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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 223 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |
| 🚩 Country | Japan | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 21°C 69°F + Humid (79%) = feels 21°C 70°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 31 US AQI 🍃 good | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 84 US AQI = 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Soft Bank | |
| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 9.28 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 93 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Ogawa Coffee | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return | |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 3,029,600 visitors | |
| 📸 Tourists now | 58,062 tourists | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people | |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes | |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% | |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous | |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines | |
There's not many places to work in Japan, coworking spaces usually only have long-term packages, there's not many cafes except Starbucks and Tully's and they have absolutely terrible WiFi and few to no power outlets. To get WiFi, you need to rent a Pocket WiFi router. English speaking is non-existent. Japan as a society is not welcoming of foreigners and has hidden racism against foreigners is prevalent. All of this makes Japan a nice place to visit for a week but completely unsuitable to visit as a digital nomad (for now). | ||
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,662 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,900 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,387 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $968 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $615 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $186 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,195 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $56 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (734 listings) | $3,551 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $116 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 85°🥵AQI 25✈️7h$1,272 / mo19MbpsKuala Lumpur is a modern metropolitan filled with fun loving people and excellent choice of food, av
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 23✈️13h$3,770 / mo🌇 Also went here143 peopleSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least at
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 27✈️15h$4,808 / mo🌇 Also went here153 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 468° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7524° warm | 8228° warm | 9334° hot | 10943° scorching | 9535° hot | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
| Real | 489° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 8429° very warm | 9133° hot | 8630° very warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
| Humidity | nice 63% | nice 62% | nice 59% | nice 60% | nice 57% | nice 72% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 72% | nice 70% | nice 71% | nice 64% | nice 67% |
| Rain | dry 19mm | dry 24mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 158mm | rainy 201mm | rainy 117mm | dry 37mm | rainy 111mm | dry 33mm | dry 36mm |
| Cloud | pockets 36% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 80% | overcast 91% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 73% | pockets 34% | cloudy 54% |
| Air quality | clean 44 US AQI | clean 51 US AQI | clean 52 US AQI | clean 52 US AQI | clean 50 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
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✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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