Japan National Route 1
国道1号 (Kokudō Ichi-gō) | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 565.4 km (351.3 mi) |
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Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
National Route 1 is a major highway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It connects Chūō, Tokyo in the Kantō region with the city of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture in the Kansai region, passing through the Chūbu region en route. It follows the old Tōkaidō westward from Tokyo to Kyoto, and the old Kyo Kaidō from there to Osaka. Between Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture it parallels the Tomei Expressway; from there to Mie Prefecture, the Higashimeihan Expressway, and from Shiga Prefecture to Osaka, the Meishin Expressway. Its total length is 565.4 kilometres (351.3 mi). At its eastern terminus in Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, it meets National Routes 4, 6, 14, 15, 17, and 20. At its western terminus in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, it links with Routes 2, 25, 26 and other highways.
Route 1 links Tokyo to the important prefectural capitals of Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefecture), Shizuoka, Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture), Otsu (Shiga Prefecture), Kyoto, and Osaka.[1][2]
Route Data
- Length: 565.4 kilometres (351.3 mi)
- Origin: Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo (originates at the origins of Routes 4, 6, 14, 15, 17 and 20)
- Terminus: Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka (ends at the origins of Routes 2, 26, 163 and 165 and the terminus of Routes 25 and 176)
- Major cities: Kawasaki, Yokohama, Odawara, Numazu, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Nagoya, Yokkaichi, Otsu, Kyoto
History
- 4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 1 (from Tokyo to Osaka)
- 1 April 1965: General National Highway 1 (from Tokyo to Osaka)
Overlapping sections
- In Chuo: Route 15
- From the origin to Chiyoda (Sakuradamon intersection): Route 20
- In Yokohama City, from Takashima-cho intersection to Hamamatsucho intersection: Route 16
- From Odawara City to Hakone Town (Miyanoshita intersection): Route 138
- From Hamamatsu City (Shinohara intersection) to Kosai City (Okurado IC): Route 42
Junction list
All junctions listed are at-grade intersections unless noted otherwise.
Prefecture | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Osaka | Osaka | ![]() | Continuation beyond western terminus | |||
![]() | Western terminus of National Route 1 | |||||
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Hanshin Expressway Loop Route – Moriguchi | ||||||
Prefectural Route 30 – Tennoji Station / Hinokuchicho | ||||||
Sakuranomiya Bridge | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 8 – Nara, Daito | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 155 – Yoigumo / Prefectural Route 158 – Kadoma | ||||||
Moriguchi | Prefectural Route 2 to Dainikahan Expressway – Sakai / Prefectural Route 13 – Neyagawa | |||||
Prefectural Route 155 to Hanshin Expressway | ||||||
Neyagawa | Prefectural Route 15 – Settsu | |||||
Prefectural Route 19 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 148 – Kadono / Prefectural Route 149 | ||||||
Hirakata | Prefectural Route 13 | |||||
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Prefectural Route 18 – Makino | ||||||
Prefectural Route 144 – Nagao, Central Hirakata | ||||||
Prefectural Route 735 | ||||||
Kyoto | Yawata | Prefectural Route 284 – Kyotanabe, Central Yawata | ||||
Prefectural Route 735 – Nagao | ||||||
Prefectural Route 251 – Kyotanabe / Prefectural Route 735 – Central Yawata | ||||||
Prefectural Route 736 – Kyotanabe / Central Yawata | ||||||
Prefectural Route 281 – Central Yawata | ||||||
Prefectural Route 22 – Uji, Yodo | ||||||
Kyoto | Prefectural Route 15 – Uji, Yodo | |||||
Prefectural Route 81 to ![]() | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 124 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 188 – Kongetsukyo, Nagokakyo | ||||||
Prefectural Route 13 – Takedakaido / Prefectural Route 35 – Yodo | ||||||
Prefectural Route 202 – Kogabashi | ||||||
Meishin Expressway | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 201 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 114 – Shichijo-omiya | ||||||
Prefectural Route 143 to ![]() | ||||||
Prefectural Route 113 – Higashiyama, Nishioji / to Kyoto Jukan Expressway | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 32 – Kyokawaramachi, Shimongo | ||||||
Prefectural Route 143 – Nara | ||||||
Prefectural Route 116 (Shibutani Road) | ||||||
Higashiyama Tunnel | ||||||
Prefectural Route 117 – Yamashinaekimaen, Uji, Nara | ||||||
Prefectural Route 35 (Meishin Expressway) – Keage, Shinomiza | ||||||
Shiga | Kusatsu | ![]() | ||||
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Prefectural Route 56 / Prefectural Route 103 | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 781 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 26 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 43 to Keiji Bypass – Shigaraki | ||||||
