First evacuation drills that utilize location-based game "ingress" in Shibuya

• シェア

本日は「防災の日」。 1923年（大正12年）9月1日に発生した関東大震災（マグニチュード7.9）の教訓とし、1960年（昭和35年）に制定されたのもの。今朝、避難訓練を実施した学校や会社もきっと多かったことでしょう。

However, everyone I thought to know, is surprisingly a lot of people who do not know the "Disaster Prevention Day". In particular, low level of awareness is Toka he is conspicuous in their 20s and 30s ....

<参考データ>
According to "disaster prevention measures," the Asahi beer was conducted in August 2015 on the theme to the investigation, who knows that the "(September 1), and the Disaster Prevention Day" is 75.8%. On the other hand, counted 24.2 percent of voice that "did not know", people who do not recognize the "Disaster Prevention Day" has turned out to be unexpectedly large. Remain in awareness 54.7 percent and half of the Above all in their 20s, low awareness of the "Disaster Prevention Day" became the relief around the young people.
>>調査レポート

In order to enhance disaster prevention awareness of young people, on August 31, which was ahead of the "Disaster Prevention Day" in the next day, a unique evacuation drills that utilize location-based game of smartphone "INGRESS (ingress)" has been carried out in Shibuya. Its name evacuation training of the next generation version of "LUDUSOS (Ruduosu)", "Ludus (training facility)" of the ancient Roman gladiator + I hear that coined word that combined the "SOS (emergency)."
The participants gathered in Shibuya Hikarie that became the venue.

Well, everyone is either you know the position game called "ingress"?

<Is an ingress? >
Google game "ingress" position of the smartphone using the GPS provided by is, downloaded the number of all the world is more than more than 10 million times. Released app for the iPhone is in July last year, it surged in Japan in the number of users at once, the current domestic number of users are proud of the popularity to reach the world's second largest. Resistance (blue set) and Enlightened same conduct is divided into two camps of (green set) game, a realistic spot, such as historic sites and buildings in the town and region (portal), the virtual field on the smartphone map fusion things to keep in position.

Ingress map around left) Shibuya Station right) portal of "JR Shibuya Station"

For example, looking at the near Shibuya Station on the ingress, "JR Shibuya Station," "faithful dog Hachiko," "(the station Naka) Don Hyoeya" including such, is a hard-fought areas of ingress a number of portals to flood well understood. Green from the blazing color of the portal is blue to fiery, green constantly changed to blue from, always fierce battle in the virtual world has been waged. So to speak, it and the reality of the world, the ingress of the world is present in parallel. For those totally do not know is, it would surely surprise the world.

今回の避難訓練は、この人気ゲームを活用した初の試み。 イベントを企画したのは、20〜30代の女性たちで構成される「一般社団法人防災ガール」。彼女たちは「防災をもっとオシャレでわかりやすく」をコンセプトに防災グッズの開発や、実用的な防災の情報発信、ユニークな防災イベントやワークショップなど様々な活動を全国各地で展開している。同団体の代表・田中美咲さんは「現在（イングレスの）レベル8ですが、わたし自身がイングレスファンだったので、避難訓練に使ったら面白いのでは」という思い付きがきっかけだったという。
Left) Disaster Girl representative Misaki Tanaka

Specific method of evacuation training, the course over a five to six plants related to disaster prevention in Shibuya spot (portal) as one of the mission, providing a total of 20 types of the original mission. Each participant, Tour of the portal, which is specified in the while looking at the map on the ingress time limit (60 minutes) in order, aim to clear the mission. Some of the process over each portal learn, such as "the primary place of refuge," "go home support station", "stranded commuters reception facilities", the measures when it encounters a disaster in Shibuya city in quiz format. It mechanism that is also practical information can be obtained while playing.
It is one of the many right) mission of the mission that has been prepared on the left) ingress "Miyamasuzaka Hen Miya"

In the early morning at 7 am, despite the bad weather with slight rain, the Shibuya Hikarie , which became the venue, attracted about 100 people, including about 50 resistance (blue group) and about 50 enlightened (green group). Among them, there were not a few participants who yawned with sleepy eyes, such as "I came to Saitama from the beginning." As for the reason why this training was conducted "early morning", representative Mr. Tanaka said, "Apart from the time zone with many people and do not disturb the surroundings. Also, for holding on weekdays, join the company before going to work I wanted to get it. " The attributes of the main participants were men in their thirties and men in their 20s and 50s, and the ratio of Shibuya-ku residents and other residents was half and half, and those from far away were from Okinawa and overseas.

Lumpur - after Orientale include Le description, from each participant who is 20 kinds of mission, to choose is each a mission Megureru are many routes by within one hour time limit, to the emergency Shibuya of the city.

In this interview, I was in close contact with Mr. Yamada and Mr. Mizuno who are working at "Town Page". He said he had an opportunity to work with Ingress, and that he started doing it. Mr. Yamada says, "I'm just getting started and it's level 3, but it's fun to go home while taking an ingress on the way home from work". The two selected "Miyama Saka hen" ( Shibuya Hikarie → Hope kun → Shrine information → Lawson → 3rd Nishi Aoyama Building entrance → Lotus Women Mosaic) from the mission.
Mizuno's to join together in a co-worker of the same workplace (left) and Yamada (right)
By the way, in each portal, quiz surrounding disaster, such as described above will appear on the exam. For questions of disaster quiz while the game, for Mizuno's the "workplace of the Toranomon, because there is no land intuition in Shibuya, If you actually disaster occurs, confused what to do evacuation. Broken glass and buildings of collapse, such as that where the found or can I check "through the training.
Locate the "Hope-kun", which is one of the portal, 2 people immediately hack (access).

