title: Japan National Route 22
text: # Japan National Route 22
  
  National Route 22 (国道22号, Kokudō Nijūni-gō) is a national highway connecting Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and Gifu, Gifu Prefecture in Japan. The route follows the old Minoji, a 17th-century trade route that connected the Nakasendō and the Tōkaidō.
  
  ## Route data
  
  * Length: 37.0 kilometers (23.0 mi)
  * Origin: Nagoya (originates at junction with Route 1)
  * Terminus: Gifu (ends at Junction with Route 21)
  * Major cities: Ichinomiya
  
  ## Overlapping sections
  
  * From Atsuta-ku, Nagoya (Atsuta Shrine South intersection) to Naka-ku, Nagoya (Nichigin-mae intersection): Route 19
  * From Ginan (Ginan IC) to Gifu (Akanabe-Hongo intersection): Routes 21 and 156
  
  ## History
  
  * 4 December 1952 - First Class National Highway 22 (from Nagoya to Gifu)
  * 1 April 1965 - General National Highway 22 (from Nagoya to Gifu)
  
  ## Intersects with
  
  * Aichi Prefecture
     * Routes 1 and 247
     * Route 19
     * Route 302
     * Route 155
  * Gifu Prefecture
     * Routes 21 and 156
     * Route 157
  