Is Koriyama safe? Japan travel risk
Is Koriyama safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Koriyama scores 39/100 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.
Koriyama scores 39/100 (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 Koriyama: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (87/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Japan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 37.4004° N, 140.3597° E in Fukushima, Koriyama features an altitude of 236 m. The settlement is located 201.9 km SSW from Tokyo.
Fukushima
37.4004° N, 140.3597° E
236 m
Asia/Tokyo
327,040
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Japan)
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 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Koriyama happened in March (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
6 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.3 on 16 Mar 2022 (113 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.9 on 4 Oct 2025 (105 km away) — USGS details
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