| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.36/5 (Rank #248)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,972 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 156 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C65°F (feels 18°C64°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 63%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 44 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 51 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$2,996 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 156 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 18°C 64°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 51 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.35 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 63 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffe Stand Frank |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $35,951 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 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 | $2,972 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,062 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,072 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $878 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,857 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,287 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $690 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $222,224 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $87 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $141 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,171 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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 |
1763° cool |
2170° mild |
2984° warm |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
3188° hot |
2577° warm |
1763° cool |
948° cold |
| Real (median) |
745°
cold |
1050°
cold |
1558°
cool |
1762°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2679°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2577°
warm |
1661°
cool |
1050°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 68% |
nice 68% |
nice 69% |
nice 68% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 75% |
nice 69% |
damp 70% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 127mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 183mm |
rainy 216mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 179mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 80mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 50% |
| Air quality |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 1,114 people | 943 people | 857 people | 900 people | 750 people | 771 people | 1,350 people | 750 people | 900 people | 686 people |
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