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Shinjuku新宿区

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

Data checked 1 Nov 2026 JSTGSI data updated 19 Mar 2026Official site https://www.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/

Evacuation sites 避難場所10

Shelters 避難所129

Ward programs2

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無料・助成Free items & subsidies

What 新宿区 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 furniture-anchor survey & installation家具転倒防止器具取付け事業（調査費・取付け費無料）

The ward sends a contractor to your home, checks which devices suit your furniture, and installs them. The survey and installation are free; there is no limit on the number of items installed.
Who: Shinjuku residents (区内在住の方). Housing areas only.
Furniture covered: wardrobes, cupboards/shelves, refrigerators, TVs. Devices: belt fittings, L-brackets, tension rods, anti-tip boards.
Devices themselves are at your cost: buy from the contractor or prepare your own. FY2026 contractor prices (tax incl.): belt ¥1,430, L-bracket ¥1,093, tension rod small ¥7,634 / large ¥8,167, anti-tip board ¥1,089.
Up to 5 devices free (once per household) for people registered on the 災害時要援護者名簿 (disaster support list) and households on public assistance (生活保護).
Apply by mail, fax, in person at 危機管理課 or online; deadline the 25th of each month. Renters should get the landlord’s approval first. FY2026 installations must be completed by end of March 2027.

For: Shinjuku residents

Source https://www.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/anzen/kikikanri01_001018.html · page updated 1 Apr 2026 · checked 1 Nov 2026 (JST) · also official PDF

Quake-sensing breaker subsidy (owners)感震ブレーカー等設置費用助成

Who: people who own housing in Shinjuku (not corporate-owned). Tenants of rental flats and condo management associations cannot apply.
Amount: 3/4 of cost up to ¥60,000; resident-tax-exempt households 5/6 up to ¥75,000. New builds: ¥10,000 for a distribution-board type.
Apply BEFORE the work. FY2026 application window: 15 Apr 2026 – 1 Mar 2027. First come, first served within the budget (subsidy rules 要綱).

For: Home owners in Shinjuku

Source https://www.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/anzen/kikikanri01_002171_00001.html · page updated 1 Apr 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

Shinjuku City Office (main)03-3209-1111

代表電話番号

Source · checked 1 Nov 2026

Crisis Management Div. 危機管理課03-5273-4592

Furniture anchors & quake-breaker subsidy

Source · checked 1 Nov 2026

ハザードマップHazard maps

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

水Shinjuku flood hazard map (洪水ハザードマップ) ↗Revised Aug 2025 (令和7年8月) to reflect Tokyo’s Dec 2024 storm-surge map. Front: river flood and inland flood; back: storm surge.Page updated 25 Aug 2026 · checked 1 Nov 2026図All Shinjuku hazard maps ↗Flood, cliff/retaining wall, landslide maps and the ward’s area risk ranking (地域危険度).checked 1 Nov 2026外Shinjuku foreign-resident living info (official) ↗The ward’s multilingual living-information site.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 新宿区 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 Shinjuku総合危険度ランク · 152 areas

Rank 51

Rank 48

Rank 332

Rank 255

Rank 156

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
若葉３丁目	5	4	4	49
赤城下町	4	3	4	117
南榎町	4	3	3	126
神楽坂６丁目	4	3	3	191
上落合３丁目	4	3	4	203
神楽坂３丁目	4	3	3	238
横寺町	4	3	3	312
若葉２丁目	4	3	2	340
神楽坂４丁目	4	3	3	365

Showing the 9 areas with the highest overall risk in 新宿区 (rank 4–5 only, highest first). Full list: TMG list for 新宿区.

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/shinjuku/ · 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

10 designated emergency evacuation sites (10 designated for earthquakes) and 129 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, 東京都新宿区 (code 13104): https://hinanmap.gsi.go.jp/hinanjocp/hinanbasho/koukaidate.html · first published 28 Feb 2022 · GSI database updated 19 Mar 2026 · downloaded 1 Nov 2026 (JST). Use is subject to the GSI content terms.

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