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Is Nagoya Tap Water Safe To Drink?

Yes! Generally Safe to Drink*

LAST UPDATED: 12:53 pm, April 8, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Nagoya?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Nagoya.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Japan, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

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Nagoya, just north of Tokyo is the third largest city in Japan and is renowned for its scenic natural beauty and amazing lakes and mountain streams. On the western part of the city are the numerous springs that feed Nagoya''s underground aquifer. The most famous of these streams is the Ohishi spring, which supplies the city with about a third of its drinking water. This natural underground water supply is protected by strict regulations from being used for human consumption.

Recently however, due to increasing demand for Nagoya tap water quality, the government has allowed for greater quantities of this precious resource to be permitted to be conveyed to consumers. With the unchecked consumption of groundwater and the alarming levels of contamination that have been found, this is obviously a big concern for residents. This is also why many Japanese people are purchasing expensive purifiers to provide pure tap water for their homes. To give you an idea of the quali

The estimated price of bottled water

$0.88 in USD (1.5-liter)

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Nagoya tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 25% Low
  • Water Pollution 38% Low
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 75% High
  • Water Quality 63% High

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Nagoya, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).

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Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

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