Is Nasushiobara safe? Japan travel risk
Is Nasushiobara safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Nasushiobara scores 36/100 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.
Nasushiobara scores 36/100 (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 Nasushiobara: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (79/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 36.9617° N, 140.0461° E in Tochigi, Nasushiobara features an altitude of 357 m. The settlement is located 147.3 km SSW from Tokyo.
Tochigi
36.9617° N, 140.0461° E
357 m
Asia/Tokyo
115,602
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Japan)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: July (202 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 19° | 14° | 9° |
| Low °C | -3° | -3° | 1° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 11° | 5° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 45 | 55 | 97 | 110 | 121 | 169 | 202 | 171 | 194 | 108 | 80 | 58 |
Normals: Utsunomiya (47.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Nasushiobara happened in March, June, August and October (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 4 Oct 2025 (143 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 22 Aug 2026 (116 km away) — USGS details
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