Ranking

Overall Livability Ranking

Livability is scored on 5 axes (safety, cost, convenience, welfare and economy) as deviation values (mean 50). Showing the top 50 cities for each category, nationwide and for each of 6 regions. Click a category to re-sort.

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	KamakuraKanagawa	59.9	54.2	31.0	65.8	66.3	64.8
2	ZushiKanagawa	56.8	51.4	31.9	55.6	66.6	63.4
3	OsakaOsaka	56.7	32.2	36.4	63.1	70.0	59.3
4	KyotoKyoto	56.3	48.5	38.3	60.2	66.5	55.3
5	KaruizawaNagano	56.2	42.7	48.1	59.2	51.8	68.5
6	NagasakiNagasaki	55.6	64.5	52.3	58.2	63.2	42.7
7	KofuYamanashi	55.2	49.0	54.5	57.0	63.6	48.7
8	NaraNara	55.0	55.4	42.7	53.7	62.1	55.0
9	FujisawaKanagawa	54.7	50.2	34.3	51.6	60.6	64.2
10	SuitaOsaka	54.7	51.0	35.4	46.4	62.1	67.2
11	ToyonakaOsaka	54.7	49.4	33.3	49.4	65.8	62.5
12	AtamiShizuoka	54.6	34.0	49.1	62.0	60.6	54.2
13	GotoNagasaki	54.3	69.1	64.6	58.0	54.2	38.2
14	NagoyaAichi	54.2	32.2	39.0	56.7	61.6	62.8
15	NishinomiyaHyogo	54.2	41.3	33.5	51.1	66.1	62.4
16	YokohamaKanagawa	54.2	53.5	31.9	51.4	58.4	64.4
17	KanazawaIshikawa	54.0	50.6	49.8	55.9	55.5	54.4
18	KobeHyogo	54.0	34.3	41.2	59.8	63.3	55.3
19	FukuokaFukuoka	53.9	32.3	39.6	56.2	62.2	61.3
20	TokushimaTokushima	53.7	48.5	52.0	56.4	59.9	48.1
21	MachidaTokyo	53.5	45.5	40.0	48.9	56.4	66.0
22	HokutoYamanashi	53.4	69.7	64.5	58.2	35.7	52.6
23	WakayamaWakayama	53.3	48.4	52.6	51.1	62.2	49.2
24	YamagataYamagata	53.2	60.4	51.5	53.9	56.0	47.0
25	YokosukaKanagawa	53.2	64.0	45.0	53.6	56.1	48.4
26	AmagasakiHyogo	53.0	32.2	40.6	53.1	64.6	57.9
27	MitoIbaraki	53.0	Not scored	54.2	52.4	52.6	53.4
28	NichinanMiyazaki	52.9	69.7	64.6	57.6	52.5	34.3
29	MoriokaIwate	52.8	62.1	52.6	54.4	52.7	46.6
30	OnomichiHiroshima	52.7	62.3	59.3	56.9	54.0	39.1
31	KitakyushuFukuoka	52.6	40.2	54.3	54.6	61.3	47.3
32	FukuiFukui	52.5	47.1	52.7	57.6	56.5	45.8
33	HayamaKanagawa	52.5	69.7	32.9	53.2	44.8	60.6
34	HiroshimaHiroshima	52.5	46.6	42.7	53.1	60.8	51.3
35	MatsueShimane	52.5	57.0	54.2	51.5	57.9	44.9
36	MiyakonojoMiyazaki	52.4	56.8	63.6	53.7	47.6	48.2
37	HakodateHokkaido	52.3	51.6	57.4	56.0	54.9	43.7
38	TaketaOita	52.3	69.7	64.2	55.5	52.4	34.3
39	GifuGifu	52.2	37.0	51.7	54.9	58.8	50.6
40	HachiojiTokyo	52.2	52.2	42.4	48.2	53.0	60.2
41	KawasakiKanagawa	52.2	51.8	29.6	48.4	53.2	66.5
42	KureHiroshima	52.2	54.1	54.0	54.5	60.5	39.7
43	SagaSaga	52.2	45.6	53.4	54.9	54.9	49.5
44	ShimonosekiYamaguchi	52.2	58.9	57.6	54.9	57.0	38.6
45	MatsumotoNagano	52.0	48.8	51.4	55.5	52.7	49.7
46	MinamiasoKumamoto	52.0	69.7	Not scored	58.2	45.7	43.2
47	SapporoHokkaido	52.0	46.4	46.4	50.8	52.8	58.0
48	SendaiMiyagi	52.0	49.4	43.9	52.6	54.0	54.8
49	KashiharaNara	51.6	44.5	47.6	52.6	57.6	50.0
50	ShodoshimaKagawa	51.6	69.7	Not scored	57.2	45.9	42.5

