Japan National Route 390

National Route 390 (国道390号, Kokudō Sanbyaku kyu-jū-gō) is both the southernmost and westernmost of the national highways of Japan. It connects Ishigaki, Okinawa on Ishigaki Island, to Miyako-jima, and Naha, Okinawa on Okinawa Island in Japan. Spanning the three islands by ferry, the highway has a total length of 58.2 kilometers (36.2 mi) on land and 552.2 kilometers (343.1 mi) when maritime distance is added.

National Route 390 shield
National Route 390
国道390号
Japan National Route 390 highlighted in red
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Route information
Length58.2 km[1] (36.2 mi)
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system
← National Route 389→ National Route 391

Route description

National Route 390 features the 730 Intersection in Ishigaki, a monument to the day when traffic in Okinawa Prefecture was reverted from driving on the right-hand side of the road to the left after the United States relinquished control over the prefecture to Japan following the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement.[2]

See also

References
  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 12 February 2020.
  2. "Miyara and local children clean and repaint 730 monument". Ryukyu Shimpo. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2019.


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