| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.45/5 (Rank #133)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍7 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,657 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 26 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 35°C95°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 78%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 17 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 43 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,220 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Minami North |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.28 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 63 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Ogawa Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 3,029,600 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 58,062 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏞 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 | $3,657 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,095 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,424 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $692 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,968 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,471 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,563 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $301,311 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $139 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $179 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $383 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,474 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very beautiful
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Too many tourists
❌ Very expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
643° cold |
948° cold |
1457° cool |
1864° cool |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
3799° hot |
3595° hot |
2577° warm |
2475° warm |
1661° cool |
948° cold |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
1049°
cold |
1457°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2577°
warm |
3085°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2577°
warm |
2475°
warm |
1559°
cool |
948°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 71% |
damp 72% |
nice 70% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 82% |
nice 78% |
damp 74% |
damp 76% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 71mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 54% |
| Air quality |
clean 44 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 3,086 people | 2,723 people | 5,954 people | 5,040 people | 4,569 people | 4,855 people | 2,829 people | 2,400 people | 3,686 people | 4,376 people | 4,157 people | 3,818 people |
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