When did Ekiden start?
Hakone Ekiden
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Hakone Ekiden(箱根駅伝), which is officially called Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race(東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走,Tōkyō Hakone kan Ōfuku Daigaku Ekiden Kyōsō),[1] is one of the most prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on January 2 and 3. The race is telecast on Nippon Television.