Fukuoka Citizens’ Disaster Prevention Center

The Center has been built to enable citizens to actually experience various types of disasters

and obtain information on how to handle these disasters.

What to learn

Guidance theater

Learn about disaster prevention on huge screen

Fire fighting drill

You will learn the correct way to extinguish a fire. A projector will create various fire

situations that you can practice fire extinguishing with.

Earthquake simulation

Experience the shaking ground during earthquakes from 1 to 7 on the intensity scale.

You can also see the effect of earthquakes.

Strong wind simulation

How much wind can you endure?

Experience wind traveling at velocity of up to 30 m/sec

Fire simulation

The force of smoke is terrible. As if in a real fire, evacuate quickly through a maze of

doors while practicing effective postures for prevention of asphyxiation.

General information

Address	1-3-3 Momchihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka-city
Access	20 minutes walk from Nishijin Subway Station 20 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka Airport 15 minutes by a vehicle from JR Hakata station 30 minutes by a vehicle from Dazaifu 30 minutes by a vehicle from Itoshima 70 minutes by a vehicle from Yanagawa 70 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city
Open hours	9:30 to 17:00
Admission fee	No fee is required
Days closed	Monday, last Tuesday of the month, December 28 to January 4