Neighborhood guide
Moving to Japan? City-by-city guides to the neighborhoods where students and foreign residents actually live, picked for commute, safety and convenience, with what they cost.
TokyoWhere to Live in Tokyo: 10 Best Neighborhoods
TakadanobabaNakanoKoenjiSangenjayaGakugei-daigakuKichijoji
OsakaWhere to Live in Osaka: 10 Best NeighborhoodsFukuokaWhere to Live in Fukuoka: 9 Best NeighborhoodsNagoyaWhere to Live in Nagoya: 9 Best NeighborhoodsSapporoWhere to Live in Sapporo: 8 Best NeighborhoodsKyotoWhere to Live in Kyoto: 10 Best NeighborhoodsYokohamaWhere to Live in Yokohama: 10 Best NeighborhoodsKobeWhere to Live in Kobe: 9 Best NeighborhoodsKawasakiWhere to Live in Kawasaki: 7 Best NeighborhoodsSaitamaWhere to Live in Saitama: 6 Best NeighborhoodsChibaWhere to Live in Chiba: 6 Best NeighborhoodsHow these guides are made
Which neighborhoods make the list is an editorial call based on commute, safety and convenience, but the 1K rent on each one comes straight from the rental data the app runs on. A guide talks about places the way people do: Tenjin, Hakata. Scores at a finer grain sit behind each neighborhood's nearby link. Safety, convenience, childcare and quiet sorted into an order live in the neighborhood rankings.