Prepare for the places you actually use

Osaka’s earthquake guidance begins with protecting yourself from falling objects and responding according to your surroundings. At home, review furniture and objects near sleeping or sitting areas. At a school, workplace or station, learn the local instructions and routes before an earthquake happens. Do not assume the home plan applies unchanged to an underground shopping area or train.

The city’s guide separately addresses coastal and river locations and tsunami evacuation. Use the current ward hazard map and official evacuation information to understand your particular address. Identify a suitable evacuation destination and an alternative, then ask about access or assistance if someone in the household cannot use the route independently.

Keep the plan usable under pressure

Write down a meeting and contact arrangement, including what to do when people are in different parts of Osaka. Carry a small address and contact sheet that can be read without mobile data. Check how your phone receives warnings and where you can find current municipal information if a network is congested.

If an earthquake occurs, protect yourself and follow the instructions of emergency personnel, transport staff or the facility responsible for your location. Keep away from unsafe structures and avoid rushing into a crowded station to return home. For tsunami risk, follow current warnings and local evacuation directions promptly. After moving or changing workplaces, revisit the maps and routes; risk and access depend on the actual place, not simply on being somewhere within Osaka City.

Adapted and rewritten by Japanese.Pink from the City of Osaka’s Earthquake and Tsunami. The wording and organization have been edited. Source checked: 9 November 2026.