Living in Tosa

In Tosa, rents across existing tenancies average €4.15 per m² a month (2023).

The unemployment rate was 4.1% in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population25,732people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)239.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.15EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 34% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.1%1 Oct 2020Municipality figureOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime553.4incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · 令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2

PM2.5, annual mean7.02µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 89% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 65% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 83% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Tosa.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 Tosa?

Average net cold rent is about 4.15 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): 4.15 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesTosa highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Tosa€4.15

Show the other 6 cities

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¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.15 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷Official

Is Tosa 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–56%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–63%

Student56%strong on education, weak on work · range 48–64%

Family60%strong on family, weak on cost · range 51–69%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 249 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.15 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 Tosa?

The unemployment rate is 4.1 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Tosa is 4.1%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Tosa 4.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	239.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	4.1 %	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Tosa?

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€4.15/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €249
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 Tosa Salary needed to live in Tosa

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	16 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	14.9 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.31 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	205.1 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 Tosa 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 residents2.31 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	553.4 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1-5-2²⁰Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Tosa's nearest airport was KCZ, 21 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
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.¹⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	21 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KCZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

Open the full Japan section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Tosa.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 6.7°C in January and 27°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 59.1 mm in January and 357.3 mm in July. Tosa's average monthly sunshine was 190.7 hours in January and 173.7 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Tosa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 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: 7.02 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

108

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360

357

284

398

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130

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

191

177

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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

PM2.57WHO 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 Tosa is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Tosa 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.02 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 12.2 · Feb 13.2 · Mar 16.3 · Apr 20.9 · May 24.8 · Jun 27.1 · Jul 30.8 · Aug 32.1 · Sep 29.5 · Oct 25 · Nov 19.6 · Dec 14.4 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 高知¹¹Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 10.9 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 21.4 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 9.7 · Dec 4.2 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 高知¹¹Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.7 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 11.2 · Apr 15.8 · May 20 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 27 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 25 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 8.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 高知¹¹Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.1 · Feb 107.8 · Mar 174.8 · Apr 225.3 · May 280.4 · Jun 359.5 · Jul 357.3 · Aug 284.1 · Sep 398.1 · Oct 207.5 · Nov 129.6 · Dec 83.1 mm	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 高知¹¹Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 190.7 · Feb 177.2 · Mar 192.2 · Apr 197.3 · May 195.7 · Jun 133.8 · Jul 173.7 · Aug 204 · Sep 162 · Oct 179.6 · Nov 168.8 · Dec 184.6 hours	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 高知¹¹Official · parent municipality

Population and city profile

How many people live in Tosa?

The published population was 25,732 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	91.5 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	488 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	280.3 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 km2.⁵Official
Population	25,732 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Tosa

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	25,732	100.0%
Japanese	25,342	98.5%
Foreigner	348	1.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	128	0.5%
Others	99	0.4%
People's Republic of China	57	0.2%
Nationality not reported	42	0.2%
Republic of Indonesia	26	0.1%
Republic of Korea	18	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	9	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	5	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	3	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	2	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	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	54.6 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Tosa

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.

Susaki as a Tosa alternative in the same region

17 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Rent: €4.00/m² Susaki vs €4.15/m² Tosa−4%
Median gross pay, region: €251 Susaki vs €239 Tosa+5%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 553 Susaki vs 553 Tosasame level

Full comparison More about Susaki

Miyako as a Tosa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1022 km, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 293 Miyako vs 553 Tosa−47%
Residents: 50,369 Miyako vs 25,732 Tosa+96%
Rent: €4.26/m² Miyako vs €4.15/m² Tosasame level
Median gross pay, region: €239 Miyako vs €239 Tosasame level

Full comparison More about Miyako

Cities near Tosa

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

Ino-cho 5.9 km away

Rent: 5.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kochi 11.7 km away

Rent: 6.42 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Susaki 16.8 km away

Rent: 4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Nankoku 21.9 km away

Rent: 6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities

Makubetsu-cho25,766 residents Tōin25,784 residents Ureshino25,848 residents Ginan-cho25,881 residents Miyawaka25,563 residents Tōyō25,557 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 Tosa?

The published population was 25,732 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Tosa?

Average net cold rent is about 4.15 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 291 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Tosa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 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.

What is the unemployment rate in Tosa?

The unemployment rate is 4.1 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Tosa?

The median gross salary is 239.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Tosa a good place to live?

Tosa 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 Tosa?

Ino-cho, Kochi, Sakawa-cho, Ochi, Susaki are near Tosa. 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 Tosa?

The official citizenship distribution records 25,342 people (98.5%) 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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