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In Kashiwa, rents across existing tenancies average €9.76 per m² a month (2023).

The unemployment rate was 3.59% at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-1936 sources

Population435,529people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Median gross salary (region)346.7EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent9.76EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 56% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate3.59%country median 3.8% — 5% belowOfficial 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)
Recorded crime645.4incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · JP-12-Chiba-2024
PM2.5, annual mean8.8µg/m³country median 8.4 — 5% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 柏市

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Kashiwa?

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 Kashiwa.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.

How much does it cost to rent in Kashiwa?

Average net cold rent is about 9.76 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): 9.76 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp18
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Kashiwa recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesKashiwa highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Kashiwa highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kashiwa€9.76
Hiroshima€8.38
Sapporo€7.56
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Kyoto€10.46
Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ20Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate9.87 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.76 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp18Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)436.8 EUR/month31 Oct 2023Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura5Official

Is Kashiwa 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–62%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–70%
Student55%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–64%
Family65%strong on family, weak on education · range 57–73%
Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 586 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.76 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: 2023 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kashiwa?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.59 % · 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)24
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Kashiwa is 3.6%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Public employment offices1 count15 Sept 2026Hello Work Plaza Kashiwa — official office page4Official
Median gross salary (regional)346.7 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp19Official
Unemployment rate3.59 %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)24Official

What does a salary buy in Kashiwa?

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

regional median gross pay: €347 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
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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€9.76/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €586
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 offices in Kashiwa

Hello Work Plaza Kashiwa lists 1 public employment office in Kashiwa (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents12.47 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,247 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Hospitals19 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV21Official
Pharmacies180 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV22Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.85 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents284.7 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kashiwa 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,247 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Kashiwa?

Police recorded about 645 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 645.4 incidents per 100,000 · JP-12-Chiba-20248
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents645.4 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-12-Chiba-20248Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents52.81 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-12-Chiba-20248Official

Mobility and administration

Kashiwa's nearest airport was NRT, 39 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport103 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Distance to the nearest major airport39 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)NRT3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kashiwa. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Kashiwa.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Kashiwa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.8 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 — 柏市9

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

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

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 Kashiwa is 8.8 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8.8 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 柏市9Official

Population and city profile

Kashiwa's population density measured 3,716.8 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Kashiwa?

The published population was 435,529 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications17

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area114.7 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)23Official
Foreign-resident share3.44 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)26Official
Foreign residents15,124 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)26Official
Population density3,717 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)25Official
Population435,529 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications17Official

International community in Kashiwa

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 groupPeopleShare
Total426,468100.0%
Japanese407,36195.5%
Nationality not reported11,2252.6%
Foreigner7,8821.8%
People's Republic of China3,1730.7%
Others1,0340.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam9440.2%
Republic of Korea9190.2%
Republic of the Philippines8490.2%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal2510.1%
Kingdom of Thailand1650.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
United States of America1360.0%
Republic of Indonesia1280.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil950.0%
Republic of Peru780.0%
India630.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland470.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Kashiwa

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.

Kisarazu as a Kashiwa alternative in the same region

55 km away, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Rent: €6.47/m² Kisarazu vs €9.76/m² Kashiwa−34%
  • Empty flats: 15.1% Kisarazu vs 9.9% Kashiwa+53%
  • Median gross pay, region: €320 Kisarazu vs €347 Kashiwa−8%
  • Foreign residents: 2.9% Kisarazu vs 3.4% Kashiwa−17%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,447.9 Kisarazu vs 1,247.0 Kashiwa+16%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Kisarazu vs 8.8 µg/m³ Kashiwa−9%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 613 Kisarazu vs 645 Kashiwa−5%
Full comparisonMore about Kisarazu

Gifu as a Kashiwa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 295 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €6.53/m² Gifu vs €9.76/m² Kashiwa−33%
  • Empty flats: 18.3% Gifu vs 9.9% Kashiwa+85%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 791 (2025) Gifu vs 645 (2024) Kashiwano percentage
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,576.3 Gifu vs 1,247.0 Kashiwa+26%
  • Median gross pay, region: €326 Gifu vs €347 Kashiwa−6%
  • Unemployment: 3.4% Gifu vs 3.6% Kashiwa−6%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.4 µg/m³ Gifu vs 8.8 µg/m³ Kashiwa−4%
Full comparisonMore about Gifu

Cities near Kashiwa

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

Abiko 3.7 km away
Rent
7.96 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Nagareyama 6.7 km away
Rent
10.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Toride 8.3 km away
Rent
7.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Moriya 9.3 km away
Rent
8.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kamagaya 10.3 km away
Rent
8.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Matsudo 11.0 km away
Rent
9.34 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Shiroi 11.1 km away
Rent
8.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Yoshikawa 11.3 km away
Rent
8.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Kashiwa, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities
Machida430,428 residentsKanazawa441,947 residentsFujisawa445,041 residentsShinagawa-ku422,488 residentsKatsushika-ku453,093 residentsTakamatsu417,660 residents

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Is Kashiwa part of Tokyo?

Kashiwa is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 32.1 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source36

Which comparable places record less crime than Kashiwa?

15 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Kashiwa in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Kashiwa: 644.4 offences/100k (2024).

Sakura — 386.8 offences/100k2024Nagareyama — 408.2 offences/100k2024Abiko — 423.9 offences/100k2024Futtsu — 444.2 offences/100k2024Chōnan — 457.3 offences/100k2024Shiroi — 507.1 offences/100k2024Matsudo — 541.1 offences/100k2024Kamagaya — 543.4 offences/100k2024

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source14

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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 Kashiwa?

The published population was 435,529 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

How much does it cost to rent in Kashiwa?

Average net cold rent is about 9.76 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 683 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Kashiwa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.8 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 — 柏市.

How safe is Kashiwa?

Police recorded about 645 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-12-Chiba-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Kashiwa?

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 Kashiwa?

The median gross salary is 346.7 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Kashiwa a good place to live?

Kashiwa 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.

Is Kashiwa part of Tokyo?

Kashiwa is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 32.1 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Kashiwa?

Abiko, Nagareyama, Toride, Moriya, Kamagaya are near Kashiwa. 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 Kashiwa?

The official citizenship distribution records 407,361 people (95.5%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Kashiwa?

15 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Kashiwa in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Chiba Prefectural Police municipal crime table 2024 + Chiba Prefecture population estimate, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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