Japan_National_Route_390

Japan National Route 390

Japan National Route 390

Road in Okinawa prefecture, Japan

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.

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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. [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. [2]
    "Miyara and local children clean and repaint 730 monument". Ryukyu Shimpo. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2019.


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