Quality of life in Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan, features a very safe living environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in travel connectivity, business freedom and healthcare.
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Kyoto, Japan, features a very safe living environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in travel connectivity, business freedom and healthcare.
Large apartment | $1100.00 |
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Medium apartment | $900.00 |
Small apartment | $660.00 |
5km taxi ride | $13.00 |
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A Cappuccino | $3.60 |
A beer | $3.00 |
A kilogram of Apples | $12.00 |
Bread | $1.30 |
Lunch | $7.40 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $83.00 |
Monthly public transport | $100.00 |
Movie ticket | $16.00 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
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Coworking spaces [score] | 0.39 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 13 |
Meetups [score] | 0.20 |
Meetups groups | 44 |
Meetups members | 5973 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 7 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 6 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.33 |
Startups [score] | 0.16 |
Total number of startups | 14 |
Airport hub | 71 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.36 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 1.00 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Japan/Kyoto |
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Traffic handling [score] | 1.00 |
Business freedom | 82.50 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.82 |
Freedom from corruption | 76.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.82 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 83.90 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.87 |
Time to open a business | 11.20 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.88 |
Crime rate [score] | 1.00 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 0 |
Guns per 100 residents | 1 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of guns [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 1.00 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.87 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.97 |
Life expectancy (years) | 83.68 |
Life expectancy [score] | 1.00 |
Best university in ranking | Kyoto University |
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Best university ranking | 91 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 518.26 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 538.05 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 546.74 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 4 |
PISA ranking | 3 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 1.00 |
PISA reading (high school) | 7 |
PISA science (high school) | 2 |
Percent of happy students | 0.85 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.11 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.10 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.24 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
University quality [score] | 0.25 |
Air quality [score] | 0.60 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.76 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.52 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.69 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 110.38 |
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Currency for urban area | JPY |
GDP growth rate | -0.00 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.14 |
GDP per capita | $37389.79 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.60 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.45 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.75 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.49 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.08 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 16.11 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.30 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.44 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 10.09 |
Art galleries | 166 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.66 |
Cinemas | 24 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.46 |
Comedy clubs | 16 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.72 |
Concert venues | 90 |
Concerts [score] | 0.54 |
Historical sites | 179 |
Historical sites [score] | 1.00 |
Museums | 93 |
Museums [score] | 0.63 |
Performing art venues | 97 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.53 |
Sport venues | 32 |
Sports [score] | 0.48 |
Zoos | 9 |
Zoos [score] | 0.77 |
Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.54 |
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LGBT Equality Index | 53.62 |
LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.53 |
LGBT adoption rights | Ambiguous |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (6-month deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✔ Banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Unrecognized |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 1.00 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.23 |
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Median peak in meters | 529.50 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Seaside waterbody | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 48.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.10 |
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Software Engineer salaries in Kyoto are below average. For this job type, Kyoto ranks 161st for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Kyoto.
The overall crime rate puts Kyoto in position 6 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?" (54% Yes, 46% No)
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Kyōto (京都) was the capital of Japan for over a millennium, and carries a reputation as its most beautiful city. However, visitors may be surprised by how much work they will have to do to see Kyoto's beautiful side. Most first impressions of the city will be of the urban sprawl of central Kyoto, around the ultra-modern glass-and-steel train station, which is itself an example of a city steeped in tradition colliding with the modern world.
Nonetheless, the persistent visitor will soon discover Kyoto's hidden beauty in the temples and parks which ring the city center, and find that the city has much more to offer than immediately meets the eye.
Though dwarfed in size by other major Japanese cities, Kyoto is vast in terms of its rich cultural heritage - the material endowment of over a thousand years as the country's imperial capital. The city's numerous palaces, shrines, temples and other landmarks are spread out over the following districts:
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