Living in Aizu-Wakamatsu
In Aizu-Wakamatsu, rents across existing tenancies average €5.70 per m² a month (2023).
The city faced an unemployment rate of 3.64% at the end of 2020.
Cheaper rent than 62% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 88% of Japanese cities that publish it.
Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Aizu-Wakamatsu?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
Japan's Housing and Land Survey monthly-rent measure excludes security deposits, key money/right money and common-area charges. The Ministry of Land says deposit terms vary by regional custom; these sources provide context, not a comparable city-level distribution. Statistics Bureau glossary (2018) · MLIT rental-housing Q&A.
How much does it cost to rent in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
Average net cold rent is about 5.7 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 5.7 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp15
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 31.61 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ18Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 21.56 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | docomo mini 10GB3Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate | 18.33 % | 31 Oct 2023 | 2023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 5.7 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 | 31 Dec 2023 | www.e-stat.go.jp15Official |
| Average monthly rent (whole dwelling) | 272.6 EUR/month | 31 Oct 2023 | Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura6Official |
Is Aizu-Wakamatsu a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 342 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.7 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (October 2020).
- Unemployment rate: 3.64 % · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)23
Aizu-Wakamatsu 3.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 269 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | www.e-stat.go.jp16Official |
| Unemployment rate | 3.64 %country median 3.8% | 31 Dec 2020 | 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)23Official |
What does a salary buy in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobile
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08. | outside the model's range |
| Rent, 60 m²€5.70/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31 | − €342 |
| Internet€32 · official · ドコモ光 月額料金 · 2026-09-30 | − €32 |
| Mobile plan€22 · official · docomo mini 10GB · 2026-09-30 | − €22 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | — |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Aizu-Wakamatsu. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Hello Work — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Aizu-Wakamatsu. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 1,000 residents | 21.42 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official |
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 2,039 beds per 100,000 | 1 Jun 2026 | 医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV20Official |
| Hospitals | 7 count | 1 Jun 2026 | 医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV20Official |
| Pharmacies | 71 count | 1 Jun 2026 | 医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV21Official |
| Physicians per 1,000 residents | 3.28 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official |
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 322.4 per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | 令和6年医師・歯科医師・薬剤師統計 医師 第22表19Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Aizu-Wakamatsu when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Aizu-Wakamatsu?
Police recorded about 469 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.
- Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 468.6 incidents per 100,000 · JP-07-Fukushima-20259
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 468.6 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | JP-07-Fukushima-20259Official |
Mobility and administration
Aizu-Wakamatsu's nearest airport was FKS, 52 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct destinations from the nearest major airport | 2 count | 3 Aug 2026 | OpenFlights11Official |
| Destinations from nearest airport | 2 count | 2024 | Unique direct scheduled destination endpoints for the nearest scheduled-service airport in the complete 97-airport MLIT universe; domestic endpoints come from the official 2024 annual route table and international endpoints from the official 2024 summer and winter direct scheduled-flight tables.13Official |
| Distance to the nearest major airport | 52 km | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports12Official |
| Nearest major airport (IATA code) | FKS | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports12Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Aizu-Wakamatsu. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course
Agency for Cultural Affairs
For foreigners living in Japan.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.3°C in January to 24°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 102.4 mm in January and 196.4 mm in July. Aizu-Wakamatsu's average monthly sunshine was 78 hours in January and 156.9 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 会津若松市10
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
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Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Aizu-Wakamatsu 6.8
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 6.8 µg/m³country median 8.4 | 31 Mar 2024 | MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 会津若松市10Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 2.9 · Feb 4 · Mar 8.9 · Apr 16.6 · May 22.7 · Jun 26 · Jul 29.2 · Aug 30.8 · Sep 26.1 · Oct 19.5 · Nov 12.2 · Dec 5.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAKAMATSU14Official · parent municipality |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -3.4 · Feb -3.5 · Mar -0.7 · Apr 4.3 · May 10.3 · Jun 15.9 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 20.8 · Sep 16.6 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 3.3 · Dec -0.9 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAKAMATSU14Official · parent municipality |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -0.3 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 3.7 · Apr 10.1 · May 16.2 · Jun 20.5 · Jul 24 · Aug 25.2 · Sep 20.8 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 7.4 · Dec 2.2 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAKAMATSU14Official · parent municipality |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 102.4 · Feb 69.2 · Mar 77.5 · Apr 63.1 · May 75.8 · Jun 108.6 · Jul 196.4 · Aug 139.1 · Sep 124 · Oct 112.6 · Nov 75.5 · Dec 108.7 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAKAMATSU14Official · parent municipality |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 78 · Feb 99 · Mar 144 · Apr 172 · May 201.2 · Jun 165.3 · Jul 156.9 · Aug 195.1 · Sep 141.8 · Oct 122.1 · Nov 89.1 · Dec 67.1 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAKAMATSU14Official · parent municipality |
Similar climate. In Japan: Ebetsu ±3.0 °C. Elsewhere: Markham (Canada) ±2.7 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±2.7 °C, Richmond Hill (Canada) ±2.7 °C, Vaughan (Canada) ±2.7 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±3.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
At the end of 2020, the population density reached 306.5 people per km².
