Japan National Route 5

National Route 5
国道5号
Japan National Route 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	288.5 km[1] (179.3 mi)
Existed	4 December 1952–present
Major junctions
South end	National Route 278 / National Route 279 in Hakodate
North end	National Route 12 in Chūō-ku, Sapporo
Location
Country	Japan
Major cities	Oshamanbe Niseko Kutchan Otaru
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan
← National Route 4 → National Route 6

National Route 5 (国道5号, Kokudō Go-gō) is a major highway on the island and prefecture of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The 288.5-kilometer (179.3 mi) highway begins at an intersection with National Routes 279 and 278 in Hakodate. It travels north across the southern half of the island, traveling through Otaru where it curves to the east toward its endpoint at an intersection with National Route 12 in Chūō-ku, Sapporo.

Route description

Overlapping sections

• In Oshamanbe, from Kunnui intersection to Asahihama intersection: Route 230
• From Kutchan (North-4 West-1 intersection) to Kyōwa (Kunitomi intersection): Route 276
• From Yoichi (Yoichi Station intersection) to Otaru (Inaho 2-18 intersection): Route 229

Municipalities passed through

• Oshima Subprefecture
  • Hakodate - Nanae - Mori - Yakumo - Oshamanbe
• Shiribeshi Subprefecture
  • Kuromatsunai - Rankoshi - Niseko - Kyōwa - Niki - Yoichi - Otaru
• Ishikari Subprefecture
  • Sapporo

History

National Route 5 traces its origin to the Sapporo Hondō [ja], a road designed by Horace Capron, in 1872. Capron was an American advisor to the Hokkaido Development Commission who was paid to assist in the development of Sapporo as a planned city. The Sapporo Hondō connected Sapporo to Hakodate at the southern end of the Hokkaido where sea connections to the main island of Japan, Honshu, were located. The Sapporo Hondō was completed in 1877.[2]

On 4 December 1952, the Cabinet of Japan designated the Sapporo Hondō as First Class National Highway 5.[3] On 1 April 1965, it was reclassified as National Route 5.[4]

Gallery

• Japan National Route 5
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  National Route 5's origin point and southern terminus in Hakodate
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  National Route 5 in Nanae near Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
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  Inaho Tunnel carries National Route 5 under Inaho Pass
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  National Route 5 in Kyōwa
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  The origin point of Hokkaido's roads in Sapporo, the northern terminus of National Route 5 lies 350 meters to the north of the marker

Major junctions

The route lies entirely within Hokkaido.

