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🇯🇵 Tokyo · The practical guide
Sourced price references for Tokyo. A household total is available only when all required monthly assumptions have been documented. Missing prices are not zero. See the sources and research limitations.
1 adult · estimated rates
€552–€773
JP¥100,000–JP¥140,000
€248–€331
JP¥45,000–JP¥60,000
€55–€83
JP¥10,000–JP¥15,000
€17–€28
JP¥3,000–JP¥5,000
€83–€116
JP¥15,000–JP¥21,000
€0
JP¥0–JP¥0
€22–€55
JP¥4,000–JP¥10,000
€22–€44
JP¥4,000–JP¥8,000
Recurring costs only. Flights, visas, insurance, medical care, deposits, setup, school and childcare are excluded. Confirm lease duration and household occupancy before booking.
Private 1BR / 1LDK long-stay planning range. Research-based long-stay planning estimate (medium confidence), not a market statistic or a 30-day booking quote. Editorial monthly planning for modest-to-comfortable long-stay life in a private outer-Tokyo apartment, cooking regularly and using rail. Solo JPY 181–259k (midpoint 220k); two adults/two children JPY 374–530k (midpoint 452k), before optional coworking. Modeled ranges, not survey averages or booking quotes. Assumes ordinary long-stay tenancy budgeted over at least 12 months, not a guaranteed furnished 30-day stay. Listing snapshots establish neither minimum lease term, household capacity nor visitor eligibility. Screening, guarantor, deposits, key money, agency fees, furniture, renewal and early-exit charges may apply. Confirm the particular contract and occupancy with the landlord and MLIT guidance. Upfront and periodic renewal fees are excluded. JPY major units per month; no FX conversion used in observations. Published tax-inclusive consumer prices retained; no separate consumption tax added twice. Where aggregate tax treatment is unstated, the consumer price is a planning reference with uncertainty. Private 1BR for one/two, 2BR for three/four, 3BR for five/six, larger home or multiple-unit allowance for seven/eight. These are modeling bands, not legal capacity approvals. Compare like housing types/geographies; central plausible ranges rather than representative averages. Duplicate listings and student/luxury housing are not pooled as independent households. Groceries plus 12 simple meals/adult/month; child food 60% as a mixed-age assumption, not nutritional advice. Children receive adult-equivalent transport allowance: ages/concession eligibility are not captured. One SIM and basic gym membership per adult, no separate child SIM/gym. Small cinema/family outings included, lessons/camps excluded. Utility scaling is modeled. Broadband is counted once; separate units and high seasonal HVAC may cost more. Remote work adds one coworking membership per household. Deposits, enrollment and minimum terms affect separate upfront cash flow. Excludes: School, childcare, lessons, camps and paid child programs beyond modest shared outings.; Flights, visa fees, intercity travel, airport transfers, cars and taxis.; Health/travel insurance, mandatory personal insurance contributions, treatment and medication.; Relocation, deposits, key money, agency/guarantor/setup fees, furniture, devices and major purchases.; Personal income/resident taxes, lease renewal fees, debt, savings and business taxes/registration. Known consumption taxes are included in quoted consumer prices.; Alcohol, luxury dining, intensive sightseeing and special dietary/medical needs beyond the modeled allowance.. Excludes flights, visas, insurance, school and childcare fees.
Costs updated: 2026-09-04 · Manual FX rate: 2026-09-03 · 1 EUR = 181.21 JPY.
Monthly household budget
€1,214/ mo
€999–€1,429 · JP¥181,000–JP¥259,000
1 adult
Long-stay planning estimate · Updated 2026-09-04
Recurring spend only. Lease minimums and deposits may apply; this is not a 30-day rental quote.
Research + explicit planning assumptions
Research snapshot: 2026-09-04 · medium confidence. This is a long-stay planning model, not a measured market average, a 30-day rental offer or an on-site assessment. Headline costs use the midpoint of the displayed range.
