Japan emergency numbers, voltage and plugs
Police, ambulance and fire numbers, voltage and plug shape, local time and exchange rate for travel in Japan, each with its official source.
Emergency numbers
On a phone, tap a number to call it.
- Police110
- Ambulance and fire119
- Visitor hotline050-3816-2787
Voltage and plugs
Check the input voltage printed on your adapter (for example 100–240V). Outside that range you need a voltage converter.
- Voltage
- 100 V · 50/60 Hz
- Plug types
- Two flat pins

Time and money
- Local time
- UTC+9
- Exchange rate
- $100 ≈ ¥15,820Frankfurter · · Currency converter
Japan travel guides
Sources · Checked
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Photo credits16
- Two flat pins
- Photo: Martin Lechler (Maddin the brain) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Fukuoka Airport domestic terminal and the road in front
- Nkmr844 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- People gathered in front of the red tower gate at Dazaifu Tenmangu
- User: (WT-shared) Tanuki at wts wikivoyage · Public domain
- Evening lights on the Nakasu riverbank and buildings reflected in the water
- ©Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association
- Lit yatai and customers on a Nakasu street at night
- ©Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association
- A Japanese macaque beside the hot spring at Jigokudani
- Ashley98lee · CC BY 4.0
- The main hall of Kiyomizu-dera lit at night among autumn leaves, with the lights of Kyoto spreading beyond
- lumoplank · CC0
- The Great Torii of Itsukushima Shrine surrounded by sea water, with a boat in the distance
- Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Futami Suspension Bridge in Jozankei and a valley in autumn colors
- Jozankei Tourism Association
- Tour buses parked outside Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal
- Tbatb · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A view of Miyagawa morning market in Takayama
- Opqr · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Visitors in a colourful illuminated exhibition space at teamLab Planets
- Sasa0403 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Trees and lakeside buildings reflected in Lake Kinrin in Yufuin
- Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A green Yufuin no Mori sightseeing train
- MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0














