Tap water hardness in Tokyo
We have published hardness data for 53 cities in Tokyo. The median is 62 mg/L; the hardest water is in Musashino (82 mg/L), the softest in Okutama (34 mg/L).
0 % of these cities have hard or very hard water (over 120 mg/L).
Japanese waterworks report hardness (硬度) in mg/L CaCO₃; the standard is 300 mg/L and the target 10–100 mg/L.
Cities in Tokyo, hardest first
| mg/L | mg/L | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Musashino | 82 | 82 | moderately hard |
| Mitaka | 71 | 71 | moderately hard |
| Kita | 71 | 71 | moderately hard |
| Shinjuku | 70 | 70 | moderately hard |
| Bunkyo | 69 | 69 | moderately hard |
| Taito | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Chofu | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Akishima | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Arakawa | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Chiyoda | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Toshima | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Setagaya | 67 | 67 | moderately hard |
| Suginami | 66 | 66 | moderately hard |
| Edogawa | 66 | 66 | moderately hard |
| Koto | 66 | 66 | moderately hard |
| Tama | 65 | 65 | moderately hard |
| Nerima | 65 | 65 | moderately hard |
| Minato | 65 | 65 | moderately hard |
| Chuo | 64 | 64 | moderately hard |
| Kodaira | 64 | 64 | moderately hard |
| Tokyo | 64 | 64 | moderately hard |
| Mizuho | 63 | 63 | moderately hard |
| Nishitokyo | 63 | 63 | moderately hard |
| Hino | 63 | 63 | moderately hard |
| Sumida | 63 | 63 | moderately hard |
| Shinagawa | 63 | 63 | moderately hard |
| Meguro | 62 | 62 | moderately hard |
| Kokubunji | 61 | 61 | moderately hard |
| Ota | 61 | 61 | moderately hard |
| Nakano | 61 | 61 | moderately hard |
| Katsushika | 60 | 60 | moderately hard |
| Adachi | 60 | 60 | soft |
| Itabashi | 59 | 59 | soft |
| Higashikurume | 59 | 59 | soft |
| Shibuya | 59 | 59 | soft |
| Koganei | 58 | 58 | soft |
| Machida | 58 | 58 | soft |
| Hinode | 57 | 57 | soft |
| Kiyose | 57 | 57 | soft |
| Hamura | 57 | 57 | soft |
| Hachioji | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Fuchu | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Higashi-murayama | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Komae | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Inagi | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Tachikawa | 55 | 55 | soft |
| Kunitachi | 55 | 55 | soft |
| Fussa | 50 | 50 | soft |
| Musashi-murayama | 48 | 48 | soft |
| Ome | 48 | 48 | soft |
| Higashiyamato | 48 | 48 | soft |
| Akiruno | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Okutama | 34 | 34 | soft |