Assumes ordinary long-stay tenancy budgeted over at least 12 months, not a guaranteed furnished 30-day stay. Listing snapshots establish neither minimum lease term, household capacity nor visitor eligibility. Screening, guarantor, deposits, key money, agency fees, furniture, renewal and early-exit charges may apply. Confirm the particular contract and occupancy with the landlord and MLIT guidance. Upfront and periodic renewal fees are excluded.
Editorial monthly planning for modest-to-comfortable long-stay life in a private outer-Tokyo apartment, cooking regularly and using rail. Solo JPY 181–259k (midpoint 220k); two adults/two children JPY 374–530k (midpoint 452k), before optional coworking. Modeled ranges, not survey averages or booking quotes.
References cluster around JPY 104–119k. Use JPY 120k midpoint and widen for building/commute variation and recurring management charges. Excludes studios and premium central homes; confirm permission for two residents.
Interpolating the outside-centre 1BR/3BR references gives about JPY 157k; a direct 2LDK offer is JPY 172k. Widen to JPY 140–190k. This is a planning range, not a confidence interval or four-person capacity approval.
Apartment/house references support roughly JPY 200–210k; widen upward for space and household acceptance. Smaller example units are cost anchors, not endorsements for six occupants.
Extrapolate the 3BR planning band at roughly 1.3 times, rounded and widened to JPY 240–340k. Larger offers only cross-check the low end. Eight people may need more space or separate units, adding utility/setup contracts. Lowest-confidence band.
Modeled groceries JPY 27–42k/adult plus 12 meals at the dated JPY 1,500 example = JPY 45–60k. Staple check: 4kg rice, 1.5kg bread, 6L milk, 30 eggs total about JPY 7.3k; 3kg ordinary chicken adds about JPY 3.7k. The remaining grocery envelope covers produce, fish/tofu/legumes, breakfast, oil/pantry and halal-sourcing variation. Quantities and envelope are assumptions, not an observed basket or dietary advice. Children use 60% of adult spend as a mixed-age assumption; infants/teenagers can differ.
Model around 40–50 local paid journeys per month; the JPY 10–15k range surrounds the pass reference. Children use adult-equivalent fares because ages/concession eligibility are unknown. Conservative for eligible younger children. No car, taxis, intercity travel or airport transfers.
Round the tax-inclusive domestic operator plans to JPY 3–5k per adult, existing handset assumed. Children share parents’ connectivity, no separate SIM. Confirm identity/payment/residency requirements. Handsets, extra calls, roaming and tourist-SIM premiums excluded.
Fixed JPY 10–14k = broadband JPY 5–6k plus base energy/water/waste JPY 5–8k; add JPY 5–7k/adult and JPY 2–3k/child. Solo JPY 15–21k; two adults/two children JPY 24–34k. Occupancy coefficients are explicit assumptions, broadband counted once. Seasonal HVAC and extra-unit contracts may exceed this range.
One membership per household, only with remote work on. Round RYOZAN full-time offer up to JPY 17k; Impact Basic anchors JPY 33k. Hours/terms differ; no identical-product average claimed. Enrollment, deposit and extras excluded.
One basic adult membership, low-cost operator rounded upward and upper allowance near the broader club aggregate. No personal training, pool/spa promise, women-only guarantee or child membership.
Modest discretionary envelope: one or two standard cinema outings plus small outing incidentals, with free neighborhood walks on other days. Child amount assumes family outings; actual age tariffs require checking. Food/transport counted separately. Excludes intensive tourism, lessons/camps and alcohol.
Excluded: School, childcare, lessons, camps and paid child programs beyond modest shared outings.; Flights, visa fees, intercity travel, airport transfers, cars and taxis.; Health/travel insurance, mandatory personal insurance contributions, treatment and medication.; Relocation, deposits, key money, agency/guarantor/setup fees, furniture, devices and major purchases.; Personal income/resident taxes, lease renewal fees, debt, savings and business taxes/registration. Known consumption taxes are included in quoted consumer prices.; Alcohol, luxury dining, intensive sightseeing and special dietary/medical needs beyond the modeled allowance.. Check every household member’s needs and actual lease conditions.
