Is Kumagaya safe? Japan travel risk
Is Kumagaya safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kumagaya 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.
Kumagaya 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 Kumagaya: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (82/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Japan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 36.1474° N, 139.3886° E within Saitama, Kumagaya is situated 57.5 km SSE of Tokyo at an altitude of 32 m.
Saitama
36.1474° N, 139.3886° E
32 m
Asia/Tokyo
193,190
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 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kumagaya happened in August (2 of 5 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 (124 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 22 Aug 2026 (73 km away) — USGS details
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