Areas of Japan with low diaster rate

[Lemming]

For the record, the prefecture I'm in (Okayama) has the is 3rd in terms of least amount of earthquakes. Add to that that Okayama is the self-styled "Country of Sun" (hare no kuni), and you have a pretty chill place to be. It's right on the inland sea so you still have water, but it's protected from typhoons by Shikoku to the south.

That being said, it's a little countryside, but there are areas of Japan that are much more countryside than this, so I'll just say good luck and I hope you decide to come and find out that Japan is not engulfed in flames, death, and destruction

[disco2000]

Tohoku's been having frequent earthquakes since 2009.

Okinawa, shikoku, and chubu got ravaged by typhoons last fall

Hokuriku (Sea of Japan side) is getting record snowfalls in the last two weeks that's caused 50 deaths so far

Hokkaido is cold as hell.

Kyushu seems like it'd be your best bet, but even there you're not safe.

Japan's just a disaster-prone country, give up if you don't want to risk it.

[AVN]

Tohoku's been having frequent earthquakes since 2009.

Okinawa, shikoku, and chubu got ravaged by typhoons last fall

Hokuriku (Sea of Japan side) is getting record snowfalls in the last two weeks that's caused 50 deaths so far

Hokkaido is cold as hell.

Kyushu seems like it'd be your best bet, but even there you're not safe.

Japan's just a disaster-prone country, give up if you don't want to risk it.

Kyushu has a ton of active volcanoes, in fact last year they had major issues with one spewing ash.

Hokkaido is not cold as hell It is cold but there are many colder places in the world and their buildings are usually warmer in the winter than down south because many are built for it, though not as well as Canada, I miss central heating...

[Steph_NagasakiPA]

Kyushu seems like it'd be your best bet, but even there you're not safe.

Japan's just a disaster-prone country, give up if you don't want to risk it.

Kyushu has a ton of active volcanoes, in fact last year they had major issues with one spewing ash.

You're right, not even Kyushu is safe. We get regularly battered by typhoons, and then we have our lovely volcanoes. Mt Unzen in Nagasaki-ken last erupted in the early 90s, and also holds the dubious honour of causing one of Japan's largest volcano-related disasters to date - about 200 years ago it erupted and part of the volcano collapsed into the sea, causing a tsunami 100m high. The eruption and the tsunami killed about 15,000 people, apparently.

Seriously, nowhere in Japan is safe. I'm sure even poor maligned Saga must have something!

[word]

Seriously, nowhere in Japan is safe!

Are you kidding? Japan is the ONLY place that's safe!

[Sendai_Momiji]

Seriously, nowhere in Japan is safe!

Are you kidding? Japan is the ONLY place that's safe!

What is this and where can I watch it?

[Musashi]

Heh, IMO Japan is pretty much safe. If you're really paranoid you could live in Hokkaido, Shimane or Tottori. Nothing ever happens there. I'd just steer clear of the areas affected by nuclear fallout from Fukushima, or the areas directly affected by the tsunami.

It's almost been one year, and the cleanup isn't near finished. I have a family member up there, and he's not even getting a bonus or anything for being up in that crap hole.

[ollie]

LOL, obvious troll is obvious.

Look, if you wanna be safe in Japan, look at all the possibilities, try and rationalize which ones are mathematically most likely, and make your choice accordingly. There are myriad ways to die on this island. Earthquakes, typhoons, nuclear accidents, Gojirra, oblivious obaachan drivers, the flu, monkey attacks freezing to death in the winter, carbon monoxide poisoning from your heater, death by fugu, oysters, drowning when you go to the beach, choking on a yakiniku stick, mercury poisoning from sushi, extreme kanchofication, Japanese doctors...i could go on.

