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News Review | サンダルでフルマラソン？ ぜんこくのランナーをつなぐたいわんサンダル
A Full Marathon in Sandals? The Taiwanese Sandals Connecting Runners Across Japan
News Review - April 2025 Issue From October 26 to November 10, 2024, the “Everyone Taiwanese Sandal Marathon Online” was held. Since it was an online event, participants could join from anywhere in Japan, but there was one condition—they had to run in Taiwanese sandals. Taiwanese sandals are ultra-lightweight and offer excellent cushioning. Their soft, fluffy feel makes running comfortable and has gained popularity. In Japan, during the Edo period (17th to 19th century), “hikyaku” who delivered documents and goods quickly, wore lightweight straw sandals and ran for dozens of kilometers a day. Today, high-performance running shoes are mainstream, but perhaps one day, running in sandals will become common.
2024 ねん
nisenn nijuuyo nenn
twenty twenty-four [year]
10 がつ
juu gatsu
October
26 にち
nijuu roku nichi
twenty-sixth [day]
から
kara
from
11 がつ
juu ichi gatsu
November
10 か
tooka
tenth [day]
まで、
made,
to
「みんな たいわんサンダルマラソン オンライン」 が
“minnna taiwann’sanndaru’marason on’rain” ga
the Everyone Taiwanese Sandal Marathon Online
かいさい され ました。
kaisai sare mashita.
was held
オンラインかいさい
onrain’kaisai
(it was) an online event
の ため
no tame
since
ぜんこく
zennkoku
in Japan
どこ から で も
doko kara de mo
from anywhere
さんか
sannka
join
でき ます
deki masu
participants could
が、
ga,
but
たいわんサンダル
taiwann’sanndaru
Taiwanese sandals
を はいて
wo haite
in
はしる こと が
hashiru koto ga
they had to run
じょうけん
joukenn
one condition
です。
desu.
there was
たいわんサンダル は
taiwann’sanndaru ha
Taiwanese sandals
ちょうけいりょう
chou’keiryou
ultra-lightweight
で、
de,
are and
クッションせい も
kusshon’sei mo
cushioning
ばつぐん。
batsugunn.
(offer) excellent
ふわふわ と した
fuwafuwa to shita
their soft, fluffy feel
はしりごこち が
hashiri’gokochi ga
makes running comfortable
にんき を
ninnki wo
(and) popularity
あつめて い ます。
atsumete i masu.
has gained
にほん
nihonn
Japan
で も
de mo
in
えどじだい
edo’jidai
the Edo period
（ 17
(juu nana
seventeenth
～
kara
[from]
19
juu kyuu
(to) nineteenth
せいき）
seiki)
century
に は、
ni ha,
during
ぶんしょ
bunnsho
documents
や
ya
and
にもつ を
nimotsu wo
goods
すばやく
subayaku
quickly
はこぶ
hakobu
who delivered
「ひきゃく」 が
“hikyaku” ga
hikyaku
けいりょう な
keiryou na
lightweight
わらじ を
waraji wo
straw sandals
はき、
haki,
wore and
いち にち
ichi nichi
a day
すうじゅっキロ を
suujukkiro wo
for dozens of kilometers
はしりつづけ ました。
hashiritsuduke mashita.
ran
げんざい で は
gennzai de ha
today
こうせいのう な
kou’seinou na
high-performance
ランニングシューズ が
ranningu’shu-zu ga
running shoes
しゅりゅう
shuryuu
mainstream
です
desu
are
が、
ga,
but
いつか
itsuka
one day
サンダル
sanndaru
sandals
を はいて
wo haite
in
はしる の が
hashiru no ga
running
あたりまえ に
atarimae ni
common
なる ひ が くる かも しれ ません。
naru hi ga kuru kamo shire masenn.
perhaps will become
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