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Evacuation sites, shelters, hazard maps, free bousai items and emergency numbers for Kita City, Tokyo. Names and addresses are shown in Japanese, exactly as on official signs and maps.

Data checked 1 Nov 2026 JSTGSI data updated 23 Jan 2025Official site https://www.city.kita.lg.jp/

Evacuation sites 避難場所58

Shelters 避難所56

Ward programs3

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無料・助成Free items & subsidies

What 北区 offers residents to make homes safer in a quake. Official pages are in Japanese; we summarise and translate. Rules change: check the page before applying.

Free simple quake breaker (wooden housing)感震ブレーカーの無償配付

From FY2026 Kita gives simple quake breakers free to people living in wooden housing (expanded target).
Who: registered residents living in wooden housing in Kita; owners of wooden apartment buildings in Kita; management companies of such buildings. Company dorms count. Partly-wooden buildings count if the registry says 木造.
Choose one: “YAMORI” (Lintec21) or “瞬断” (Eco Minami). Once per household; households that already received one cannot apply.
Apply at 防災・危機管理課 (weekdays 8:30–17:15) or via the online forms; proxy application is possible. Check beforehand whether your breaker panel has a cover and whether you have an earthed outlet.
The official page does not state a closing date. Confirm availability with the ward before applying.

For: Residents of wooden housing

Source https://www.city.kita.lg.jp/safety/disaster/1002569/1002586/1002591.html · page updated 28 Oct 2026 · checked 1 Nov 2026 (JST)

Distribution-board quake breaker subsidy分電盤タイプの感震ブレーカー設置費用補助

Housing: wooden detached houses or apartment buildings in Kita (区内の木造戸建て住宅又は集合住宅).
Amount: up to ¥80,000 (10/10 of cost). Up to ¥100,000 if everyone in the household is 65+ or someone is on Kita’s 避難行動要支援者名簿.
This year only work done from November 2026 onward qualifies. Deadline: Fri 26 Feb 2027. Once per dwelling.

For: Wooden housing in Kita

Source https://www.city.kita.lg.jp/safety/disaster/1002569/1002586/1026820/index.html · checked 1 Nov 2026 (JST)

Furniture-anchor installation help家具転倒防止器具等の取り付け支援事業

Who: people on Kita’s 避難行動要支援者名簿 (evacuation support list), or households made up only of people 65+ (including living alone).
The ward sends the Kita Silver Human Resources Center to install devices you ALREADY OWN. No devices are handed out.
Covered: tension rods, adhesive L/T-type brackets, anti-tip boards, and simple quake breakers (YAMORI or スイッチ断ボール series only). Fittings that need drilling are generally not installed.
Apply by mail or at the 防災・危機管理課 counter. About 10 items per visit (application form).

For: 65+ households / support list

Source https://www.city.kita.lg.jp/safety/disaster/1002569/1002586/1002593.html · page updated 11 Sep 2026 · checked 1 Nov 2026 (JST) · also official PDF

緊急連絡先Emergency numbers

Life-threatening emergency: call 119 (fire/ambulance) or 110 (police).

Fire · Ambulance 火事・救急119

Tokyo Fire Department: the operator asks “Fire or ambulance?” (火事ですか、救急ですか).

Tokyo Fire Department · checked 1 Nov 2026

Police 警察110

National Police Agency English leaflet: ambulance 119, police 110.

National Police Agency · checked 1 Nov 2026

Disaster Message Dial 災害用伝言ダイヤル171

Record a message your family can play back with your phone number. Trial use on the 1st & 15th of every month.

Prime Minister’s Office of Japan · checked 1 Nov 2026

Kita City Office (main)03-3908-1111

代表

Source · checked 1 Nov 2026

Disaster Prevention & Crisis Mgmt 防災・危機管理課03-3908-8184

Quake breakers & installation help

Source · checked 1 Nov 2026

ハザードマップHazard maps

Official maps from 北区. We link, we don’t copy: maps change.

