Is Nagoya Tap Water Safe To Drink?

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.

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