Blade Library for All including kids at Brillia Running Stadium in Tokyo - try blades and feel fun to run again!

I had to share this exciting news!!!



The world first 'Blade Library for All People' is now open at the Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running Stadium in Tokyo.


The project "Making Blade Library for All People" was organised by Xiborg, which developed a prosthesis for top athlete, Xiborg Genesis.

They have successfully run a crowdfunding campaign to make it happen and raised more than 17 million yen (more than NZ$200,000)


Making Blade Library for All People
Their crowdfunding page on Readyfor (in Japanese, but check out some photos!)



They listened to what amputee kids were saying:

They want to run, but

• Very expensive to buy a blade(s)
• Hard to see a specialist for a blade and go through the complicated process of getting one

Medical insurance covers the prosthesis, but not blade.


At the Blade Library for All Peopl, all amputees from kids to adults can try blades on the spot and enjoy running with it.

The Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running Stadium has a six-lane, 60 meter long track and the library has 24 kinds/sizes of blades for people to try.


I'm sure that some of the library users will become the future Paralympic athletes!

I wonder how many sports shops have goods and equipment for Paralympians...



Related links:
「義足の図書館」がオープン (in Japanese - "Blade Library" is now open)
New running facility opens in Tokyo for athletes of all stripes
The Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running Stadium (in Japanese)