Daibosatsurei Community Trail Run25 July 2026

Goodpace started as a handful of people who wanted company in the mountains. It's now a growing group of runners, hikers and mountain people across Japan: locals, transplants and visitors passing through.

It all runs on WhatsApp. Runs get posted, plans get made, photos get shared, and people show up. There's no membership fee and no minimum pace, so just come along.

Runs and hikes

Group runs, mountain days and the occasional overnight. Posted in the group, open to everyone.

People to go with

Find someone for the long one on Sunday, or a first trail run if you're new to it. All paces welcome.

What we're building

Goodpace is a basecamp for trail runners in the Japanese Alps. The community is where it starts.

Goodpace runners jumping off a boardwalk with mountains behind them
Group selfie on a trail run beside a stack of logs
Two runners at an alpine summit
Runners posing along a fallen log in the forest
Runners celebrating together at a race finish
Three hikers in the Japanese Alps
Three friends on a snowy winter summit

Join us

Say hello

Tell us a bit about yourself and we'll send you straight to the WhatsApp group. It takes a couple of minutes.

Include your country code. This is how we add you to the group.

We're always looking for collaborators, whether that's leading runs, shooting photo and video, helping behind the scenes, or something we haven't even thought of yet. And if you're excited to go deeper and help build Goodpace itself, we'd love that too. Tell us what you'd love to do and let's see where it goes.

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