Japan National Route 7

National Route 7 (国道7号, Kokudō Nanagō) is a major north-south national highway on the Sea of Japan side of the island of Honshū, Japan. It traverses four prefectures, with Niigata at its southern end, then Yamagata, Akita, and finally, Aomori at its northern end. The 471.8-kilometer (293.2 mi) long highway begins at an intersection with national routes 8, 17, 113, 116, 289, 350, and 402 in the capital of Niigata, Niigata. Travelling north, the highway links the prefectural capitals Akita and Aomori. In central Aomori the highway ends at the northern terminus of National Route 4 and National Route 45.

National Route 7 shield
National Route 7
国道7号
Map
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length559.6 km[1] (347.7 mi)
Distance includes bypasses signed with the same route number
Existed4 December 1952–present
Major junctions
North end National Route 4 / National Route 45 in Aomori, Aomori
Major intersections
South end National Route 8 / National Route 17 / National Route 113 / National Route 116 / National Route 289 / National Route 350 / National Route 402 in Niigata, Niigata
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system
National Route 6 National Route 8
Japan National Route 7 in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture

Route description edit

The main line of National Route 7 has a length of 471.8 kilometers (293.2 mi). When bypasses signed as National Route 7 are included, its total distance increases to 559.6 kilometers (347.7 mi).[2] The highway's origin and southern terminus lies in Chuo-ku, Niigata at junction with national routes 8, 17, 113, 116, 289, 350, and 402. The highway passes through Shibata, Murakami, Tsuruoka, Sakata, Yurihonjō, Akita, Noshiro, Ōdate, and Hirosaki. Its endpoint and northern terminus lies in Aomori at a junction with national routes 4 and 45.[3]

History edit

What eventually became National Route 7 between Aburakawa-juku in present-day Aomori and Tsuchizakiminato-juku in Akita was established during the Edo period by Tokugawa Ieyasu as the Ushū Hama Kaidō and Ushū Kaidō, subroutes of the Ōshū Kaidō.[4]

National Route 7 was established by the Cabinet of Japan roughly along the aforementioned section of the Ushū Kaidō as well as a new road south to Niigata on 4 December 1952 as First Class National Highway 7 between Niigata and Aomori. It's designationation was changed to General National Highway 7 on 1 April 1965.[5]

Major intersections edit

All junctions listed are at-grade intersections unless noted otherwise.

PrefectureLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
NiigataNiigata0.00.0        National Route 8 south / National Route 17 south / National Route 113 east / National Route 116 south / National Route 289 east / National Route 350 west / National Route 402 south / Niigata Prefecture Route 565 southSouthern terminus; southern end of concurrency with routes 8, 113, and 350
0.10.062Niigata Prefecture Route 565 north
0.90.56   National Route 113 east / National Route 350 westNorthern end of concurrency with routes 113 and 350
1.40.87Niigata Prefecture Route 33 south – Niigata Station
2.31.4Niigata Prefecture Route 3 east / Niigata Prefecture Route 464 north – Niigata City Office, Furumachi, Niigata West Port, Taihei Bridge
3.11.9Niigata Prefecture Route 51 west – Niigata Station Minamiguchi
4.42.7   National Route 8 south / National Route 49 eastShichikuyama Interchange; southern end of limited-access highway; northern end of concurrency with National Route 8
