Route guidance apparatus, route guidance method, and computer program

The invention provides a route guidance apparatus (1) comprising a navigation route setting unit (51) for setting a navigation route, a movable body position acquiring unit (52) for acquiring a position of the movable body, a guidance intersection determining unit (53) for determining a guidance intersection in front of the movable body, an intersection shape acquiring unit (54) for acquiring a shape of the guidance intersection, a road determining unit (55) for determining whether or not roads connected to the guidance intersection exist in an area extending in the same direction as an exit road, an identification-information associating unit (56) that, when the roads connected to the guidance intersection exist in the area extending in the same direction as the exit road, associates each road with an identification information item, and an intersection guiding unit (57) for providing guidance on the guidance intersection using the identification information item associated with the exit road.