⭐️ Total score | 2.86/5 (Rank #1024) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,362 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 39Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 66% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,220 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 78 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Soft Bank |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.89 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 79 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 430,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
⛪️ 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 | $2,362 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,442 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,030 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $866 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $620 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $158 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,965 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $92 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 37 listings) | $2,089 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ 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 difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9032° hot | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | nice 60% | nice 62% | nice 69% | nice 64% | nice 81% | nice 80% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 81% | nice 68% | nice 61% | nice 59% |
Rain | rainy 64mm | rainy 100mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 382mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 193mm | rainy 949mm | rainy 179mm | dry 29mm | rainy 157mm | rainy 71mm |
Cloud | cloudy 66% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 69% | pockets 31% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 64% |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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