Evacuation sites, shelters, hazard maps, free bousai items and emergency numbers for Chuo City, Tokyo. Names and addresses are shown in Japanese, exactly as on official signs and maps.
What 中央区 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.
Furniture-anchor installation for seniors家具類転倒防止器具の取付（高齢者）
A ward contractor visits, chooses suitable devices, then buys and installs them.
Who (any one): 65+ and bedridden with care level 2+; 65+ living alone; households of people aged 60+ that include someone 65+; people who are in the same situation during the day because family are at work or school.
Cost: you pay 10% of installation and of up to 4 devices (free for resident-tax-exempt households). From the 5th device you pay the full device price.
Once per household; not available if you or your family used it before. Apply at 高齢者福祉課 (4F) or an おとしより相談センター, or by mail.
Furniture anchors for households with disabilities家具類転倒防止器具の取付支援（障害のある方）
Who: households with a visually impaired person or a person with a physical disability (limbs) grade 4 or higher holding a 身体障害者手帳; households with a 愛の手帳 grade 3 or higher; people with a 精神障害者保健福祉手帳 grade 2 or higher.
Cost: free for up to 4 devices; from the 5th device there is a charge.
For people living in Chuo and businesses in the ward. You pay a discounted price that includes tax, delivery and cash-on-delivery fee.
Examples from the list: simple quake-breaker adapter 〈ヤモリ〉 ¥3,721; furniture-anchor pole set ¥8,134; anti-shatter window film ¥3,459; 3-day preserved-food set ¥3,772.
Order with the pamphlet form (postcard/fax) or by postcard. Delivery inside Chuo only; it can take about 2 months. Prices revised 1 Oct 2024.
How Tokyo rates each neighbourhood (町丁目) of 中央区 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 Chuo総合危険度ランク · 98 areas
Rank 50
Rank 41
Rank 34
Rank 241
Rank 152
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
月島３丁目
4
4
4
319
Showing the 1 areas with the highest overall risk in 中央区 (rank 4–5 only, highest first). Full list: TMG list for 中央区.
33 designated emergency evacuation sites (25 designated for earthquakes) and 34 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.”
Spotted an error or something out of date? Email helpme@wardready.jp with the page and the official source. Corrections help keep the ward pages accurate.