I watched and photographed the 5th Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 27, 2011 at Tokyo Big Sight. It was a warm, sunny day for over 33,000 runners chosen by lottery from among a staggering 330,000 applicants.
There were 106 runners from Shiga Prefecture. I saw two runners wearing Hiko-nyan and I got a picture of one of them. Too bad he was running on the other side of where I was standing. Couldn’t get a clearer shot. The other runner had a small Hiko-nyan doll on his cap. Unfortunately, I missed photographing him since I was shooting another scene with a video camera. This is the first time I saw Hiko-nyan at the Tokyo Marathon.
