Japan National Route 4

National Route 4 (国道4号, Kokudō Yongō) is a major national highway in eastern Honshū, Japan. Measuring 738.5 kilometers long (458.9 mi), it is the longest highway in the country. When oversea routes are included, it is the second longest highway in Japan, with National Route 58 then measuring 884.4 kilometers (549.5 mi) because of its maritime sections. The highway connects Tokyo and Aomori via Utsunomiya, Kōriyama, Sendai, and Morioka.^[1]

National Route 4
国道4号
Japan National Route 4 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	738.5 km[1] (458.9 mi)
Existed	4 December 1952–present
Major junctions
South end	National Route 1 / National Route 15 / National Route 20 in Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo
Major intersections	National Route 6 National Route 14 National Route 17 National Route 16 National Route 50 National Route 49 National Route 13 National Route 45 National Route 47 National Route 46
North end	National Route 7- Aomori West Bypass in Nagashima, Aomori, Aomori
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan
← National Route 3 → National Route 5

From Saitama Prefecture to Iwate Prefecture, it parallels the Tōhoku Expressway; from Morioka to Hachinohe, it parallels the Hachinohe Expressway. At its northern terminus it links with National Route 7.^[2]

Route description

Tokyo

Kilometer zero marker of Japanese highways in Nihonbashi

The southern terminus of National Route 4 lies at Nihonbashi, the kilometer zero of Japan in Chūō, Tokyo. The marker here signifies the terminus of national highways including National Route 1, National Route 6, National Route 14, National Route 15, National Route 17, and National Route 20. Of the mentioned highways, three travel concurrently with National Route 4 from Nihonbashi: National Routes 6, 14, and 17.

Just north of the starting point, National Route 17 leaves the concurrency continuing north while National Route 4, along with National Routes 6 and 14, turn east on to Edo-dōri. Three blocks from there Edo-dōri intersects Shōwa-dōri. National Route 4 turns on to Shōwa-dōri leaving the Edo-dōri concurrency with National Routes 6 and 14. Traveling north along Showa-dōri, National Route 4 serves as a frontage road to the Ueno Route of the Shuto Expressway system between Chūō and Taitō. The Ueno Route merges in to National Route 4 just to the northeast of Ueno Station. The highway then crosses over the Sumida River into Adachi. From the northern side of the river to Utsunomiya, the highway is known as the Nikkō Kaidō.^[3] In the ward the highway crosses beneath the Central Circular Route of the Shuto Expressway system, with an interchange with the expressway's frontage road.^[4] National Route 4 travels north through Adachi, roughly paralleling the Tobu Skytree Line. It then curves to the northwest, crossing over the Kena River into the city of Sōka in Saitama Prefecture.^[5]

Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures

• Sōka–Koshigaya–Kasukabe–Sugito–Satte–Kuki
• Koga
• Westernmost point: Kuki, Saitama just west of a bridge carrying the route over the Tone River.

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
• Highest elevation: 458 meters (1,503 ft) at Jūsanbongi Pass, Ichinohe, Iwate

Aomori Prefecture

This marker denotes the northern terminus of Japan National Route 4 at Aoimori Park in Aomori.

• Sannohe–Nanbu–Gonohe–Towada–Shichinohe–Tōhoku–Noheji–Hiranai–Aomori
• Easternmost point: 150 meters (490 ft) south of the northern end of the route's concurrency with National Route 104 in Nanbu, Aomori.
• Northernmost point: Hamago, Hiranai, Aomori 200 meters (660 ft) south of Mutsu Bay.
• End point: Aomori (ends at the eastern terminus of the west bypass of National Route 7)

History

Illustration of the Ōshū Kaidō as it appeared during the Edo period

National Route 4 was preceded by the Tōsandō, a road initially established during the Asuka period as a road linking Kinai (now Kyoto and Nara) to what is now the vicinity of Morioka, Iwate. The portion of the Tōsandō that was later incorporated into National Route 4 lies between Tochigi Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture.^[6] The next development of the route came along with the creation of the Ōshū Kaidō (奥州街道) and Nikkō Kaidō (日光街道) as two of the five routes of the Edo period. They were established by Tokugawa Ieyasu for government officials traveling through the area to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Mutsu Province and the present-day city of Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. There were also many roads that connected to the Ōshū Kaidō that are included in National Route 4. One such sub-route was the Sendaidō (仙台道), which connected Mutsu Province with Sendai. From Sendai, the Matsumaedō (松前道) connected Sendai with Cape Tappi and indirectly to Hakodate on the southern shore of Hokkaido on the Tsugaru Strait. Though the Ōshū Kaidō has only 27 post stations, there were over 100 designated post stations when the subroutes are included.^[7] Some sections and markers of the Ōshū Kaidō in their original state can still be found alongside National Route 4, the Hachinohe Expressway, and Tōhoku Expressway.^[8]

On 4 December 1952 First Class National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori) was established. The route was reclassified as a General National Highway on 1 April 1965.

