Japan National Route 4

National Route 4
国道4号 (Kokudō Yongō?)
Route information
Length:	743.6 km (462.1 mi)
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Nihonbashi

0 km post of Japanese Roads

Intersection with Meiji-dōri Avenue

Minowa Intersection

National Route 4 is a major highway in eastern Honshū, Japan. The longest of the ordinary highways in Japan, it originates in Chūō, Tokyo and stretches north for 743.6 km to the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture. From Saitama Prefecture to Iwate Prefecture, it parallels the Tōhoku Expressway; from Iwate to Aomori Prefecture, it parallels the Hachinohe Expressway. At its northern terminus, it links with Route 7.^[1]

Route Data

• Length: 743.6 km (462.1 mi)
• Origin: Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo (originates at the origins of Routes 1, 6, 14, 15, 17 and 20)
• Terminus: Aomori, Aomori (ends at the terminus of Route 7)
• Major cities: Kasukabe, Oyama, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Kōriyama, Fukushima, Fukushima, Fukushima, Sendai, Miyagi, Furukawa, Miyagi, Ichinoseki, Iwate, Morioka, Iwate, Ninohe, Iwate, Sannohe, Aomori, Nanbu, Aomori, Towada, Aomori, Shichinohe, Aomori and Noheji, Aomori

Municipalities passed through

• Tokyo
  • Chūō - Chiyoda - Taito - Arakawa - Adachi
• Saitama Prefecture
  • Sōka - Koshigaya - Kasukabe - Sugito - Satte - Kuki
• Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Koga
• Tochigi Prefecture
  • Nogi - Oyama - Shimotsuke - Kaminokawa, Shimotsuke, Utsunomiya - Takanezawa - Sakura - Yaita - Otawara - Nasushiobara - Nasu
• Fukushima Prefecture
  • Nishigo - Shirakawa - Izumizaki - Yabuki - Kagamiishi - Sukagawa - Kōriyama - Motomiya - Ōtama - Nihonmatsu - Fukushima - Date - Kōri - Kunimi
• Miyagi Prefecture
  • Shiroishi - Zaō - Ōgawara - Murata - Shibata - Iwanuma - Natori - Taihaku-ku, Sendai - Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai - Miyagino-ku, Sendai - Izumi-ku, Sendai - Tomiya - Taiwa - Shiroishi - Ōhira - Ōsaki - Kurihara
• Iwate Prefecture
  • Ichinoseki - Hiraizumi - Ōshū - Kanegasaki - Kitakami - Hanamaki - Shiwa - Yahaba - Morioka - Takizawa - Iwate - Ichinohe - Ninohe
• Aomori Prefecture
  • Sannohe - Nanbu - Gonohe - Towada - Shichinohe - Tōhoku - Noheji - Hiranai - Aomori

History

• 1952-12-04 - First Class National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori, Aomori)
• 1965-04-01 - General National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori, Aomori)

Intersects with

• Tokyo
  • Routes 1, 6, 14, 15, 17 and 20
• Saitama Prefecture
  • Route 298 at Sōka
  • Route 463 at Koshigaya
  • Route 16 at Kasukabe
  • Route 125 at Kuki
• Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Routes 125 and 354 at Koga
• Tochigi Prefecture
  • Route 50 at Oyama
  • Route 352 at Shimotsuke
  • Routes 119, 121 and 123 at Utsunomiya
  • Route 408 at Takanezawa
  • Route 293 at Sakura
  • Route 461 at Yaita
  • Route 461 at Ōtawara
  • Route 400 at Nasushiobara
• Fukushima Prefecture
  • Routes 289 and 294 at Shirakawa
  • Route 118 at Sukagawa
  • Routes 49 and 288 at Kōriyama
  • Route 459 at Nihonmatsu
  • Routes 13, 114 and 115 at Fukushima
  • Route 399 at Date
• Miyagi Prefecture
  • Routes 113 and 457 at Shiroishi
  • Route 349 at Shibata
  • Route 6 at Iwanuma
  • Route 286 at Taihaku-ku, Sendai
  • Routes 45 and 48 at Miyagino-ku, Sendai
  • Routes 47, 108 and 347 at Ōsaki
  • Route 398 at Kurihara
• Iwate Prefecture
  • Routes 284, 342 and 457 at Ichinoseki
  • Routes 343 and 397 at Ōshū
  • Route 107 at Kitakami
  • Route 283 at Hanamaki
  • Routes 46, 106, 396 and 455 at Morioka
  • Route 282 at Takizawa
  • Route 281 at Iwate
• Aomori Prefecture
  • Route 104 at Sannohe
  • Route 104 at Nanbu
  • Route 454 at Gonohe
  • Routes 45 and 102 at Towada
  • Route 394 at Shichinohe
  • Route 279 at Noheji
  • Routes 7, 103 and 280 at the terminus

References

1. ^ "一般国道４号". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Kanto Regional Development Bureau.. http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/honkyoku/road/jikoku/station/r004.html. Retrieved 2010-11-29. (Japanese)