| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.22/5 (Rank #393)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,439 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 80 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C61°F (feels 15°C59°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 71%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 41 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 46 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
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$2,996 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 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) | 80 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 16°C 61°F + 💦 Damp (71%) = feels 15°C 59°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 41 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 47 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 coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Soft · 30 mg/L |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $35,951 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 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 | $2,439 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,679 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,939 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $840 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,339 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,195 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $571 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $203,071 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $63 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $105 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,808 / year |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp 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) |
-032° freezing |
439° cold |
1050° cold |
1355° cool |
2068° mild |
2272° mild |
3086° warm |
3290° hot |
2272° mild |
1763° cool |
1355° cool |
439° cold |
| Real (median) |
134°
very cold |
642°
very cold |
1151°
cool |
1456°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2271°
mild |
1661°
cool |
1355°
cool |
541°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 85% |
damp 81% |
damp 75% |
damp 73% |
nice 76% |
nice 83% |
nice 89% |
sweaty 87% |
nice 85% |
damp 83% |
damp 81% |
damp 84% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 45mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 213mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 73mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
| Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,000 people |
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