Prefectural Route 28 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 116 / Prefectural Route 143 | ||||||
Kusatsu–Ritto border | Prefectural Route 142 | |||||
Ritto | Prefectural Route 2 – Moriyama | |||||
Prefectural Route 31 – Hamakaido / Shigaraki | ||||||
Prefectural Route 55 – Shigaraki | ||||||
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Ritto–Konan border | Meishin Expressway | Interchange | ||||
Konan | Prefectural Route 12 / Prefectural Route 145 | |||||
Prefectural Route 11 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 22 / Prefectural Route 113 | ||||||
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Koka | Prefectural Route 178 | |||||
Prefectural Route 128 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 121 / Prefectural Route 164 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 537 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 549 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 183 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 24 / Prefectural Route 41 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 24 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 9 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 129 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 607 | ||||||
Shiga–Mie border | Koka–Kameyama border | Shizuka–Toge Tunnel | ||||
Mie | Kameyama | ![]() | ||||
Prefectural Route 11 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 647 | Interchange | |||||
To Prefectural Route 647 | Interchange | |||||
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Suzuka | Prefectural Route 78 | |||||
Prefectural Route 641 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 637 / Central Suzuka, Suzuka Circuit | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 643 to Route 23 – Suzuka Circuit | ||||||
Prefectural Route 27 to Higashi-Meihan Expressway – Central Suzuka | ||||||
Prefectural Route 115 – Suzawa, Central Suzuka | ||||||
Yokkaichi | Prefectural Route 8 – Sasagawa, Central Suzuka / Kokubu | |||||
Prefectural Route 407 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 631 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 44 / Prefectural Route 629 | ||||||
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Kawagoe | Prefectural Route 9 | |||||
Prefectural Route 64 to Higashi-Meihan Expressway / Prefectural Route 401 – Kasumigaura | ||||||
Prefectural Route 8 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 401 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 26 – Toin | ||||||
Asahi | To Higashi-Meihan Expressway, Isewangan Expressway, Route 23 – Kawagoe | Interchange | ||||
Prefectural Route 66 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 143 | ||||||
Kuwana | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Prefectural Route 504 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 142 to Route 298 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 613 | ||||||
Owari Bridge (west span) | ||||||
Prefectural Route 106 | ||||||
Mie–Aichi border | Kuwana–Yatomi border | Owari Bridge (east span) | ||||
Aichi | Yatomi | Prefectural Route 518 | ||||
Prefectural Route 7 to Isewangan Expressway, Higashi-Meihan Expressway, Route 23 – Nagashima Spa, Gifu | ||||||
Prefectural Route 458 to Higashi-Meihan Expressway – Ichinomiya, Tsushima | ||||||
Prefectural Route 108 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 29 / Prefectural Route 105 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 109 – Aisai | ||||||
Kanie | Prefectural Route 462 | |||||
Prefectural Route 65 to Higashi-Meihan Expressway / Prefectural Route 66 to Route 23 – Ichinomiya | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 66 / Prefectural Route 114 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 103 – Central Kanie | ||||||
Nagoya | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Prefectural Route 106 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 70 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 107 – Yaguma-dori / Kinjo Pier | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 271 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 59 to ![]() | ||||||
Prefectural Route 50 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 243 – Obu / Arimatsu Station | ||||||
Prefectural Route 222 | ||||||
Toyoake | Prefectural Route 57 – Seto, Tojo | Interchange; southbound traffic access only; no access to Prefectural Route 57 south | ||||
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Chiryu | Prefectural Route 289 | |||||
Prefectural Route 54 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 51 | ||||||
Kinuura-Toyota Road – Toyota, Takahama | Interchange | |||||
Anjo | Prefectural Route 12 – Toyota, Mikawa-Anjo Station | |||||
Prefectural Route 76 – Central Anjo, Toyota | ||||||
Okazaki | Prefectural Route 26 – Nishio, Toyota | |||||
Prefectural Route 47 – Central Anjo | ||||||
Prefectural Route 290 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 39 – Asuke / Prefectural Route 483 – Kota | ||||||
