⭐️ Total score | 2.4/5 (Rank #1193) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,522 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 91% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 17 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 40 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,220 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (91%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Soft Bank |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.36 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 74 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,522 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,407 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,139 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $897 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $557 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $147 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,571 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 18-8° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 362° cold | 436° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 30-1° freezing |
Real | 23-5° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 394° very cold | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6720° mild | 5714° cool | 489° cold | 341° very cold |
Humidity | damp 72% | damp 73% | damp 76% | damp 72% | damp 84% | nice 89% | nice 93% | nice 89% | nice 82% | damp 77% | damp 77% | damp 73% |
Rain | rainy 93mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 169mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 199mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 121mm | rainy 182mm | rainy 63mm |
Cloud | cloudy 54% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 60% |
Air quality | clean 41 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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