⭐️ Total score | 3.1/5 (Rank #253) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,783 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 116Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 82% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 21 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 26 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food 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 | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 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 | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 116 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 26 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.69 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 67 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
🏞 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 | $2,783 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,500 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,426 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $693 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,161 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,008 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $463 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $101 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $408 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ 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
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Expensive
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 10842° scorching | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 8630° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild |
Humidity | nice 73% | nice 71% | nice 77% | nice 72% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 75% | nice 72% | nice 68% |
Rain | rainy 154mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 184mm | rainy 435mm | rainy 270mm | rainy 144mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 57mm |
Cloud | cloudy 73% | pockets 46% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 51% | pockets 48% | pockets 33% | pockets 43% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 74% |
Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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