Honjo Life Safety Learning Center
Free tours and trials!
Feel free to visit with your family, friends or on your own.
Facility guide
Earthquake Section
Experience a realistic earthquake simulation, learn about the havoc wreaked by earthquakes and acquire the skills required in an emergency.
We will explain the importance of preparing for an earthquake in an easy-to-understand manner through the use of images.
Urban Flooding Section
View images relating to localized torrential downpours and tsunamis and learn how to open basement doors and car doors against water pressure during flooding.
Smoke Room
After learning about the characteristics and dangers of smoke, experience evacuating from neutral zones where smoke meets air. Learn proper evacuation methods and develop the ability to calmly assess the situation and take action.
Fire Fighting Section
Learn how to use a fire extinguisher or indoor hydrant against a large screen that simulates an actual fire.
First Aid Section
Here, you can experience providing first aid treatment such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation using training dolls. You can also train using an actual AED (automated external defibrillator).
Rainstorm Section
Experience the kinds of strong winds and heavy rain that can cause storm or flood damage, and increase your knowledge of strong winds and heavy rain while learning about the havoc they can wreak.
Flood Section
You can see, try and learn "walking in flood," "projection-demonstrated inundation," "past disaster projections telling how hard walking in water is and how important early evacuation is."
Disaster Education Theater
Powerful earthquake-themed videos are projected and impactful production equipment such as sound systems and vibrating seats are employed.
VR Disaster Section
The VR (virtual reality) system produces simulated disasters – earthquakes, fires and typhoons. Come and enrich your experience!
1F
Children’s square/Quiz corner
2F
119 call corner
3F
Disaster prevention library
(“Tokyo Disaster Prevention” learning corner)
Abnormal weather area
Kawanote region area
Kawanote region corner/History of natural disasters
Ground liquefaction experiment
4F
Disaster prevention game corner
Use guide
Please note that due to the impact of the Novel Coronavirus epidemic, the following information may be somewhat changed.
For information on how to make a reservation, please see the Japanese User's Guide.
Visiting Exhibits and Sections
There are exhibits and tour sections on each floor―from the 1st to the 4th.
You can visit us without reservation.
Parking
General vehicles (Up to 2.0 m in height)
Underground parking is available. Please drop in at the reception if you hope for it.
Please note that the parking is not available when it is full.
Bus
Parking is not available. (Drop-off/Pickup is possible.)
Each tour is guided by an instructor.
Tours start on time. Please arrive earlier than the designated time.
Please see the Facility Guide for the experience sections.
Course
1. Firefighting & First Aid Course (1 hour & 45 minutes) * Currently suspended
(1) Experience Items
① Theater ② Earthquake ③ Smoke ④ Firefighting ⑤ First Aid
(2) Capacity
- Up to four groups (30 people per group) and a total of 120 people in each time slot
* Please note that depending on the number of participants, you may be grouped with other people for the experience. - For non-speakers of Japanese, the maximum number of people per group is 15.
Please have an interpreter accompany the group. - For people with disabilities, the maximum number of people per group is 15.
(3) Time
- 9:10~10:55
- 10:30~12:15
- 13:00~14:45
- 14:20~16:05
2. Rain-Wind-and-Flood Course (1 hour & 45 minutes) * Currently suspended
(1) Experience Items
① Theater ② Earthquake ③ Smoke ④ Urban Flood ⑤ Storm
(2) Capacity
- Up to four groups (30 people per group) and a total of 120 people in each time slot
* Please note that depending on the number of participants, you may be grouped with other people for the experience. - For non-speakers of Japanese, the maximum number of people per group is 15.
Please have an interpreter accompany the group. - For people with disabilities, the maximum number of people per group is 15.
(3) Time
- 9:10~10:55
- 10:30~12:15
- 13:00~14:45
- 14:20~16:05
3. Basic Course (1 hour & 5 minutes / Maximum capacity: 60 people) * Currently suspended
(1) Experience Items
① Theater ② Earthquake ③ Smoke
(2) Capacity
- Up to two groups (30 people per group) and a total of 60 people in each time slot
* Please note that depending on the number of participants, you may be grouped with other people for the experience. - For non-speakers of Japanese, the maximum number of people per group is 15.
Please have an interpreter accompany the group. - For people with disabilities, the maximum number of people per group is 15.
(3) Time
- 11:50~12:55
- 15:40~16:45
Restrictions on Age and School Grade
Elementary school students and the younger need to be accompanied by adult(s) except at the non-guided tour sections.
For safety reasons, each experience section has the restrictions on age, school grade, etc. The following is the general rule.
For more information, please contact us.
| Experience Item | Restriction |
|---|---|
| First Aid Section | (Recommended) 4th grade of elementary school or above |
| Firefighting Section | 3rd grade of elementary school or above (1st and 2nd graders may be admitted with adult(s).) |
| Rainstorm Section | 1st grade of elementary school or above (Elementary school students can try the 30 mm/h rain and 10 m/s wind simulations.) |
| Earthquake Section | 3 years old and over |
| VR Section | 2nd grade of elementary school or above and 100 cm high or above |
* There is no age limit for the Smoke Room and the Urban Flood Section.
(Please make sure you are in the right condition for the adventure.)
- In the case of the change in the number of participants or cancellation, please contact us as soon as possible.
- We have 30 people as one group to be guided. You may be grouped with other people for the experience.
- Please wear casual clothes for your easy action (with NO sandals or high-heeled shoes on).
- For the Storm Experience, please bring towels and extra clothes for children just in case.
- Smoking is prohibited overall.
- Drunken visitors are not admitted.
- Food and drinks are allowed only in the 5th floor lounge. Please take your trash with you when you leave. (Currently suspended)
- Please refrain from bringing animal pets (except guide dogs, hearing dogs, and service dogs).
- We provide disaster prevention education for free. You are solicitously asked to follow the instructor’s advice for your safety or other visitors’ convenience. In case of our advice not being accepted, guiding service may be discontinued and we may ask the persons concerned to leave the Center.
Transport access
Access Map
- Address
- 4-6-6Yokokawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003
- Access
- 10-minute walk from North Exit of Kinshicho Station (JR Sobu Line) or from Exit 4, Kinshicho Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line)
10-minute walk from Exit B1 or B2 (B1 is more convenient) of Oshiage Station (Keisei Oshiage Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tobu Skytree Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line)
Toei Bus: 2-minute walk from the “Yokokawa San-chome” bus stop (Route No. 08)
- Open hours
- 9:00am to 5:00pm (last admission: 4:30pm)
- Days closed
- Wednesdays and the 3rd Thursday of every month (or the next day if this falls on a national holiday)
New Year’s holidays (December 29 – January 3)
- Admission
- Free