Japan National Route 396

National Route 396 shield
National Route 396
国道396号
Map
Route information
Length58.7 km[1] (36.5 mi)
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system
← National Route 395→ National Route 397
The end of Route 396 where it joins Route 4 in Morioka. Mt. Iwate is in the background to the left.
Route 396 heading south up to Kotoge Pass. Notice the added passing lane. Slower traffic is instructed to keep left.
The southern entrance to Kotoge Tunnel in Tono in winter

National Route 396 (国道396号, Kokudō 396-gō) is a national highway of Japan connecting Tōno, Iwate and Morioka, Iwate in Japan, with a total length of 58.7 km (36.47 mi).

  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 12 February 2020.