Start with safety
Serious symptoms need emergency help.
Trouble breathing, chest pain, severe bleeding, confusion, a seizure, or someone who is hard to wake may require 119. This guide does not diagnose symptoms or replace emergency services.
Serious illness or injury? Trouble breathing, chest pain, severe bleeding, confusion, seizure, or someone hard to wake.
Call 119Visitor guide
Health help before and during your visit
Prepare the information you may need, know where to search, and confirm current details with medical staff or official sources.
Emergency help
Call 119 for a life-threatening illness or injury. Do not wait for an app result.
Call 119 →Find medical care
Search official Kumamoto medical-facility data, check reviewed visitor details, and call before visiting.
Open medical finder →Check OTC medicine
Review safety questions, checked examples, ingredient overlap, and official PMDA links.
Open OTC finder →Prepare Japanese phrases
Show or play short bilingual phrases at reception, a clinic, or a pharmacy.
Open phrase cards →Prepare a medical card
Keep optional allergies, conditions, medicines, and emergency-contact details on your device.
Open medical card →Check sources and limits
Review data dates, official links, licenses, and the guide's safety limits.
Open sources →Complete Kumamoto visitor guide
Food, transport, events, shopping, day trips, and local help
Open Kumamoto Hello for the wider multilingual visitor guide.
Official national visitor information
JNTO medical guide
Use the Japan National Tourism Organization guide for official visitor-focused medical information.