During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake many sections of the route in the Tōhoku area were damaged.^[9]

List of major junctions

Prefecture	Location	km[10]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Tokyo	Tokyo	0.0	0.0	National Route 1 west / National Route 15 south / National Route 20 west	Southern terminus; southern end of concurrency with National Routes 6, 14, and 17
		0.5	0.31	National Route 17 north (Nakasendō) – Sugamo, Hongō Tokyo Metropolitan Route 407 west (Edo-dōri) – Shintokiwa Bridge	Northern end of concurrency with National Route 17
		0.8	0.50	National Route 6 north (Edo-dōri) / National Route 14 east – Kashiwa, Asakusabashi Tokyo Metropolitan Route 316 south (Shōwa-dōri) – Shinagawa, Shinbashi Ueno Route – Ueno, Iriya, Ginza, Haneda	Northern end of concurrency with National Routes 6 and 14; Ueno Route exit 181/182 (Honchō)
		1.5	0.93	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 302 (Yasukuni-dōri) – Kudanshita
		2.3	1.4	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 315 east (Kuramaebashi-dōri) – Kuramae Bridge
		2.8	1.7	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 453 (Kasuga-dōri) – Hongō, Umaya Bridge Ueno Route	Ueno Route exit 183 (Ueno) – northbound entrance, southbound exit
		2.8	1.7	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 437 west (Chūō-dōri) – Ueno Park, Mansei Bridge
		2.9	1.8	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 463 south (Asakusa-dōri) – Asakusa
		3.5	2.2	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 452 west (Iriyaguchi-dōri)
		3.9	2.4	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 319 (Iriyaguchi-dōri) – Nezu Ueno Route – Ginza, Haneda	Ueno Route exit 185 (Iriya)
		5.0	3.1	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 462 south (Kokusai-dōri) – Kuramae, Asakusa
		5.2	3.2	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 306 (Meiji-dōri) – Ōji, Kameido
		7.0	4.3	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 461 (Bokutei-dōri) – Nishiarai, Shirahige Bridge
		9.0– 9.5	5.6– 5.9	Frontage road – to Central Circular Route, Tokyo Metropolitan Route 450, Tokyo Metropolitan Route 467
		10.4	6.5	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 307 / 318 (Kannana-dōri) – Nishiarai, Kameari
Saitama	Sōka	14.9	9.3	Saitama Prefecture Route 104 – Hatogaya, Yashio
		17.1	10.6	Saitama Prefecture Route 34 – Saitama, Misato
		18.5	11.5	National Route 298 – Kawaguchi, Misato     Tokyo Gaikan Expressway – to Tōhoku Expressway, Jōban Expressway, Kan-etsu Expressway	C3 exit 72 (Sōka Interchange)
		18.8	11.7	Saitama Prefecture Route 328 – Hatogaya, Shinden Station
	Koshigaya	20.3	12.6	Saitama Prefecture Route 324 – Iwatsuki, Gamō Station
		21.2	13.2	Saitama Prefecture Route 161 south – Hatogaya	Southern end of Saitama Prefecture Route 161 concurrency
		21.3	13.2	Saitama Prefecture Route 161 north	Northern end of Saitama Prefecture Route 161 concurrency
		24.2	15.0	National Route 463 west (Koshigaya Kaidō) – Urawa Saitama Prefecture Route 405 east – Kita-Koshigaya Station
		24.6	15.3	National Route 463 west (Koshigaya–Urawa Bypass) – to Tōhoku Expressway, Tokorozawa
		26.2	16.3	Saitama Prefecture Route 325 – Iwatsuki, Central Koshigaya
		27.7	17.2	National Route 4 north (Koshigaya–Kasukabe Bypass) – Utsunomiya, Oyama Saitama Prefecture Route 49 south – Central Koshigaya	Interchange
	Kasukabe	31.1	19.3	Saitama Prefecture Route 80 – Iwatsuki, Takesato Station, Matsubushi
		35.2	21.9	Saitama Prefecture Route 2 west – Miyashiro Saitama Prefecture Route 10 south – Matsubushi
		35.9	22.3	Saitama Prefecture Route 320 north – Sakai
		36.6	22.7	Saitama Prefecture Route 319 – Central Kasukabe, Sakai
		36.8	22.9	National Route 16 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Saitama, Kashiwa
	Sugito	40.4	25.1	Saitama Prefecture Route 373 (Kyu-Nikkō Kaidō) north – Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station
		41.4	25.7	Saitama Prefecture Route 154 south – Miyashiro Saitama Prefecture Route 183 east – Noda
		42.3	26.3	Saitama Prefecture Route 26 north – Sakai Saitama Prefecture Route 408 south – Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station
	Satte	46.1	28.6	Saitama Prefecture Route 318 east – to Ken-Ō Expressway, Koshigaya–Kasukabe Bypass
		48.6	30.2	Saitama Prefecture Route 267 north – Goka
		49.2	30.6	Saitama Prefecture Route 65 (Kyu-Nikkō Kaidō) south – Miyashiro
		49.7	30.9	Saitama Prefecture Route 152 west – Kazuo Saitama Prefecture Route 371 east – Sakai
	Kuki	53.6	33.3	Saitama Prefecture Route 268 east – Goka
		54.8	34.1	National Route 125 west (Gyōda Bypass) – Gyōda, Kazo Saitama Prefecture Route 60 west	Interchange; southern end of concurrency with National Route 125
Ibaraki	Goka	56.7	35.2	Ibaraki Prefecture Route 56 / 228 – Tatebayashi, Shimotsuma
	Koga	60.3	37.5	National Route 354 – Tatebayashi, Kitakawabe, Jōsō, Sakai
		62.6	38.9	National Route 125 east – Shimotsuma Ibaraki Prefecture Route 294 – Central Koga	Northern end of concurrency with National Route 125
Tochigi	Nogi	64.3	40.0	Tochigi Prefecture Route 261 (Kyu-Nikkō Kaidō) east – Central Koga
