The Finisher's Medal will be given to finishers of ONLINE KYOTO MARATHON 2021 supported by OMRON・WACOAL.
Its design was inspired by a Möbius strip, which was chosen by popular vote in November 2020, "Let's Vote - Vote for Your Preferred Finisher's Medal Design" .
Complete with a ribbon on which a pattern of Kyo-Yuzen (a traditional dyeing-technique in Kyoto) is printed, this year's Finisher's Medal is a quintessentially charming Kyoto Marathon medal.
We hope that the runners will stay fit and run the full distance safely and comfortably to win this beautiful medal.
↑Medal and medal ribbon (Surface)
↑Medal and medal ribbon (Rear surface)
＜Medal ribbon design concept＞
Due to immense popular demand, this year's Finisher's Medal is done in a Kyo-Yuzen print, featuring motifs that are believed to protect people from evils, which we believe is in keeping with the times amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Design courtesy of KIMURA SENSHOW Inc.)
Surface
Arranged on the front are motifs that are believed to ward off bad fortune—hemp leaves, a kagome basket-weave pattern, a shark-skin pattern, and a lattice. To celebrate this 10th Kyoto Marathon, the bamboo-shaped Arabic number 10 is designed with a gourd (to pull in evils and keep them inside), nanten heavenly bamboo (to drive off hardships), and a cherry blossom laid out within the number "zero."
↑Medal ribbon surface
Rear surface
On the rear surface is the scale pattern, symbolizing "revitalization" and "apotropaism," which are appropriate during the times of an ongoing pandemic.
↑Medal ribbon rear surface
