Safety tips

This is a list of vital information to help you in the event of any emergencies, including accidents, natural disasters, or injuries. Please review this in advance, so you can stay calm and act appropriately in the unlikely event of an emergency actually occurring.

• Website of the Japan National Tourism Organization [JNTO]

  https://www.jnto.go.jp/safety-tips/eng/emergency/index.html

• Website of Kobe City

  http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.city.kobe.lg.jp%2F&sl=ja&tl=en

• General Safety Tips for Japan

  https://www.japan.travel/en/plan/emergencies/

• Disaster Prevention Portal (Website of the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism [MLIT])

  http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/bousai/olympic/en/index.html

• Please dial “110”, the police emergency number.

• How to call 110 (Hyogo Prefectural Police Department website – machine translation available)

  http://www.police.pref.hyogo.lg.jp/

• 【For Reference】
  About the Police Box (“Koban”) System

  https://us.jnto.go.jp/blog/japans-koban-public-relations-ambassadors/ (Website of the Japan National Tourism Organization [JNTO])

• Please dial “119”, the fire emergency number.

• How to call 119 (Website of Kobe City)

  http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/foreign/english/disaster/119calls.html

• Advice if you feel unwell during your stay

  https://www.jnto.go.jp/emergency/eng/mi_guide.html

• Medical Information for overseas visitors to Kobe

  http://www.kicc.jp/kicc/guide/iryo/index_eng.html

• Embassies and Consulates in Japan
  (Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan [MOFA])

  http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/protocol/index.html

• Kobe International Community Center (Help with life in Kobe)

  http://www.kicc.jp/kicc/kicc/index_eng.html

• Kobe Free Wi-Fi (Kobe Tourism Bureau)

  https://www.feel-kobe.jp/en/wi-fi/

• HOTLINE

  Japan Visitor Hotline
  <JNTO Call Center> 050-3816-2787
  The JNTO accepts telephone inquiries in English, Chinese and Korean 24 hours a day.

• NHK World Japan – A 24-hour English channel

  https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/