		67.5	41.9	Tochigi Prefecture Route 174 north – Tochigi, Fujioka
		68.4	42.5	Tochigi Prefecture Route 314 east
	Oyama	71.2	44.2	Tochigi Prefecture Route 50 west – Fujioka
		71.5	44.4	Tochigi Prefecture Route 103 east – Mamada Station
		71.7	44.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 190 south
		72.5	45.0	Tochigi Prefecture Route 160 west
		73.4	45.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 54 east – to Koshigaya–Kasukabe Bypass
		74.9	46.5	Tochigi Prefecture Route 33 west	Southern end of Tochigi Prefecture Route 33 concurrency
		75.4	46.9	Tochigi Prefecture Route 265 north – Central Oyama
		75.9	47.2	Tochigi Prefecture Route 33 east	Northern end of Tochigi Prefecture Route 33 concurrency
		76.9	47.8	National Route 50 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Ashikaga, Chikusei, Yūki
		78.4	48.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 31 west – Tochigi Tochigi Prefecture Route 263 east – Oyama Station
		81.5	50.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 18 north – Mibu
		81.7	50.8	Tochigi Prefecture Route 265 south – Central Oyama
		83.1	51.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 33 – Tochigi, Yūki
	Shimotsuke	86.0	53.4	Tochigi Prefecture Route 44 east – Ninomiya	Southern end of Tochigi Prefecture Route 44 concurrency
		87.4	54.3	Tochigi Prefecture Route 44 west – Tochigi	Northern end of Tochigi Prefecture Route 44 concurrency
		89.0	55.3	Tochigi Prefecture Route 310 east – Jichi Medical University
		89.3	55.5	Tochigi Prefecture Route 183 west – Mibu
		92.0	57.2	National Route 352 – Kanuma, Mibu, Moka, Kaminokawa
		93.0	57.8	Tochigi Prefecture Route 146 east – Kaminokawa
		95.1	59.1	Tochigi Prefecture Route 71 –to Kita-Kantō Expressway, Mibu, Central Kaminokawa
		96.1	59.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 71 west – to Kita-Kantō Expressway
	Utsunomiya	98.5	61.2	Tochigi Prefecture Route 193 east
		99.1	61.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 184 west
		100.7	62.6	National Route 121 – to Tōhoku Expressway, National Route 4 Bypass, Nikkō
		104.4	64.9	National Route 119 west – Central Utsunomiya
		105.4	65.5	Tochigi Prefecture Route 35 (Kaminokawa Kaidō) – Kaminokawa
		106.2	66.0	Tochigi Prefecture Route 46 (Heisei-dōri) – to Tōhoku Expressway, Kanuma, Moka
		108.4	67.4	National Route 123 east / Tochigi Prefecture Route 1 – Utsunomiya City Office, Motegi, Mashiko
		109.1	67.8	Tochigi Prefecture Route 64 (Kinu-dōri) – Utsunomiya Station, Motegi, Haga	Interchange
		111.4	69.2	Tochigi Prefecture Route 10 south – Central Utsunomiya	Southern end of Tochigi Prefecture Route 10 concurrency
		113.4	70.5	National Route 4 south (Utsunomiya Ring Road) – Kasukabe, Oyama   National Route 119 west (Utsunomiya Ring Road) – Tōhoku Expressway, Nikkō
		115.3	71.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 158 south (Tatsu Kaidō) – Kaminokawa
	Takanezawa	117.9	73.3	National Route 408 south – Moka Tochigi Prefecture Route 10 east – Nasukarasuyama	Northern end of Tochigi Prefecture Route 10 concurrency
	Sakura	124.4	77.3	Tochigi Prefecture Route 125 south (Ōshū Kaidō) – Shirasawa
		124.7	77.5	National Route 293 east – Nakagawa, Kitsuregawa	Southern end of National Route 293 concurrency
		125.5	78.0	National Route 293 west – Kanuma	Northern end of National Route 293 concurrency
		126.5	78.6	Tochigi Prefecture Route 62 west – Tamanyu
		126.7	78.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 181 south – Sakura City Office
		129.4	80.4	Tochigi Prefecture Route 353 north – Kamasusaka Station
		130.6	81.2	Tochigi Prefecture Route 180 – Tamanyu, Kitsuregawa
	Yaita	133.6	83.0	Tochigi Prefecture Route 353 south – Otsuhata
		134.0	83.3	Tochigi Prefecture Route 74 – Kataoka Station, Kitsuregawa
		134.8	83.8	Tōhoku Expressway – Tokyo, Fukushima	E4 exit 11 (Yaita Interchange)
		138.2	85.9	Tochigi Prefecture Route 25 east – Nasukarasuyama
		139.7	86.8	National Route 461 west – Nikkō, Kinugawa	Southern end of National Route 461 concurrency
		141.7	88.0	Tochigi Prefecture Route 271 south – Central Yaita
	Ōtawara	143.2	89.0	National Route 461 east – Kurobane, Ōtawara	Northern end of National Route 461 concurrency; partial interchange
		143.7	89.3	Tochigi Prefecture Route 306 north – Central Yaita
		145.7	90.5	Tochigi Prefecture Route 185 north – Sekiya
	Nasushiobara	149.7	93.0	National Route 400 – to Tōhoku Expressway, National Route 461, Shiobara, Ōtawara
		156.0	96.9	Tochigi Prefecture Route 53 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Nasushiobara Station, Ōtawara
		156.8	97.4	Tochigi Prefecture Route 182 east – Kurobane
		157.9	98.1	Tochigi Prefecture Route 303 north – Central Nasushiobara
		157.9	98.1	Tochigi Prefecture Route 303 north – Central Nasushiobara
		160.5	99.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 34 – Kurobane, Kuroiso Station	Interchange
	Nasu	162.9	101.2	Tochigi Prefecture Route 178	Half-diamond interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
		163.8	101.8	Tochigi Prefecture Route 211 – Kurodahara, Central Nasushiobara	Interchange