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	YamagataYamagata	53.2	60.4	51.5	53.9	56.0	47.0
2	MoriokaIwate	52.8	62.1	52.6	54.4	52.7	46.6
3	HakodateHokkaido	52.3	51.6	57.4	56.0	54.9	43.7
4	SapporoHokkaido	52.0	46.4	46.4	50.8	52.8	58.0
5	SendaiMiyagi	52.0	49.4	43.9	52.6	54.0	54.8
6	AsahikawaHokkaido	51.2	60.0	61.8	52.9	46.2	45.0
7	FukushimaFukushima	50.5	55.7	54.5	51.1	51.6	44.4
8	ObihiroHokkaido	50.4	60.3	57.5	56.1	40.8	46.0
9	AkitaAkita	50.2	Not scored	56.3	52.1	52.0	43.5
10	FuranoHokkaido	50.1	69.7	59.4	58.1	38.6	39.1
11	HanamakiIwate	50.1	69.7	61.2	52.7	42.0	40.4
12	TonoIwate	48.9	69.7	64.5	52.4	41.8	34.3
13	IwakiFukushima	48.5	50.4	56.2	51.2	48.1	41.4
14	AomoriAomori	48.3	49.1	57.6	53.3	47.6	39.2
15	BieiHokkaido	48.0	69.7	Not scored	55.5	34.2	43.6
16	KoriyamaFukushima	47.1	47.0	50.4	49.2	45.3	45.0
17	TomakomaiHokkaido	47.1	48.0	63.0	49.5	38.2	45.1

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	KamakuraKanagawa	59.9	54.2	31.0	65.8	66.3	64.8
2	ZushiKanagawa	56.8	51.4	31.9	55.6	66.6	63.4
3	FujisawaKanagawa	54.7	50.2	34.3	51.6	60.6	64.2
4	YokohamaKanagawa	54.2	53.5	31.9	51.4	58.4	64.4
5	MachidaTokyo	53.5	45.5	40.0	48.9	56.4	66.0
6	YokosukaKanagawa	53.2	64.0	45.0	53.6	56.1	48.4
7	MitoIbaraki	53.0	Not scored	54.2	52.4	52.6	53.4
8	HayamaKanagawa	52.5	69.7	32.9	53.2	44.8	60.6
9	HachiojiTokyo	52.2	52.2	42.4	48.2	53.0	60.2
10	KawasakiKanagawa	52.2	51.8	29.6	48.4	53.2	66.5
11	SaitamaSaitama	51.1	42.7	34.7	46.9	52.9	65.9
12	TakasakiGunma	51.0	42.1	51.3	50.2	53.9	53.3
13	TsukubaIbaraki	51.0	Not scored	47.2	42.9	44.2	67.8
14	IchikawaChiba	50.9	48.4	32.0	45.3	51.6	66.4
15	MaebashiGunma	50.8	39.6	54.2	49.2	55.2	52.0
16	ChibaChiba	50.6	40.8	41.4	45.1	51.9	64.2
17	UtsunomiyaTochigi	50.3	45.0	49.2	48.8	49.8	55.5
18	FunabashiChiba	50.1	45.6	36.3	46.3	49.4	63.8
19	MatsudoChiba	50.1	48.3	39.8	48.2	49.5	58.6
20	TokorozawaSaitama	49.6	48.8	38.1	46.4	49.9	58.5
21	KashiwaChiba	49.5	45.5	38.9	47.0	48.0	60.9
22	SagamiharaKanagawa	48.3	45.9	38.8	44.8	49.3	56.7
23	KawagoeSaitama	48.0	39.2	41.6	46.4	47.9	57.4
24	KoshigayaSaitama	47.6	32.2	39.9	50.5	47.8	56.0
25	NasushiobaraTochigi	47.3	41.6	61.1	53.7	36.0	48.0
26	KawaguchiSaitama	46.7	40.2	33.5	44.4	50.3	55.5

