⭐️ Total score |
3.34/5 (Rank #5)
|
❤️ Liked by members |
👍39 liked it 👎1 disliked it
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,395 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 27Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 40%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 41 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
|
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,220 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Katsushika |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Tokubu |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
![]() |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.66 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 67 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Agora |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Jelly Jelly Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 9,713,500 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 186,159 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,395 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,180 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,179 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,194 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,600 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,963 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $988 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $122 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $130 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $366 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5.24 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1.22 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3.49 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3.03 |
👩🏫 International school | $15,180 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $35 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9.78 / trip |
✅ Very clean
✅ Great public transport
✅ Friendly people
✅ Lots to do
✅ Good coworking spaces
✅ Fast internet
✅ High food quality
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ 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
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Expensive housing
❌ Language barrier
❌ Difficult to make close local friends
❌ Small living spaces
❌ Very humid in summer
❌ Subway stops at midnight
❌ Very 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 |
41
5° cold |
41
5° cold |
55
13° cool |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
86
30° warm |
86
30° warm |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
48
9° cold |
Real |
43
6°
very cold |
43
6°
very cold |
55
13°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
74
24°
warm |
68
20°
mild |
61
16°
cool |
48
9°
cold |
Humidity |
too dry 23% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 28% |
nice 35% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 25% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 61mm |
Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 25% |
Air quality |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 2,142 people | 2,371 people | 3,382 people | 4,189 people | 2,657 people | 2,356 people | 1,680 people | 1,774 people | 2,467 people | 4,047 people | 3,282 people | 2,762 people |
|
If you'd like to filter destinations based on their climate, try Nomads.com's Climate Finder
Based on Tokyo's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels -24° -11° -18° 0° AQI 75 😷 🚕0min $2,072 / mo 15 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌦 Feels -26° -15° -18° 0° 🚕0min $3,205 / mo 2 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 53 😷 🚕57min $2,757 / mo 22 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61° AQI 72 😷 ✈️17min $3,883 / mo 28 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 67° AQI 83 😷 ✈️21min $2,688 / mo 26 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety great Tap to open 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° AQI 124 😷 ✈️24min $2,254 / mo 28 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked great 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 65° AQI 147 😷 ✈️29min $3,779 / mo 28 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 91 😷 ✈️32min $2,954 / mo 25 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked great 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 97 😷 ✈️34min $3,623 / mo 28 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° ✈️42min $3,484 / mo 26 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° ✈️45min $4,338 / mo 28 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked great 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 36 ✈️55min $2,193 / mo 28 Mbps ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked great 👮 Safety great Tap to open ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 65° AQI 147 😷 ✈️29min $3,779 / mo 🌇 Also went here636 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 91 😷 ✈️32min $2,954 / mo 🌇 Also went here643 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 96 😷 ✈️2h $2,479 / mo 🌇 Also went here653 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked great 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° ✈️4h $2,877 / mo 🌇 Also went here540 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 35° 95° 36° 96° 🥵 AQI 108 😷 ✈️6h $1,093 / mo 🌇 Also went here653 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 42° 108° 34° 93° 🥵 AQI 127 😷 ✈️6h $1,462 / mo 🌇 Also went here1,037 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety great Tap to open 🌦 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83° ✈️7h $4,106 / mo 🌇 Also went here722 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌦 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° 🥵 AQI 67 😷 ✈️7h $1,383 / mo 🌇 Also went here579 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌦 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53° AQI 112 😷 ✈️12h $3,927 / mo 🌇 Also went here628 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 10° 50° 11° 51° AQI 32 ✈️12h $6,522 / mo 🌇 Also went here676 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 50 ✈️13h $5,543 / mo 🌇 Also went here831 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌦 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 110 😷 ✈️13h $5,177 / mo 🌇 Also went here751 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60° AQI 61 😷 ✈️14h $4,460 / mo 🌇 Also went here703 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° ✈️14h $7,114 / mo 🌇 Also went here703 people ×
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked bad 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62° AQI 43 ✈️15h $3,306 / mo 🌇 Also went here672 people ×
Can't login? See the FAQ
By signing up, you agree to our terms of service and community guidelines.
One-time-payment: $39.98 $19.99 💫 0% off
Billed once. Then never again
One-time-payment: $198 $99 💫 50% off
Billed once. Then never again
Nomads.com members
work remotely at
💖 Thanks for signing up! I hope you like my site. I put a lot of effort into making it for years!
📬 First, please go to your email and click the confirm link first to verify your email address
⛔️ Check your spam folder if you can't find it, because we got reports it ends up there sometimes
💌 After you confirm your email we'll send you an email with more info
👩💻 You can start using Nomads.com's member-only features now!