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| ⭐️ Total score | 5 reviews |
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| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 24°C 74°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels 24°C 75°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 4 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 44 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.19 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 72 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 🏞 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 | $4,128 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,289 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,933 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $838 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,748 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $566 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $176 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $439 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $16,392 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $37 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $11 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels |
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6° cold |
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9° cold |
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14° cool |
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16° cool |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
91
33° hot |
91
33° hot |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
48
9° cold |
| Real |
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cold |
50
10°
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14°
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61
16°
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70
21°
mild |
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24°
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very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
77
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70
21°
mild |
61
16°
cool |
50
10°
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| Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 62% |
nice 70% |
nice 70% |
nice 77% |
nice 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
nice 86% |
nice 79% |
nice 68% |
nice 69% |
| Rain |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 299mm |
rainy 227mm |
rainy 333mm |
rainy 206mm |
rainy 464mm |
rainy 432mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 139mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 47% |
| Air quality |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
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clean 49 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
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clean 49 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
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clean 27 US AQI |
| Sun |
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safe 2 UVI |
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