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	KaruizawaNagano	56.2	42.7	48.1	59.2	51.8	68.5
2	KofuYamanashi	55.2	49.0	54.5	57.0	63.6	48.7
3	AtamiShizuoka	54.6	34.0	49.1	62.0	60.6	54.2
4	NagoyaAichi	54.2	32.2	39.0	56.7	61.6	62.8
5	KanazawaIshikawa	54.0	50.6	49.8	55.9	55.5	54.4
6	HokutoYamanashi	53.4	69.7	64.5	58.2	35.7	52.6
7	FukuiFukui	52.5	47.1	52.7	57.6	56.5	45.8
8	GifuGifu	52.2	37.0	51.7	54.9	58.8	50.6
9	MatsumotoNagano	52.0	48.8	51.4	55.5	52.7	49.7
10	ShizuokaShizuoka	51.0	52.1	44.1	54.0	51.0	51.1
11	NaganoNagano	50.8	55.0	52.2	51.7	49.0	48.8
12	TakayamaGifu	50.8	61.2	53.6	58.0	46.4	41.4
13	NumazuShizuoka	50.3	43.9	48.4	55.5	52.5	47.1
14	HamamatsuShizuoka	50.2	54.7	48.6	49.0	49.5	50.6
15	NiigataNiigata	49.4	48.7	51.8	50.6	48.5	48.2
16	IchinomiyaAichi	49.2	46.1	49.1	49.1	48.8	51.3
17	ToyamaToyama	49.2	43.5	54.2	51.5	48.4	48.1
18	KasugaiAichi	48.9	Not scored	44.2	44.8	49.9	54.4
19	OkazakiAichi	48.5	Not scored	45.8	46.5	45.1	55.3
20	MinamiuonumaNiigata	48.3	69.5	62.1	56.8	36.4	34.3
21	NagaokaNiigata	48.2	59.8	54.1	51.5	42.4	42.0
22	ToyohashiAichi	47.4	51.1	50.2	48.5	46.1	44.3
23	HakubaNagano	47.3	43.9	Not scored	58.4	38.4	46.9
24	ToyotaAichi	47.0	Not scored	45.8	43.7	42.8	55.2

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	OsakaOsaka	56.7	32.2	36.4	63.1	70.0	59.3
2	KyotoKyoto	56.3	48.5	38.3	60.2	66.5	55.3
3	NaraNara	55.0	55.4	42.7	53.7	62.1	55.0
4	SuitaOsaka	54.7	51.0	35.4	46.4	62.1	67.2
5	ToyonakaOsaka	54.7	49.4	33.3	49.4	65.8	62.5
6	NishinomiyaHyogo	54.2	41.3	33.5	51.1	66.1	62.4
7	KobeHyogo	54.0	34.3	41.2	59.8	63.3	55.3
8	WakayamaWakayama	53.3	48.4	52.6	51.1	62.2	49.2
9	AmagasakiHyogo	53.0	32.2	40.6	53.1	64.6	57.9
10	KashiharaNara	51.6	44.5	47.6	52.6	57.6	50.0
11	HirakataOsaka	51.4	56.1	44.9	45.4	54.7	54.9
12	OtsuShiga	51.3	46.1	48.1	46.8	53.4	57.8
13	TakatsukiOsaka	51.3	52.8	39.8	46.0	57.9	55.0
14	HigashiosakaOsaka	51.2	32.2	43.6	51.8	58.5	56.8
15	TambasasayamaHyogo	51.0	61.8	58.3	55.4	47.8	40.5
16	AkashiHyogo	50.8	42.2	41.9	49.7	55.7	55.6
17	SakaiOsaka	50.8	36.6	44.5	48.5	59.0	55.2
18	NeyagawaOsaka	50.5	37.6	45.0	49.0	59.3	52.5
19	ToyookaHyogo	50.1	58.1	54.4	58.3	50.5	35.2
20	HimejiHyogo	49.4	35.4	50.1	52.2	51.4	51.0
21	TakasagoHyogo	48.9	45.4	56.3	49.3	50.8	44.9
22	TsuMie	48.9	37.1	56.8	47.6	53.7	47.5
23	YokkaichiMie	48.3	40.7	50.8	48.0	50.2	49.5

