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🇯🇵 Japón
Kioto
Classic Japan: temples, traditional neighbourhoods and the usual efficiency, slightly slower and cheaper than Tokyo.
€1,600–2,300Fiber 1 GbpsFour distinct seasons; humid summer
What it really costs
Prices checked on the ground by Zabelers. Each line shows when it was last verified.
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Where to live
Good for:
The catch: Mass tourism in season
Good for:
The catch: Far from the station
Where to work
Time zone: JST (UTC+9), handy for Asia-Pacific
What living here is really like
Day to day
- Internet
- 1 Gbps fiber for JPY 4,000–5,500/month (NTT, SoftBank)
- Safety
- Extremely safe, like all of Japan
- Healthcare
- National health insurance for residents ~JPY 2,000–5,000/month initially
- SIM / eSIM
- eSIM from US$10/3 GB; UQ/IIJmio data SIM JPY 1,500
- Best season
- March–April (sakura) and October–November (momiji)
- Community
- Quieter nomad scene than Tokyo; strong international creative community
Living here legally
Visa
Visa-free 90 days for many passports; Japanese nomad visa requires JPY 10M/year
Check your visa →Tax
Tax resident after 5 years in 10; planning advisable
Flights & connections
KIX (Osaka) 75 min by train; Itami for domestic