⭐️ Total score |
2.09/5 (Rank #1058)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,823 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 28Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 21°C70°F (feels 21°C70°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 78%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 61 US AQI
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👌 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 |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (78%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 62 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 | inno coffee shop |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 62,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,823 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,678 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,995 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $856 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,502 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,088 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $669 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $117 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $101 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $186 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 |
64
18° cool |
66
19° mild |
70
21° mild |
72
22° mild |
79
26° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
79
26° warm |
73
23° mild |
68
20° mild |
Real |
64
18°
cool |
65
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
71
22°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
83
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
80
27°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
67
20°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 36% |
nice 34% |
nice 38% |
nice 35% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
nice 35% |
nice 32% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 233mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 128mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 56mm |
Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 35% |
Air quality |
okay 55 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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