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	TokushimaTokushima	53.7	48.5	52.0	56.4	59.9	48.1
2	OnomichiHiroshima	52.7	62.3	59.3	56.9	54.0	39.1
3	HiroshimaHiroshima	52.5	46.6	42.7	53.1	60.8	51.3
4	MatsueShimane	52.5	57.0	54.2	51.5	57.9	44.9
5	KureHiroshima	52.2	54.1	54.0	54.5	60.5	39.7
6	ShimonosekiYamaguchi	52.2	58.9	57.6	54.9	57.0	38.6
7	ShodoshimaKagawa	51.6	69.7	Not scored	57.2	45.9	42.5
8	TakamatsuKagawa	50.7	38.9	51.2	53.5	55.1	48.9
9	YamaguchiYamaguchi	50.5	58.9	56.8	48.5	48.3	47.3
10	KochiKochi	50.1	40.4	52.2	56.5	54.9	42.9
11	MatsuyamaEhime	49.6	43.2	50.8	49.0	54.7	47.6
12	OkayamaOkayama	49.0	42.3	49.7	50.9	51.3	47.9
13	TottoriTottori	48.2	49.4	57.0	52.4	48.6	38.6
14	KurashikiOkayama	48.1	47.9	52.9	46.3	48.6	47.2
15	FukuyamaHiroshima	47.8	47.8	51.9	49.3	50.8	41.1

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	NagasakiNagasaki	55.6	64.5	52.3	58.2	63.2	42.7
2	GotoNagasaki	54.3	69.1	64.6	58.0	54.2	38.2
3	FukuokaFukuoka	53.9	32.3	39.6	56.2	62.2	61.3
4	NichinanMiyazaki	52.9	69.7	64.6	57.6	52.5	34.3
5	KitakyushuFukuoka	52.6	40.2	54.3	54.6	61.3	47.3
6	MiyakonojoMiyazaki	52.4	56.8	63.6	53.7	47.6	48.2
7	TaketaOita	52.3	69.7	64.2	55.5	52.4	34.3
8	SagaSaga	52.2	45.6	53.4	54.9	54.9	49.5
9	MinamiasoKumamoto	52.0	69.7	Not scored	58.2	45.7	43.2
10	OitaOita	51.5	61.8	53.2	48.7	52.1	47.9
11	OmutaFukuoka	51.4	35.4	63.6	57.8	61.6	36.6
12	KumamotoKumamoto	51.3	49.7	50.2	50.1	55.2	49.8
13	KurumeFukuoka	51.3	39.0	52.6	53.1	56.4	50.1
14	AsoKumamoto	51.0	54.6	64.6	58.1	46.3	40.0
15	MiyazakiMiyazaki	51.0	47.6	54.6	54.2	54.7	44.0
16	SaseboNagasaki	51.0	61.5	55.5	54.1	54.7	36.7
17	KagoshimaKagoshima	50.8	43.3	50.1	53.0	57.5	45.8
18	NobeokaMiyazaki	50.8	58.7	60.9	56.5	51.3	35.6
19	TakeoSaga	50.7	55.3	58.0	55.6	51.9	38.7
20	NahaOkinawa	50.4	32.2	42.1	58.4	59.3	46.7
21	AmamiKagoshima	50.3	46.8	56.0	58.1	55.8	35.9
22	ItoshimaFukuoka	50.3	57.3	49.7	47.6	47.0	52.9
23	MiyakojimaOkinawa	49.4	43.1	56.7	57.5	43.8	46.5
24	YakushimaKagoshima	49.2	53.4	Not scored	58.0	53.2	34.3
25	IshigakiOkinawa	45.5	35.1	49.8	58.0	42.4	39.1

Scores use deviation values (mean 50, std dev 10). 50 is average, 60+ is excellent. Sources: e-Stat, MLIT Real Estate Information Library. Learn more →

* This ranking is one objective measure based on statistical data and does not definitively determine the superiority of any area. Perceived livability varies greatly depending on individual values and lifestyle.