7.04.3Niigata Prefecture Route 4 (Akamichi) – Yamanoshita, OroshidanchiTakeo Interchange
8.95.5Niigata City Route 3 – Ōgata, EguchiOyachi Interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
9.86.1Niigata Prefecture Route 3 – Ōgata, Taihei BridgeEbigase Interchange
11.16.9    Niigata Prefecture Route 17 – Niigata Airport, Mokko Estate, Taihei Bridge, Nihonkai-Tōhoku ExpresswayHitoichi Interchange
13.18.1Niigata Prefecture Route 27 south – Matsuhama
Niigata Prefecture Route 398 north – Niizaki
Nigorikawa Interchange
15.79.8Niigata Prefecture Route 324 – Toyosaka Station, Niigata Race Course, Hokubu Industrial EstateRace Course Interchange
18.611.6Niigata Prefecture Route 46 – Fukushimagata, ShimamichoToyosaka Interchange
19.512.1Toyosaka Parking Area
Seirō20.612.8Niigata Prefecture Route 556 – Niigata East Port, Fujiyose, National Route 113Higashiko Interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
21.213.2Unnamed municipal roadDaibukoya Interchange; no southbound exit
22.714.1Niigata Prefecture Route 204 – License Center, Hasuno, National Route 113Hasuno Interchange
24.515.2Niigata Prefecture Route 3 – Shunji Memorial Park, SasakiSeiro Interchange
25.615.9  Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway – Murakami, NiigataSeiro-Shibata Interchange (E7 exit 4)
Shibata26.616.5  National Route 460 west – Agano, Tsukioka Spa, Central ShibataShibata Interchange; northern end of limited-access highway
29.018.0Niigata Prefecture Route 544 north
29.918.6Niigata Prefecture Route 21 – Shunji Memorial Park, Shibata Castle
30.418.9  National Route 290 south – Gosen, Shibata HospitalSouthern end of National Route 290 concurrency
32.019.9  National Route 290 north – SugataniNorthern end of National Route 290 concurrency
33.220.6Niigata Prefecture Route 60 / Niigata Prefecture Route 390
33.420.8Niigata Prefecture Route 343 north
35.221.9Niigata Prefecture Route 545
38.523.9Niigata Prefecture Route 292
Tainai40.725.3Niigata Prefecture Route 343 south / Niigata Prefecture Route 591 west – Muramatsuhama
41.725.9Niigata Prefecture Route 54 (Akane Street) north
44.227.5Niigata Prefecture Route 173 north
46.428.8Niigata Prefecture Route 53 south – Tarugahashi Park, Tainai Kannon
Niigata Prefecture Route 493 north – Kurokawa
Murakami50.631.4Niigata Prefecture Route 493 south
51.532.0   National Route 113 – Momozakihama, National Route 345, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Nanyo, Sekikawa
53.233.1Niigata Prefecture Route 182 west – Kanaya, Murakami City Arakawa Branch Office
53.233.1  Niigata Prefecture Route 142 – National Route 290, National Route 345, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Sekikawa
56.234.9    National Route 290 south – Sekikawa
Niigata Prefecture Route 286 west – Central Murakami, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
Southern end of National Route 290 concurrency
57.435.7Niigata Prefecture Route 207 east
58.636.4Niigata Prefecture Route 3 south – Sasagawanagare, Senami OnsenUnsigned northern terminus of National Route 290
64.440.0  Niigata Prefecture Route 208 east – Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
68.742.7Niigata Prefecture Route 291 south
70.743.9Niigata Prefecture Route 310 north
83.251.7Niigata Prefecture Route 6 north – Kangawa, National Route 345
90.055.9Niigata Prefecture Route 249 north
99.261.6  National Route 345 south – SasagawanagareSouthern end of National Route 345 concurrency
