Is Ashikaga safe? Japan travel risk
Is Ashikaga safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ashikaga scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Japan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 15 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ashikaga scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Japan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ashikaga: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (81/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Tochigi at 36.3402° N, 139.4497° E (elevation 45 m), Ashikaga lies 76.0 km SSE of Tokyo. Time zone: Asia/Tokyo.
Tochigi
36.3402° N, 139.4497° E
45 m
Asia/Tokyo
142,882
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: July (202 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 19° | 14° | 9° |
| Low °C | -3° | -3° | 1° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 11° | 5° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 45 | 55 | 97 | 110 | 121 | 169 | 202 | 171 | 194 | 108 | 80 | 58 |
Normals: Utsunomiya (45.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ashikaga happened in August (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
3 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.1 on 26 May 2023 (132 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 22 Aug 2026 (79 km away) — USGS details
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