Living in Shimanto

In Shimanto, rents across existing tenancies average €4.90 per m² a month (2023).

In October 2020, the unemployment rate was 3.8%. The population of 四万十市, in Japan, was 32,694 in October 2020. There were 197.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2022. The median age was 55.6 years in 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-1521 sources

Population32,694people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)248.6EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.9EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 22% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.8%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime509.2incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数

PM2.5, annual mean7.7µg/m³country median 8.4 — 8% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 四万十市

Cheaper rent than 77% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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

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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 四万十市?

Average net cold rent is about 4.9 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): 4.9 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesShimanto highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Shimanto€4.90

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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¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.9 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official

Is Shimanto 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–65%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 60–76%

Student68%strong on education, weak on work · range 61–75%

Family75%strong on family, weak on cost · range 68–82%

Retirement63%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 54–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 294 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.9 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 四万十市?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Shimanto is 3.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Shimanto 3.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	248.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	3.8 %country median 3.8% — about the same	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Shimanto?

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
Rent, 60 m²€4.90/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €294
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 Shimanto Salary needed to live in Shimanto

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Shimanto. 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 Shimanto. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	44 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹¹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	18.72 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	1.94 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	197.2 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.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Shimanto 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 residents1.94 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 四万十市?

Police recorded about 509 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: 509.2 incidents per 100,000 · 令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数¹⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	509.2 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	7 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

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 四万十市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.7 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 — 四万十市¹²

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

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

PM2.57.7WHO 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 Shimanto is 7.7 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Shimanto 7.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.7 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 四万十市¹²Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 632.3 km² in 2024. Population density was 49.7 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 四万十市?

The published population was 32,694 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	632.3 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 km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	154 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	49.7 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 km2.⁵Official
Population	32,694 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Shimanto

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	32,694	100.0%
Japanese	32,449	99.3%
Nationality not reported	152	0.5%
Foreigner	93	0.3%
People's Republic of China	28	0.1%
Others	28	0.1%
Republic of Korea	11	0.0%
Republic of the Philippines	11	0.0%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	7	0.0%
United States of America	7	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 source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	55.6 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Shimanto

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.

Tosashimizu as a Shimanto alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €2.31/m² Tosashimizu vs €4.90/m² Shimanto−53%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 553 Tosashimizu vs 509 Shimantono percentage
Median gross pay, region: €235 Tosashimizu vs €249 Shimanto−5%

Full comparison More about Tosashimizu

Miyako as a Shimanto alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1094 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €4.26/m² Miyako vs €4.90/m² Shimanto−13%
Residents: 50,369 Miyako vs 32,694 Shimanto+54%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 293 Miyako vs 509 Shimantono percentage
Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Miyako vs 7.7 µg/m³ Shimanto−8%
Median gross pay, region: €239 Miyako vs €249 Shimanto−4%

Full comparison More about Miyako

Cities near Shimanto

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

Sukumo 20.2 km away

Rent: 4.39 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Tosashimizu 23.4 km away

Rent: 2.31 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Sōsa32,701 residents Yōkaichiba32,701 residents Tōon32,673 residents Kaizu32,735 residents Atami32,757 residents Shiroishi32,758 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 四万十市?

The published population was 32,694 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 四万十市?

Average net cold rent is about 4.9 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 343 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 四万十市?

How safe is 四万十市?

Police recorded about 509 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数.

What is the unemployment rate in 四万十市?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Shimanto?

The median gross salary is 248.6 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Shimanto a good place to live?

Shimanto 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 Shimanto?

Kuroshio-cho, Sukumo, Tosashimizu are near Shimanto. 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 Shimanto?

The official citizenship distribution records 32,449 people (99.3%) 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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docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
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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
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