*Indicative Total Monthly Cost* (your mileage may vary) Rent: JPY 68,800 / USD 680 Groceries: JPY 25,000 / USD 250 Eating out (1x/week at a cheap restaurant): JPY 4,000 / USD 40 Utilities & mobile: JPY 19,000 / USD 190 Health Insurance: JPY 20,000 / USD 200 Residence Tax: JPY 6,700 / USD 67 Transport¹ (non-commuting travel): JPY 8,000 / USD 80 Entertainment (1x cinema visit/month on cheap day): JPY 1,200 / USD 12 *Total: JPY 152,700 / USD 1,527* ¹Most, if not all employers in Japan will reimburse your commuting costs to and from your home to your workplace.
Dang, would have that if I could have my job I have that pays 20 an hour. But that wouldn't be possible. Japan doesn't hire foreign pharm tech. I don't want to be a teacher because I'll need to spend many years studying. I am 40 and I want to go out to live abroad.
If you have a degree from a university from a native English speaking country, you have enough qualifications to apply for an English teaching job in Japan.
Wow that is much cheaper. I live in a suburb close to Vancouver and I pay $1900/mo for rent, $100/month for utility, $600 for groceries (1 person) and around $600/month for my car (gas, insurance & maintenance). My minimum costs per month is over $3,200 and that’s if I live modestly too.
Great vid! I'm surprised your rent is that expensive. My family rents a three bedroom 72 sq m manshon in Hirano ward for a whopping 75,000 JPY in a 12 year old building with elevator. Even has a killer view of Abeno Harukas. We're 8 minutes away from the Metro and a bus terminal plus 4 supermarkets. Gyomu is the bomb! Funny coming from the USA, my family of 4 pays about $300 in health insurance which compared to the $1300 a month we had to pay in the States is dirty cheap. All in all, by moving to Japan 4 years ago our expenses have dropped about 35%. The quality of life is much better here in Japan too. Keep up the good work!
Cheers for watching! Glad to hear you're enjoying the cost benefits of living in Japan. We're near the river, located 5 minutes from a major station and close to the city. So that's why it's quite pricey.
Love that you made this video, one of our dreams is to spend some time in different places in Japan and one of them is Osaka, of course. Seriously, we are obsessed with Japan. We are shocked to see the prices you are sharing, especially the food.
Let me know if you have any questions about living costs in Osaka. If there's anything I missed or you have something to add, feel free to let me know too.
Thanks, guys! Yeah, I think it would be really helpful for people and should do well. All our other TH-cam friends seem to have made one of these types of videos.
Hey, Jonathan! Thanks for watching! Yeah, it can be interesting to see what things cost in other countries. I know a lot of people are interested in living in Japan, so hopefully this helps.
Like the other comments I'd like to thank you for making such a comprehensive video. I'm from Greece, thinking of moving to Japan (my preference is Osaka actually) so you really helped me. Thanks a lot.
Thanks Lin. That was really informative. I wonder how much or what has changed since you made this video 2 years ago. Osaka is on top of my list to move. Coming from Canada, I am hoping snow and bad weather days will not chase me in Osaka. Have a wonderful day.
Thanks for watching! Osaka is a fantastic city to live in. Inflation has certainly increased the cost of living. Some food items like juice and milk have gone up by 30-50%! My bills and rent remain the same though, which is good. And the good news is you won't have snow days in Osaka. But we do get the odd typhoon in summer. I have a wonderful day too.
This video really had everything you could ask for but was simple and to the point at the same time. I am from Switzerland and currently living in Poland, working abroad. I earn CHF 1500, which equals PLN 6'800, or JPY 250'000. I have never been to Japan but it's become a dream i want to realise, so i have been looking for information on the cost of living in different cities. In Switzerland i couldn't live with 1500 swiss francs, but converted into polish zloty it's actually pretty good. And it looks like i'd get by in Japan too :)
That's really interesting. Thanks for watching and the insight. Since this video inflation has hit Japan like the rest of the world with prices increasing by 10-50% in some cases. ¥250,000 is about the amount of before tax salary that a lot of English teachers make a month. After taxes it's around ¥200,000. It's enough to cover a basic lifestyle but you won't be able to save a lot of money unless you're extremely frugal.
