Underground evacuation facility in a large city

Large-Scale Underground Emergency Temporary Shelter Facilities in Japan

(as of October 1st, 2022)
Designated by Authority

Underground Stations

Sapporo City
45 underground stations of Sapporo Municipal Subway (Rated R4.8)

Sendai City
24 underground stations of Sendai Municipal Subway (Rated R4.3)

Tokyo
Toei Subway 55 subway stations (R4.5 designation)
4 stations (equivalent to R4.9)
50 Tokyo Metro subway stations (R4.5 designation)
8 stations (equivalent to R4.9)
12 stations of private railway companies (equivalent to R4.9)

Yokohama
Yokohama Municipal Subway 33 underground stations (R4.7)
Yokohama Rapid Railway 5 underground stations (R4.7)

Nagoya city
Nagoya Municipal Subway 79 underground stations (R3.4 designation)

Kyoto prefecture
Kyoto Municipal Subway 1 subway station (Uji City) (equivalent to R4.3)

Kyoto City
Kyoto Municipal Subway 29 underground stations (R4.3 designation)

Osaka prefecture
Osaka Metro 6 stations (Moriguchi City, Higashiosaka City, Kadoma City) (R4.3 designation)

Osaka city
Osaka Metro Subway 99 stations (R4.3 designation)

Sakai City
Osaka Metro 3 subway stations (R4.3 designation)

Kobe City
Kobe Municipal Subway 18 subway stations (R4.2 designation)
12 subway stations operated by private railway operators (equivalent to R4.2)

Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City Subway 33 underground stations (R3.8)

Sapporo Disaster Management Handbook

Life in Sendai

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Disaster Prevention Guide Book

Yokohama Disaster prevention map and hazard map

Nagoya city Hazard Map & Guide

Kyoto city Emergency and Disaster

Osaka Emergency Guide

Kobe City Disaster Prevention Guide

Fukuoka City Disaster Information Center for International Residents

underground shopping mall

Sapporo
Sapporo Underground Mall: Pole Town (R4.8), Aurora Town (R4.8), Apia (R4.8)

Kawasaki City
Kawasaki Azalea (March 31, 2019)

Niigata City
Nishibori Rosa (R2.3)

Nagoya city
Ozone Station underground facility (equivalent to R3.3), Nagoya Kintetsu Building underground shopping mall (equivalent to R3.3)

Kobe City
Duo Kobe Yamate (R4.2), Duo Kobe Hamate (R4.2), M-Kitchen (R4.2), Sanchika (R4.2), Metro Kobe (R4.2)

Hiroshima city
Hiroshima Kamiyacho underground shopping mall Shareo (December 3, 2020)

Fukuoka City
Tenjin Underground Mall (equivalent to R3.10)
Large underground pedestrian space

Sapporo
Sapporo Station Underground Walking Space (Designation R3.1), Kita-Ichijo Underground Parking Lot (Underground Walkway) (Designation R3.1), Sapporo Station North Exit No. 1 and 2 (Designation R4.8), Nishi 2-1-chome Underground Walkway

Sendai city
Sendai Station east-west underground passageway (equivalent to R4.3)

Niigata City
Bandai intersection (R2.3 designation)

Tokyo
Shinjuku Pedestrian Underground Passage No. 1 (R4.5 designation), Shinjuku Pedestrian Underground Passage No. 2 (R4.5 designation), Tochomae Station underground walkway (R4.5 designation), Ueno Chuo Dori Underground Pedestrian Road Sidewalk (R4.5 designation)

Nagoya city
Lucent Avenue (equivalent to R3.6)

Kobe City
Sannomiya Chuo-dori Underpass (R4.2 regulations), Shin-Nagata Bridge Underpass (R4.2 regulations), Shin-Nagata Shopping District Underpass (R4.2 regulations), Sannomiya Connecting Underpass (R4.2 regulations), Ikutasuji Underpass (R4.2) Sannomiya Underpass (R4.2 designation)

Fukuoka City
Gion/Hakata/Maizu underground passage (equivalent to R3.7)