In Japan, New Year celebration always comes with good food & a few Ekiden (long distance relay) races; corporate, intervarsity, high school, male & female. Every new year, in Japan, Hakone Ekiden 箱根驿传 (short for Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip University Ekiden Race东京箱根间往复大学驿传竞走); a 2 consecutive days, 200 kilometres+ male intervarsity relay attracts a lot of media attention.…