@@linnyunt Thank you for letting me know! Does that go for just Osaka? I assume life in a suburb would be more affordable, compared to like Tokyo. So maybe Osaka would be somewhere between the two?
For students, you have any idea how cheaper it is because of the taxes being cheaper? I suppose that maybe, granted you are doing a part-time job, the cut there is only in your income. But is there any other difference? You know how much different it is?
Super comprehensive video Lin! That's really handy with the car share stuff.. I don't think we have that here just regular rentals for road trips coz almost everyone owns a car here I guess! Yea that's what we found with Japan as well it's not quite as expensive as we use to think before visiting but could also be coz comparing to NZ as well which is already expensive lol 😅😅
Osaka seems way cheaper than Tokyo where I used to live! It still won't beat the cost of living in Czech Republic where I spend about 75 000 JPY per month for absolutely everything (unnecessary stress clothes/cosmetics shopping included). A yearly coupon for public transport is 18 400 JPY here.
In here in Arizona usa Rent about 1200 and above Food 200 Bus 2.50 (but they're sparse and very unreliable, I wouldn't recommend) Utility about 400, maybe. Movie maybe 20 or so. Everything else, I'm not sure but likely to be very, very expensive. Pay rate is 15 an hour. Too low to afford rent. I'm not sure what is the pay rate there in osaka.
Thanks for watching. The minimum wage in Japan is around $10/hr. Rent can be as low as around $300/month for a shoebox apartment so there are people who are just scraping by in Japan too.
Can u explain a little more whats like!y covered employer health insurance versus nhi? Trying to decide what insurances from my home country i need to keep. Any help appreciated.
Thanks for watching. It really depends on the employer. I've had both and can't say which is more likely. Your domestic health insurance won't cover you in Japan, only travel insurance will. Companies that recruit from overseas recommend you have travel insurance for the interim of when you arrive to when you're signed onto the NHI or company's health insurance provider. That's something you can ask your recruiter. Good luck!
Yes, $550/month would get you a studio apartment or a 1 bedroom depending on what part of Osaka you're looking at. There are English speaking real estate agents who can help out with the search.
Well I’ve never ever saw this cost of rent apartment in Japan. Even in a small apartments. That was at list in 2 times bigger or more. Living in Osaka for a 2 years.
Which price, the 45,000 one? The apartment building wasn't very good. Mostly students lived there and it was noisy and the building was dirty. So you get what you pay for.
@@linnyunt oh ok😎I made a comment for ppl will check the video and possibly think that it’s norm. Every good apartment from 50m+ that I checked was 1500-2000$/month 2500+ if this is a center of the city.
@@aliunbound8305 I’m living now in kishinosato witch is 40 min away from Umeda, and even here a dissent flats are 200.000+ Not saying that the flat couldn’t be cheaper, but then you need to deal with insects, very cold temperatures inside in winter, or thin walls like you can hear what your neighbors talk about. My point was, the author talking that it’s normal rent price in Osaka. That’s not true.
@@orenschulman4554 inflation has affected these prices and you'd be looking at adding 10% on average to the groceries, eating out, transport and entertainment totals. I've noticed it definitely at the supermarket and some restaurants. The other expenses remain about the same. It's a a fairly conservative figure on the expenses but it's not super frugal either. I'd say it's slightly comfortable with a balance toward saving a bit every month. If you're looking at comfort, you might be living pay cheque to pay cheque. But I think for most people you can live and save a bit each month as long as your take home pay is at least ¥200,000 per month.
great video, can you make a updated video of someone like who is disabled because am disabled and would be living on a buget, and that someone like me who would be just going to work and back to the apartment, I also don't see myself going out that much when I move to Japan, i also plan on marrying, I plan on moving to Osaka area and making some friends, and I would like to ask if you wanted to be my friend/subscriber... thanks - CyberGod 😊
hey man good video, just a note, at the end of the video, just put a total yen-$ / month per category, just so we can get the idea rather than us doing the math and adding them together, something like this: Prices per month: - residence = 68,000 yen / 680$ - food = 25,000 yen / 250$ - transportation = etc etc total = xxxxxx yen / xxxx $ + yearly residence tax of xxxx something along those lines at the end of the vid would be amazing. other than that, great video and thanks a lot.
