⭐️ Total score |
2.12/5 (Rank #907)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,001 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 28 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C87°F (feels 37°C99°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 78%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 50 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 57 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 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 |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 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 |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 37°C 99°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 58 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.78 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 68 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sakura House |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,001 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,201 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,907 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $831 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,307 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,076 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $545 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $176,409 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $61 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $170 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 10°C / 50°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 15°C / 59°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 17°C / 63°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool |
Real (median) |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 76% |
damp 81% |
nice 71% |
nice 90% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 73% |
damp 73% |
damp 73% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 49mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 168mm |
rainy 200mm |
rainy 309mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 185mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 56mm |
Cloud |
pockets 28% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 23% |
Air quality |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 250 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 400 people | 360 people | 200 people | 250 people |
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