National Road 8 (Japan)

National Road 8 in Japan
map
Basic data
Operator:
Overall length:	542.8 km
Prefecture :	Niigata Toyama Ishikawa Fukui Shiga Kyoto
National Road 8 (Nagaoka)

The national road 8 ( Japanese 国 道 8 号 , Kokudō 8-gō ) is an important east-west road in Japan and crosses the Japanese main island of Honshū from Niigata to Kyōto . Their course essentially follows that of the old  Hokurikudō .

course

• Niigata prefecture
  • Niigata - Sanjō - Mitsuke - Nagaoka - Kashiwazaki - Jōetsu - Itoigawa
• Toyama prefecture
  • Kurobe - Uozu - Namerikawa - Toyama - Imizu - Takaoka - Oyabe
• Ishikawa Prefecture
  • Kanazawa - Hakusan - Nomi - Komatsu - Kaga
• Fukui Prefecture
  • Awara - Sakai - Fukui - Sabae - Echizen - Tsuruga
• Shiga prefecture
  • Nagahama - Maibara - Hikone - Higashiōmi - Ōmihachiman - Yasu - Rittō - Kusatsu - Ōtsu
• Kyoto Prefecture
  • Kyoto

Web links

Commons : National Road 8 (Japan)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files