Tour of water purification plants

In Water Works Bureau, we accept tours of water purification plants and other facilities.
By actually observing the water purification process in which safe and high-quality tap water is made, the purpose is to deepen the understanding of the water supply business and to make the water supply feel more familiar.
Facility tours for 2024 have started accepting on Thursday, February 1, 2024.

We will introduce facilities using images, tour of sinking ponds and filtration ponds, simulated sinking experiments, etc. (It varies slightly depending on the water purification plant.)

※For Nishiya Water Purification Plant and Kosuzume Purifiction Plant, videos introducing water purification plants are available on YouTube.
Please see "Let's study with" Hama Pyeong "" on the public relations video (Water Works Bureau) list page.

Please see here for the treatment process of the water purification plant.

Each facility will be held once in the morning and afternoon.

Morning section: About 2 hours from 9:30
Afternoon: About 2 hours from 1:30

※The Kawai Purification Plant tour will take about an hour.

We accept telephone or facsimile at Water Works Bureau Customer Service Center.
In the case of telephone, it will be accepted from 5 business days after the reception.
In case of facsimile, please write required items on the fax application form and send it to us. (* As with the telephone, it will be accepted from 5 business days later.)

Water Works Bureau Customer Service Center

Phone number: 045-847 (Hachiyonna)-6262
Facsimile: 045－848－4281

※After applying, we will contact you separately from the target facility to confirm the reservation.

• Kawai Purification Plant
  • Location 2555, Kamikawaicho, Asahi-ku, Yokohama-shi
  • Transportation Get off at Mitsukyo Station on the Sotetsu Line
  • About 12 minutes walk from "Kamekoyama" bound for municipal, Sotetsu, Kananaka bus "Wakabadai Chuo" bound for "Wakabadai Chuo"
  • Get off at JR Tokaichiba Station
  • About 8 minutes walk from "Nagatsuta Minami" bound for municipal bus 55 "Wakabadai Chuo" bound for "Wakabadai Chuo"
• Kosuzume Purifiction Plant
  • Location 2470, Kosuzumecho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi
  • Transportation JR Ofuna Station West Exit Get off at Kananaka Bus
  • A 15-minute walk from Koshinzuka bound for "Standing Terminal, Matano Pharmaceutical University"
• Aoyama Water Source Office
  • Location 3482, Aoyama, Midori-ku, Sagamihara-shi
  • Transportation Get off at Hashimoto Station on JR and get off at Mikagi for Kananaka Bus bound for Mikagi and walk 30 minutes.

In Meiji 20 (1887), Japan's first modern water supply was born in Yokohama.
At the time of its establishment, the water supply route was from Mitsui-mura, Tsukui-gun (currently Midori-ku, Sagamihara-shi), at the confluence of the Sagami River and the Doshi River, where the water was taken, to the Nogeyama Water Purification Plant (currently Nogeyama Reservoir). It was about 44 km to).
In some sections of this water supply founding water supply headrace, Sagamihara-shi, Yamato-shi, Machida-shi and Yokohama-shi conclude agreement respectively, and are maintained as green paths and promenades.
Along the road, a signboard explaining the outline of the water supply facilities in an easy-to-understand manner was installed in 2007 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the foundation of modern water supply. There are 26 installation locations on the headrace track at the time of its establishment.
On holidays, why don't you think about important water while walking along the green road and promenade?

• Signboard summary figure (PDF: 1,608KB) of "Yokohama Channel founding water supply headrace"

Signboard

Green paths and promenades