		164.8	102.4	Tochigi Prefecture Route 17 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Nasu Kogen	Interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
		165.3	102.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 303 south – Nasu Kogen
		173.3	107.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 21 west – Nasu Kogen Tochigi Prefecture Route 28 east – Kurodahara
		174.9	108.7	Tochigi Prefecture Route 349 west – to Tōhoku Expressway
175.5		109.1	Tochigi Prefecture Route 305 north – Nasuyumoto
178.7		111.0	Tochigi Prefecture Route 105 south – Toyohara Station
Fukushima	Nishigō	182.8	113.6	Fukushima Prefecture Route 68 west – Nasu
		183.4	114.0	Fukushima Prefecture Route 281 north – Mafune Fukushima Prefecture Route 184 east – Shirasaka
		184.6	114.7	Tōhoku Expressway – Utsunomiya, Fukushima	E4 exit 14 (Shirakawa Interchange)
	Shirakawa	187.3	116.4	National Route 289 – Shimogō, Tanagura	One-quadrant interchange
		188.1	116.9	Fukushima Prefecture Route 37 – Central Shirakawa, Lake Hatori
		190.2	118.2	National Route 294 north – to Tōhoku Expressway, Aizuwakamatsu, Taishin	Southern end of National Route 294 concurrency
		190.9	118.6	National Route 294 south – Ogawa, Central Shirakawa	Northern end of National Route 294 concurrency
		191.9	119.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 185 east – Kutano
	Izumizaki	197.4	122.7	Fukushima Prefecture Route 75 south – Tanagura, Izumizaki Village Office
	Yabuki	200.3	124.5	Tōhoku Expressway – Utsunomiya, Fukushima Abukuma Kōgen Road east – Fukushima Airport	E4 exit 15 / E80 exit 1 (Yabuki Interchange)
		200.9	124.8	Fukushima Prefecture Route 283 east
		202.5	125.8	Fukushima Prefecture Route 44 south – to National Route 294, Taishin Fukushima Prefecture Route 58 east – to Fukushima Airport, National Route 118, Tanagura
		203.2	126.3	Fukushima Prefecture Route 186 east – Yabuki Station
		204.1	126.8	Fukushima Prefecture Route 55 north – Naganuma
	Kagamiishi	208.1	129.3	Fukushima Prefecture Route 288 east
		209.1	129.9	Fukushima Prefecture Route 289 – Ten-ei, Central Kagamiishi
	Sukagawa	212.0	131.7	National Route 118 – to Fukushima Airport, Aizuwakamatsu, Mito	Interchange
		213.6	132.7	Fukushima Prefecture Route 63 – Aizuwakamatsu, Sukagawa City Hall
		219.3	136.3	Fukushima Prefecture Route 17 north (Showa-dōri) – to National Route 49, National Route 288, Miharu, Iwaki, Central Kōriyama
	Kōriyama	219.9	136.6	Fukushima Prefecture Route 109 – Naganuma, Asakanagamori
		222.8	138.4	Fukushima Prefecture Route 47 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Asaka-Nagamori Station, Naganuma	Interchange
		224.1	139.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 143
		225.4	140.1	Fukushima Prefecture Route 6 – Ōtsuki, Central Kōriyama, Konan	Interchange
		227.8	141.5	National Route 49 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Iwaki, Aizuwakamatsu	Interchange
		230.0	142.9	Fukushima Prefecture Route 296 – Kikuta, Central Kōriyama	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		232.7	144.6	National Route 288 east – to National Route 49, Iwaki, Miharu, Central Kōriyama
		233.0	144.8	Fukushima Prefecture Route 357 – Kikuta, Hiwada Station
	Motomiya	237.0	147.3	Fukushima Prefecture Route 304 – Ōtama
		237.5	147.6	Tōhoku Expressway – to Ban-etsu Expressway, Tokyo, Utsunomiya, Sendai	E4 exit 19 (Motomiya Interchange)
		241.2	149.9	Fukushima Prefecture Route 146 – Ōtama, Miharu, Shirasawa	One-quadrant interchange
	Ōtama	243.4	151.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 30 – Ōtama Village Office, Dake Onsen
	Nihonmatsu	246.4	153.1	Fukushima Prefecture Route 368 west
		247.2	153.6	Fukushima Prefecture Route 355 – Central Nihonmatsu	Partial interchange
		249.1	154.8	National Route 459 west – to Tōhoku Expressway, Dake Onsen, Central Nihonmatsu	Interchange; southern end of National Route 459 concurrency
		249.7	155.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 129 north – Central Nihonmatsu
		251.0	156.0	National Route 459 east – Namie, Iwashiro	Interchange; northern end of National Route 459 concurrency
		252.2	156.7	Fukushima Prefecture Route 355 south – Central Nihonmatsu
		252.4	156.8	Fukushima Prefecture Route 62 east – Tōwa
		253.0	157.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 114 north – to Tōhoku Expressway, Adachi Station
		257.0	159.7	Fukushima Prefecture Route 129 south – Adachi Fukushima Prefecture Route 39 east – Kawamata, Iino	Two-quadrant interchange
	Fukushima	259.7	161.4	Fukushima Prefecture Route 51 east – Kawamata Fukushima Prefecture Route 52 west – Matsukawa Station	Interchange
		261.5	162.5	Fukushima Prefecture Route 307 – Fukushima University, Kawamata, Iino	Interchange
		264.7	164.5	Fukushima Prefecture Route 114 south – Fukushima University	Interchange
		268.6	166.9	National Route 13 north (Fukushima West Bypass) – Yonezawa, Yamagata
		269.9	167.7	National Route 115 west – to Tōhoku Expressway, Fukushima West Bypass, Inawashiro, Tsuchiyu Onsen	Southern end of National Route 115 concurrency
		270.3	168.0	Fukushima Prefecture Route 309 north – Tenjin Bridge
		271.6	168.8	National Route 13 north (Heiwa-dōri) – Fukushima Station, Yonezawa, Yamagata
