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13-665: First held in 1987, the Fukuoka Cross Country is held at the National Cross Country Course near the Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka . The course is a purpose-built cross country venue that was created as the host course for the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships . The meet features a competition schedule of eight races. These include a senior men's course (10 km) and

26-487: A senior women's course (6 km). A total of four junior races take place, with long courses of 8 km for men and 6 km for women, as well as 4 km short course for both junior sexes. Furthermore, there are two relay races for high school athletes which have legs of 2 km per runner. Four of the races act as qualifiers for the World Cross Country Championship: the men's 10 km and

39-469: Is 8km in length and up to 2.5 km in width. Its northern coast borders Genkai Sea and its southern coast Hakata Bay . Although most of the area consists of sand dunes , the eastern area has older sand dunes that form terrace-like cliffs deposited in the Pleistocene era . There are also hills of Paleocene strata to the west. A pine forest of Japanese black pines spreads across the sand dunes, known as

52-567: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 33°39′39″N 130°19′08″E  /  33.66083°N 130.31889°E  / 33.66083; 130.31889 Kashii Line The Kashii Line ( 香椎線 , Kashii-sen ) is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Saitozaki Station in Fukuoka with Umi Station in Umi . The Hakata Bay Railway Co. opened

65-516: Is one of the prefecture's top annual athletics events, along with the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship . Key:     Asian Championship race Umino Nakamichi Umi no Nakamichi ( 海の中道 , 'road in the middle of the sea' or 'path through the sea') is a tombolo in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan . It connects Kyushu Island and Shikanoshima Island . It

78-561: The Fukuoka City Karasu no Su Recreation Center, and to the west are Uminonakamichi Seaside Park, Marine World (aquarium), Nishidozaki Seaside Country Club, Crane Fukuoka (horseback riding), and other recreational activities. In the Chikuzen no Kuni Fudoki fragment of the Nara period , Umi no Nakamichi appears in the entry about Shikanoshima under the name Uchiage no Hama. Salt production

91-493: The Nata Pine Grove. The Shishiki Shrine is located on the sand dunes of the pine grove. The width of the sandbar is not uniform. Sand spits extend towards Hakata Bay at Nishidozaki in the west and Karasu no Su in the east, with the former exceeding 2 kilometers in width. Other parts are less than 0.5 kilometers wide. The central to northwestern part of the sandbar is a park and recreation area. The easternmost part contains

104-742: The Saitozaki - Sue section in 1904, extending it to the Otani coal mine (1 km beyond Umi) the following year. In 1942, the company merged with the Nishi-Nippon Railroad company, which was nationalised in 1944. The line beyond Umi closed in 1980. Sakado station - The 14 km Katsuta line was opened by the Chikuzen Sangu Railway Co. from Yusu (on the Sasaguri Line ) - Chikuzenkatsuta in 1918-19. The connection to Sakado opened in 1942, and

117-559: The center of the sandbar. There are four stations on the Kashii Line : Nata Station , Karasu no Su Station, Uminonakamichi Station , and Nishidozaki Station. Prefectural Road 59 extends from the westernmost part of Umi no Nakamichi to Shikanoshima via Shikanoshima Bridge. In October 2002, the Umi no Nakamichi Bridge connected the Karasu no Su area with Island City to the south, significantly reducing

130-602: The distance to central Fukuoka City . For sea transportation, the city-operated ferry runs between Bayside Place Hakata Pier in Hakata Ward and Nishidozaki/Shikanoshima, while Yasuda Sangyo Steamship operates to routes under the name "Uminaka Line" from Bayside Place Hakata Pier and from Marizon in Seaside Momochi, Sawara Ward, to the Uminonakamichi Ferry Terminal. This Fukuoka Prefecture location article

143-519: The fields of each race largely comprise Japanese runners. Previous winners include Olympic gold medallist Samuel Wanjiru , who first won at the age of 16, and won three times consecutively between 2003 and 2005. World and Olympic gold medallist Meseret Defar has also competed, winning the 2005 women's race. The competition is televised on local Japan News Network channels by the Tokyo Broadcasting System . The Fukuoka Cross Country meeting

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156-555: The women's 6 km allow athletes to enter the senior world competition while the junior men's 8 km and junior women's 6 km enable runners to qualify for the junior section of the championships. The competition is one of three in which Japanese athletes can qualify for the World Championships; the others being the annual Chiba International Cross Country and the biennial Asian Cross Country Championships . A small contingent of foreign athletes are invited each year, but

169-503: Was carried out by local fishermen since ancient times, and fishing tools, shell mounds, and salt-making pottery from the 8th to 10th centuries have been excavated from near Shioya-bana (Salt House Cape). It is unclear when the name Umi no Nakamichi came into use. The Chikuzen no Kuni Fudoki fragment records that the villagers were already calling it by this name at that time. The JR Kashii Line (Uminonakamichi Line) and Fukuoka Prefectural Road 59 Shikanoshima Wajiro Line run parallel through

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