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Hakodate	0.0	0.0	National Route 278 north – Mount E, Yunokawa National Route 279 south – Foreign Cemetery, Mount Hakodate	Southern terminus; highway continues south as National Route 279
	1.9	1.2	National Route 227 west – Esashi, Matsumae Hokkaido Route 571 east – Goryōkaku Park
	3.2	2.0	Hokkaido Route 347 – Goryōkaku Park
	5.4	3.4	National Route 5 (Hakodate Shindō) – Esashi, Matsumae, Sapporo, Oshamanbe
	6.1	3.8	Hokkaido Route 100 – Hokuto Ferry, Mount E, Yunokawa
Nanae	11.1	6.9	Hokkaido Route 969 east – to Hakodate Shindō	Southern end of Hokkaido Route 969 concurrency
	11.4	7.1	Hokkaido Route 969 west – Hokuto	Northern end of Hokkaido Route 969 concurrency
	15.3	9.5	Hokkaido Route 264 east – to Hakodate Shindō Hokkaido Route 676 west – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, Hokuto
	19.3	12.0	Hakodate Shindō south – Hakodate	Nanae-Fujishiro Interchange (E5 exit 4)
	20.1	12.5	Hokkaido Route 1176 south – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
	21.1	13.1	Hokkaido Route 96 south – Hokuto
	28.7	17.8	Hokkaido Route 43 north – Shikabe, Ōnuma Quasi-National Park
Mori	30.9	19.2	Hokkaido Route 43 south Hokkaido Route 149 west – to Dō-Ō Expressway, Green Pier Onuma Ski Area
	42.4	26.3	National Route 278 south – Mount E, Shikabe Hokkaido Route 1156 south – to Dō-Ō Expressway
	43.1	26.8	Hokkaido Route 794 north – Central Mori
	43.9	27.3	Hokkaido Route 606 – Central Mori, Torizakihakkei
	45.6	28.3	Hokkaido Route 1028 east – Central Mori
Yakumo	62.8	39.0	Dō-Ō Expressway – Hakodate, Muroran	Otoshibe Interchange (E5 exit 8); the short road leading to/from the interchange and Route 5 is designated as Hokkaido Route 1155
	64.9	40.3	Hokkaido Route 573 south
	73.1	45.4	Hokkaido Route 42 west – Central Yakumo
	73.8	45.9	Hokkaido Route 572 east – Yakumo Port
	75.9	47.2	National Route 277 west – to Dō-Ō Expressway, Esashi
	77.1	47.9	Hokkaido Route 1029 south – Central Yakumo
Oshamambe	95.9	59.6	National Route 230 west – to Dō-Ō Expressway, Setana, Pirika Dam	Southern end of National Route 230 concurrency
	104.6	65.0	Hokkaido Route 1141 west
	105.9	65.8	National Route 37 east / National Route 230 east – Muroran, Tōyako	Northern end of National Route 230 concurrency
	107.6	66.9	Dō-Ō Expressway – Hakodate, Muroran	Oshamambe Interchange (E5 exit 11)
	115.6	71.8	Hokkaido Route 842 west – Futamata Spa
	120.8	75.1	Hokkaido Route 9 north – Suttsu, Central Kuromatsunai
Kuromatsunai	126.4	78.5	Hokkaido Route 266 (Milk Country Road) west – Central Kuromatsunai	Southern end of Hokkaido Route 266 concurrency
	127.0	78.9	Hokkaido Route 266 east – Toyoura	Northern end of Hokkaido Route 266 concurrency
	130.6	81.2	Hokkaido Route 265 west – Suttsu, Central Kuromatsunai
	132.1	82.1	Hokkaido Route 344 east – Higashikawa
	132.3	82.2	Kuromatsunai Shindō east – to Dō-Ō Expressway	Kuromatsunai Interchange (E5A exit 2)
Rankoshi	141.6	88.0	Hokkaido Route 752 north
	146.7	91.2	Hokkaido Route 934 north
	150.0	93.2	Hokkaido Route 267 north – Suttsu
	152.9	95.0	Hokkaido Route 525 north – Rankoshi Station
	153.8	95.6	Hokkaido Route 229 – Iwanai, Suttsu, Rankoshi Station
	160.5	99.7	Hokkaido Route 207 north – Chisenupuri, Niseko Konbu Onsen
Niseko	160.8	99.9	Hokkaido Route 32 south – Toyoura
	167.1	103.8	Hokkaido Route 791 south
	171.0	106.3	Hokkaido Route 66 – Rusutsu, Makkari, Iwanai, Niseko Resort Area
	172.4	107.1	Hokkaido Route 792 west – Niseko Station
Kutchan	179.5	111.5	Hokkaido Route 631 west – Niseko Resort Area
	181.9	113.0	Hokkaido Route 478 east – Kyōgoku
