Living in Anamizu-machi

In May 2024, the city had 4 schools. The median age was 65.3 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 147 in 2024. The unemployment rate was 4.2% in October 2020. 鳳珠郡穴水町 is in Japan; its population was 7,890 in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1522 sources

Population7,890people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)241.1EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent308.8EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate4.2%country median 3.8% — 11% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime376.4incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipality

PM2.5, annual mean5.42µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Higher unemployment than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 98% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Anamizu-machi?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in JapanNational rates and thresholds that apply in Anamizu-machi.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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.

No city-level rent figure is published for Anamizu-machi. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesAnamizu-machi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

Show the other 6 cities

Saitama€10.37

Chiba€9.08

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

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¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB⁴Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	308.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Anamizu-machi 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.

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 40–60%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–63%

Student42%strong on safety, weak on work · range 34–50%

Family56%strong on safety, weak on legal route · range 48–64%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 鳳珠郡穴水町?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Anamizu-machi is 4.2%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	241.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	4.2 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Anamizu-machi?

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
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings · 2023-12-31	− €309
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	—

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Anamizu-machi Salary needed to live in Anamizu-machi

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Hello Work — Public employment service

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	4 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹³Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	13.61 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.59 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹²Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	277.3 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.⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Anamizu-machi 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 residents2.59 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 鳳珠郡穴水町?

Police recorded about 376 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: 376.4 incidents per 100,000 · 2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipality²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	376.4 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipality²Official

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.¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Anamizu-machi. 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.

JapaneseIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Anamizu-machi.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 鳳珠郡穴水町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.4 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.42 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁴

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

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.4WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in JapanAnnual PM2.5 in Anamizu-machi is 5.4 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Anamizu-machi 5.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.42 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 6.4 · Feb 7 · Mar 10.5 · Apr 16 · May 20.9 · Jun 24 · Jul 28.2 · Aug 30.1 · Sep 26.3 · Oct 21 · Nov 15.1 · Dec 9.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAJIMA¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 0 · Mar 1.7 · Apr 6 · May 11.4 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 21.2 · Aug 22.2 · Sep 18.1 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 6.7 · Dec 2.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAJIMA¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.3 · Feb 3.4 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 11.1 · May 16.1 · Jun 20 · Jul 24.4 · Aug 25.9 · Sep 22 · Oct 16.3 · Nov 10.8 · Dec 5.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAJIMA¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 219.2 · Feb 139.6 · Mar 138.6 · Apr 121.6 · May 115.6 · Jun 155.8 · Jul 199.6 · Aug 176.8 · Sep 214.5 · Oct 171.1 · Nov 231.5 · Dec 278.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAJIMA¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 41.8 · Feb 68.7 · Mar 132.2 · Apr 185.8 · May 208.7 · Jun 161.5 · Jul 158.3 · Aug 203.2 · Sep 142.8 · Oct 139.3 · Nov 89.7 · Dec 47.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station WAJIMA¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Hakusan ±1.4 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.9 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.1 °C, Reims (France) ±3.3 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.3 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.5 °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

The city covered 183.2 km² in 2024. Population density was 37.7 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 鳳珠郡穴水町?

The published population was 7,890 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	183.2 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 km2.⁷Official
Foreign residents	147 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁶Official
Population density	37.7 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 km2.⁷Official
Population	7,890 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰Official

International community in Anamizu-machi

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	7,890	100.0%
Japanese	7,781	98.6%
Foreigner	80	1.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	50	0.6%
Nationality not reported	29	0.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	9	0.1%
Others	5	0.1%
Republic of Korea	4	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	4	0.1%
People's Republic of China	3	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	3	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Kingdom of Thailand	1	0.0%
United States of America	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁵

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	65.3 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)³Official

Alternatives for people set on Anamizu-machi

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.

Nanao as an Anamizu-machi alternative in the same region

21 km away, better on 0 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,300 Nanao vs 7,890 Anamizu-machi+538%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 490 Nanao vs 376 Anamizu-machino percentage
Median gross pay, region: €244 Nanao vs €241 Anamizu-machisame level

Full comparison More about Nanao

Fuchu-cho as an Anamizu-machi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 507 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 51,155 Fuchu-cho vs 7,890 Anamizu-machi+548%
Median gross pay, region: €320 Fuchu-cho vs €241 Anamizu-machi+33%
Unemployment: 3.3% Fuchu-cho vs 4.2% Anamizu-machi−21%

Full comparison More about Fuchu-cho

Cities near Anamizu-machi

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

Nanao 21.4 km away

Rent: 6.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Noto-cho 22.6 km away

Rent: 2.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Anamizu7,890 residents Minamiizu-cho7,877 residents Shinchi-machi7,905 residents Ohi-cho7,910 residents Shinkoyasu7,859 residents Watarai-cho7,847 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 鳳珠郡穴水町?

The published population was 7,890 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 鳳珠郡穴水町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.4 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023.

How safe is 鳳珠郡穴水町?

Police recorded about 376 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipality.

What is the unemployment rate in 鳳珠郡穴水町?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Anamizu-machi?

The median gross salary is 241.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Anamizu-machi?

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

Is Anamizu-machi a good place to live?

Anamizu-machi 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 Anamizu-machi?

Nanao, Noto-cho are near Anamizu-machi. 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 Anamizu-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,781 people (98.6%) 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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2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipality www2.police.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp · checked 2026-10-13
2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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
Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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