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| ⭐️ Total score | 107 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 2°C 35°F + 💦 Damp (97%) = feels 1°C 34°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.86 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 69 |
| 💸 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) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 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 | $2,962 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,689 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,629 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $751 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,662 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,375 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $407 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $111 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $419 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,150 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $48 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp 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 |
16
-9° freezing |
23
-5° freezing |
34
1° cold |
43
6° cold |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
79
26° warm |
72
22° mild |
68
20° mild |
55
13° cool |
46
8° cold |
27
-3° freezing |
| Real |
21
-6°
freezing |
27
-3°
freezing |
37
3°
very cold |
45
7°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
79
26°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
55
13°
cool |
47
9°
cold |
30
-1°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 33% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
| 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 | 367 people | 300 people | 200 people | 273 people | 343 people | 400 people | 533 people | 400 people |
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