Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory


Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory, abbreviated as TDMO, is one of the five District Meteorological Observatories of the Japan Meteorological Agency. It has jurisdiction over the Kantō and Chūbu regions: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Ishikawa, Toyama and Fukui, and is responsible for acquiring meteorological, hydrological, seismological and volcanological data and forecasting local weather conditions in those areas through its local meteorological observatories. It also fills the role of Region Central Forecast Office for the Kantō region. The TDMO is based inside the JMA Meteorological Satellite Center located in Kiyose, Tokyo.

The LMOs within TDMO's supervision

Local Meteorological Observatories

Bold-faced LMOs are the Region Central Forecast Offices.
  • Mito Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Utsunomiya Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Maebashi Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Kumagaya Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Chōshi Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Yokohama Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Kōfu Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Nagano Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Niigata Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Toyama Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Kanazawa Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Nagoya Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Gifu Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Shizuoka Local Meteorological Observatory
  • Tsu Local Meteorological Observatory

Aviation Weather Service Centers

  • Tokyo Aviation Weather Service Center
  • Narita Aviation Weather Service Center
  • Chūbu Aviation Weather Service Center

Resident Offices for Volcanic Disaster Mitigation