# Japan National Route 13

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**National Route 13** (国道13号, *Kokudō Jūsan-gō*) is a [highway](/source/National_highways_of_Japan) in Japan on the island of [Honshū](/source/Honsh%C5%AB) which runs from [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_(city)) in [Fukushima Prefecture](/source/Fukushima_Prefecture) to [Akita](/source/Akita_(city)) in [Akita Prefecture](/source/Akita_Prefecture).[1]

## Route data

- Length: 306.1 kilometers (190.2 mi)
- Origin: [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_(city)) (originates at junction with [Route 4](/source/Japan_National_Route_4))
- Terminus: [Akita](/source/Akita_(city)) (ends at Junction with [Route 7](/source/Japan_National_Route_7))
- Major cities: [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_(city)), [Yonezawa](/source/Yonezawa,_Yamagata), [Yamagata](/source/Yamagata,_Yamagata), [Akita](/source/Akita_(city))

## History

- 4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 13 (from [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_(city)) to [Akita](/source/Akita_(city)))
- 1 April 1965: General National Highway 13 (from [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_(city)) to [Akita](/source/Akita_(city)))

## Municipalities passed through

- [Fukushima Prefecture](/source/Fukushima_Prefecture) - [Fukushima](/source/Fukushima_(city))
- [Yamagata Prefecture](/source/Yamagata_Prefecture) - [Yonezawa](/source/Yonezawa,_Yamagata) - [Takahata](/source/Takahata,_Yamagata) - [Nan'yō](/source/Nan'y%C5%8D,_Yamagata) - [Kaminoyama](/source/Kaminoyama,_Yamagata) - [Yamagata](/source/Yamagata,_Yamagata) - [Tendō](/source/Tend%C5%8D,_Yamagata) - [Higashine](/source/Higashine,_Yamagata) - [Murayama](/source/Murayama,_Yamagata) - [Obanazawa](/source/Obanazawa,_Yamagata) - [Ōishida](/source/%C5%8Cishida,_Yamagata) - [Funagata](/source/Funagata,_Yamagata) - [Shinjō](/source/Shinj%C5%8D,_Yamagata) - [Kaneyama](/source/Kaneyama,_Yamagata) - [Mamurogawa](/source/Mamurogawa,_Yamagata)
- [Akita Prefecture](/source/Akita_Prefecture) - [Yuzawa](/source/Yuzawa,_Akita) - [Yokote](/source/Yokote,_Akita) - [Misato](/source/Misato,_Akita) - [Daisen](/source/Daisen,_Akita) - [Akita](/source/Akita_(city))

## Major intersections

- in [Fukushima Prefecture](/source/Fukushima_Prefecture) - Routes [4](/source/Japan_National_Route_4), [115](/source/Japan_National_Route_115)
- in [Yamagata Prefecture](/source/Yamagata_Prefecture) - Routes [47](/source/Japan_National_Route_47), [48](/source/Japan_National_Route_48), [112](/source/Japan_National_Route_112), [113](/source/Japan_National_Route_113), [121](/source/Japan_National_Route_121), [286](/source/Japan_National_Route_286), [287](/source/Japan_National_Route_287), [344](/source/Japan_National_Route_344), [347](/source/Japan_National_Route_347) and [458](/source/Japan_National_Route_458)
- in [Akita Prefecture](/source/Akita_Prefecture) - Routes [7](/source/Japan_National_Route_7), [46](/source/Japan_National_Route_46), [105](/source/Japan_National_Route_105), [107](/source/Japan_National_Route_107), [108](/source/Japan_National_Route_108), [341](/source/Japan_National_Route_341), [342](/source/Japan_National_Route_342), [397](/source/Japan_National_Route_397) and [398](/source/Japan_National_Route_398)

## See also

- [Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway](/source/T%C5%8Dhoku-Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Expressway)

## References

1. ["ja:一般国道１３号"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125204/http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/road/koutsu/jikoku/route013.html) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tohoku Regional Development Bureau. Archived from [the original](http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/road/koutsu/jikoku/route013.html) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

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