		272.1	169.1	National Route 114 east (Bansechō-dōri) – Kawamata
		274.0	170.3	National Route 115 east – Sōma	Northern end of National Route 115 concurrency
		276.9	172.1	Fukushima Prefecture Route 387 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway, National Route 13, Hobara
		277.2	172.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 353 north – Senoue
		278.0	172.7	Fukushima Prefecture Route 155 west – Iizaka Onsen
	Date	279.9	173.9	National Route 399 – Iizaka, Hobara
		281.9	175.2	Fukushima Prefecture Route 125 south – Hobara
	Koori	283.0	175.8	Fukushima Prefecture Route 125 west – Iizaka
		283.4	176.1	Fukushima Prefecture Route 123 east – Yanagawa
	Kunimi	288.0	179.0	Fukushima Prefecture Route 46 north – to Tōhoku Expressway
		288.2	179.1	Fukushima Prefecture Route 31 south – Yanagawa
		288.8	179.5	Fukushima Prefecture Route 107 west – Central Kunimi Fukushima Prefecture Route 320 east – Yanagawa
		292.7	181.9	Fukushima Prefecture Route 321 south – Yanagawa
Miyagi	Shiroishi	296.9	184.5	Miyagi Prefecture Route 105 east – Kakuda
		304.7	189.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 24 east – Marumori, Shiroishi-Zaō Station
		305.5	189.8	National Route 113 – Nan'yō, Shichikashuku, Kakuda, Central Shiroishi	Interchange
		306.3	190.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 254 – Central Shiroishi, Kamasaki Onsen	One-quadrant interchange
		308.1	191.4	National Route 457 north – Zaō
		308.4	191.6	Miyagi Prefecture Route 12 south – Central Shiroishi	Southern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 12 concurrency
		310.2	192.7	Tōhoku Expressway – Fukushima, Sendai, Yamagata	E4 exit 24 (Shiroishi Interchange)
	Zaō	311.4	193.5	Miyagi Prefecture Route 12 north – Zaō Echo Line	Northern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 12 concurrency
		312.8	194.4	Miyagi Prefecture Route 25 east – Zaō Echo Line
		315.4	196.0	Miyagi Prefecture Route 112 south – Kita-Shirakawa Station
	Ōgawara	318.2	197.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 110 south – Kakuda, Funaoka Miyagi Prefecture Route 115 west – Zaō	Southern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 115 concurrency
		319.4	198.5	Miyagi Prefecture Route 115 east – Central Ōgawara	Northern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 115 concurrency
		320.3	199.0	Miyagi Prefecture Route 14 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Murata, Central Ōgawara
	Shibata	323.5	201.0	Miyagi Prefecture Route 116 south – Kakuda, Funaoka Station
		324.6	201.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 114 south – Kakuda
		327.2	203.3	National Route 349 south – Marumori, Kakuda	Interchange
		328.4	204.1	Miyagi Prefecture Route 28 – Tsukinoki, Watari	Interchange
	Iwanuma	330.5	205.4	Miyagi Prefecture Route 39 north – Moniwa
		333.2	207.0	National Route 6 south – Minamisōma, Sōma	Southern end of National Route 6 concurrency
		334.3	207.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 125 east – to Sendai-Tōbu Road	Interchange
	Natori	334.9	208.1	Miyagi Prefecture Route 25 west – Central Iwanuma
		337.7	209.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 20 – to Sendai Airport, Sendai-Tōbu Road	Interchange
		338.1	210.1	Miyagi Prefecture Route 258 – Nagamachi, Medeshima
		340.8	211.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 127 – Mitazono Station, Morisekinoshita Station
		341.6	212.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 129 – to Sendai-Tōbu Road, Natori Station, Yuriage
	Sendai	348.1	216.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 54 – Kawaramachi, Ido-hama
		350.5	217.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 235 – Minamikoizumi, Arahama
		351.4	218.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 137 – Sendai Station, Sendai Port
		353.7	219.8	National Route 6 west / National Route 47 National Route 45 – to Sanriku Expressway, Prefecture Office, City Office, Shiogama	Nigatake Interchange; northern end of National Route 6 concurrency, southern end of National Route 47 concurrency
		358.7	222.9	Miyagi Prefecture Route 37 west – Yaotome, Nankodai
		359.6	223.4	Miyagi Prefecture Route 35 – Izumi-Chūō, Iwakiri
		360.9	224.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 56 north – Nishinarita
		361.3	224.5	Miyagi Prefecture Route 22 south – Sendai Station, Izumi-Chūō
		362.3	225.1	Tōhoku Expressway – to Yamagata Expressway, Fukushima, Tokyo, Aomori, Morioka	E4 exit 29 (Izumi Interchange)
		363.4	225.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 263 west – Izumi Park Town
	Tomiya	367.4	228.3	Sendai-Hokubu Road east – Ishinomaki, Sōma	E6 exit 2 (Tomiya Interchange)
		369.0	229.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 256 – Miyatoko, Nishinarita
	Taiwa	373.1	231.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 9 east – Matsushima, Sendai Hokubu Industrial Park
		373.9	232.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 3 south – to Tōhoku Expressway, Matsushima Miyagi Prefecture Route 147 west – Masuzawa
