(!!Causion!!) Due to The Kagoshima Marathon, Many Traffic Restrictions Are in Place on The 3rd of March 2019 | KAGOSHIMA Visitors' GUIDE

The Kagoshima Marathon 2020 will be held on the 1st of March!

Traffic is likely to be very heavy on the day, so please use public transport, if possible.

Due to the marathon, traffic restrictions are imposed in the areas / roads.

(Please see the map.)

・ From Dolphin Port through the road along the seaside to Kagoshima Kamoike Athletics Field (Kenritsu Kamoike Rikujo Kyogijo)
・From Kagoshima Kamoike Athletics Field to the tram line from Kishaba to Asahi-dori
・Turning left at Asahi-dori tram stop to the statue of Saigo Takamori.
・Turning right at the Statue of Saigo Takamori onto Route 10, and then all the way up to Shigetomi Junior High School in Aira city. The runners make a U-turn at Shigetomi Junior High School to head back towards Kagoshima City Hall.
・The two southbound lanes will be open to cars, the two northbound lanes will be used for the marathon from Yanagi-machi to Torigoe tunel.
・The two southbound lanes will be used for the marathon, the two northbound lanes will be open to cars from Kisyaba to Takamibaba.

The details and the time schedule are below.

Traffic Restriction Schedule

Restricted Area	Contents of the Restriction	Time
Around Dolphin Port		3:00 ~ 9:30
① Dolphin Port → ② Kagoshima Shinko	Closed to Vehicular Traffic	8:00 ~ 9:30
② Kagoshima Shinko→ ③ Bayside Geihinkan		8:00 ~ 9:45
③ Bayside Geihinkan → ④ Baseball Stadium Bus Stop		8:00 ~ 10:00
④ Baseball Stadium Bus Stop → ⑤ Kishaba	*Runners run through the Kamoike tunnel under Route 225.	8:15 ~ 10:00
⑤ Kishaba → ⑥ Arata	Southbound Side is Closed to Vehicular Traffic *Northbound side (1 way) available.	8:15 ~ 10:00
⑥ Arata → ⑦ Shinyashiki		8:15 ~ 10: 10
⑦ Shinyashiki → ⑧ Takamibaba		8:15 ~ 10:20
⑧ Takamibaba → ⑨ Izuro	Closed to Vehicular Traffic	8:15 ~ 10:30
⑨ Izuro → ⑩ Asahi-dori	Closed to Vehicular Traffic	8:15 ~ 10:30
⑩ Asahi-dori → ⑪ Chuo Park (Ten Park)	Closed to Vehicular Traffic (Asahi-dori ⇔ Higashi Post Office is open from 10:30)	6:00 ~ 16:30
⑪ Chuo Park (Ten Park) → ⑫ Gateway to Shiroyama	*Around Chuo Park (Ten Park) and Meizan Elementary School is closed 6:00 ~ 16:30.	8:25 ~ 10:30
⑫ Gateway to Shiroyama → ⑬ Nagata Junior High School	Closed to. Vehicular Traffic	8:25 ~ 15:45
⑬ Nagata Junior High School → ⑭ Kami-honmachi	Closed to. Vehicular Traffic
⑭ Kami-honmachi → ⑮ Torigoe Tunnel (The Southside)	Closed to Vehicular traffic to Izumi-machi. *Northbound side is Closed to Vehicular Traffic from Yanagi-machi. Southbound road is becoming a two-way road during the period from Kami-honmachi to Takinokami.
⑮ Torigoe Tunnel (The Southside) →⑯ Shigetomi Post Office	Closed to. Vehicular Traffic	8:05 ~ 15:25
⑯ Shigetomi Post Office → ⑰ Shigetomi Junior High School		9:15 ~ 13:30 *Lane reduction from 3:30
⑬ Nagata Junior High School → ⑱ Gateway to the Aquarium		10:15 ~ 15:45
⑱ Gateway to the Aquarium → ⑲ Sanbashi-dori		10:15 ~ 15:45
⑲ Sanbashi-dori → ⑳ City Hall East Annex	Closed to. Vehicular Traffic *Including a part of pedestrian path	8:15 ~ 16:00
⑩ Asahi-dori → ㉑ Izumi-cho	Closed to. Vehicular Traffic	6:00 ~ 8:15