⭐️ Total score | 1.95/5 (Rank #1286) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,894 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 6°C43°F (feels 4°C39°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 36% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 5 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 56 US AQI |
👌 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 | Okay |
✌️ 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 | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 6°C 43°F + 😊 Comfy (36%) = feels 4°C 39°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 5 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 56 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.70 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 77 |
💸 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 | 3,700,000 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 | 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 | $4,894 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,548 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,220 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,777 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,681 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,488 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,473 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $180 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $470 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 436° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 9334° hot | 9736° hot | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
Real | 468° cold | 5312° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | nice 55% | nice 49% | nice 62% | nice 58% | nice 70% | nice 75% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 75% | nice 73% | nice 72% | nice 60% | nice 57% |
Rain | rainy 65mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 312mm | rainy 169mm | rainy 125mm | rainy 149mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 106mm |
Cloud | pockets 38% | pockets 33% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 66% | overcast 90% | overcast 90% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 50% | pockets 37% |
Air quality | okay 50 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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