	Ōhira	374.7	232.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 261 north – Ishinomaki, Sendai Hokubu Industrial Park
		375.7	233.4	National Route 457 – Kami
		376.9	234.2	Miyagi Prefecture Route 57 east – to Tōhoku Expressway, Sendai Hokubu Industrial Park
		380.2	236.2	Miyagi Prefecture Route 16 – Kami, Kashimadai
	Ōsaki	384.6	239.0	Miyagi Prefecture Route 156 west – Kami
		387.3	240.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 56 south – to Tōhoku Expressway, Iga
		388.3	241.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 157 – Central Sanbongi, Kami	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
		389.2	241.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 152 east – Central Sanbongi
		393.0	244.2	Miyagi Prefecture Route 158 west – to National Route 347, Obanazawa, Kami
		393.8	244.7	National Route 347 west – Obanazawa, Kami Miyagi Prefecture Route 1 north – Central Furukawa
		395.0	245.4	National Route 47 west / National Route 108 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Shinjo, Naruko Onsen, Ishinomaki, Wakuya, Central Furukawa	Northern end of National Route 47 concurrency
		398.6	247.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 1 south – Central Furukawa	Southern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 1 concurrency
		400.0	248.5	Miyagi Prefecture Route 165 west – Iwadeyama
		400.3	248.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 266 north – to Tōhoku Expressway, Iwadeyama
		402.0	249.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 166 west – Ichihasama
	Kurihara	403.1	250.5	Miyagi Prefecture Route 1 north – Misato, Central Takashimizu	Northern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 1 concurrency
		405.6	252.0	Miyagi Prefecture Route 167 – Naruko Onsen, Iwadeyama, Motoyoshi, Semine	Two-quadrant interchange
		411.2	255.5	Tōhoku Expressway – Sendai, Tokyo, Morioka, Aomori	E4 exit 32 (Tsukidate Interchange)
		412.2	256.1	Miyagi Prefecture Route 36 east – Tome, Wakayanagi
		413.1	256.7	National Route 4 north (Tsukidate Bypass) – Tome
		414.8	257.7	National Route 398 – Hanayama, Ichihasama, Wakayanagi, Shiwahime, Izunuma-Uchinuma
		416.5	258.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 42 north – Kurikoma Quasi-National Park
		423.4	263.1	Miyagi Prefecture Route 181 west – Hanayama, Uguisuzawa
		423.7	263.3	Miyagi Prefecture Route 4 west – Kurikoma	Southern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 4 concurrency
		424.7	263.9	Miyagi Prefecture Route 4 east – to Tōhoku Expressway, Wakayanagi	Northern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 4 concurrency
425.0		264.1	Miyagi Prefecture Route 186 west – Kurikoma	Southern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 186 concurrency
426.0		264.7	Miyagi Prefecture Route 186 east – Hanaizumi	Northern end of Miyagi Prefecture Route 186 concurrency
429.1		266.6	Miyagi Prefecture Route 48 east – Hanaizumi
431.0		267.8	Miyagi Prefecture Route 182 west – Kurikoma
434.6		270.0	Miyagi Prefecture Route 187 east – Hanaizumi, Arikabe Station
Iwate	Ichinoseki	436.0	270.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 260 north – Central Ichinoseki
		440.1	273.5	National Route 284 east – Central Ichinoseki National Route 457 south – Kurikoma
		441.3	274.2	National Route 342 east – to National Route 284, Kesennuma	Southern end of National Route 342 concurrency
		442.0	274.6	National Route 342 west – to Tōhoku Expressway, Yokote Iwate Prefecture Route 14 north – Rikuzentakata, Higashiyama	Northern end of National Route 342 concurrency
	Hiraizumi	445.9	277.1	Iwate Prefecture Route 260 south – Central Ichinoseki
		446.3	277.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 300 north – Hiraizumi, Chūson-ji, Mōtsū-ji
		448.3	278.6	Iwate Prefecture Route 206 – Hiraizumi, Higashiyama
		451.6	280.6	Iwate Prefecture Route 37 – Koromagawa, Hiraizumi Iwate Prefecture Route 237 north – Higashiyama
		452.0	280.9	Tōhoku Expressway – Tokyo, Sendai, Aomori, Morioka	E4 exit 35 (Hiraizumi-Maesawa Interchange)
	Ōshū	454.0	282.1	Iwate Prefecture Route 243 north – Central Maesawa
		455.4	283.0	Iwate Prefecture Route 237 – Maesawa Station, Higashiyama
		457.2	284.1	Iwate Prefecture Route 106 – Central Maesawa, Higashiyama
		458.7	285.0	Iwate Prefecture Route 243 south – Central Maesawa
		461.1	286.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 175 east – Rikuchū-Orii Station Iwate Prefecture Route 176 west – to Tōhoku Expressway, Isawa
		464.7	288.8	Iwate Prefecture Route 226 north – Central Mizusawa
		465.8	289.4	National Route 343 east – Rikuzaentakata, Daito
		466.4	289.8	National Route 397 – Yokote, Ōfunato
		468.2	290.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 251 north (Shiushi-dōri) – Esashi
		468.7	291.2	Iwate Prefecture Route 8 east – Esashi Iwate Prefecture Route 226 south – Central Mizusawa
		470.2	292.2	National Route 4 south (Mizusawa-higashi Bypass) – Sumita, Esashi Iwate Prefecture Route 270 north – Kanegasaki	Interchange
		472.1	293.3	Tōhoku Expressway – to Akita Expressway, Tokyo, Sendai, Aomori, Morioka	E4 exit 36 (Mizusawa Interchange)
