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Seikan undersea tunnel entrance on Honshu side.
The first undersea Kanmon Railway Tunnel between Honshu and Kyushu islands built in 1936 - 1942.
This list of tunnels in Japan includes any road, rail or waterway tunnel in Japan.
| Tunnel |
Opening |
Start location |
End location |
Note
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| Seikan Tunnel - Kaikyō Line |
13 March 1988 |
Honshu |
Hokkaido |
the second longest railway tunnel in the world (~53.85 km)
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| Tsugaru Tunnel - Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line |
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Sotogahama-cho in Aomori |
Imabetsu-cho in Aomori |
~5.88 km
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| Ichinoseki Tunnel - Tōhoku Shinkansen |
1982 |
Ichinoseki Station |
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9.730 km
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| Iwate-Ichinohe Tunnel - Tōhoku Shinkansen |
2002 |
Morioka, Iwate |
Hachinohe, Aomori |
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| Fukushima Tunnel - Tōhoku Shinkansen |
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| Nasu Tunnel - Tōhoku Shinkansen |
1982 |
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7.030 km
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| Sannohe Tunnel - Tōhoku Shinkansen |
2002 |
Ninohe Station |
Hachinohe Station |
8.250 km
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| Zaō Tunnel - Tōhoku Shinkansen |
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| Daishimizu Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen |
1982 |
Gunma Prefecture |
Niigata Prefecture |
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| Shimizu Tunnel - Jōetsu Line |
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Gunma Prefecture |
Niigata Prefecture |
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| Shin-Shimizu Tunnel - Jōetsu Line |
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| Tsukiyono Tunnel - Jōetsu Line |
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7.295 km
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| Haruna Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen |
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| Nakayama Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen |
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| Shiozawa Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen |
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| Uonuma Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen |
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| Bentenyama Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1963 |
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1.316 km
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| Horikoshi Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1963 |
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1.415 km
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| Izumigoshi Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1963 |
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3.193 km
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| Kanbara Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1968 |
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4.934 km
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| Makinohara Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1968 |
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2.917 km
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| Nangosan Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1961 |
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5.170 km
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| Tanna Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1934 |
Tokyo |
Kobe
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| Shin-Tanna Tunnel (parallel to old Tanna Tunnel) - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
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| Nihonzaka Tunnel (rail) - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
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| Otowayama Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
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5.045 km
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| Yui Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
1968 |
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3.993 km
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| Haneda Tunnel - Tōkaidō Freight Line |
1973 |
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6.472 km
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| Aioi Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
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3.988 km
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| Aki Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
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| Fukuoka Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
1975 |
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8.488 km
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| Hosaka Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
1975 |
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7.588 km
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| Kitakyushu Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
1975 |
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11.747 km
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| Kobe Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
1972 |
Shin-Kobe Station |
Nishi-Akashi Station |
7.970km
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| Kanmon Tunnel - Sanyō Main Line |
1942 |
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi |
Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka |
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| Shin-Kanmon Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
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| Rokko Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen |
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| Shin-Noborikawa Tunnel - Sekishō Line |
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| Shin-Karikachi Tunnel - Nemuro Main Line |
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| Senzan Tunnel - Senzan Line |
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| Sengan Tunnel for #46 Road & JR Sengan Tunnel for Akita Shinkansen (Tazawako Line) |
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| Rokujurigoe Tunnel - Tadami Line |
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| Sasago Tunnel - Chūō Expressway |
1977 |
Ōtsuki, Yamanashi |
Kōshū, Yamanashi |
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| Enrei Tunnel - Chūō Main Line |
1983 |
Okaya, Nagano |
Shiojiri, Nagano |
~5.994 km
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| Ohara Tunnel - Iida Line |
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| Akima Tunnel - Hokuriku Shinkansen |
1997 |
Takasaki |
Karuizawa |
8.295 km
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| Gorigamine Tunnel - Hokuriku Shinkansen |
1997 |
Ueda |
Chikuma |
15.175 km
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| Hokuriku Tunnel - Hokuriku Line |
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| Kubiki Tunnel - Hokuriku Line |
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| Nagasaki Tunnel - Nagasaki Main Line |
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| Masaki Tunnel - Sanriku Railway |
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| Akakura Tunnel - Hokuhoku Line |
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| Nabetateyama Tunnel - Hokuhoku Line |
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| Yakushitoge Tunnel - Hokuhoku Line |
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| Kirigatake Tunnel - Hokuhoku Line |
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| Karisaka Tunnel |
1998 |
Chichibu, Saitama |
Yamanashi, Yamanashi |
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| Shin-Kobe Tunnel (expressway) |
2012 |
Kobe city |
Minoya Junction |
8.5 km length
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| Yumesaki Tunnel |
2009 |
Sakishima island |
Yumeshima island, Osaka |
2.138 km length
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| Kan-Etsu Tunnel - Kan-Etsu Expressway |
1991 |
Minakami, Gunma |
Yuzawa, Niigata |
the longest road tunnel in Japan (~11 km)
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| Hida Tunnel - Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway |
2008 |
Hida city, Gifu |
Shirakawa village, Gifu |
the second-longest road tunnel in Japan (~10.7 km)
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| Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line bridge-tunnel |
18 December 1997 |
Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
Kisarazu, Chiba |
the third-longest road tunnel in Japan
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| Enasan Tunnel - Chūō Expressway |
1985 |
Nagano |
Nakatsugawa City, Gifu |
the fourth-longest road tunnel in Japan (~8.6 km)
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| Ikuta Tunnel - Musashino Line |
1976 |
Ikuta Station |
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10.359 km
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