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Living in Sakura

In Sakura (Chiba Prefecture), rents across existing tenancies average €7.60 per m² a month (2023).

The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.11% at the end of 2020. At the end of 2020, the population density reached 1,627.4 people per km².

Last checked 2026-09-1935 sources

Population170,406people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Median gross salary (region)325.1EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent7.6EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 21% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate4.11%country median 3.8% — 9% aboveOfficial 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 crime373.2incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · JP-12-Chiba-2024
PM2.5, annual mean7.3µg/m³country median 8.4 — 13% belowOfficial source · tenbou.nies.go.jp

Pricier rent than 76% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 68% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 78% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Sakura.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 Sakura?

Average net cold rent is about 7.6 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): 7.6 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp17
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Sakura recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sakura€7.60
Sapporo€7.56
Show the other 6 cities
Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate11.51 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)7.6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp17Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)366.9 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 mura4Official

Is Sakura 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–64%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–69%
Student58%strong on safety, weak on education · range 49–67%
Family70%strong on safety, weak on education · range 62–78%
Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 53–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 456 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.6 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 Sakura?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.11 % · 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)23
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Sakura is 4.1%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)325.1 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp18Official
Unemployment rate4.11 %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)23Official

What does a salary buy in Sakura?

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

regional median gross pay: €325 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
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€7.60/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €456
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 Sakura Salary needed to live in Sakura

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sakura. 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
Search jobs
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Sakura. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents6.84 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20245Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents683.7 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20245Official
Hospitals6 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV20Official
Pharmacies85 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV21Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.33 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents233 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sakura 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 residents683.7 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Sakura?

Police recorded about 373 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: 373.2 incidents per 100,000 · JP-12-Chiba-20247
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents373.2 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-12-Chiba-20247Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents24.65 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-12-Chiba-20247Official

Mobility and administration

Sakura's nearest airport was NRT, 15 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport103 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights10Official
Distance to the nearest major airport15 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)NRT3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sakura?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.3 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp16

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 Sakura is 7.3 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 mean7.3 µg/m³country median 8.431 Dec 2023tenbou.nies.go.jp16Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Sakura?

The published population was 170,406 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications15

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area103.7 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)22Official
Foreign-resident share3.67 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)25Official
Foreign residents6,184 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)25Official
Population density1,627 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)24Official
Population170,406 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications15Official

International community in Sakura

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
Total168,743100.0%
Japanese165,04397.8%
Foreigner3,0651.8%
Others7620.5%
People's Republic of China6600.4%
Nationality not reported6350.4%
Republic of the Philippines4590.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam2770.2%
Republic of Korea2480.1%
Republic of Peru1990.1%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal1280.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Federative Republic of Brazil1020.1%
Kingdom of Thailand670.0%
Republic of Indonesia510.0%
United States of America430.0%
India350.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland340.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Sakura

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.

Tsukuba as a Sakura alternative in the same region

42 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,258.4 Tsukuba vs 683.7 Sakura+84%
  • Unemployment: 2.9% Tsukuba vs 4.1% Sakura−29%
  • Foreign residents: 5.6% Tsukuba vs 3.7% Sakura+52%
  • Rent: €8.59/m² Tsukuba vs €7.60/m² Sakura+13%
  • Median gross pay, region: €378 Tsukuba vs €325 Sakura+16%
  • Empty flats: 8.1% Tsukuba vs 11.5% Sakura−29%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 732 (2025) Tsukuba vs 373 (2024) Sakurano percentage
Full comparisonMore about Tsukuba

Izumo as a Sakura alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 683 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,532.4 Izumo vs 683.7 Sakura+124%
  • Unemployment: 2.6% Izumo vs 4.1% Sakura−36%
  • Rent: €6.66/m² Izumo vs €7.60/m² Sakura−12%
  • Median gross pay, region: €265 Izumo vs €325 Sakura−18%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 326 (2025) Izumo vs 373 (2024) Sakurano percentage
  • Foreign residents: 3.1% Izumo vs 3.7% Sakura−16%
  • Empty flats: 12.0% Izumo vs 11.5% Sakura+4%
Full comparisonMore about Izumo

Cities near Sakura

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

Shisui-machi 4.1 km away
Rent
7.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Yotsukaidō 7.8 km away
Rent
7.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Narita 10.4 km away
Rent
8.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Yachimata 10.6 km away
Rent
5.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tomisato 10.7 km away
Rent
7.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Yachiyo 11.2 km away
Rent
8.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Sakae-machi 13.2 km away
Rent
6.79 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Inzai 14.0 km away
Rent
6.79 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities
Midori-ku (Sagamihara)170,207 residentsSaiwai-ku (Kawasaki)171,119 residentsNishio169,528 residentsChuo-ku169,179 residentsJoto-ku (Osaka)169,043 residentsUrayasu171,902 residents

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Is Sakura part of Tokyo?

Sakura 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 49.0 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source35

Which comparable places record less crime than Sakura?

Sakura has the lowest recorded total crime rate in this source-matched cohort, but this is not an absolute safety ranking.

Sakura: 386.8 offences/100k (2024).

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 source12

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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 Sakura?

The published population was 170,406 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

How much does it cost to rent in Sakura?

Average net cold rent is about 7.6 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 532 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Sakura?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.3 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp.

How safe is Sakura?

Police recorded about 373 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 Sakura?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (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 Sakura?

The median gross salary is 325.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Sakura a good place to live?

Sakura 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 Sakura part of Tokyo?

Sakura 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 49.0 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Sakura?

Shisui-machi, Yotsukaidō, Narita, Yachimata, Tomisato are near Sakura. 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 Sakura?

The official citizenship distribution records 165,043 people (97.8%) 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 Sakura?

Sakura has the lowest recorded total crime rate in this source-matched cohort, but this is not an absolute safety ranking. 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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