103.564.3Niigata Prefecture Route 52 east – Fuya Station
YamagataTsuruoka107.766.9  National Route 345 north – Kinomata, OnabeNorthern end of National Route 345 concurrency
116.572.4  Yamagata Prefecture Route 44 east – Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Atsumi Onsen, Atsumi Onsen Station, Tsuruoka City Office
123.977.0  Yamagata Prefecture Route 61 east – Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Suganodai, Yamairagawa
129.280.3  Yamagata Prefecture Route 334 east – Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Sanze Station
130.781.2Yamagata Prefecture Route 50 north – Yunohama, Yura
132.382.2Yamagata Prefecture Route 131 west – YunohamaSouthern end of Yamagata Prefecture Route 131 concurrency
135.083.9Yamagata Prefecture Route 131 east – YunohamaNorthern end of Yamagata Prefecture Route 131 concurrency
137.285.3Yamagata Prefecture Route 335 – Uzen-Mizusawa Station, Yutagawa, Tagawa
137.785.6Yamagata Prefecture Route 38 north – Oyama
Yamagata Prefecture Route 334 west – National Route 345, Tagawa
139.386.6  Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway – Sakata, NiigataTsuruoka-nishi Interchange (E7 exit 16)
140.787.4Yamagata Prefecture Route 332 north – Yamagata, Central Tsuruoka, National Route 112
141.487.9Yamagata Prefecture Route 338 – Yunohama, Oyama, Yutagawa
143.289.0  Yamagata Expressway – Yamagata, AkitaTsuruoka Interchange (E48 exit 12)
143.989.4  National Route 112 north – Yunohama, Ohama
Yamagata Prefecture Route 47 east – Mount Haguro, Tsuruoka City Office
Southern end of National Route 112 concurrency
146.190.8Yamagata Prefecture Route 332 – Yunohama, Central Tsuruoka
147.491.6  National Route 112 south – Yamagata, Sagae
Yamagata Prefecture Route 350 south – Takarada, Hodashi
Northern end of National Route 112 concurrency
Mikawa151.093.8Yamagata Prefecture Route 341 – Yunohama, Tachikawa, Fujishima
153.695.4    Yamagata Prefecture Route 33 – Shonai Airport, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Tachikawa, Amarume
154.796.1Yamagata Prefecture Route 356 – Hamnaka, Inoko
Sakata157.998.1Yamagata Prefecture Route 357 – Kuromori
160.399.6  Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway – Yamagata, Niigata, AkitaSakata Interchange (E7 exit 19)
161.7100.5Yamagata Prefecture Route 38 west – YunohamaSouthern end of Yamagata Prefecture Route 38 concurrency
162.3100.8Yamagata Prefecture Route 38 east – to Osaki, Shinjō, National Route 47 eastInterchange; western terminus of unsigned National Route 47, northern end of Yamagata Prefecture Route 38 concurrency
164.5102.2Yamagata Prefecture Route 353 north – Central Sakata, Sakata Port, Sankyo Warehouse, Honma Art MuseumPartial interchange
168.1104.5   National Route 47 east – Osaki, Shinjō, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
Yamagata Prefecture Route 40 west – City Hall
Northern end of unsigned National Route 47 concurrency
169.6105.4Yamagata Prefecture Route 352 – Sakata Station, Oishi
170.6106.0  National Route 344 east – Kaneyama, Yawata
Yamagata Prefecture Route 40 west – Sakata Station
172.3107.1  Yamagata Prefecture Route 352 – Central Sakata, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Fukura, Yuza
174.0108.1  National Route 112 south – Sakatakita Port, Ohama WharfInterchange
175.6109.1  Yamagata Prefecture Route 59 east – Yawata, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
Yuza178.5110.9Yamagata Prefecture Route 369 east – Mutsushinden
179.8111.7Yamagata Prefecture Route 374 east