Prefectural Route 477 – Higashi-Okazaki Station | ||||||
Tomei Expressway – Okazaki | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 35 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 48 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 329 | ||||||
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Toyokawa | Prefectural Route 374 | |||||
Prefectural Route 5 / Prefectural Route 368 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 374 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 31 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 21 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 373 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 495 | ||||||
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Toyohashi | Prefectural Route 382 – Toyohashi Station / Prefectural Route 460 to Tomei Expressway – Toyokawa | |||||
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Prefectural Route 69 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 502 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 31 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 3 / Prefectural Route 386 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 404 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 402 | ||||||
Shizuoka | Kosai | Shiomi Tunnel | ||||
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Prefectural Route 323 – Kanzanji | ||||||
Hamamatsu | Prefectural Route 49 | |||||
Prefectural Route 49 – Toyohashi, Hosoe | ||||||
Prefectural Route 65 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 317 – Central Hamamatsu | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 316 – Maisuka Station | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 313 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 261 – Hamakita | Interchange | |||||
Iwata | Prefectural Route 262 – Central Iwata | Interchange | ||||
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Prefectural Route 44 – Tenryu, Toyooka / Prefectural Route 56 – Iwata Station | ||||||
Prefectural Route 43 – Fukude, Central Iwata | ||||||
Prefectural Route 86 to Tomei Expressway, Iwata Bypass | ||||||
Prefectural Route 277 / Iwata Station | ||||||
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Fukuroi | Central Fukuroi | Interchange | ||||
Prefectural Route 61 to Tomei Expressway – Mori, Asaka, Central Fukuroi | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 413 – Central Fukuroi | ||||||
Prefectural Route 402 – Aino Station | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 253 – Harakawa | ||||||
Kakegawa | Prefectural Route 37 / Prefectural Route 373 | |||||
Prefectural Route 39 – Kurumi / Prefectural Route 254 – Central Kakegawa | ||||||
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Kotonomama Tunnel | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 415 | ||||||
Sayononaka Tunnel | ||||||
Shimada | Prefectural Route 381 | |||||
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Makinohara Third Tunnel | ||||||
Makinohara Second Tunnel | ||||||
Makinohara First Tunnel | ||||||
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Kawanehon | Interchange | |||||
Central Shimada | Interchange | |||||
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Prefectural Route 55 – Kanaya / Central Shimada | ||||||
Prefectural Route 227 – Oigawa | ||||||
Fujieda | Prefectural Route 222 | |||||
Prefectural Route 216 to Fujieda Bypass – Fujieda Station | ||||||
Prefectural Route 225 – Fujieda Station | ||||||
Prefectural Route 33 – Oigawa Port | ||||||
Prefectural Route 32 – Fujieda City Office / Prefectural Route 215 – Yaizu | ||||||
Prefectural Route 30 – Yaizu / Prefectural Route 215 to Fujieda Bypass | ||||||
Prefectural Route 81 to Shin-Tomei Expressway, Tomei Expressway – Yaizu | ||||||
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Fujieda–Shizuoka border | Okabe Tunnel | |||||
Shizuoka | Prefectural Route 208 (Utsunoya Pass) | |||||
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Prefectural Route 208 – Central Mariko | ||||||
Prefectural Route 207 / Prefectural Route 366 | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 27 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 354 to Prefectural Route 384 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 197 – Miho, Shimizu Port | ||||||
Prefectural Route 54 to Tomei Expressway – Nuzamu / Prefectural Route 67 to Seishin Bypass – Hamamatsu | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 338 to Seishin Bypass / to Tomei Expressway, Shin-Tomei Expressway / Miho, Shimizu Port | ||||||
Prefectural Route 193 | ||||||
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Kanbara | Interchange | |||||
Fujikawa | Interchange | |||||
Fuji | Prefectural Route 174 – Fujinomiya | |||||
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Prefectural Route 167 | ||||||
Numazu | Prefectural Route 166 | |||||
Prefectural Route 165 – Hara Station | ||||||
Prefectural Route 164 – Katahama Station | ||||||
Prefectural Route 162 – Nuzamu Station / Prefectural Route 22 | ||||||
