Evacuation sites, shelters, hazard maps, free bousai items and emergency numbers for Minato City, Tokyo. Names and addresses are shown in Japanese, exactly as on official signs and maps.
What 港区 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 installation help for those devices家具転倒防止器具等の取付支援
Free installation of the devices above for households that cannot install them themselves and that include: people 65+ living alone or only seniors; someone with care level 3+; disability certificate holders; people receiving intractable-disease medical aid; pregnant women, or women who have given birth (until the end of the month before the month one year after the birth month); single-parent families.
Pregnant/postpartum and single-parent households must attach a copy of a proof document (e.g. 母子健康手帳).
Covers device purchase and installation work. Limits (tax included): distribution-board type ¥80,000; simple type ¥7,000; outlet type with electrical work ¥80,000; outlet type without work ¥7,000; device-specific outlet type ¥7,000.
Who: people living in Minato and registered as residents, in households that do not yet have one. Once (one device) per household.
Apply within 90 days of paying, and no later than Fri 26 Feb 2027 (must arrive), to 防災課 with the application form and the original receipt (the page lists counter and mail).
Renters can apply, but need the owner’s consent if electrical work is required. Points-paid amounts are not covered.
For: Registered Minato residents without a quake breaker
How Tokyo rates each neighbourhood (町丁目) of 港区 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 Minato総合危険度ランク · 117 areas
Rank 50
Rank 40
Rank 34
Rank 235
Rank 178
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
No area in 港区 is rated rank 4 or 5 for overall risk.
61 designated emergency evacuation sites (57 designated for earthquakes) and 83 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 [email protected] with the page and the official source. Corrections help keep the ward pages accurate.