図Kita disaster map & hazard maps (portal) ↗Kita disaster-prevention map (避難所, evacuation areas, quake area risk) in Japanese and English PDFs, plus hazard maps.checked 1 Nov 2026水Flood, storm-surge & landslide maps ↗Arakawa; Sumida/Shingashi/Kanda; Shakujii river flood maps and storm-surge map (all Sep 2025); landslide map (Mar 2025).Page updated 9 Jul 2026 · checked 1 Nov 2026国National hazard map portal ↗MLIT ハザードマップポータルサイト: overlay flood, landslide, storm-surge and tsunami risk for any address.

地域危険度Earthquake area risk

How Tokyo rates each neighbourhood (町丁目) of 北区 for building collapse and fire spread in a big earthquake. Ranks are relative across Tokyo’s 5,192 surveyed areas: rank 5 is the highest risk, rank 1 the lowest.

Overall risk ranks in Kita総合危険度ランク · 113 areas

Rank 56

Rank 420

Rank 333

Rank 236

Rank 118

TMG: “building collapse risk” measures how likely buildings are to collapse or tilt from shaking, based on ground and building type; “fire risk” measures the danger of fire spreading over a wide area; the overall rank combines both with how hard rescue and evacuation would be (災害時活動困難係数).

Highest-risk areasランク4・5の町丁目

Area (町丁目)	Overall	Collapse	Fire	Position /5,192
志茂４丁目	5	4	5	13
岸町２丁目	5	5	5	14
志茂５丁目	5	4	5	32
豊島３丁目	5	4	4	43
上中里３丁目	5	5	5	60
上十条５丁目	5	3	5	68
栄町	4	3	4	90
豊島７丁目	4	4	4	121
志茂２丁目	4	4	5	124
岩淵町	4	4	4	152
志茂１丁目	4	4	5	155
堀船３丁目	4	4	4	157

Showing the 12 areas with the highest overall risk in 北区 (rank 4–5 only, highest first). Full list: TMG list for 北区.

Source 東京都都市整備局「地震に関する地域危険度測定調査（第9回）」 (published Sep 2022): https://www.funenka.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/area-hazard-level/regional-risk-list/kita/ · CSV https://www.funenka.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/2024/01/all2.csv · page updated 1 Mar 2024 · checked 1 Nov 2026 (JST). Counts and the table are calculated by WardReady from TMG’s CSV; explanations translated from TMG Q&A. Area names are in Japanese as in the official list. This is a relative ranking for planning, not a prediction for any building.

避難場所・避難所Evacuation sites & shelters

58 designated emergency evacuation sites (56 designated for earthquakes) and 56 designated shelters in the national open data. Saved on your device after your first visit, so it works offline.

Read before using this list (GSI’s own notes, translated):

This data is what each municipality registered about the evacuation sites and shelters designated by the mayor under the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act (Art. 49-4 and 49-7). It may not be the latest, or some facilities may not be listed, so always confirm the latest details with the ward.
Understand the difference between a “designated emergency evacuation site” and a “designated evacuation shelter”, and that evacuation sites are designated per type of disaster.
The data is updated from time to time.

Designated emergency evacuation site (指定緊急避難場所): “a place to evacuate to urgently to protect your life from the danger of a disaster. Designated for each type of disaster, such as landslides, floods, tsunami and earthquakes.” Designated evacuation shelter (指定避難所): “a facility where disaster victims who have evacuated stay for a certain period after a disaster.”

原文（国土地理院「ご利用上の注意」）

指定緊急避難場所とは、災害の危険から命を守るために緊急的に避難する場所です。土砂災害、洪水、津波、地震等の災害種別ごとに指定が行われます。指定避難所とは、災害が発生した場合に避難をしてきた被災者が一定期間滞在するための施設です。本データは…最新でない場合や未掲載の場合があるため、最新かつ詳細の状況などは必ず当該市町村にご確認ください。

Your location is used only in your browser to sort the list and is never sent to WardReady. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

Source 国土地理院 (GSI) 指定緊急避難場所・指定避難所データ, 東京都北区 (code 13117): https://hinanmap.gsi.go.jp/hinanjocp/hinanbasho/koukaidate.html · first published 26 Mar 2024 · GSI database updated 23 Jan 2025 · downloaded 1 Nov 2026 (JST). Use is subject to the GSI content terms.

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