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Route 4 (Shuto Expressway)
The , signed as Route 4 is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 4 runs west from Miyakezaka Junction (with the Inner Circular Route) in Chiyoda-ku and runs for 8.44 miles (13.5 km) through Shinjuku-ku, Shibuya-ku, and Suginami-ku. The Route 4 designation ends at the Takaido Interchange and the expressway continues as the intercity Chūō Expressway to Nagoya via Yamanashi and Nagano Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture .... History *August 2, 1964 - Miyakezaka Junction - Hatsudai Temporary Exit section opened *August 15, 1973 - Eifuku Exit - Takaido Interchange section opened *September 27, 1973 - Hatsudai Exit - Eihuku Exit section opened *May 18, 1976 - Completing the entire route. Exit list 04 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Shuto or variants may refer to: *A knifehand strike, known in Japanese as ''shutō-uchi'' *Shutō (seafood), Japanese tuna liver seafood pickle *Shuto Expressway (首都高速道路, Shuto Kōsoku-dōro) network of toll expressways *Šuto Orizari Municipality (Macedonian: Шуто Оризари) municipality *Shuuto, long "shootball" pitch in Japanese baseball People with the name *, Japanese footballer *Shuto Ando (1994) Japanese basketball player *Shuto Inaba (1990) Japanese footballer *Shuto Kawai (1993) Japanese footballer *Shuto Kono (1993) Japanese footballer *Shuto Machino (1999) Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional baseball player *Shuto Yamamoto is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a full back or centre back. He played for Japanese top-flight clubs Júbilo Iwata, Kashima Antlers and Shonan Bellmare, making almost 400 career appearances in a career spanning 16 year ... (1985) Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional baseball player {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route C1 (Shuto Expressway)
The , signed as Route C1, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the central part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a complete loop around the central Tokyo 23 special wards, wards of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, and Minato, Tokyo, Minato, with a total length of . In addition to serving areas of central Tokyo, the Inner Circular Route also serves as the origin of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway. A section of the expressway is built above the Shibuya River. History The expressway was built between 1962 and 1967, partly in preparation for the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 2009, Tokyo private industries proposed funding a project to dismantle the Elevated highway, elevated expressway and put them underground. In May 2020, the Shuto Expressway Company received approval for plans to relocate 1.8 kilometers of the expressway underground between Kandabashi and Edobashi Junctions, in the area surrounding Nihonbashi Bridge as part of lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JP Expressway E20
JP may refer to: Arts and media * ''JP'' (album), 2001, by American singer Jesse Powell * ''Jp'' (magazine), an American Jeep magazine * ''Jönköpings-Posten'', a Swedish newspaper * Judas Priest, an English heavy metal band * ''Jurassic Park'', an American media franchise * ''Jyllands-Posten'', a Danish newspaper * J.P. Shibayama, a ''Digimon Frontier'' character * JP, a ''Street Fighter'' character People * JP (musician) (born 1984), American singer-songwriter *JP Duminy (born 1984), South African cricket player * J.P. (rapper) (born 2004), American rapper * Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979), Indian independence activist * Jonathan Putra (born 1982), British–American actor and television host *JP Pietersen, (born 1986) South African rugby player *Jordan Peterson (born 1962), Canadian psychologist, author and pundit * JP Karliak (born 1981), American actor, voice actor and comedian * J. P. McManus (born 1951), Irish businessman * JP Sears (born 1981), American conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōshū Kaidō
The was one of the five routes or major highways of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in Nagano Prefecture.Information on Everyday Living for Foreign Residents of Shinjuku City . Shinjuku City Office. Accessed November 28, 2007. Many feudal lords from made use of the road during '''', including those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Route 20
is a national highway connecting Tokyo and Shiojiri, Nagano prefecture in Japan. Originating at Nihonbashi in Chūō, Tokyo, it passes through Shinjuku and four other wards, and then seven cities, including Hachiōji in Tokyo. It follows a westward route into Kanagawa Prefecture, passing through the city of Sagamihara and one town. Continuing into Yamanashi Prefecture, the highway passes through nine cities and towns, among them the prefectural capital of Kofu. In Nagano Prefecture, National Route 20 passes through five cities and towns before entering Shiojiri, where it terminates at the intersection of National Routes 19 and 153. The highway is 225.0 km long. National Route 20 is the successor to the Kōshū Kaidō, an Edo period highway connecting the shogunal capital of Edo and Kofu, then the principal city in Kai Province (or Kōshū, as it was also known). Parts of it still bear the old name. The highway's course passes the Sakurada Gate of the Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayshore Route
The signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the Toll road, tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Bayshore Route is a stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture in the east. Opened in phases beginning in 1976 and ending in 2001, it is an important route that runs between the artificial islands lining the western shore of Tokyo Bay by way of bridges and sub-sea tunnels that bypass central Tokyo. Route description The Bayshore Route is a Toll road, tolled expressway in the Shuto Expressway network of the Greater Tokyo Area and the only route of the network that serves Chiba Prefecture. It is called Route B after its name in English, Bayshore. The road was constructed by the Metropolitan Expressway Company as a motorway to add capacity to the existing National Route 357. It now runs parallel to the older road, which is us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 3 (Shuto Expressway)