Comparable references are grouped by scope and unit. Multiple observations from one publisher are reduced to that publisher’s median; each publisher then has equal influence. These are medians of source reference points, not pooled population averages or statistical confidence intervals. The model also accounts for the lease, household and spending assumptions above.
| Scope | Publishers | Central reference | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent one bedroom | 2 | 109,308.6 | JPY/month |
| Rent three bedroom | 2 | 199,196.7 | JPY/month |
| Broadband | 2 | 5,458.8 | JPY/month |
| Coworking fulltime | 2 | 24,750 | JPY/month |
| Reference | Value / unit | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rent one bedroom Outside-centre aggregate, fees unspecified. | 103,842.11 JPY/month | Numbeo |
| Rent three bedroom Outside-centre aggregate, fees unspecified. | 209,653.33 JPY/month | Numbeo |
| Rent one bedroom 39.74 square metre 1LDK; portal monthly asking cost. | 111,050 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Rent one bedroom Another 39.74 square metre 1LDK; not an independent study. | 118,500 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Rent two bedroom 55.52 square metre 2LDK; deposit separate. | 172,000 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Rent three bedroom 67.05 square metre 3LDK; deposit separate. | 177,480 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Rent three bedroom 81.97 square metre 3LDK house; deposit/key money each JPY 200,000 separate. | 200,000 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Rent four bedroom 88.15 square metre 4LDK; occupancy not established. | 223,940 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Rent large service room home 94.28 square metre 3SLDK; service room not asserted as bedroom. | 236,000 JPY/month | Real Estate Japan |
| Monthly living solo 2026 student plan includes insurance/books; housing differs. | 174,000 JPY/month | GLOBIS University |
| Monthly living family three 2026 three-person student family plan, cross-check only. | 294,100 JPY/month | GLOBIS University |
| Food student tokyo partial Food line; recreation also includes dining, so incomplete as all-food observation. | 44,000 JPY/month | GLOBIS University |
| Utilities single Electricity, gas, water; broadband separate. | 11,000 JPY/month | GLOBIS University |
| Utilities family three Three-person energy/water line; broadband separate. | 16,000 JPY/month | GLOBIS University |
| Broadband Same allowance for single and family. | 6,000 JPY/month | GLOBIS University |
| Food student national 2023 National student survey 2023; dated comparison. | 32,000 JPY/month | JASSO / Study in Japan |
| Rice December 2025 national retail reference. | 4,979 JPY/5kg | Study in Japan / official Japanese retail statistics |
| Bread December 2025 national retail reference. | 524 JPY/kg | Study in Japan / official Japanese retail statistics |
| Milk December 2025 national retail reference. | 267 JPY/litre | Study in Japan / official Japanese retail statistics |
| Eggs December 2025 national retail reference. | 313 JPY/10 eggs | Study in Japan / official Japanese retail statistics |
| Chicken Ordinary retail chicken; no halal-price assurance. | 1,225 JPY/kg | Numbeo |
| Simple halal meal Honolu Ebisu March 2026 guide reference; recheck menu. | 1,500 JPY/meal | Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO |
| Metro adult lowest fare Lowest standard adult paper-fare band. | 180 JPY/ride | Tokyo Metro |
| Metro adult highest fare Highest standard adult paper-fare band; special intervals excluded. | 330 JPY/ride | Tokyo Metro |
| Transport pass Regular monthly aggregate; routes vary. | 12,250 JPY/month | Numbeo |
| Utilities 85sqm Energy/water/waste, broadband separate. | 23,704.68 JPY/month | Numbeo |
| Broadband Published offer category; no measured speed guarantee. | 4,917.65 JPY/month | Numbeo |
| Mobile 30gb Tax-inclusive domestic plan. | 2,970 JPY/month | NTT DOCOMO |
| Mobile 110gb Tax-inclusive higher-data plan. | 4,950 JPY/month | NTT DOCOMO |
| Gym basic membership Basic monthly membership including tax. | 3,278 JPY/month | RIZAP / chocoZAP |
| Gym general membership Broader fitness-club aggregate; different facilities. | 10,265.38 JPY/month | Numbeo |
| Coworking fulltime One location, full time; includes tax, upfront costs separate. | 16,500 JPY/month | RYOZAN PARK |
| Coworking fulltime Basic membership; minimum three months. | 33,000 JPY/month | Impact HUB Tokyo |
| Cinema adult Regular ticket, premium screens excluded. | 2,200 JPY/ticket | TOHO Cinemas |
| Cinema child Published child categories; age rules apply. | 1,100 JPY/ticket | TOHO Cinemas |
Initial assessment in five-point steps. Scores reflect editorial judgment about practical travel conditions; they are not user ratings, measured percentages, a religious certification or safety guarantees. Later admin edits can differ from this dated snapshot.
