These little 10-15 minute videos about the UK Ekiden have been enjoyable, and today we found out that the race is on Friday (and that there are corporate teams, previous videos have focused on the university teams). That is going to be absolutely no fun in this heat (a shame I didn't try and find out the date earlier, I may have tried to make a plan to spectate - but again, not in this heat) #UKEkiden https://youtu.be/6eIocwoNM78

https://www.alojapan.com/1298317/racing-the-uk-ekiden-through-160-years-of-ties/ Racing the UK Ekiden Through 160 Years of Ties #AngloSatsumaWar #britain #ekiden #EmperorNaruhito #EmpressMasako #HakoneEkiden #history #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #NotoPeninsulaEarthquake #RitsumeikanUniversity #Satsuma #sports #UkEkiden One of Japan’s best-loved sporting disciplines is making strides overseas. Britain will host the second UK Ekiden race along the banks of the River Thames on June 20. The event has grown…