Living in Nakagawa-machi

In Nakagawa-machi, rents across existing tenancies average €4.52 per m² a month (2023).

那須郡那珂川町 had 15,215 residents in October 2020 and is a city in Japan. In October 2020, the unemployment rate was 4.4%. The median age was 61.2 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 171 in 2024. The city had 6 schools in May 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1527 sources

Population15,215people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)238.2EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.52EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 28% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.4%country median 3.8% — 17% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime807.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)

PM2.5, annual mean6.31µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 83% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 76% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 92% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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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 那須郡那珂川町?

Average net cold rent is about 4.52 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): 4.52 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesNakagawa-machi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Nakagawa-machi€4.52

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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¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.52 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official

Is Nakagawa-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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–62%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%

Student50%strong on education, weak on work · range 43–57%

Family57%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 50–64%

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 271 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.52 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 那須郡那珂川町?

The unemployment rate is 4.4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Nakagawa-machi is 4.4%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Nakagawa-machi 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	238.2 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	4.4 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Nakagawa-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
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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€4.52/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €271
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 Nakagawa-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 Nakagawa-machi. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	6 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	3.43 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.687 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	53.8 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.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Nakagawa-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 residents0.687 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 那須郡那珂川町?

Police recorded about 807 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: 807.1 incidents per 100,000 · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	807.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
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.¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 那須郡那珂川町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.3 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: 6.31 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³

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

PM2.56.3WHO 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 Nakagawa-machi is 6.3 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Nakagawa-machi 6.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.31 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 192.8 km² in 2024. Population density was 73.3 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 那須郡那珂川町?

The published population was 15,215 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	192.8 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 km2.⁶Official
Foreign residents	171 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	73.3 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 km2.⁶Official
Population	15,215 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹Official

International community in Nakagawa-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	15,215	100.0%
Japanese	15,067	99.0%
Foreigner	143	0.9%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	40	0.3%
People's Republic of China	28	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	28	0.2%
Others	20	0.1%
Republic of Indonesia	12	0.1%
Republic of Peru	5	0.0%
Nationality not reported	5	0.0%
Republic of Korea	3	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	3	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	2	0.0%
United States of America	1	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	1	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	61.2 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Nakagawa-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.

Haga-machi as a Nakagawa-machi alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 429 Haga-machi vs 807 Nakagawa-machi−47%
Unemployment: 2.9% Haga-machi vs 4.4% Nakagawa-machi−34%
Rent: €7.58/m² (2018) Haga-machi vs €4.52/m² (2023) Nakagawa-machino percentage
Annual PM2.5: 8.5 µg/m³ Haga-machi vs 6.3 µg/m³ Nakagawa-machi+35%
Median gross pay, region: €277 Haga-machi vs €238 Nakagawa-machi+16%
Residents: 14,961 Haga-machi vs 15,215 Nakagawa-machi−2%

Full comparison More about Haga-machi

Nichinan as a Nakagawa-machi alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,848 Nichinan vs 15,215 Nakagawa-machi+234%
Rent: €3.97/m² Nichinan vs €4.52/m² Nakagawa-machi−12%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 457 Nichinan vs 807 Nakagawa-machino percentage
Median gross pay, region: €247 Nichinan vs €238 Nakagawa-machi+4%

Full comparison More about Nichinan

Cities near Nakagawa-machi

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

Nasukarasuyama 9.0 km away

Rent: 3.97 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Sakura 19.2 km away

Rent: 6.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Takanezawa-machi 20.3 km away

Rent: 6.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ohtawara 20.5 km away

Rent: 6.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Haga-machi 23.3 km away

Rent: 7.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31

Yaita 23.5 km away

Rent: 5.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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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 那須郡那珂川町?

The published population was 15,215 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 那須郡那珂川町?

Average net cold rent is about 4.52 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 316 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 那須郡那珂川町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.3 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 那須郡那珂川町?

Police recorded about 807 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数).

What is the unemployment rate in 那須郡那珂川町?

The unemployment rate is 4.4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Nakagawa-machi?

The median gross salary is 238.2 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Nakagawa-machi a good place to live?

Nakagawa-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 Nakagawa-machi?

Nasukarasuyama, Sakura, Takanezawa-machi, Ohtawara, Ichikai-machi are near Nakagawa-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 Nakagawa-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 15,067 people (99.0%) 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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