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Nagoya Municipal Minato Disaster Prevention Center


名古屋市港防災センター(なごやしみなとぼうさいせんたー)
There are Exhibition and Simulation rooms on the 1st and 2nd floor, having numerous interactive displays. Staff members are on hand to explain each display and answer your questions. Let’s Experience the Big One in the Earthquake Simulation Room, learning about how to protect ourselves, try to navigate through the smoke evacuation training room, and fly back to 1959 to experience Nagoya’s worst ever typhoon ( The Ise Bay Typhoon) in the 3D simulation room.
●For individuals and groups of 9 or less
 ●no reservations are required, but the simulations are only available in 20 minute blocks
  between 09:30 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:00.
●For groups of 10 or more
 ●a 90 minute course (including half-hour free time) is available; reservations are required.
 ●For reservations and more information call the Center at 052-651-1100
●Open: 09:30 – 16:30 Closed: Mondays (except national holidays), Tuesdays after a national holiday, 3rd Wednesday of the month, 12/29 – 1/3
●Admission: Free
●Access: Next to Minato Ward Office, 3 minutes walk straight out of Minato Kuyakusho Subway Station, exit 1