marathon Challenge

Places: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Toyohira River

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