⭐️ Total score | 2.93/5 (Rank #263) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,014 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 20Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C68°F (feels 20°C68°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 75% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 14 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 31 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,220 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 20 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 14 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.77 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 78 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍18% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 320,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
🏞 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 | $3,014 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,941 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,379 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,251 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $992 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,656 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $850 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $46 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $54 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $375 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8630° warm | 9334° hot | 10641° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 7725° warm | 6820° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8027° warm | 8329° very warm | 8831° hot | 8932° hot | 8731° hot | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild |
Humidity | nice 67% | nice 66% | nice 73% | nice 75% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 75% | nice 68% | nice 62% |
Rain | rainy 147mm | rainy 140mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 167mm | rainy 445mm | rainy 277mm | rainy 161mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 57mm |
Cloud | cloudy 69% | pockets 46% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 59% | pockets 38% | pockets 45% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 70% |
Air quality | clean 25 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | safe 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 400 people | 229 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 320 people | 300 people | 500 people |
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