Over the span of three days (Thursday, Feb 23 to Saturday, Feb 25), the spaceship-like structure that is the Tokyo Big Sight played host to the Tokyo Marathon Expo.
On the fourth floor, big name sponsors including Tokyo Metro, Yamazaki Baking Co., Asics, and Pocari Sweat lined the booth space immediately following the area restricted to runners.
While the sponsor booths freely distribute samples and boasted all kinds of inspiring backgrounds for photo ops, this part of the expo purely served a promotional purpose and with the exception of the Tokyo Marathon official shop, few items were for purchase.
For security reasons, access to the initial part of the expo was restricted to runners. After successfully passing through the necessary procedures, runners were streamed towards the rest of the expo, which was open to the general public.