Japan Romantic Road

Japan Romantic Road
Japan Romantic Road
日本ロマンチック街道
Route information
Length	320 km (200 mi)
Existed	1982–present
Component; highways	National Route 18; National Route 119; National Route 120; National Route 145; National Route 146;
Major junctions
East end	Utsunomiya
West end	Ueda
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
	National highways of Japan; Expressways of Japan;

The Japan Romantic Road (日本ロマンチック街道, Nihon Romanchikku kaidō) is a series of theme routes devised by local mayors along the route between Utsunomiya and Ueda in 1982. It describes 320 kilometers (200 mi) of several surface roads between Tochigi Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture in central Japan linking a number of scenic landscapes, onsen, and towns that parallel the scenery along the original Romantic Road in Southern Germany.