Today, the Tategamori Gottsuo Marathon and Tategamori Wind Festival were held.

A total of 222 runners participated in the Tategamori Gottsuo Marathon.
Adult section (11.5km) from Hana to Izumi Park,
For junior high school students (5km), from Hanato Bridge,
The children and parent-child section (2.5km) started from the safari park and ran toward the goal of the Tategamori Kogen Hotel.

Photographed from Hanato Bridge
Adult runners are running from Hana to Izumi Park.

There is a water supply point at this location, but there were also snacks unique to the Gottsuo Marathon, and some runners were replenishing their physical strength with "mogumogu time."

The number of runners running in various costumes has been increasing year by year.

In the afternoon, the ``Wind Festival'' was held at the event plaza at the ranch.

At the annual kite-flying competition, many participants were able to fly high and far, partly due to strong winds this year.

This was the first time the ``Struckout Tournament'' was held.
Many children participated. It was impressive to see him throwing so hard at the target.

〇✕In the quiz, they struggled to answer questions related to farms and animals.

Usually, it is held on snow or when there is still some snow, but this year it was an extremely warm winter...
However, many people participated in the event. thank you very much.

The "Kaze Matsuri" will be held at Iwate Safari Park this weekend and at Hana to Izumi Park next weekend.
If you have time, please join us at the event. We'll be expecting you.

In charge of events
Makoto Chiba