You can minimize your chances of death by the first 3 or 4 by requesting somewhere extremely rural. However, those are the least likely scenarios, and rural living also increases your odds of dying by some of the others somewhat. If you don't understand , you have never shared the road with elderly drivers in Japan. Perhaps one of Tokyo's outlying islands would suit you best, or somewhere in the middle of shikoku (although I must add the latter will make you extremely susceptible to monkey attacks). You can mitigate a lot of your dangers by just never eating, drinking, or breathing, although those come with their own sets risks.Fortunately, Japan has a fairly reasonable solutions to lots of your fears...surgical masks and sumo suits. If you wear them in combination you will cut down on many of these mortal risks by at least 12%. Trust me, I'm a doctor

[RoBot]

LOL, obvious troll is obvious.

Look, if you wanna be safe in Japan, look at all the possibilities, try and rationalize which ones are mathematically most likely, and make your choice accordingly. There are myriad ways to die on this island. Earthquakes, typhoons, nuclear accidents, Gojirra, oblivious obaachan drivers, the flu, monkey attacks freezing to death in the winter, carbon monoxide poisoning from your heater, death by fugu, oysters, drowning when you go to the beach, choking on a yakiniku stick, mercury poisoning from sushi, extreme kanchofication, Japanese doctors...i could go on.

You can minimize your chances of death by the first 3 or 4 by requesting somewhere extremely rural. However, those are the least likely scenarios, and rural living also increases your odds of dying by some of the others somewhat. If you don't understand , you have never shared the road with elderly drivers in Japan. Perhaps one of Tokyo's outlying islands would suit you best, or somewhere in the middle of shikoku (although I must add the latter will make you extremely susceptible to monkey attacks). You can mitigate a lot of your dangers by just never eating, drinking, or breathing, although those come with their own sets risks.Fortunately, Japan has a fairly reasonable solutions to lots of your fears...surgical masks and sumo suits. If you wear them in combination you will cut down on many of these mortal risks by at least 12%. Trust me, I'm a doctor

This made me LOL a lot.

[Namisuke]

...oblivious obaachan drivers...

THIS!

I was hit while riding my bike by my student's grandfather near school property. Not hugely or anything. Luckily his mirror folded in or it might have broken off on me. He never appologized and actually laughed at me. A woman stopped in the intersection just sat there with her mouth dropped open in shock at shat she saw. I rarely have someone stop at a crosswalk for me, and am often almost hit by cars even if I am already crossing and other cars are stopped to let me by also. The constant running of red lights doesn't help either. I think all of this experience has helped tame my boyfriend's road rage though...lol

[nicklar]

extreme kanchofication

I've found Japanese drivers amongst the best in the world but perhaps living in China/S-E Asia has given me a different perspective!

[Teishou]

I've found Japanese drivers amongst the best in the world but perhaps living in China/S-E Asia has given me a different perspective!

They suck. No doubt about it. I almost ran into a truck, and a freakin' motorcycle. "Oh, what's that? What do you mean the motorcyclist won't yield to pedestrians and people on bicycles?"

[merkypie]

all these driving stories just sounds like any ol normal day in south florida. except replace the little kei cars with huge lincoln continental/cadilac tanks.

[Jax]

ollie's entire post just might be the best forum post ever.

extreme kanchofication

I've found Japanese drivers amongst the best in the world but perhaps living in China/S-E Asia has given me a different perspective!

Yeah Japan seems pretty tame after China! Though I'm surprised I only saw one accident in my 8 weeks there. One of my classmates was so afraid of the drivers that he refused to get in a taxi.

[Spencer]

This post is Golden!!!
Japan=Earthquakes.
Everyone expects that.
They just had the BIGGEST earthquake in years
You may want to go somewhere else if you think about not wanting an earthquake. I almost can say without a doubt, if you go to Japan for a year, YOU WILL feel an earthquake.
That being said.... If your paranoid about Japanese natural disasters, not a good choice for you to go to Japan.
The three places you stated, the likelyhood you would get placed in any of those is slim to none. You wont be going to Tokyo, Or ay of the other two you mentioned. You will go to some random place you've never heard of....