181.2112.6Yamagata Prefecture Route 208 east – Ninotaki, Yuza Station
184.2114.5Yamagata Prefecture Route 375 east – Shimofujisaki
186.6115.9  National Route 345 south – Tachikawa, YawataSouthern end of National Route 345 concurrency
187.2116.3  National Route 345 north – Jūroku Rakan Iwa, Nishihama Bathing Place, ChokaionsenkyoNorthern end of National Route 345 concurrency
189.7117.9Yamagata Prefecture Route 210 (Chokai Blue Line) – Jūroku Rakan Iwa, Chokaionsenkyo, Mount Chōkai, Odaira Mountain CottageTwo-quadrant interchange
192.2119.4  National Route 345 south – Jūroku Rakan Iwa, ChokaionsenkyoNorthern terminus of National Route 345
AkitaNikaho205.0127.4  Akita Prefecture Route 58 east – Nikaho City Hall, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
211.9131.7    Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway – Akita Airport, Akita, Kisakata, Sakata,Konoura Interchange (E7 exit 12)
212.5132.0Akita Prefecture Route 290 – Konoura Station, KoideInterchange
218.8136.0Akita Prefecture Route 32 east – Yashima, Chōkai Plateau
Akita Prefecture Route 166 north – Nikaho Station
219.6136.5    Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway – Akita Airport, Akita, Kisakata, Sakata,Nikaho Interchange (E7 exit 13)
Yurihonjō227.0141.1Akita Prefecture Route 43 (Chōkai Green Line) east – Chōkai Plateau, Nishime Station
231.9144.1      National Route 105 north / National Route 107 east / National Route 108 east / National Route 341 – Yuzawa, Yokote, Daisen, Akita Prefectural University, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Central HonjōSouthern terminus of unsigned National Route 341
241.5150.1  National Route 341 north – MatsugasakiNorthern end of unsigned National Route 341 concurrency
243.7151.4  National Route 341 – Matsugasaki, KamedaInterchange
250.2155.5    Akita Prefecture Route 44 east – Akita Airport, Yuwa, Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
Akita256.8159.6Akita Prefecture Route 43 east – Yuwa, Shimohama industrial area
261.6162.6Akita Prefecture Route 56 north – Daisen, National Route 13Interchange
264.5164.4Akita Prefecture Route 65 south – Yuwa, Omoriyama ZooInterchange
266.6165.7Akita Prefecture Route 65 – Mukaihama, WariyamaInterchange
269.5167.5    National Route 13 south / National Route 101 north – Yokote, Daisen
Akita Prefecture Route 26 east – Akita Station, City Office, Prefecture Office
Southern terminus of unsigned National Route 101
271.0168.4Akita Prefecture Route 65 south – Mukaihama
273.5169.9  Akita Prefecture Route 56 south – Central Akita, Akita ExpresswaySouthern end of Akita Prefecture Route 56 concurrency
275.2171.0Akita Prefecture Route 231 east – Kamishinjo
276.7171.9Akita Prefecture Route 56 north (Ohama Street) – Oga Quasi-National ParkNorthern end of Akita Prefecture Route 56 concurrency
276.9172.1Akita Prefecture Route 112 north – Kurokawa
Katagami281.6175.0Akita Prefecture Route 124 east – Akita Prefectural Museum, Koizumikata Park
285.8177.6Akita Route 41 south – Soegawa, Takaoka
Akita286.3177.9  Akita Expressway – Noshiro, Ōdate, Akita, Kitakami
  National Route 101 north – Oga, Tenno
Northern end of unsigned National Route 101 concurrency; Continuous green T interchange; E7 exit 9 (Shōwa-Ogahantō Interchange)
Katagami287.8178.8Akita Prefecture Route 229 – Ōkubo Station, Toyokawa
292.1181.5  National Route 285 east – Moriyoshi, Gojōme
Akita Prefecture Route 104 south – Iitagawa
Ikawa293.1182.1Akita Prefecture Route 303 south – Iitagawa Branch Office
