Is Yokkaichi safe? Japan travel risk
Is Yokkaichi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Yokkaichi 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.
Yokkaichi 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 Yokkaichi: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (78/100) 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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Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Mie (34.9650° N, 136.6244° E), Yokkaichi sits 285.7 km ENE from Tokyo at 8 m elevation.
Mie
34.9650° N, 136.6244° E
8 m
Asia/Tokyo
310,263
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: September (243 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | -1° | -0° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 13° | 7° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 61 | 116 | 147 | 147 | 227 | 214 | 151 | 243 | 119 | 83 | 61 |
Normals: Nagoya (34.9 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Yokkaichi 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: M6.1 on 14 Nov 2022 (142 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 2 May 2026 (136 km away) — USGS details
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