Is it safe to drink the water in Japan if Im from Minnesota? -

I m planning on going to Japan next fall, and was wondering whats the dos and don t for drinking there. Is it safe to drink their water? How about the pop or juice? Is there anything I shouldn t drink?

If you live in high tower building apartment or the restaurants there, you d better buy bottled water because the water tank of the building might be contaminated by impure materials. Otherwise, normal house life, drinking public water is no problem in Japan, particulary rural area serves public clear drinking water distribution from the fountain water source or the inspected drinkable well. Tokyo s drinking water is somehow not best because it was sanitated by thin chlorination though. You may make hot water and cool it down to drink if you hate chlorinated smell. Pops or Juice has no good for healty life due to high calories.

Something that i know about Japan is that they are extremely carefull with what they eat/drink. They are very carefull checking anything that comes in to the country, the customs agency is very carefull checking anything (probably more than the US), which probably means they are very carefull with the stuff they sell. So i don t think you should worry about anything. With the Water that shouldn t be a problem either, like i said they are concerned about the quality of their products. Plus they are an industrialized society so that shouldn t be a problem.

Yes all foods and beverages in Japan meet the highest safety standards even higher than the U.S. in many respects. I have never heard of any American having a bad reaction to the food or water. You have nothing to worry about. I think you will be delighted at how many beverage options that you have in Japan. You will of course see many familiar names and lots of special only in Japan drinks too. The only thing that may be a problem is if you have a specific food allergy or something like peanuts, shellfish etc. You would have to be able to communicate that and know what to look for in ingrediants as it s not in English. That has nothing to do with safety standards just wanted to warn you to plan ahead if you have that problem.

People say tap water here used to taste awful and sometimes smelled depending on the area. Particularly in Tokyo. Not anymore. Because as someone stated earlier, there have been tremendous improvements in water filtering techniques over the decades. Bacteria filtering has gone up from the order of millimicrons to nanomicrons. I don t know about dioxin contamination but if Mr. Alex Kerr is that worried about it, he has the option to just get out of this country. I don t know if dioxin levels are being checked in the US either. Anyway I don t believe dioxin is something that only occurs in Japan. One thing to add: His book is just full of false accusations. Logically flawed in too many of his arguments. edit. I live in Tokyo and I drink tap water every day and it tastes so good. If it tastes so bad to you, then I m afraid you might have contracted cancer already, as you have rightly guessed. Then your best bet would be to get out of Japan ASAP!

Yes, it is safe to drink water here in Japan. Pop and juice are fine as well. If you are underage, then you shouldn t drink alcohol. Japan is one of the most advanced countries in the world, you don t have to worry about its drinking water, it s not Mexico. And it doesn t matter if you are from Minnesota, Texas, Virginia or California, you ll be just fine.

I grew up in Japan and I ve never bought water in Japan in my life. Water is clean because we don t have much drug user compare to America and of course we purify water. Some people cares and they buy it. I live is america now but I buy water now. Sodas are same. there are cokes, fantas, and everything.

Japan is probably the safest country in the world in which to eat, drink or do anything. I would say it is far in advance of the USA for most things. I have been to the USA only once though, just Washington and Oregon, but Japan many, many times.

Filtration system is much more developed in Japan than the USA, and Japan is a small Island Nation, surrounded by sea(Did you know??).

Japan is the most developed nation in Asia. Their water is safe to drink.

ummm... japan is the second largest economy. you really think their water is bad? ......

When traveling, the thing you need to worry most about in poor countries is bacteria and water-borne parasites. These will cause intestinal distress, diarrhea and long-term illness in the case of parasites. This is generally called quot;Montezuma s Revengequot; as it s most associated with Mexico. You will not have any trouble with this in Japan. That said, Japan s water is said to have higher levels of dioxin than is considered safe, as well as carcinogenic contaminants, some of which aren t even tested for. (Read Alex Kerr s book quot;Dogs and Demonsquot; to get more on that.) These are in the water because they are industrial pollutants and Japan places a high priority on industrial growth, as well as the cheap disposal of garbage by burning it in or close to cities, at the expense of its own people s health and safety. These contaminants are part of the reason that Japan has some of the highest cancer rates in the developed world. You wouldn t have to worry about these at all for a short visit to Japan. I mention them because I see several people mistakenly saying that the water is the purest in the world. I love Japan, but it s not a perfect place, after all. Edit: Oooh, I said something negative about Japan! Thumbs-down, everybody! Japan is perfect! It s a magical place filled with Robots, Anime and Ninjas. There are no social or environmental problems and the government isn t corrupt. Go back to your manga and your cosplay, hug your Hello Kitty doll a bit tighter and pretend I never said a word! I live in Tokyo and the water at my place tastes really terrible—so bad that I drink only bottled water. It s probably safe, just tastes terrible. At my ward office, they told me quot;Nobody around here drinks tap water. Bottled water is better for you.quot; Talk to any of the Japan environmental groups concerned with water quality. Japan has created a very long-term problem with its water. I ve been living here for more than ten years. It s my home now and I like living here. I don t delude myself that it s perfect, though.