	182.6	113.5	Hokkaido Route 343 west – Niseko Resort Area
	183.6	114.1	Hokkaido Route 58 west – Niseko Resort Area
	184.2	114.5	National Route 276 east – Kimobetsu, Kyōgoku	Southern end of National Route 276 concurrency
Kyōwa	193.1	120.0	Hokkaido Route 604 west – Iwanai
	197.8	122.9	National Route 276 west – Suttsu, Iwanai, Central Kyōwa	Northern end of National Route 276 concurrency
Niki	210.2	130.6	Hokkaido Route 1022 east – Akaigawa, Ginzan Station
	220.6	137.1	Hokkaido Route 455 east – Niki Station
Yoichi	223.5	138.9	Hokkaido Route 36 south – to Shiribeshi Expressway, Akaigawa
	224.6	139.6	Hokkaido Route 755 south
	224.7	139.6	Hokkaido Route 753 south – to Shiribeshi Expressway
	225.0	139.8	National Route 229 south – Shakotan, Furubira Hokkaido Route 228 east – Yoichi Station	Southern end of National Route 229 and Hokkaido Route 228 concurrency
	225.7	140.2	Hokkaido Route 228 west – Shakotan, Furubira	Northern end of Hokkaido Route 228 concurrency
	229.8	142.8	Hokkaido Route 1092 south
Otaru	236.1	146.7	Hokkaido Route 956 (Otaru Loop Route) east – Shioya Station
	243.8	151.5	Hokkaido Route 820 east – to Sasson Expressway, Ferry Terminal, Otaru Canal
	244.4	151.9	Hokkaido Route 454 (Chūō-dōri) east – Otaru Port, Otaru Canal
	244.7	152.0	National Route 229 ends Hokkaido Route 697 south – Asahi View Point, Mount Tengu	Northern end of National Route 229 concurrency, southern end of Hokkaido Route 697 concurrency
	246.4	153.1	National Route 393 south – Akaigawa Hokkaido Route 697 north – Ferry Terminal, Parute Port	Northern end of Hokkaido Route 697 concurrency
	247.5	153.8	Sasson Expressway east Hokkaido Route 17 (Rinkosen) north – Otaru Port, Parute Port	Otaru Interchange (E5A exit 11)
	251.0	156.0	Hokkaido Route 1 south – Jozankei, Asarigawa Spa, Sasson Expressway
	260.7	162.0	Hokkaido Route 225 east – Zenibako Station
	262.4	163.0	Hokkaido Route 147 east – Sasson Expressway
	262.7	163.2	Hokkaido Route 1226 north – Central Zenibako
	263.7	163.9	National Route 337 east – Rumoi, Ishikari	Interchange
Sapporo	276.4	171.7	Hokkaido Route 128 (Oiwake-dōri) north – Shinkawa
	277.2	172.2	Sasson Expressway Hokkaido Route 124 east – Sapporo Station, Chitose	Sapporo-nishi Interchange (E5A exit 6); southern end of National Route 5 serving as a frontage road to the Sasson Expressway
	279.6	173.7	Hokkaido Route 452 (Shimoteine-dōri) – Maeda, Hachiken Station
	280.6	174.4	Hokkaido Route 125 (Shinkawa-dōri) – Ishikari Bay New Port, Maeda, Sapporo Station
	281.2	174.7	Sasson Expressway	Shinkawa Interchange (E5A exit 5)
	283.4	176.1	Sasson Expressway	Sapporo-kita Interchange (E5A exit 4)
	284.1	176.5	National Route 231 north (Sōseikawa-dōri) National Route 274 east (Sapporo Shindō)	Northern end of National Route 5 serving as a frontage road to the Sasson Expressway
	285.3	177.3	Hokkaido Route 89 – Hachiken, Motomachi
	287.6	178.7	Hokkaido Route 273
	288.5	179.3	National Route 12 (Kita-ichi-jō Kariki-dōri) – Tōbetsu, Ebetsu, Teine, Otaru	Northern terminus, street continues as Sōseikawa-dōri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Japan portal
• Roads portal

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 19 February 2020.
2. "開拓を進めた長距離馬車道" (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
3. "二級国道の路線を指定する政令 (昭和二十八年)". Wikisource (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
4. "二級国道の路線を指定する政令 (1962年)". Wikisource (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 January 2020.

External links

• Media related to Category:Route 5 (Japan) at Wikimedia Commons