Living in Kushimoto-cho

The unemployment rate was 6% in October 2020. There were 203.9 physicians per 100,000 people in 2022. Its population was 14,959 in October 2020. The city covered 135.7 km² in 2024. Population density was 102.6 people per km² in 2024. The median age was 64 years in 2026. The city had 14 schools in May 2024. The foreign population count was 104 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2419 sources

Population14,959people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)242.9EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.42EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 29% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate6%country median 3.8% — 59% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime448.4incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · 令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2

Cheaper rent than 85% of Japanese cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 96% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Kushimoto-cho?

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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 東牟婁郡串本町?

Average net cold rent is about 4.42 EUR/m² per month (2018 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): 4.42 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesKushimoto-cho highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Kushimoto-cho€4.42

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Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

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¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.42 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2018	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official

Is Kushimoto-cho a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–62%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Student57%strong on education, weak on work · range 49–65%

Family57%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 48–66%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 265 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.42 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.

Source period: 2018 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 東牟婁郡串本町?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Kushimoto-cho is 6.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Kushimoto-cho 6.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	242.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	6 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Kushimoto-cho?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

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€4.42/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2018-12-31	− €265
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	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kushimoto-cho. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Kushimoto-cho. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	14 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹¹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	27.49 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	1.82 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	203.9 per 100,000	2022	Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kushimoto-cho 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.

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Physicians per 1,000 residents1.82 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	448.4 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2¹⁷Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	1 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.¹²Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kushimoto-cho. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course

Agency for Cultural Affairs

For foreigners living in Japan.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

11°5°

12°5°

15°8°

19°12°

23°17°

25°20°

28°24°

30°25°

28°22°

23°18°

19°12°

14°8°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

118

186

212

237

365

298

260

339

287

152

103

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

193

188

199

202

193

132

193

235

177

170

178

194

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 11.4 · Feb 12.4 · Mar 15.2 · Apr 18.8 · May 22.5 · Jun 24.7 · Jul 28.2 · Aug 29.8 · Sep 27.6 · Oct 23.2 · Nov 18.7 · Dec 13.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SHIONOMISAKI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 5.3 · Mar 8.2 · Apr 12.3 · May 16.6 · Jun 19.9 · Jul 23.8 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 17.7 · Nov 12.4 · Dec 7.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SHIONOMISAKI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 8.3 · Feb 8.8 · Mar 11.6 · Apr 15.6 · May 19.3 · Jun 22.1 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 24.6 · Oct 20.3 · Nov 15.5 · Dec 10.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SHIONOMISAKI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 97.7 · Feb 118.1 · Mar 185.5 · Apr 212.3 · May 236.7 · Jun 364.7 · Jul 298.4 · Aug 260.3 · Sep 339.2 · Oct 286.6 · Nov 152 · Dec 102.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SHIONOMISAKI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 192.5 · Feb 187.9 · Mar 198.6 · Apr 201.9 · May 193.2 · Jun 132.4 · Jul 193.2 · Aug 234.8 · Sep 176.8 · Oct 169.8 · Nov 177.5 · Dec 194 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SHIONOMISAKI¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Carrollton (United States) ±3.0 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.0 °C, Downey (United States) ±3.1 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.4 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±3.7 °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

How many people live in 東牟婁郡串本町?

The published population was 14,959 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.3%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	135.7 km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	104 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	102.6 people/km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁵Official
Population	14,959 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Kushimoto-cho

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	14,959	100.0%
Japanese	14,820	99.1%
Nationality not reported	80	0.5%
Foreigner	59	0.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	22	0.1%
Republic of Korea	11	0.1%
People's Republic of China	8	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	5	0.0%
Others	5	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	4	0.0%
United States of America	3	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	64.2 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Kushimoto-cho

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.

Nachikatsuura-cho as a Kushimoto-cho alternative in the same region

21 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 4.3% Nachikatsuura-cho vs 6.0% Kushimoto-cho−28%
Rent: €4.69/m² Nachikatsuura-cho vs €4.42/m² Kushimoto-cho+6%
Residents: 14,137 Nachikatsuura-cho vs 14,959 Kushimoto-cho−5%
Median gross pay, region: €240 Nachikatsuura-cho vs €243 Kushimoto-chosame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 448 Nachikatsuura-cho vs 448 Kushimoto-chosame level

Full comparison More about Nachikatsuura-cho

Fuchu-cho as a Kushimoto-cho alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 319 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 51,155 Fuchu-cho vs 14,959 Kushimoto-cho+242%
Unemployment: 3.3% Fuchu-cho vs 6.0% Kushimoto-cho−45%
Median gross pay, region: €320 Fuchu-cho vs €243 Kushimoto-cho+32%
Rent: €8.90/m² (2023) Fuchu-cho vs €4.42/m² (2018) Kushimoto-chono percentage

Full comparison More about Fuchu-cho

Cities near Kushimoto-cho

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Nachikatsuura-cho 21.2 km away

Rent: 4.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Kushimoto-cho, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities

Kushimoto14,959 residents Haga-machi14,961 residents Tōbetsu14,974 residents Sunagawa15,015 residents Owase15,041 residents Tamaki-cho15,041 residents

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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 東牟婁郡串本町?

The published population was 14,959 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 東牟婁郡串本町?

Average net cold rent is about 4.42 EUR/m² per month (2018 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 310 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

What is the unemployment rate in 東牟婁郡串本町?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Kushimoto-cho?

The median gross salary is 242.9 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Kushimoto-cho?

104 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）..

Is Kushimoto-cho a good place to live?

Kushimoto-cho 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 Kushimoto-cho?

Nachikatsuura-cho is near Kushimoto-cho. 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 Kushimoto-cho?

The official citizenship distribution records 14,820 people (99.1%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Kushimoto-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f7967f86316e17c927b658a0e265cfda]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/higashimurogunkushimotomachi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Kushimoto-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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