Cost of Living in Tokyo

Summary of cost of living in Tokyo, Japan:

Restaurants
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant 1,000.00 ¥ 700.00-1,500.00
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course 7,000.00 ¥ 5,000.00-21,000.00
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) 800.00 ¥ 750.00-900.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught) 500.00 ¥ 250.00-800.00
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) 700.00 ¥ 350.00-1,000.00
Cappuccino (regular) 520.77 ¥ 250.00-800.00
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) 170.86 ¥ 120.00-300.00
Water (0.33 liter bottle) 112.44 ¥ 100.00-185.00
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Milk (regular), (1 liter) 239.74 ¥ 200.00-330.00
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 251.46 ¥ 120.00-500.00
Rice (white), (1kg) 554.38 ¥ 300.00-1,000.00
Eggs (regular) (12) 318.29 ¥ 162.00-480.00
Local Cheese (1kg) 2,403.75 ¥ 800.00-5,000.00
Chicken Fillets (1kg) 1,090.95 ¥ 600.00-1,500.00
Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) 3,215.62 ¥ 1,400.00-7,000.00
Apples (1kg) 717.71 ¥ 440.92-1,500.00
Banana (1kg) 367.12 ¥ 200.00-600.00
Oranges (1kg) 846.25 ¥ 380.00-1,500.00
Tomato (1kg) 738.53 ¥ 300.00-1,000.00
Potato (1kg) 410.00 ¥ 240.00-595.00
Onion (1kg) 414.15 ¥ 220.46-600.00
Lettuce (1 head) 216.10 ¥ 110.00-300.00
Water (1.5 liter bottle) 127.33 ¥ 84.00-180.00
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) 1,150.00 ¥ 700.00-2,500.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) 320.62 ¥ 215.00-450.00
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) 434.67 ¥ 250.00-550.00
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) 600.00 ¥ 550.00-650.00
Transportation
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One-way Ticket (Local Transport) 214.50 ¥ 180.00-300.00
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) 8,000.00 ¥ 4,400.00-17,670.00
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) 500.00 ¥ 450.00-700.00
Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff) 440.00 ¥ 392.15-550.00
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) 3,789.47 ¥ 3,000.00-5,000.00
Gasoline (1 liter) 179.90 ¥ 170.00-200.00
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) 3,342,000.00 ¥ 2,700,000.00-3,411,000.00
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) 2,512,666.67 ¥ 2,300,000.00-2,800,000.00
Utilities (Monthly)
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Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment 26,583.68 ¥ 17,000.00-46,000.00
Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data 3,811.96 ¥ 2,000.00-7,000.00
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) 4,867.54 ¥ 4,000.00-6,000.00
Sports And Leisure
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Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult 10,026.92 ¥ 4,200.00-15,000.00
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) 2,974.19 ¥ 1,300.00-4,000.00
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat 1,900.00 ¥ 1,700.00-2,200.00
Childcare
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Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child 81,457.21 ¥ 37,900.00-143,274.00
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child 2,183,122.84 ¥ 1,351,211.17-3,800,000.00
Clothing And Shoes
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1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) 8,082.29 ¥ 3,000.00-12,000.00
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) 5,781.83 ¥ 2,490.00-8,000.00
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) 9,493.19 ¥ 5,000.00-13,000.00
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes 12,726.36 ¥ 5,000.00-20,000.00
Rent Per Month
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Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre 171,908.48 ¥ 100,000.00-250,000.00
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre 91,201.80 ¥ 70,000.00-170,000.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre 415,950.44 ¥ 250,000.00-650,000.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre 193,778.14 ¥ 120,000.00-300,000.00
Buy Apartment Price
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Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre 1,483,122.00 ¥ 1,000,000.00-2,000,000.00
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 764,985.71 ¥ 559,800.00-1,000,000.00
Salaries And Financing
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Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) 447,314.84 ¥
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate 1.62 1.00-2.28

Prices in Tokyo

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Last update: September 2024
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21 Comments so far
From Japanese on Aug 27, 2024:
Comes from Japan, but many are a bit cheaper (10-15 percent)
The original apt rate for the dollar is said to be 92 yen = $1.00 (the Big Mac Index is not reliable in Japan due to the high competition in restaurants).