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Mishima | Prefectural Route 380 | Interchange | ||||
Prefectural Route 145 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 144 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 140 / Prefectural Route 51 – Mishima Station | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 142 | ||||||
Prefectural Route 22 – Central Mishima | ||||||
Shin-Tomei Expressway to Tomei Expressway | ||||||
Kanagawa | Hakone | Prefectural Route 20 – Atami / Ashinoko Skyline – Kojiari | ||||
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Prefectural Route 75 to Hakone Toll Road – Yagawara | ||||||
Prefectural Route 732 – Odawara, Hatajuka | ||||||
Prefectural Route 75 – Gotenba, Sengokuhara | ||||||
Prefectural Route 734 – Kojiri, Owakudani | ||||||
Prefectural Route 723 – Gora | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 732 – Hatajuka | ||||||
Hakone Bypass – Yugawara | ||||||
Odawara | Seisho Bypass to Odawara-Atsugi Road / to Hakone Toll Road | Interchange | ||||
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Seisho Bypass – Odawara, Yokohama | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 719 / Seisho Bypass – Yokohama | ||||||
Prefectural Route 72 to Tomei Expressway – Matsuda / Seisho Bypass | ||||||
Seisho Bypass – Tachikara, Yokohama | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 709 – Matsuda, Nakai | ||||||
Ninomiya | Prefectural Route 71 to Odawara-Atsugi Road / to Tomei Expressway – Hadano / Seisho Bypass | |||||
Oiso | Prefectural Route 63 to Odawara-Atsugi Road – Isehara | |||||
Seisho Bypass | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 609 – Guzo / Prefectural Route 62 to Route 134 | West end of Prefectural Route 62 concurrency | |||||
Prefectural Route 62 – Hadano | East end of Prefectural Route 62 concurrency | |||||
Kiratsuka | Prefectural Route 61 to Route 134 | |||||
Prefectural Route 606 | ||||||
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Chigasaki | Prefectural Route 46 to ![]() | |||||
Shinshonan Bypass – Yokohama, Fujisawa | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 404 to Route 134 – Shonan Life Town | ||||||
Prefectural Route 44 – Enoshima, Oba, Tsujido Coast | ||||||
Fujisawa | Shinshonan Bypass – Odawara, Hiratsuka | Interchange | ||||
Prefectural Route 43 – Atsugi, Yoda | ||||||
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Yokohama | Prefectural Route 30 – Enoshima, Fujisawa | Interchange westbound; at-grade intersection eastbound | ||||
Prefectural Route 23 – Ofuna, Shonandai | Interchange | |||||
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Prefectural Route 22 – Isehara / to ![]() | ||||||
Prefectural Route 22 – Totsuga Station, Chogo | Interchange | |||||
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Prefectural Route 218 – Sakuragicho, Idogaya | ||||||
Yokohama-Yokosuka Expressway | Interchange | |||||
Prefectural Route 201 / Kamakura | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 12 – Rokkakabushi | ||||||
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Prefectural Route 2 – Tsunashima | ||||||
Prefectural Route 111 to ![]() | ||||||
Prefectural Route 14 – Tsunashima, Tsurumi Station | ||||||
Kawasaki | Prefectural Route 140 (Tomei Expressway) – Mizonokuchi, Kawasaki Station | |||||
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Tokyo | Ota | Metropolitan Route 311 – Kamata, Shimo-Maruko Station | ||||
Metropolitan Route 421 | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 318 – Omori | ||||||
Shinagawa | Metropolitan Route 420 – Musashikoyoma | |||||
Metropolitan Route 2 – Tengenjibashi | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 317 – Shinagawa | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 317 – Ohashi, Osaki | ||||||
Shuto Expressway | Interchange | |||||
Minato | Metropolitan Route 312 – Meguro | |||||
Metropolitan Route 305 – Ebisu / Metropolitan Route 415 – Tameike, Furukawabashi | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 301 to ![]() | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 301 / Metropolitan Route 319 | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 319 – Roppongi | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 405 – Tameike, Shinbashi | ||||||
Chiyoda | ![]() | |||||
Metropolitan Route 301 – Kudanshita, Kokyomae | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 304 | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 406 | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 404 | ||||||
Metropolitan Route 403 – Kitaikebekuro, Shibuya | ||||||
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Nihonbashi Bridge (Inner Circular Route) | Eastern terminus of National Route 1; no direct access to Inner Circular Route | |||||
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Gokishichidō, the ancient highways of Japan
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Gallery
- Nihonbashi, Tokyo terminus
- Route 1 passes in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
- Western terminus of Route 1 in Umeda
- Route 1 heading through Shiba towards Tokyo Tower