	Kanegasaki	473.9	294.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 196 – Iwate Chubu Industrial Area, Central Kanegasaki, Kanegasaki Station
		475.2	295.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 270 south – Central Kanegasaki
		476.5	296.1	Iwate Prefecture Route 255 east – Esashi
	Kitakami	477.8	296.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 159 west
		478.5	297.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 50 west – to Tōhoku Expressway Iwate Prefecture Route 254 north – Central Kitakami
		482.7	299.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 225 – Geto Onsen, Esashi
		484.9	301.3	National Route 107 – to Tōhoku Expressway, Yokote, Ōfunato
		487.2	302.7	Iwate Prefecture Route 254 south – Central Kitakami
		488.5	303.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 151 east – Murasakino Station
		489.8	304.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 252 west
	Hanamaki	492.9	306.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 298 north – to Tōhoku Expressway, Central Hanamaki
		496.1	308.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 28 – Central Hanamaki, Higashijunichome
		496.9	308.8	National Route 283 / Iwate Prefecture Route 12 west – to Tōhoku Expressway, Central Hanamaki, Kamaishi, Tōno, Kenji Miyazawa Museum
		499.6	310.4	Kamaishi Expressway – to Tōhoku Expressway, Kamaishi, Tōno Iwate Prefecture Route 294 north – Hanamaki Airport, Hanamaki Distribution Center	E46 exit 1 (Hanamaki Airport Interchange)
		500.4	310.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 286 – Hanamaki Airport, Shin-Hanamaki Station, Central Hanamaki, Tōwa
		503.0	312.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 37 south – to Tōhoku Expressway, Dai Onsen, Hanamaki Onsen
		503.5	312.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 213 west – Hanamaki-Kūkō Station Iwate Prefecture Route 214 east – Hanamaki Airport, Ōhasama
		506.3	314.6	Iwate Prefecture Route 265 north – Central Ishidoriya
		509.1	316.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 109 – Ishidoriya Station
		510.3	317.1	Iwate Prefecture Route 102 east – Ōhasama
		510.9	317.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 198 north
	Shiwa	512.2	318.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 265 south – Central Ishidoriya
		515.4	320.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 111 west
		515.8	320.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 46 west – to Tōhoku Expressway
		517.1	321.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 25 east – to National Route 456
	Yahaba	523.9	325.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 207 west – Yahaba Station Iwate Prefecture Route 208 east – Tōno
	Morioka	529.1	328.8	National Route 46 west / Iwate Prefecture Route 36 – to Tōhoku Expressway, National Route 396, Tōno
		530.3	329.5	Iwate Prefecture Route 16 north (Morioka Belt Highway) – Morioka Station, Prefecture Office
		531.9	330.5	National Route 396 south – Tōno
		533.2	331.3	National Route 106 – Morioka Station, Prefecture Office, Miyako
		535.9	333.0	National Route 455 – Prefecture Office, Iwaizumi	One-quadrant interchange
		536.6	333.4	National Route 455 east (Kitayama Bypass) – Iwaizumi
		537.5	334.0	National Route 281 east / National Route 282 north	Southern end of concurrency with National Routes 281 and 282
		539.2	335.0	Iwate Prefecture Route 220 south – Morioka Station, Prefecture Office
	Takizawa	546.6	339.6	National Route 282 north (Ippongi Bypass) – Hachimantai Iwate Prefecture Route 16 (Morioka Belt Highway) – Koiwai	Northern end of National Route 282 concurrency
		547.3	340.1	Tōhoku Expressway – to Hachinohe Expressway, Sendai, Tokyo, Aomori	E4 exit 43 (Takizawa Interchange)
	Morioka	553.3	343.8	Iwate Prefecture Route 169 south – Iwaizumi Iwate Prefecture Route 301 north – Tamayama Branch Office
		558.5	347.0	Iwate Prefecture Route 129 west – Hachimantai
	Iwate	562.7	349.6	Iwate Prefecture Route 157 north – Iwate-Kawaguchi Station
		569.3	353.7	Iwate Prefecture Route 17 – Hachimantai, Numakunai
		572.6	355.8	National Route 281 east – Kuji, Kuzumaki	Northern end of National Route 281 concurrency
	Ichinohe	582.1	361.7	Iwate Prefecture Route 30 – Ashiro, Kuzumaki, Oku-nakayama kōgen Station
		596.1	370.4	Iwate Prefecture Route 101 north – Kozuya Station
598.3		371.8	Iwate Prefecture Route 15 south – Kuzumaki, Kozuya Station
600.2		372.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 274 north – Ichinohe Hospital, Ichinohe Town Office
602.8		374.6	Iwate Prefecture Route 274 south – Central Ichinohe	Southern end of Iwate Prefecture Route 274 concurrency
604.6		375.7	Hachinohe Expressway – Morioka, Aomori, Hachinohe	E4A exit 2 (Ichinohe Interchange)
604.8		375.8	Iwate Prefecture Route 5 east – Kunohe
608.3		378.0	Iwate Prefecture Route 6 south – Ashiro, Jōbōji	Southern end of Iwate Prefecture Route 6 concurrency
608.8		378.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 274 north – Central Ninohe	Northern end of Iwate Prefecture Route 274 concurrency
Ninohe	610.1	379.1	Iwate Prefecture Route 6 north – Ninohe Station	Northern end of Iwate Prefecture Route 6 concurrency