A Norwegian acquaintance of mine says that the standard of living is higher in Japan compared to Norway.
Anonymous on Aug 24, 2024:
Arrest warrants should be issued for the most corrupted judges of ICC who are deliberately playing politics by not issuing the urgent arrest warrants until so far instead of defending justice against the genocide criminal Israel.
The criminal judges of ICC are responsible for the accumulated genocide crime in Gaza for delaying to issue the urgent issue warrants for the genocide criminal Israel.
Indeed, US is more than a genocide criminal because it enables the whole Gaza genocide by not only funding the Gaza genocide attack but also providing the full diplomatic cover for the genocide criminal Israel during the last 10 months, it's no wonder the international effort miserably fails to stop the genocide attack in Gaza unprecedented until so far so US can't deny it's master role of playing the Gaza genocide criminal for enabling the Gaza genocide smoothly during the last 10 months so ICC also has to issue arrest warrants for the main responsible Gaza Genocide criminals such as Joe Biden, Blinken, etc from the current genocide criminal administration in US or else ICC should be immediately shut down for not upholding justice and instead should be turned into an untrustworthy political party.
Anonymous on Aug 14, 2024:
The first time genuine 5x Axis of Evil pro-genocide force is born under the leadership of the genuine Gaza genocide criminal US and it's members includes US, Germany, UK, France and Italy.
The genuine 5x Axis of Evil pro-genocide force has recently declared to defend the most famous genocide criminal Israel in her next war against the anti-genocide force Iran which has been fighting a holy war to liberate Gaza from unprecedented genocide attack funded by the genuine Gaza genocide criminal US.
There is nothing good about the genocide criminal Israel because it not only illegally bulit a nation called Israel on the Palestinian's land called Palestine but also butchered her host called Palestinian mercilessly as much as 40000 within a year.
The world would never be peaceful as long as the genuine Gaza genocide criminal US manipulates the world affairs wickedly and unfairly so
in order to restore world peace, it's time for the world to be united as a single anti-genocide force in order to defeat the genocide force or else there is no guarantee that your country would be the next victim of genocide force under the umbrella of the genuine 5x Axis of Evil pro-genocide force.
Anonymous on Aug 09, 2024:
Praiseworthy Japan abhors the immorality of Gaza's open Genocide hell on earth so much so that deliberately didn't invite the most disgusting Israel to the nuclear bomb ceremony.
In response, the genocide criminals US and UK said to boycott the ceremony and then as usual the genocide supporters Australia, Italy, Canada and EU not only protested but also threatened Japan to boycott the ceremony.
The world has to remember the following morally corrupted genocide criminals and supporters as the greatest enemies of the world until the end of the world.
US, UK, Germany (EU), Italy, Australia, Canada
Their cemetery embassies should be shut down worldwide to ward off evil spirit in order to show that there is still a stronger anti-genocide force in this world.
Anonymous on Aug 01, 2024:
All Asians are descendents of monkeys it's a fact. It doesn't matter which country in Asia it is all asians look just like monkeys. No other countries globally look like monkeys only Asia, monkey see monkey do.
mo on Jul 02, 2024:
"Full of socially avoidant nerds without any charisma. Hong Kong is the same"

You say that like its a bad thing. People who keep to themselves, are clean and dont bother you seems like a huge plus.
Curious person on Feb 04, 2024:
Are rents this low or average wages this high? How can you possibly rent six apartments with your wage?
Anonymous on Jan 29, 2024:
Full of socially avoidant nerds without any charisma. Hong Kong is the same
Anonymous on Jan 13, 2024:
Just came back from Beijing, prices in Beijing are def. Higher than listed above
From Japanese on Dec 21, 2023:
In the first place, water is basically free in Japanese restaurants, so it should be displayed as 0 yen.
Rasmus on Nov 22, 2023:
Crazy how salaries are higher in Japan than Sweden but rent and mortgage is half of Sweden. What a disgrace Sweden has become, I am ashamed!
Mochi on Nov 15, 2023:
In many ways better than the USA, and that's an understatement.
Anonymous on Sep 06, 2023:
NICKI MINAJ IS THE QUEEN OF RAP - stream Super Bass, its almost at 1 billion views
Anonymous on Aug 19, 2023:
It's easy to bend one over cheaply or get it free since most Americans have big diks
Anonymous on Jun 19, 2023:
If you live as a student on a budget, you would have to spend from 80,000 yen to 10,000 yen per month with rent. Not that expensive
Anonymous on Apr 03, 2023:
Currently Japan has 110 million people very few babies born over the last 20 years plus.Within 10 to 15 years Japan will no longer exist.Japan had the same one child policy as china but so much time has passed rejuvenation of the population in both countries spells extinction but in all fairness every country globally are facing the same thing.
Cute on Mar 19, 2023:
Its a great country with its fair share of ups and downs but compared to america its soooo much better
Tina on Jan 21, 2023:
Rent should really include the move in costs. Those are around 6x the cost of rent, so it’s mostly the illusion of a cheaper rent happening here…
Anonymous on Mar 02, 2021:
I've never been interested in visiting Japan or anywhere else in Asia including anywhere in Europe. I normally go where I'm treated best like where I'm from the U S.I've been contacted numerous times at the company I work for by numerous large companies in Asia for my IT tech expertise and I didn't contact any of them prirorly.People will be people no matter where they live worldwide but I've never been interested in the other side.
CarMarshmelo on Feb 24, 2021:
I didnt realise but when i went to japan, i could easily make my rounds at the love hotels.
Anonymous on Feb 13, 2021:
Not like you're going to Japan soon anyways, place is going to be closed all of 2021 due to covid
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