⭐️ Total score |
1.98/5 (Rank #1189)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,029 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 28 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 41°C106°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 82%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 39 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* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 41°C 106°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.80 |
🏧 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 |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 170,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
🏞 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 | $3,029 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,574 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,162 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $903 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,586 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $549 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $78,253 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $139 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm 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
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Very expensive
❌ 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) | 8°C / 46°F cold | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 12°C / 54°F cool | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 20°C / 68°F mild | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 20°C / 68°F mild | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 9°C / 48°F cold |
Real (median) |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
Humidity |
damp 71% |
nice 33% |
nice 70% |
nice 37% |
nice 72% |
nice 38% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 40% |
nice 76% |
nice 38% |
nice 67% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 70mm |
dry 0mm |
rainy 127mm |
dry 0mm |
rainy 169mm |
dry 0mm |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 42mm |
Cloud |
pockets 34% |
clear 0% |
pockets 33% |
clear 0% |
pockets 42% |
clear 0% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 45% |
clear 0% |
pockets 23% |
clear 0% |
pockets 29% |
Air quality |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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