| ⭐️ Total score |
2.79/5 (Rank #157)
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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 |
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,675 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 27 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C65°F (feels 19°C66°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 69%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 38 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
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,220 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 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) | 27 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 19°C 66°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Kyoto Station |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Higashiyama South |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.53 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 65 |
| 💸 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 | $3,675 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,049 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,522 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $720 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,088 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,173 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,478 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $313,581 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $145 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $170 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $399 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,817 / 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 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
❌ 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) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 37°C / 99°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 16°C / 61°F cool | 9°C / 48°F cold |
| Real (median) |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 61% |
nice 64% |
nice 61% |
nice 75% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 81% |
nice 72% |
nice 65% |
nice 67% |
| 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 |
pockets 36% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 33% |
| 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 |
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 |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,015 people | 850 people | 2,050 people | 1,700 people | 1,533 people | 1,600 people | 892 people | 846 people | 1,292 people | 1,463 people | 1,286 people | 1,091 people |
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