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*Indicative Total Monthly Cost* (your mileage may vary)
Rent: JPY 68,800 / USD 680
Groceries: JPY 25,000 / USD 250
Eating out (1x/week at a cheap restaurant): JPY 4,000 / USD 40
Utilities & mobile: JPY 19,000 / USD 190
Health Insurance: JPY 20,000 / USD 200
Residence Tax: JPY 6,700 / USD 67
Transport¹ (non-commuting travel): JPY 8,000 / USD 80
Entertainment (1x cinema visit/month on cheap day): JPY 1,200 / USD 12
*Total: JPY 152,700 / USD 1,527*
¹Most, if not all employers in Japan will reimburse your commuting costs to and from your home to your workplace.
Dang, would have that if I could have my job I have that pays 20 an hour. But that wouldn't be possible. Japan doesn't hire foreign pharm tech. I don't want to be a teacher because I'll need to spend many years studying. I am 40 and I want to go out to live abroad.
If you have a degree from a university from a native English speaking country, you have enough qualifications to apply for an English teaching job in Japan.
I can afford to retired in Japan if my pension is only $1,300 a month. I am already retired and not working anymore. I'll just stay home.
Wow that is much cheaper. I live in a suburb close to Vancouver and I pay $1900/mo for rent, $100/month for utility, $600 for groceries (1 person) and around $600/month for my car (gas, insurance & maintenance).
My minimum costs per month is over $3,200 and that’s if I live modestly too.
Thanks for watching and your perspective; that's really interesting.
Great vid! I'm surprised your rent is that expensive. My family rents a three bedroom 72 sq m manshon in Hirano ward for a whopping 75,000 JPY in a 12 year old building with elevator. Even has a killer view of Abeno Harukas. We're 8 minutes away from the Metro and a bus terminal plus 4 supermarkets. Gyomu is the bomb!
Funny coming from the USA, my family of 4 pays about $300 in health insurance which compared to the $1300 a month we had to pay in the States is dirty cheap.
All in all, by moving to Japan 4 years ago our expenses have dropped about 35%. The quality of life is much better here in Japan too.
Keep up the good work!
Cheers for watching! Glad to hear you're enjoying the cost benefits of living in Japan.
We're near the river, located 5 minutes from a major station and close to the city. So that's why it's quite pricey.
Love that you made this video, one of our dreams is to spend some time in different places in Japan and one of them is Osaka, of course.
Seriously, we are obsessed with Japan.
We are shocked to see the prices you are sharing, especially the food.
Thanks for watching, guys!
Yeah, food in Japan is really cheap unless you're buying fruit 😂
But seriously, it's not as expensive as people think.
Let me know if you have any questions about living costs in Osaka. If there's anything I missed or you have something to add, feel free to let me know too.
Very comprehensive! Well done Lin. We’ll have to do something like this about Qatar. You would be amazed at the benefits here.
Thanks, guys! Yeah, I think it would be really helpful for people and should do well. All our other TH-cam friends seem to have made one of these types of videos.
I would love to see a video about that.
680 usd a month! IM COMING JAPAN!
Yeah, hella cheap compared to Sydney. I didn't believe it either when I first came here.
A LOT cheaper than what my brother pays in Melbourne, for sure.
Probably $680 a week for him?
@@linnyunt , I will have to ask him and get back to you on that one.
Great break down brother! Super fascinating!!
Hey, Jonathan! Thanks for watching! Yeah, it can be interesting to see what things cost in other countries. I know a lot of people are interested in living in Japan, so hopefully this helps.
Like the other comments I'd like to thank you for making such a comprehensive video. I'm from Greece, thinking of moving to Japan (my preference is Osaka actually) so you really helped me. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for watching, Spyros! Happy it helped. Good luck with the move!
Excellence! Thanks for sharing Osaka... ☺
thank you Lin Nyunt for this great video! :)
You're welcome. I'm glad it was useful for you.
I love the "Residence tax" followed by "you still have to pay for all the amenities anyway"
Thanks Lin. That was really informative.
