Is Kameda-honchō safe? Japan travel risk
Is Kameda-honchō safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kameda-honchō scores 29/100 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.
Kameda-honchō scores 29/100 (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 Kameda-honchō: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (70/100) and security (10/100).
A score of 29 is higher than the scores of 26% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Kameda-honchō belongs to Niigata (Japan), centered at coordinates 37.8678° N, 139.0942° E (0 m above sea level). Distance to Tokyo is 248.7 km towards the SSE.
Niigata
37.8678° N, 139.0942° E
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Asia/Tokyo
32,382
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: December (191 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 5° | 8° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 19° | 13° | 8° |
| Low °C | 0° | 0° | 2° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 189 | 135 | 125 | 102 | 107 | 167 | 169 | 130 | 167 | 139 | 177 | 191 |
Normals: Niigata (7.4 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Kameda-honchō happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 9 Jan 2024 (115 km away) — USGS details
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