⭐️ Total score | 2.32/5 (Rank #621) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,543 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 35Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 7°C45°F (feels 5°C41°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 79% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 46 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,220 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 7°C 45°F + 💦 Damp (79%) = feels 5°C 41°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Line Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.42 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 64 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 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 | $2,543 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,345 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,463 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $704 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,572 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,215 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $382 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $73 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $392 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $9,508 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $45 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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 | 16-9° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 341° cold | 436° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 5513° cool | 468° cold | 27-3° freezing |
Real | 21-6° freezing | 27-3° freezing | 373° very cold | 457° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 5513° cool | 479° cold | 30-1° freezing |
Humidity | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 39% | nice 33% | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 39% | nice 39% | nice 37% | nice 37% | nice 38% | nice 39% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | rainy 81mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 63mm | dry 15mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 122mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 95mm |
Cloud | pockets 40% | pockets 39% | pockets 40% | pockets 40% | cloudy 56% | pockets 37% | pockets 44% | cloudy 50% | pockets 42% | pockets 45% | pockets 40% | pockets 41% |
Air quality | clean 46 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 600 people | 289 people | 400 people | 300 people | 320 people | 300 people | 200 people | 267 people | 280 people | 400 people | 300 people | 320 people |
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