Speaking of two of the results that have been around the portal of a total of six locations, Yamada would been hit in such way communication error, not unfortunately mission clear. On the other hand, Mizuno-san is correct to hack and quiz of each portal, brilliantly clear mission. Other participants who also discovered the portal, also in accordance with the correct answer and non-answer quiz, appearance to fret were seen here and there in the city. Unlike the normal disaster prevention training, Ukagaemasu appearance of the participants who engage in fun while training.

As opinion from the other participants,

"Toka danger is under guard, Toka near the karaoke box is a shelter Marui, I do not read even was written in Toka quite became a study. Manual through the game, learn while having fun it's Game" (men in their 50s ,employee)

"Shibuya is also narrow, tall buildings often roads. If you actually happened earthquake, felt the danger than it is difficult to avoid the collapse of the building" (men in their 30s, a company employee, Yokohama resident)

"The land intuition there was no, it was found, such as whether there is where to shelter through the ingress" (men in their 40s, teachers, Saitama resident)

"Or there is a signal but there is a portal right in front of, or there is a pedestrian bridge, was not Maigret as frustrating. Shibuya Station again felt the complexity of the periphery of the road" (Women in their 30s, company employee , Kawasaki City resident)

Although conspicuous also participants with no land intuition, many voices that were able to find shelter and unable to return home support facilities through the ingress, it seems there has been a certain effect on evacuation drills using GPS. On the other hand, Shibuya Station at most narrow place of high-rise buildings and roads, the opinion that I realized the danger of escape without a city unique also were received.

Game of victory or defeat, en Raite command team (green) will win with a narrow margin, was each other praised the good fight of each other in each camp both. After the game, often seen also figure to chat participants to each other, it seems to have become a highly very satisfaction event.
Ingress users and disaster prevention girl who participated in this event.

Well, I want a little touch on the Shibuya of disaster.

Speaking of what is the biggest problem in the event of a disaster in Shibuya-ku, it's abundance of "stranded commuters." Although Shibuya Ward Community itself is about 21 million people or so, during the day was added to the number of working population reaches as high as 520,000 of 2.4 times. At the time of huge earthquake, about 8250 buildings to suit the completely destroyed, burned down the building, people are trapped in about 400 units of the elevator, each transport was completely paralyzed, it is expected that the majority of people fall into a difficult return home . However, the evacuation site, such as local schools, what are people other than the Shibuya ward residents that can not be sleeping. Do you know?

So, what should I go to where the people of non-residents?

It was included in the evacuation training mission that utilized this ingress, but it seems that people other than residents of the ward must aim at "a person who can not return home easily" at the time of a disaster. The main facilities in Shibuya-ku include " Shibuya Hikarie ", "Kinno Hachimangu Shrine", "Kokugakuin University", "Aoyama Gakuin University", "Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu", "Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel", "Shibuya Tobu Hotel" and "National Yoyogi Stadium", etc. Commercial facilities and hotels around the station, and universities will be acceptable facilities. In addition, a convenience store and a karaoke box will function as a "return to home support station", and will be a place where tap water, toilets and information will be provided. This time, nearly half of the users who participated in the evacuation training were people who had no idea of land in Shibuya, but it turned out that the use of tools such as ingress is very effective in searching for facilities.

<Disaster measures, Shibuya-ku, utilizing the net>
From June this year, Shibuya-ku, and NTT East to promote the development of "public wireless LAN" environment in Shibuya-ku, we are beginning to offer "SHIBUYA CITY Wi-Fi". From the fact that SNS, etc. helped by the Great East Japan Earthquake, in preparation for the situation in which a lot of stranded commuters occurring around Shibuya Station, established the outdoor access point along the main highway of the wards, access to the disaster prevention portal site and create an environment.
>>SHIBUYA CITY Wi-Fi
>>渋谷区帰宅困難者支援施設マップ（PDF）

Finally, Tanaka's disaster prevention Girl "attention must be paid to the most in the event of a disaster is" man-made "it" strengthened the manner of speaking with. Of course, fire, collapse, although the overhead falling objects such as large cities unique danger often, told me that he a "man-made disaster" is not need to pay attention to it more. When the emergency disaster occurs, occurs panic rushing people around at once Shibuya Station, also, such as violence, such as drunk is rampant, that person must also pay attention to the risk aversion of the city unique to concentrate.

今後、防災ガールでは、今回の結果を踏まえてイングレスによる避難訓練を仕組み化し、全国各地の訓練に活用していていく予定だそうだ。 また、今回の避難訓練のために用意された計20のミッションは、イングレスにそのまま継続して残っているため、イングレスユーザーはそのミッションにトライしてみて欲しい。

Editorial department · Fuji Itakashi

Shibuya registrar. In addition to Shibuya of Culture information, seasonal news and topics, it will spell write that feel every day.