Is Kakamigahara safe? Japan travel risk
Is Kakamigahara safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kakamigahara scores 32/100 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.
Kakamigahara scores 32/100 (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 Kakamigahara: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (68/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Kakamigahara belongs to Gifu (Japan), centered at coordinates 35.3988° N, 136.8484° E (40 m above sea level). Distance to Tokyo is 255.4 km towards the E.
Gifu
35.3988° N, 136.8484° E
40 m
Asia/Tokyo
143,641
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: September (243 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | -1° | -0° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 13° | 7° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 61 | 116 | 147 | 147 | 227 | 214 | 151 | 243 | 119 | 83 | 61 |
Normals: Nagoya (24.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Kakamigahara happened in August and September (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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