294.9183.2Akita Prefecture Route 228 east – Ikawa Town Office
Gojōme296.2184.1Akita Prefecture Route 219 north – Hachirōgata Town Office
Hachirōgata298.2185.3  Akita Prefecture Route 15 north – Akita Expressway
300.5186.7Akita Prefecture Route 220 east – Gojōme
301.4187.3Akita Prefecture Route 219 south – Hachirōgata
Mitane308.0191.4Akita Prefecture Route 54 west – Oga, Ōgata
  Akita Prefecture Route 37 north – Akita Expressway, Kamikoani
311.2193.4Akita Prefecture Route 217 north – Moritake
317.0197.0Akita Prefecture Route 211 east – Ukawa
317.2197.1Akita Prefecture Route 212 east – Moritake, Moritake Station
319.0198.2  National Route 101 south – Ōga, ŌgataSouthern end of National Route 101 concurrency
320.0198.8  Akita Expressway – Noshiro, Ōdate, Akita, KitakamiHachiryū Interchange (E7 exit 12)
Noshiro324.7201.8  Akita Expressway – Ōdate, Aomori, Akita, KitakamiNoshiro-minami Interchange (E7 exit 13)
329.3204.6  National Route 101 north – Central Noshiro, AjigasawaNorthern end of National Route 101 concurrency
329.9205.0Akita Prefecture Route 205 north – Noshiro Station
Akita Prefecture Route 210 south – Moritake
333.5207.2Akita Prefecture Route 150 north – Higashinoshiro Station
334.4207.8  Akita Expressway – Ōdate, Aomori, Akita, Kitakami
Akita Prefecture Route 64 east – Happō
Noshiro-higashi Interchange (E7 exit 14)
335.8208.7Akita Prefecture Route 4 south – Moritake, Hiyama Castle Ruins
344.1213.8Akita Prefecture Route 205 north – Tomine Station
346.5215.3  Akita Expressway south – Akita, Kitakami
Akita Prefecture Route 317 east – Futatsui
Futatsui-Shirakami Interchange (E7 exit 15)
349.1216.9Akita Prefecture Route 202 north – Umenai
Akita Prefecture Route 203 south – Futatsui
351.0218.1Akita Prefecture Route 322 – Fujisato, Shirakami-Sanchi, FutatsuiInterchange
352.3218.9Akita Prefecture Route 322 north – Futatsui, Kimimachizaka Park
353.0219.3Akita Prefecture Route 3 south – Moriyoshi
Kitaakita358.8222.9  Akita Prefecture Route 325 south – Odate–Noshiro Airport
362.0224.9Akita Prefecture Route 196 east – Takanosu
366.1227.5Akita Prefecture Route 24 south – Takanosu, Kitaakita City Office
367.3228.2     National Route 105 south – Moriyoshi, Akita Expressway, Odate–Noshiro Airport, Moriyoshizan Dam
369.0229.3Akita Prefecture Route 200 north – Iwaya
Ōdate375.8233.5Akita Prefecture Route 68 east – Yamase Dam, Koshiyama
377.3234.4  Akita Prefecture Route 52 east – Akita Expressway, Hinai
379.3235.7   National Route 103 north – Akita Expressway, Kazuno, Aomori, Hirosaki
382.2237.5Akita Prefecture Route 102 south – National Route 103, Kazuno, Hinai
383.9238.5Akita Prefecture Route 2 (Jukai Line) north – Ōdate Station
385.7239.7  Akita Prefecture Route 2 (Jukai Line) – Ōdate Station, Tōhoku Expressway, Kosaka, Ōdate Jukai Dome
387.2240.6Akita Prefecture Route 192 north – Hanaoka
388.1241.2  Akita Expressway – Kosaka, NoshiroŌdate-kita Interchange (E7 exit 27)
393.0244.2Akita Prefecture Route 68 west – Hanaoka
AomoriHirakawa406.6252.6  National Route 282 south – Kazuno, Kosaka
409.0254.1  Tōhoku Expressway – Aomori, Morioka, SendaiIkarigaseki Interchange (E4 exit 50)
411.2255.5Aomori Prefecture Route 202 west – Ikarigaseki Station
Ōwani415.0257.9  National Route 454 east – Lake Towada
417.3259.3Aomori Prefecture Route 198 (Kuradateoyu Street) west – Ōwani Spa Area
418.4260.0Aomori Prefecture Route 201 west – Ōwani Spa Area, Ōwani Onsen Ski Resort
420.1261.0Aomori Prefecture Route 201 east – Ōwani Spa Area, Ōwani Onsen Ski Resort