I wonder how much or what has changed since you made this video 2 years ago.
Osaka is on top of my list to move. Coming from Canada, I am hoping snow and bad weather days will not chase me in Osaka.
Have a wonderful day.
Thanks for watching! Osaka is a fantastic city to live in.
Inflation has certainly increased the cost of living. Some food items like juice and milk have gone up by 30-50%! My bills and rent remain the same though, which is good.
And the good news is you won't have snow days in Osaka. But we do get the odd typhoon in summer.
I have a wonderful day too.
@@linnyunt I appreciate your response.
Glad to hear of the updates.
Thank you, again.
You're welcome! Have a good one.
This video really had everything you could ask for but was simple and to the point at the same time.
I am from Switzerland and currently living in Poland, working abroad. I earn CHF 1500, which equals PLN 6'800, or JPY 250'000.
I have never been to Japan but it's become a dream i want to realise, so i have been looking for information on the cost of living in different cities.
In Switzerland i couldn't live with 1500 swiss francs, but converted into polish zloty it's actually pretty good. And it looks like i'd get by in Japan too :)
That's really interesting. Thanks for watching and the insight.
Since this video inflation has hit Japan like the rest of the world with prices increasing by 10-50% in some cases.
¥250,000 is about the amount of before tax salary that a lot of English teachers make a month. After taxes it's around ¥200,000. It's enough to cover a basic lifestyle but you won't be able to save a lot of money unless you're extremely frugal.
@@linnyunt Thank you for letting me know! Does that go for just Osaka? I assume life in a suburb would be more affordable, compared to like Tokyo. So maybe Osaka would be somewhere between the two?
Awesome. Thanks so much Lin!
For students, you have any idea how cheaper it is because of the taxes being cheaper? I suppose that maybe, granted you are doing a part-time job, the cut there is only in your income. But is there any other difference? You know how much different it is?
I'm sorry. I really have no idea.
A ONE BEDROOM UNFURNISHED APARTMENT HERE IN DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA IS $3,000 PLUS UTILITIES. STILL CHEAP IN JAPAN COOMPARED HERE IN U.S.A.
Hello Lin. Take care always.
Thanks, Elna. You too.
Damn man. I was just thinking about making a video about this. Very well done.
You still should. Be cool to see your perspective on it
2024, WV, USA, $500 rent 1Br, H2O 60, electric 150, gas 80, buses ,public transportation, $3 for all day , food $200 one person / month from grocery,
Super comprehensive video Lin! That's really handy with the car share stuff.. I don't think we have that here just regular rentals for road trips coz almost everyone owns a car here I guess! Yea that's what we found with Japan as well it's not quite as expensive as we use to think before visiting but could also be coz comparing to NZ as well which is already expensive lol 😅😅
Yeah, whenever I see the prices of the food you guys eat, I'm like 😳😳😳
Osaka seems way cheaper than Tokyo where I used to live! It still won't beat the cost of living in Czech Republic where I spend about 75 000 JPY per month for absolutely everything (unnecessary stress clothes/cosmetics shopping included). A yearly coupon for public transport is 18 400 JPY here.
Thanks for watching! Wow, Czech Republic is way cheaper! I'd love to visit sometime. It's on my bucket list!
@@linnyunt I hope you enjoy if you do come!
@@ghostbird3651 I'm sure I will!
In here in Arizona usa
Rent about 1200 and above
Food 200
Bus 2.50 (but they're sparse and very unreliable, I wouldn't recommend)
Utility about 400, maybe.
Movie maybe 20 or so.
Everything else, I'm not sure but likely to be very, very expensive.
Pay rate is 15 an hour. Too low to afford rent.
I'm not sure what is the pay rate there in osaka.
Thanks for watching. The minimum wage in Japan is around $10/hr. Rent can be as low as around $300/month for a shoebox apartment so there are people who are just scraping by in Japan too.
Can u explain a little more whats like!y covered employer health insurance versus nhi? Trying to decide what insurances from my home country i need to keep. Any help appreciated.
Thanks for watching. It really depends on the employer. I've had both and can't say which is more likely.
