Is Matsumoto safe? Japan travel risk
Is Matsumoto safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Matsumoto 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.
Matsumoto 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 Matsumoto: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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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Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Nagano (36.2380° N, 137.9720° E), Matsumoto sits 163.5 km ESE from Tokyo at 593 m elevation.
Nagano
36.2380° N, 137.9720° E
593 m
Asia/Tokyo
239,115
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in 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 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Matsumoto happened in August and September (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.2 on 1 Jan 2024 (147 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 2 Jun 2024 (148 km away) — USGS details
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