Documented restaurant/grocery choices across several visitor districts make halal eating feasible, but citywide trips and ingredient checks require planning. Shared kitchens/alcohol policies vary; tourism listings are not certifications. Editorial coverage judgment, not a market survey.
medium confidence
Established mosques and airport rooms provide practical access, but prayer locations are not ubiquitous across this large city. Hours and routes need planning; women’s facilities are confirmed at Camii, not assumed everywhere.
medium confidence
Documented hotel prayer support and ordinary lodging choice, with Muslim-specific meals/privacy requiring confirmation. Shared kitchens, advance food arrangements and long-stay tenancy paperwork/deposits are material limitations.
medium confidence
Good stroller/toilet/elevator infrastructure and family outings. Crowded transfers, compact housing and attraction-specific access require planning. School and childcare suitability are excluded.
medium confidence
Practical transport and women’s prayer facilities, tempered by documented commuter harassment and nightlife assault risks. Women-only rail cars have service/time limits. Rates travel support, not guaranteed personal safety/privacy.
medium confidence
Workable everyday travel context and clear emergency resources. Nightlife crime, earthquakes, heat and severe weather require precautions. Editorial planning assessment, not a crime statistic or probability of harm.
medium confidence
Mobile, broadband and workspace options support ordinary remote work. Public Wi-Fi quality/login rules and building/contract access vary. National mobile pricing is an availability proxy, not measured Tokyo speed or reliability.
medium confidence
Strong rail coverage, clear fares and substantial accessibility support. Multi-operator transfers, crowding and first/last trains need attention; universal step-free access is not claimed.
medium confidence
Computed from the solo, coworking-off monthly planning midpoint (€1214) relative to the 7 September 2026 destination models, cheapest €560, most expensive €2846. Logarithmic scale from 90 to 40, rounded to five points. It is not a local-wage affordability statistic.
low confidence
Multilingual clinic search, medical contacts and emergency services support access. Language, female-clinician availability, appointments and payment need confirmation; no outcome or cost guarantee. Treatment costs excluded.
medium confidence
Useful station-centered districts, walking routes and tactile-paving/accessibility resources. Long station corridors, crowds, narrow paths and heat cause friction. No measured citywide pedestrian index is claimed.
medium confidence
Spring/autumn can be comfortable; winter is cool, summer hot/humid, and rain/severe weather can disrupt plans. Historical normals guide seasons, not forecasts or universal comfort preferences.
medium confidence
Two international gateways, strong rail access and documented Haneda prayer rooms. Operator examples are about 15 minutes to Shinagawa and 30 to Tokyo Station, excluding door-to-door time. Narita distance and late-night access remain constraints.
medium confidence
Relative to the seven September 2026 long-stay models: round-to-5(90 − 50 × ln(solo midpoint / cheapest) / ln(most expensive / cheapest)). A relative editorial comparison, not local purchasing power or a wage measure. Reference range: €560–€2,846 per solo household/month across7 destinations.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Publication month is March 2026; day is not stated. PDF downloaded and inspected with pdftotext. Printed pp. 12, 26, 30, 35 and 47 corroborate mosque, restaurant and hotel entries. Operator pages take precedence for changing hours. Listing is not proof of current certification.