How many people live in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The published population was 110,841 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度5
By nationality
National passport99%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 383 km² | 3 Aug 2026 | 国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)22Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 1.06 % | 3 Aug 2026 | 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)25Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,153 people | 3 Aug 2026 | 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)25Official |
| Population density | 306.5 people/km² | 31 Dec 2020 | 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)24Official |
| Population | 110,841 people | 31 Dec 2024 | e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度5Official |
International community in Aizu-Wakamatsu
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Citizenship
Persons in the official 2020 Population Census Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households; sex-total population by source-native nationality category. · 2020
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 117,376 | 100.0% |
| Japanese | 114,836 | 97.8% |
| Nationality not reported | 1,802 | 1.5% |
| Foreigner | 738 | 0.6% |
| People's Republic of China | 196 | 0.2% |
| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | 131 | 0.1% |
| Republic of Korea | 118 | 0.1% |
| Others | 101 | 0.1% |
| Republic of the Philippines | 100 | 0.1% |
| United States of America | 28 | 0.0% |
| Republic of Indonesia | 18 | 0.0% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| India | 17 | 0.0% |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kingdom of Thailand | 8 | 0.0% |
| Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal | 7 | 0.0% |
| Republic of Peru | 3 | 0.0% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 2 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source4
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 years | 31 Dec 2026 | 2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official |
Alternatives for people set on Aizu-Wakamatsu
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Aizu-misato Machi as an Aizu-Wakamatsu alternative in the same region
9 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Median gross pay, region: €534 Aizu-misato Machi vs €269 Aizu-Wakamatsu+98%
- Foreign residents: 0.4% Aizu-misato Machi vs 1.1% Aizu-Wakamatsu−66%
- Rent: €5.10/m² Aizu-misato Machi vs €5.70/m² Aizu-Wakamatsu−11%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 498 Aizu-misato Machi vs 469 Aizu-Wakamatsuno percentage
- Unemployment: 3.3% Aizu-misato Machi vs 3.6% Aizu-Wakamatsu−9%
Hōfu as an Aizu-Wakamatsu alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 846 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Foreign residents: 1.8% Hōfu vs 1.1% Aizu-Wakamatsu+66%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 311 Hōfu vs 469 Aizu-Wakamatsuno percentage
- Annual PM2.5: 8.4 µg/m³ Hōfu vs 6.8 µg/m³ Aizu-Wakamatsu+24%
- Unemployment: 3.4% Hōfu vs 3.6% Aizu-Wakamatsu−8%
- Empty flats: 19.9% Hōfu vs 18.3% Aizu-Wakamatsu+9%
- Rent: €5.60/m² Hōfu vs €5.70/m² Aizu-Wakamatsusame level
- Median gross pay, region: €276 Hōfu vs €269 Aizu-Wakamatsusame level
Cities near Aizu-Wakamatsu
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 5.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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- 4.32 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31
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Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The published population was 110,841 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度.
How much does it cost to rent in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
Average net cold rent is about 5.7 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 399 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.
Is the air quality good in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 会津若松市.
How safe is Aizu-Wakamatsu?
Police recorded about 469 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-07-Fukushima-2025.
What is the unemployment rate in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (October 2020). Source: 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表).
What is the typical salary around Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The median gross salary is 269 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.
Is Aizu-Wakamatsu a good place to live?
Aizu-Wakamatsu may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Which cities are near Aizu-Wakamatsu?
Aizu-misato Machi, Aizubange-machi, Inawashiro-machi, Kitakata are near Aizu-Wakamatsu. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Aizu-Wakamatsu?
The official citizenship distribution records 114,836 people (97.8%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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