	611.4	379.9	Iwate Prefecture Route 6 south – Ninohe Station
	612.1	380.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 24 east – Central Ninohe
	613.6	381.3	Iwate Prefecture Route 32 – Takko, Ninohe Industrial Estate, Central Ninohe, Tomai Station	One-quadrant interchange
	616.1	382.8	Iwate Prefecture Route 274 south – Central Ninohe
	617.5	383.7	National Route 395 east – Kuji, Karumai
	619.2	384.8	Iwate Prefecture Route 244 east – Kintaichi-Onsen Station
	621.9	386.4	Iwate Prefecture Route 241 west – Kamitomai
Aomori	Sannohe	622.8	387.0	Aomori Prefecture Route 149 east – Metoki Station
		627.1	389.7	National Route 104 west – Kazuno, Takko Aomori Prefecture Route 258 north – Sannohe	Interchange; southern end of National Route 104 concurrency
		629.2	391.0	Aomori Prefecture Route 45 – Shingō, Central Sannohe
		630.2	391.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 45 north – Central Sannohe
	Nanbu	633.0	393.3	Aomori Prefecture Route 258 south – Sannohe Station
		633.3	393.5	Aomori Prefecture Route 233 north – Tekurabashi
		635.0	394.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 222 south – Okitaomote
		636.2	395.3	Aomori Prefecture Route 224 east – Nakuidake Prefectural Natural Park
		640.0	397.7	Aomori Prefecture Route 33 south – Karumai
		640.7	398.1	National Route 104 east – Hachinohe	Northern end of National Route 104 concurrency
	Gonohe	644.9	400.7	Aomori Prefecture Route 233 south – Tekurabashi, Asamizu
		646.8	401.9	National Route 454 east – Hachinohe	Southern end of National Route 454 concurrency
		649.8	403.8	Aomori Prefecture Route 15 – Gonohe Town Office, Shingō	Interchange
		651.2	404.6	National Route 454 west – Hachinohe	Interchange; northern end of National Route 454 concurrency
		652.6	405.5	Aomori Prefecture Route 113 north – Gonohe	Interchange
		653.1	405.8	Aomori Prefecture Route 168 west – Kirida
	Towada	655.9	407.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 212 north – Rokunohe
		662.6	411.7	National Route 45 south – Kuji, Hachinohe National Route 102 west – Lake Towada, Central Towada	Southern end of National Route 45 concurrency
		665.4	413.5	Aomori Prefecture Route 10 (Misawa Kaidō) – to Daini-Michinoku Toll Road, Central Towada, Misawa	One-quadrant interchange
		667.0	414.5	Aomori Prefecture Route 165 – Central Towada, Tōhoku
		669.7	416.1	Aomori Prefecture Route 10 east – Central Towada
		671.4	417.2	Aomori Prefecture Route 169 east – Tachizaki
	Shichinohe	675.8	419.9	Aomori Prefecture Route 22 – Central Shichinohe, Lake Ogawara, Misawa
		677.0	420.7	National Route 394 – Yachi, Kuroishi, Rokkasho, Tōhoku
		680.1	422.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 173 north – Tōhoku
		686.3	426.4	Aomori Prefecture Route 242 west – to Michinoku Toll Road, Aomori
	Tōhoku	692.2	430.1	Aomori Prefecture Route 8 south – Misawa
		693.6	431.0	Shimokita Expressway north – Mutsu	Noheji Interchange
	Noheji	694.2	431.4	National Route 279 north – Mutsu
		699.3	434.5	Aomori Prefecture Route 243 east – Mutsu, Noheji
	Hiranai	707.5	439.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 123 west – Mutsu
		711.0	441.8	Aomori Prefecture Route 9 west (Natsudomari Scallop Line) – Natsudomari Peninsula
		713.2	443.2	Aomori Prefecture Route 215 north – Hiranai Town Office, Kominato Station
		717.1	445.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 207 north – Nishi-Hiranai Station
		718.9	446.7	Aomori Prefecture Route 9 east (Natsudomari Scallop Line) – Natsudomari Peninsula	Southern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 9 concurrency
		720.0	447.4	Aomori Prefecture Route 9 west (Ōshū Kaidō)	Northern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 9 concurrency
	Aomori	724.3	450.1	Aomori Prefecture Route 269 east
		725.8	451.0	Aomori Prefecture Route 259 west – Nonai
		729.7	453.4	Aomori Prefecture Route 44 – to Aomori Expressway, Michinoku Toll Road, Nonai
		732.1	454.9	National Route 7 south (Aomori Belt Highway) – to Aomori Expressway, Hirosaki, Fujisaki
		733.8	456.0	Aomori Prefecture Route 259 east – Nonai, Aomori Prefectural Hospital
		736.7	457.8	Aomori Prefecture Route 27 west – Aomori Airport
		737.7	458.4	National Route 103 south (Kanko-dōri) – to Aomori Expressway, Lake Towada
		738.1	458.6	Aomori Prefecture Route 120 south – to Aomori Airport, Aomori Expressway, Lake Towada Aomori Prefecture Route 16 west – Aomori Station, Aomori Port	Southern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 120 concurrency
		738.5	458.9	National Route 7 south / National Route 101 south / National Route 280 north / Aomori Prefecture Route 120 north Aomori West Bypass	Northern terminus; northern end of concurrency with National Route 45 and Aomori Prefecture Route 120
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also

• Edo Five Routes, the five centrally administered routes, or kaidō, that connected the capital of Japan at Edo (now Tokyo) with the outer provinces during the Edo period.
• Tōhoku Expressway, an expressway managed by the East Nippon Expressway Company that parallels Route 4 from Tokyo to Aomori.