Distribution of participants throughout Japan
| Prefecture | Without disaster experience (n) | With disaster experience (n) | Total (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 1832 | 4 | 1836 |
| Aomori | 1339 | 13 | 1352 |
| Iwate | 1064 | 93 | 1157 |
| Miyagi | 1645 | 319 | 1964 |
| Akita | 1598 | 7 | 1605 |
| Yamagata | 633 | 30 | 663 |
| Fukushima | 1060 | 184 | 1244 |
| Ibaraki | 937 | 75 | 1012 |
| Tochigi | 1363 | 6 | 1369 |
| Gunma | 1070 | 3 | 1073 |
| Saitama | 2775 | 10 | 2785 |
| Chiba | 2858 | 38 | 2896 |
| Tokyo | 3645 | 9 | 3654 |
| Kanagawa | 2273 | 4 | 2277 |
| Niigata | 2579 | 10 | 2589 |
| Toyama | 939 | 0 | 939 |
| Ishikawa | 843 | 0 | 843 |
| Fukui | 529 | 0 | 529 |
| Yamanashi | 640 | 2 | 642 |
| Nagano | 1083 | 3 | 1086 |
| Gifu | 938 | 0 | 938 |
| Shizuoka | 1883 | 3 | 1886 |
| Aichi | 4758 | 4 | 4762 |
| Mie | 1186 | 1 | 1187 |
| Shiga | 455 | 0 | 455 |
| Kyoto | 396 | 0 | 396 |
| Osaka | 1948 | 2 | 1950 |
| Hyogo | 1272 | 1 | 1273 |
| Nara | 468 | 1 | 469 |
| Wakayama | 155 | 0 | 155 |
| Tottori | 532 | 0 | 532 |
| Shimane | 628 | 0 | 628 |
| Okayama | 1903 | 2 | 1905 |
| Hiroshima | 2500 | 1 | 2501 |
| Yamaguchi | 715 | 0 | 715 |
| Tokushima | 134 | 1 | 135 |
| Kagawa | 703 | 0 | 703 |
| Ehime | 553 | 1 | 554 |
| Kochi | 620 | 1 | 621 |
| Fukuoka | 2769 | 7 | 2776 |
| Saga | 341 | 0 | 341 |
| Nagasaki | 663 | 0 | 663 |
| Kumamoto | 1161 | 2 | 1163 |
| Oita | 425 | 1 | 426 |
| Miyazaki | 791 | 1 | 792 |
| Kagoshima | 702 | 1 | 703 |
| Okinawa | 126 | 0 | 126 |
| Total | 59 430 | 840 | 60 270 |