Your domestic health insurance won't cover you in Japan, only travel insurance will. Companies that recruit from overseas recommend you have travel insurance for the interim of when you arrive to when you're signed onto the NHI or company's health insurance provider. That's something you can ask your recruiter.
Good luck!
Rakuten mobile is no longer a mvno. They have their own network, 5g etc.
Ah, thanks for the heads up.
I'm looking to live in Japan at some point on the high skills worker visa
Nice one. Good luck with it! Japan is a great place to live.
Should update this video, if cost has gone up a whole lot or not
Yeah, did think about making one. Our rent and utilities have remained the same but just about everything else has gone up like the rest of the world.
Can you find apartment for about $550 per?
Yes, $550/month would get you a studio apartment or a 1 bedroom depending on what part of Osaka you're looking at. There are English speaking real estate agents who can help out with the search.
Well I’ve never ever saw this cost of rent apartment in Japan. Even in a small apartments. That was at list in 2 times bigger or more. Living in Osaka for a 2 years.
Which price, the 45,000 one? The apartment building wasn't very good. Mostly students lived there and it was noisy and the building was dirty. So you get what you pay for.
@@linnyunt oh ok😎I made a comment for ppl will check the video and possibly think that it’s norm.
Every good apartment from 50m+ that I checked was 1500-2000$/month 2500+ if this is a center of the city.
Centre of the city will definitely cost more. If you find a real estate agent, they can search for what's in your budget.
@@annaturtsevich7616 , it was a couple of stations away from the centre of Umeda. Umeda was just across the river. Still very central.
@@aliunbound8305 I’m living now in kishinosato witch is 40 min away from Umeda, and even here a dissent flats are 200.000+
Not saying that the flat couldn’t be cheaper, but then you need to deal with insects, very cold temperatures inside in winter, or thin walls like you can hear what your neighbors talk about.
My point was, the author talking that it’s normal rent price in Osaka. That’s not true.
I would love you to meet up my son when he is in Osaka. Brother
The 150,000 JPY is for two people?
That indicative cost for one person. So if you earn around ¥200,000 per month, you can save ¥50,000.
Thanks for your quick reply. Do these prices still hold fairly true today? Is this a very tight budget or comfortable?.@@linnyunt
@@orenschulman4554 inflation has affected these prices and you'd be looking at adding 10% on average to the groceries, eating out, transport and entertainment totals. I've noticed it definitely at the supermarket and some restaurants. The other expenses remain about the same. It's a a fairly conservative figure on the expenses but it's not super frugal either. I'd say it's slightly comfortable with a balance toward saving a bit every month. If you're looking at comfort, you might be living pay cheque to pay cheque. But I think for most people you can live and save a bit each month as long as your take home pay is at least ¥200,000 per month.
Thanks for the info and taking the time to respond. Appreciate it!
@@linnyunt
@@orenschulman4554 no worries. Good luck!
great video, can you make a updated video of someone like who is disabled because am disabled and would be living on a buget, and that someone like me who would be just going to work and back to the apartment, I also don't see myself going out that much when I move to Japan, i also plan on marrying, I plan on moving to Osaka area and making some friends, and I would like to ask if you wanted to be my friend/subscriber... thanks - CyberGod 😊
Are an Australian born Burmese descendant? Do you speak Burmese? No offense but your name sounds like a traditional Burmese one to me.
Yes, I'm Burmese. I was born in Yangon but left when I was 6 months old. My spoken Burmese is very basic and I can understand better than I speak.
hey man good video, just a note, at the end of the video, just put a total yen-$ / month per category, just so we can get the idea rather than us doing the math and adding them together, something like this:
Prices per month:
- residence = 68,000 yen / 680$
- food = 25,000 yen / 250$
- transportation = etc
etc
total = xxxxxx yen / xxxx $
+ yearly residence tax of xxxx
something along those lines at the end of the vid would be amazing.
other than that, great video and thanks a lot.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll add it in the description and a comment!
Dont forget plastic in each fruit 🧐
Plastic on everything!
THIS drives me absolutely nuts.
Me spending 20€ a week for food: yo, wtf!?
Thanks for watching. It's great that your food costs are so low. The cost of living and lifestyles are different for everyone.
Colombia you comfortably live with just 1.000usd haha