Japan National Route 4

Updated on Jan 27, 2024

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Length 743.6 km

South end: National Route 1 / National Route 15 in Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo North end: National Route 7 in Aomori, Aomori Highway system National highways of Japan Major cities Sendai, Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Morioka, Koriyama

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National Route 4 (国道4号, Kokudō Yongō) is a major highway in eastern Honshu, Japan. It is the longest highway in Japan at 743.6 km (462.1 mi), and it connects Tokyo and Aomori via Utsunomiya, Kōriyama and Morioka.

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From Saitama Prefecture to Iwate Prefecture, it parallels the Tōhoku Expressway; from Morioka to Hachinohe, it parallels the Hachinohe Expressway. At its northern end point, it links with Route 7.

Route data

Total length: 743.6 km (462.1 mi)

Origin point: Chūō, Tokyo (originates at Nihonbashi, the origins also of Routes 1, 6, 14, 15, 17 and 20)

End point: Aomori (ends at the end point also of National Route 7)

Major cities on its route: Kasukabe, Koga, Utsunomiya, Kōriyama, Fukushima (Nakadōri), Sendai, Furukawa, Hiraizumi, Morioka, Ninohe, Towada and Noheji

Municipalities it passes 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 - Koori - 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

4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori)
1 April 1965: General National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori)

Intersecting routes

in Tokyo

Routes 1, 6, 14, 15, 17 and 20

in Saitama Prefecture

National Route 298 at Sōka

National Route 463 at Koshigaya

National Route 16 at Kasukabe

National Route 125 at Kuki

in Ibaraki Prefecture

Routes 125 and 354 at Koga

in Tochigi Prefecture

National Route 50 at Oyama

National Route 352 at Shimotsuke

Routes 119, 121 and 123 at Utsunomiya

National Route 408 at Takanezawa

National Route 293 at Sakura

National Route 461 at Yaita

Route 461 at Ōtawara

National Route 400 at Nasushiobara

in Fukushima Prefecture

Routes 289 and 294 at Shirakawa

National Route 118 at Sukagawa

Routes 49 and 288 at Kōriyama

National Route 459 at Nihonmatsu

Routes 13, 114 and 115 at Fukushima

National Route 399 at Date

in Miyagi Prefecture

Routes 113 and 457 at Shiroishi

National Route 349 at Shibata

Route 6 at Iwanuma

National Route 286 at Taihaku-ku, Sendai

Routes 45 and 48 at Miyagino-ku, Sendai

Routes 47, 108 and 347 at Ōsaki

National Route 398 at Kurihara

in Iwate Prefecture

Routes 284, 342 and 457 at Ichinoseki

Routes 343 and 397 at Ōshū

National Route 107 at Kitakami

National Route 283 at Hanamaki

Routes 46, 106, 396 and 455 at Morioka

National Route 282 at Takizawa

National Route 281 at Iwate

in Aomori Prefecture

National Route 104 at Sannohe

Route 104 at Nanbu

National Route 454 at Gonohe

Routes 45 and 102 at Towada

National Route 394 at Shichinohe

National Route 279 at Noheji

Routes 7, 103 and 280 at the end point

References

Japan National Route 4 Wikipedia

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