Living in Kasama
In Kasama, rents across existing tenancies average €5.58 per m² a month (2023).
Kasama is one of the cities recorded in Japan.
Cheaper rent than 64% of Japanese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 65% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 85% of Japanese cities that publish it.
Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Kasama?
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 Kasama?
Average net cold rent is about 5.58 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): 5.58 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17Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 21.56 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 5.58 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 | 31 Dec 2023 | www.e-stat.go.jp15Official |
| Average monthly rent (whole dwelling) | 281.5 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 mura5Official |
Is Kasama 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 335 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.58 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 Kasama?
The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (October 2020).
- Unemployment rate: 3.47 % · 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)20
Kasama 3.5%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 265.1 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | www.e-stat.go.jp16Official |
| Unemployment rate | 3.47 %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)20Official |
What does a salary buy in Kasama?
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€5.58/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31 | − €335 |
| 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 Kasama. 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 Kasama. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 20 schools | 1 May 2024 | MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 0000402311279Official |
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 1,000 residents | 16.6 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official |
| Physicians per 1,000 residents | 2.99 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official |
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 309 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.4Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kasama 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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 686.8 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1-5-218Official · regional context |
Mobility and administration
Kasama's nearest airport was IBR, 26 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct destinations from the nearest major airport | 5 count | 3 Aug 2026 | OpenFlights11Official |
| Destinations from nearest airport | 5 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 | 26 km | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports12Official |
| Nearest major airport (IATA code) | IBR | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports12Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kasama. 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 3.3°C in January to 24.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 54.5 mm in January and 141.8 mm in July. Kasama's average monthly sunshine was 195.4 hours in January and 150.8 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Kasama?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 — 笠間市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.
Kasama 7.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 7 µg/m³country median 8.4 | 31 Mar 2024 | MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 笠間市10Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 9.2 · Feb 9.8 · Mar 13 · Apr 17.8 · May 22 · Jun 24.5 · Jul 28.5 · Aug 30 · Sep 26.4 · Oct 21.2 · Nov 16.3 · Dec 11.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · parent municipality |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.8 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 2.1 · Apr 7 · May 12.5 · Jun 17 · Jul 21 · Aug 22.2 · Sep 18.6 · Oct 12.5 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 0.5 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · parent municipality |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 3.3 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 7.4 · Apr 12.3 · May 17 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 25.6 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 16.6 · Nov 10.8 · Dec 5.6 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · parent municipality |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 54.5 · Feb 53.8 · Mar 102.8 · Apr 116.7 · May 144.5 · Jun 135.7 · Jul 141.8 · Aug 116.9 · Sep 186.3 · Oct 185.4 · Nov 79.7 · Dec 49.6 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · parent municipality |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 195.4 · Feb 174.3 · Mar 182.7 · Apr 183.5 · May 186.1 · Jun 137.8 · Jul 150.8 · Aug 179.4 · Sep 138.7 · Oct 140.6 · Nov 153.7 · Dec 178 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · parent municipality |
Similar climate. In Japan: Adachi-ku ±1.7 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.0 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.3 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.5 °C, Reims (France) ±4.0 °C, Werl (Germany) ±4.3 °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
Population density was 304.4 people per km² at the end of 2020.
How many people live in Kasama?
The published population was 73,173 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6
By nationality
National passport98.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 240.4 km² | 3 Aug 2026 | 国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)19Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 1.98 % | 3 Aug 2026 | 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)21Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,425 people | 3 Aug 2026 | 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)21Official |
| Population density | 304.4 people/km² | 31 Dec 2020 | 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)6Official |
| Population | 73,173 people | 1 Oct 2020 | Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6Official |
International community in Kasama
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 | 73,173 | 100.0% |
| Japanese | 71,749 | 98.1% |
| Nationality not reported | 752 | 1.0% |
| Foreigner | 672 | 0.9% |
| People's Republic of China | 120 | 0.2% |
| Republic of the Philippines | 104 | 0.1% |
| Others | 95 | 0.1% |
| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | 82 | 0.1% |
| Republic of Indonesia | 67 | 0.1% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 64 | 0.1% |
| Republic of Korea | 60 | 0.1% |
Show 6 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of Thailand | 31 | 0.0% |
| Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal | 18 | 0.0% |
| United States of America | 15 | 0.0% |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9 | 0.0% |
| Republic of Peru | 4 | 0.0% |
| India | 3 | 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 | 53.3 years | 31 Dec 2026 | 2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official |
Alternatives for people set on Kasama
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.
Jōsō as a Kasama alternative in the same region
47 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Foreign residents: 11.9% Jōsō vs 2.0% Kasama+501%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.3 µg/m³ Jōsō vs 7.0 µg/m³ Kasama+33%
- Rent: €5.20/m² Jōsō vs €5.58/m² Kasama−7%
- Median gross pay, region: €262 Jōsō vs €265 Kasamasame level
- Unemployment: 3.4% Jōsō vs 3.5% Kasamasame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 687 Jōsō vs 687 Kasamasame level
Maizuru as a Kasama alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 451 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 492 Maizuru vs 687 Kasama−28%
- Foreign residents: 1.6% Maizuru vs 2.0% Kasama−19%
- Unemployment: 3.1% Maizuru vs 3.5% Kasama−9%
- Median gross pay, region: €276 Maizuru vs €265 Kasama+4%
- Rent: €5.62/m² Maizuru vs €5.58/m² Kasamasame level
- Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Maizuru vs 7.0 µg/m³ Kasamasame level
Cities near Kasama
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 3.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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- 7.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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- 4.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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- 4.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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- 5.86 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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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 Kasama?
The published population was 73,173 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.
How much does it cost to rent in Kasama?
Average net cold rent is about 5.58 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 391 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.
Is the air quality good in Kasama?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 — 笠間市.
What is the unemployment rate in Kasama?
The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (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 Kasama?
The median gross salary is 265.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.
Is Kasama a good place to live?
Kasama 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 Kasama?
Tomobe, Shirosato-machi, Mito, Sakuragawa, Okunoya are near Kasama. 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 Kasama?
The official citizenship distribution records 71,749 people (98.1%) 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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