Prefectural road

Prefectural roads (都道府県道, todōfukendō, singular depending on the type of prefecture: todō, dōdō, fudō or kendō) in Japan are roads usually planned, numbered and maintained by the government of the respective prefecture (-to, -dō, -fu or -ken), independent of other prefectures – as opposed to national roads (kokudō), which in legal terms include national expressways (kōsoku jidōsha kokudō), and municipal roads ([ku]shichōsondō).

Where a national or prefectural road runs through the territory of a designated major city, the city government assumes part of the responsibility for these roads.

[1] Prefectural roads are marked with a blue hexagon, with the number centered.

Most usually end at another prefectural road, or national route, or occasionally at or very close to a Japan Railway station.

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