⭐️ Total score |
1.64/5 (Rank #1289)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Too expensive: $4,943 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 34Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 17°C62°F (feels 18°C64°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 59%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 56 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,220 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ 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 | 1 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 34 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 17°C 62°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Line Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.61 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 66 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 720,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 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 | $4,943 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,325 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,096 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $599 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,567 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $10,618 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,034 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $167 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $348 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $179 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $13,225 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $22 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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 |
43
6° cold |
41
5° cold |
52
11° cool |
61
16° cool |
68
20° mild |
75
24° warm |
82
28° warm |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
57
14° cool |
46
8° cold |
Real |
42
6°
very cold |
41
5°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
68
20°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
76
25°
warm |
69
21°
mild |
56
14°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
Humidity |
nice 36% |
nice 35% |
nice 36% |
nice 31% |
nice 38% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 175mm |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 162mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 30mm |
Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 25% |
Air quality |
okay 55 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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