⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #935)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,098 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 28 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 30°C86°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 73%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 21 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 46 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,220 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
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🚶 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 | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 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 coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 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 | $3,098 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,573 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,601 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $743 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,387 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,951 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $403 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $245,813 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $112 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $97 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $414 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $10,040 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $47 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Very expensive
❌ Gets very 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) | -9°C / 16°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing | 1°C / 34°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 28°C / 82°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild | 13°C / 55°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | -3°C / 27°F freezing |
Real (median) |
-6°C / 21°F
freezing |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
-1°C / 30°F
freezing |
Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 79% |
damp 77% |
nice 66% |
damp 79% |
nice 77% |
nice 77% |
nice 78% |
nice 75% |
damp 73% |
damp 76% |
damp 77% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 63mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 186mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 95mm |
Cloud |
pockets 40% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 41% |
Air quality |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 600 people | 345 people | 400 people | 286 people | 343 people | 333 people | 200 people | 283 people | 367 people | 333 people | 600 people | 400 people |
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