What is the safest place in Japan?
 

Where is the safest place in Japan?

And by safe I mean, a low crime rate and/or low frequency of natural disasters.

Thanks for your help~

Well, small towns will be safer than big cities. Western Japan is hit by fewer typhoons...

Ok... so a small town in western Japan... hmm....

re: safest city
 

Well, I awoke the other morning to find that I had failed to not only lock my car door, but failed to even close it. It might has well been left wide open--it was ajar. Inside were all my business materials including my laptop.
Nothing was touched.
So, I'd say that Northern Tochigi (Nasushiobara/Kuroiso) is a safe place to live. But unless you know some of the locals, you'll also find it a boring place to live.
I didn't know a soul for my first six months and I was very lonely and bored. I've since met some nice people that go out of there way to show me around and make me feel welcome.

Japan>Western World on the safe scale

Doesn't mean much though - few weeks ago, I woke up on the floor of Yokohama station after a heavy drinking session with my wallet and apartment key on the floor next to me. They hadn't been touched hahaha

Japan is a relatively safe and honorable society, as a whole.

Where is an unsafe part of Japan? :)

Western Japan has more earthquakes. Every is safe as far as crime.

The only things that gets taken in Japan are bicycles and umbrellas. Bicycles are usually jacked by bored high school kids. And well umbrellas, half the time people probably just forget which is their's, if they were carrying one to begin with, and sometimes they will return them where they found them when it stops raining.

just like what everybody says.. its basically safe..

and just like what jason says, you lost your wallet and still get it without anything lost, but bicycle one time its there, the next its lost..

Hmm..according to dad, there are alot of underworld related violence and murders in Shinjuku. I haven't a clue myself though, I've felt safe everywhere in Japan.

Hey, thanks! I've been living in Shinjuku for nearly 20 years and I'm still in one piece! :)

Yeah, maybe, if you are a gangster. Are you a gangster? If not, then no offense, but you can tell your dad that the Japanese mafia really don't make any money off knocking off random gaijin, but would sure bring a lot of attention to themselves if they did. Gaijin in Shinjuku are about as safe as the Pope in the Pope-mobile if their fear is the Japanese mafia.

bahaha !:D

A travel guide I read made out that Shinjuku is really dangerous, and you should never venture there at night, if you're a western woman, if you're alone, and especially stay away from dark allyways...
but my sister (who is a 15 year old white female) just got back from a school trip to Japan where they let them roam the streets of Shinjuku at night. She came home in one piece.:p

I wonder what made me bring up a topic on underworld operations :confused: Foolishness on my part, not dad though.

I wonder how safe the pope-mobile really is. Surely he would be safer in the batmobile. Unless the pope-mobile can fly and has heat seeking missiles. That would be sweet, the pope dropping bombs.

It's more than just a fiberglass golfcart. But I dare not say more... (hint: Laser-guided bee cannon).

Safe yes.... Honorable.... I would question that...

Belive it or not, the only unsafe places in japan are by military bases. Shinjuku is safer then Roppongi and Roppongi is just a bunch of africans asking if you want to see some naked women....or men...whatever you like. Japanese guys are paper thin. If you take a look at my profile you will see the car i drive. I actually left it in the middle of kabuki cho unlocked for about 3 hours and all i got was a ticket by the parking ninjas.

Safe unless you unfortunate enough to considered the prime suspect by the police for a serious crime in which the 98% conviction rate speaks for itself.

lawl every where in japan is safe imho