is a
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on
Kii Peninsula
The is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is named after the ancient Kii Province.
Overview
The area south of the “ Central Tectonic Line” is called , and is home to reef-like coral communities which are amongst ...
in the
Japanese prefecture
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (, ''todōfuken'', ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They include 43 prefectures proper (, ''ken''), two ...
of
Mie. It stretches from
Kashikojima Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
Lines
Kashikojima Station is a terminus of the Shima Line and a common destination for Kintetsu l ...
in
Shima
Shima may refer to:
Places
, Japan
* Shima Province (志摩), one of the old provinces of Japan
* Shima, Fukuoka (志摩), a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture
* Shima, Mie (志摩), a city in Mie Prefecture
** Shima, Mie (town), a former town in ...
north to a junction with
National Routes 23 and
Route 42 in
Ise Ise may refer to:
Places
*Ise, Mie, a city in Japan
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.
Route description
The southern terminus and starting point of National Route 167 lies just one block south of
Kashikojima Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
Lines
Kashikojima Station is a terminus of the Shima Line and a common destination for Kintetsu l ...
on the
Ago Bay island,
Kashiko that lies within the city of
Shima
Shima may refer to:
Places
, Japan
* Shima Province (志摩), one of the old provinces of Japan
* Shima, Fukuoka (志摩), a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture
* Shima, Mie (志摩), a city in Mie Prefecture
** Shima, Mie (town), a former town in ...
. Traveling north off the island parallel to the
Shima Line, the highway meets
National Route 260 at a junction near
Ugata Station.
Near
Nakanogō Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
Lines
Nakanogō Station is served by the Shima Line, and is located 42.5 rail kilometers from the ...
in
Toba, the highway has a junction with the paired highways:
National Routes 42 and
Route 259, which have just entered Mie Prefecture via the
Ise-wan Ferry
The , or Ise Bay Ferry is a ferry that runs between the Port of Toba in Toba, Mie Prefecture and the Port of Irago in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East As ...
from
Cape Irago
is the terminal point of land at the west end of Atsumi Peninsula in southern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The cape forms one side of the entrances to Ise Bay and Mikawa Bay, which are divided by the Chita Peninsula
Chita Peninsula (知多 ...
in
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
. National Route 259 meets its western terminus here, while National Routes 42 and 167 continue north together as a concurrency out of Toba.
Upon crossing into the city of Ise, Routes 42 and 167 meet the eastern terminus of the
Ise Futami Toba Line, a limited-access highway signed as a bypass of National Route 42. The northern terminus and ending point of National Route 167 is at an intersection where the concurrency between it and National Route 42 meet
National Route 23
Route 23, or Highway 23, can refer to:
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. National Route 42 continues beyond the ending point of National Route 167 in another concurrency with National Route 23.
History
National Route 167 was originally designated on 18 May 1953 as a second-class national highway connecting then-extant town
Ago (the former town was merged into Shima in on 1 October 2004) to Ise.
Junction list
;Mie Prefecture
*
Kashikojima Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
Lines
Kashikojima Station is a terminus of the Shima Line and a common destination for Kintetsu l ...
(southern terminus)
*
*
*
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* (northern terminus)
See also
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References
External links
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{{National Routes of Japan, 167
167
Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''Ab urbe ...
Roads in Mie Prefecture