The expressways (高速道路, kōsokudōro, lit. 'high-speed road') of Japan make up a large network of controlled-access toll roads carrying traffic at speeds up to 100 km/h. This network boasts an uninterrupted link between Aomori Prefecture at the nothern part of Honshu and Kagoshima Prefecture at the southern part of Kyushu, linking Shikoku as well. Additional highways serve travellers in Hokkaido and on Okinawa Honto, although those are not connected to the Honshu-Kyushu-Shikoku grid. A wide variety of systems of interconnected components are called networks. ... A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California). ... At Osorezan Aomori Prefecture (青森県 Aomoriken or frequently Aomori-ken) is located in the Tohoku region of Japan. ... todo mal de [ [ Shikoku ] ] a través del [ [ mar interior ] ], y noreste de [ [ Kyushu ] ] a través del [ [ estrecho de Kanmon ] ]. Es la séptima isla más grande, y la segunda isla populosa en el mundo después de [ [ Java (isla)|Java ] ] (véase [ [ lista de las islas de la población ] ]). < style=float del div... Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県 Kagoshima-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. ... Kyushu region, Japan Kyūshū (九州) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... Shikoku (四国, four lands, often incorrectly translated as provinces) is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan. ... Hokkaidō (Japanese: 北海道, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ... Okinawa Honto (沖縄本島, the main island of Okinawa) is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands at the edge of the East China Sea, helping to define the seas boundary with the open Pacific Ocean. ...

From Tokyo, several important expressways radiate in various directions, including (among others) Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. ...

• The Higashi Kanto Expressway to Mito
• The Joban Expressway to Sendai
• The Tohoku Expressway to the Tohohoku Region
• The Kanetsu Expressway to the northwest toward Niigata
• The Chuo Expressway to the west, via an inland route to Nagoya
• The Tomei Expressway to the west, along the Pacific coast route to Nagoya

The Meishin Expressway further links Nagoya to Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. Mito (水戸市; -shi) is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ... See Sendai (disambiguation) for other places whose name is Sendai Downtown Sendai from Sendai Castles reconstructed guardhouse Sendai (仙台市; -shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tohoku (northeast) region. ... Niigata (新潟市; -shi) is the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. ... The Chūō Expressway　(中央自動車道: Chūō kōsoku-dō) is a divided, limited-access toll road that serves Tokyo and Nagoya in Japan. ... Nagoya Castle. ... The Tōmei (東名) Expressway runs alone the Pacific Coast of Honshū, Japans main island, from Tōkyō (東=東京) to Nagoya (名=名古屋). ... The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. ...

The Sanyo Expressway connects Suita, Osaka and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. Suita (吹田市; -shi) is a city located in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... Shimonoseki (下関市; -shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ...

Additional major superhighways on Honshu include the Hokuriku Expressway and the Sanin Expressway.

External links

• Japan Highway Public Corporation (http://www.jhnet.go.jp/english_new/index.html)
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Road Bureau (http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/road_e/index_e.html)