421.3261.8Aomori Prefecture Route 13 north – Kuroishi
Hirosaki422.3262.4Aomori Prefecture Route 260 north – Central Hirosaki
422.6262.6  Tōhoku Expressway – Aomori, Morioka, ŌdateŌwani-Hirosaki Interchange (E4 exit 51)
423.7263.3Aomori Prefecture Route 41 (Hirosaki Loop Route) – Ishikawa, Hirakawa
Hirakawa424.9264.0Aomori Prefecture Route 13 – Shirakami-Sanchi (Anmon Falls), Mount Iwaki, Kuroishi, Hirakawa
Hirosaki427.4265.6Aomori Prefecture Route 144 – Hirakawa
429.9267.1    National Route 102 east / National Route 339 north – Lake Towada, Kuroishi, Tōhoku Expressway, Inakadate
Aomori Prefecture Route 109 west – Central Hirosaki, Hirosaki Castle
Interchange; southern terminus of unsigned National Route 339
431.5268.1Aomori Prefecture Route 3 west – Central Hirosaki
Akita Prefecture Route 268 east – Kuroishi
433.0269.1Kita-Ōdori – Central Hirosaki, Hirosaki Castle, NaijoshiInterchange
433.7269.5Aomori Prefecture Route 41 east – NaijoshiSouthern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 41 concurrency
435.2270.4Aomori Prefecture Route 41 west – AjigasawaNorthern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 41 concurrency
435.8270.8Aomori Prefecture Route 260 south
Fujisaki436.4271.2  National Route 339 north – ItayanagiNorthern end of unsigned National Route 339 concurrency
437.4271.8  National Route 339 north (National Route 339 Bypass) – Goshogawara, Itayanagi
Aomori Prefecture Route 110 east – Kawabe Station
438.1272.2Aomori Prefecture Route 285 north – Kita-Tokiwa Station
438.5272.5Aomori Prefecture Route 131
440.2273.5Aomori Prefecture Route 38 – Goshogawara
Aomori445.0276.5Aomori Prefecture Route 285 – Kita-Tokiwa Station
446.9277.7Aomori Prefecture Route 285 – Namioka Station
448.9278.9  Aomori Prefecture Route 27 east – Aomori Airport
452.0280.9   Tsugaru Expressway – Goshogawara, Tōhoku Expressway
453.5281.8  National Route 101 – Goshogawara
455.5283.0  National Route 101 south – DaishakaSouthern end of unsigned National Route 101 concurrency
457.2284.1Aomori Prefecture Route 247 east – Tsurugasaka
462.9287.6Aomori Prefecture Route 247 – Shinjō, Tsurugasaka
464.3288.5     National Route 7 north (Aomori Belt Highway) – Towada, Noheji, Lake Towada, Aomori Airport, Tōhoku Expressway,
466.4289.8Aomori Prefecture Route 234 – Aburakawa, Tsugaru-Shinjō StationInterchange
467.4290.4  National Route 280 north (Uchimanbe Bypass) – Cape Tappi, Sotogahama
470.5292.4Aomori Prefecture Route 247 west – IshieInterchange
470.9292.6  National Route 280 north – Sotogahama
471.4292.9Aomori Prefecture Route 44 eastNo access from northbound traffic
471.6293.0Aomori Prefecture Route 120 northSouthern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 120 concurrency
471.8293.2   National Route 4 south / National Route 45 south – Noheji, Towada, MoriokaNorthern terminus; northern end of concurrency with Aomori Prefecture Route 120 and National Route 101; highway continues as National Route 4, Aomori Prefecture Route 120, and unsigned National Route 45
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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  1. ^ "一般国道の路線別、都道府県別道路現況" [Road statistics by General National Highway route and prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "一般国道の路線別、都道府県別道路現況" (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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  4. ^ "羽州街道交流会" (in Japanese). 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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