The , signed as Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway system and AH1 as a part of that route of the Asian Highway Network, is one of the radial routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. The elevated expressway was planned as a part of Tokyo's Post-occupation Japan, post-war redevelopment before the 1964 Summer Olympics. As a radial route, it travels southwest from its eastern terminus at the Inner Circular Route, Tokyo's innermost ring road in Meguro, Tokyo, Meguro, to the eastern terminus of the Tōmei Expressway in Setagaya. Route description The Shibuya Route runs southwest from Tanimachi Junction where it meets the Inner Circular Route, Tokyo's innermost beltway, in Minato, Tokyo, Minato. In all, it runs for through the wards of Shibuya, Meguro, and Setagaya. The expressway, an elevated highway, is paralleled by various surface-level streets along its entire length, primarily Japan National Route 246, National Route 246. Tokyu Corporation's commuter line, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 5 (Shuto Expressway)
The , signed as Route 5, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a long radial highway running north from Chiyoda City to Toda, Saitama. It connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway where it continues north as the Ōmiya Route. Route description The Ikebukuro Route begins at Takebashi Junction with the Inner Circular Route in Chiyoda City just north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. From there it travels northwest through Shinjuku, Bunkyō, Toshima, and Itabashi in Tokyo before crossing over the Arakawa River into Toda in Saitama Prefecture where the Ikebukuro Route ends at Bijogi Junction where it intersects the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway. The expressway continues northward as the Ōmiya Route to Ōmiya-ku. The speed limit on the Ikebukuro Route is set at 60 km/h. History The Ikebukuro Route was first opened in March 1967 between Nishi-kanda and the expressway's souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route C2
The , signed as Route C2, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the central part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a circumferential highway running through the outer wards of Tokyo. The route is the middle of four ring expressways planned for the city; the other three being the C1 Inner Circular Route, the C3 Tokyo Gaikan Expressway, and the C4 Ken-Ō Expressway. Route description The Central Circular Route has a total length of . It is a ring that lies approximately from the center of the city and goes through the wards of Edogawa, Katsushika, Adachi, Kita, Itabashi, Toshima, Shinjuku, Nakano, Shibuya, Meguro, and Shinagawa. The eastern half is an elevated structure and the western half is an underground one. The Yamate Tunnel is a deep tunnel constructed beneath Yamate Street, the first section over in length, was opened to traffic on 22 December 2007. From 2010, the tunnel extended the Central Circular Route south from near Ikebukuro t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The , also referred to as the for short, is the seat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which governs the special wards, cities, towns, and villages that constitute the Tokyo Metropolis. Located in Shinjuku ward, the building was designed by architect Kenzo Tange. It consists of a complex of three structures, each taking up a city block. The tallest of the three is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1, a tower 48 stories tall that splits into two sections at the 33rd floor. The building also has three levels below ground. The design of the building was meant to resemble an integrated circuit, while also evoking the look of a Gothic cathedral. It is the tallest city hall in the world. The other two buildings in the complex are the eight-story Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building (including one underground floor) and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 2, which has 37 stories including three below ground. The two panoramic observation decks, one in eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinjuku Station
is a major railway station in Tokyo, Japan, that serves as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central/eastern Tokyo (the Special wards of Tokyo, special wards) and Western Tokyo on the inter-city rail, commuter rail, and rapid transit, subway lines. The station straddles the boundary between the Shinjuku and Shibuya special wards. In Shinjuku, it is in the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts; in Shibuya, it is in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. The station was used by an average of 3.59 million people per day in 2018, making it the List of busiest railway stations, world's busiest railway station by far (and registered as such with Guinness World Records). The main East Japan Railway Company (JR East) station and the directly adjacent private railways have a total of 35 platforms, an underground arcade, above-ground arcade and numerous hallways with another 17 platforms (52 total) that can be accessed through hallways to five directly connected stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-ku, Kyoto#Sights, Fushimi-momoyama, south of Kyoto. History After the emperor's death in 1912, the Japanese Diet passed a resolution to commemorate his role in the Meiji Restoration. An iris garden in an area of Tokyo where Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken had been known to visit was chosen as the building's location. Construction began in 1915 under Itō Chūta, and the shrine was built in the traditional nagare-zukuri style, using primarily Japanese cypress and copper. The building of the shrine was a national project, mobilizing youth groups and other civic associations from throughout Japan, who contributed labor and funding. The main timbers came from Kiso Mountains, Kiso in Nagano, and Alishan National Scenic Area#History, Alishan in Taiwan, then a Japanese territory, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