Japan Meteorological Agency · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Tokyo station monthly temperature, precipitation, relative humidity and sunshine duration; historical normals, not forecasts. Sunshine monthly totals are converted to hours per day.
Tokyo Camii · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Official mosque identity and Friday service: adhan 12:30 and prayer 13:00 when checked. Times must be reconfirmed before travel.
Tokyo Camii · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Modest clothing, shoes removed, women-only upper floor, general visiting hours distinct from congregation access.
Japan Islamic Trust · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Mosque address, phone, community education and visitor information.
Haneda Airport Passenger Terminal · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
T3 3F general area and T2 international 3F general area each have two prayer rooms; T2 international 2F also has airside rooms. Purification facilities explicitly confirmed. No Terminal 1 room.
Sakura Hotel · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Address, transit access, prayer-room service, free Wi-Fi and cafe selling beer. Does not establish halal breakfast or an alcohol-free hotel.
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Prayer mats and qibla compasses on request. Halal-friendly kaiseki requires at least seven days' notice and ingredient confirmation; kitchens/utensils are shared and restaurants are not halal-certified.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Sensoji, Nakamise, Sumida river setting and neighborhood access.
Tokyo Metro · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Adult regular paper fares JPY 180–330 for standard distance bands; child JPY 90–170. IC fares differ; special intervals and other operators are excluded.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Airport/transit public Wi-Fi, variable quality and login conditions, SIM/eSIM and pocket Wi-Fi choices. No measured citywide speed established.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Earthquake/weather resources, emergency numbers and medical information contacts. Does not establish numerical crime or personal safety guarantees.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Haneda and Narita airport access; Narita is in Chiba, not central Tokyo. Railway/IC-card travel overview.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Rail crowding, priority seats/stroller spaces and women-only carriages on some services. These amenities are not a measure of women's safety.
Numbeo · Community aggregate · Accessed 2026-09-04
Crowdsourced city aggregate; lease terms and representativeness unknown. Direct open failed; indexed table inspected. One publisher, not independent household samples.
Real Estate Japan · Listing · Accessed 2026-09-04
Indexed results inspected; direct open failed. Asking monthly costs include portal recurring fees, not completed leases. Same-building units are not independent samples. Availability and occupancy require confirmation.
Real Estate Japan · Listing · Accessed 2026-09-04
Indexed offers inspected; same publisher as other Real Estate Japan pages. Outer-Tokyo asking prices, including portal monthly costs, not completed leases or household-capacity endorsements.
Real Estate Japan · Listing · Accessed 2026-09-04
Indexed asking-cost snapshot inspected. The 88.15 square metre 4LDK does not establish suitability for eight residents; service rooms in 3SLDK homes are not automatically bedrooms.
GLOBIS University · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Institutional student planning guide, not an expenditure survey. Direct open failed; full indexed table inspected. Student housing differs from private one-bedroom homes.
JASSO / Study in Japan · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
2023 international-student survey in 2025–2026 guide. National food baseline is dated and not a current Tokyo household average.
Study in Japan / official Japanese retail statistics · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
National retail references, not guaranteed Tokyo halal-product prices. Staples support an editorial grocery envelope; specialty halal sourcing can cost more.
NTT DOCOMO · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Tax-inclusive domestic 30GB plan JPY 2,970; 110GB JPY 4,950. Check identity, payment and residency requirements; not assumed to be tourist-SIM offers.
RIZAP / chocoZAP · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Monthly price JPY 3,278 including tax. First settlement prepays next month. Amenities vary; no women-only facility claim.
RYOZAN PARK · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Official PDF inspected. Otsuka full-time one-location membership JPY 16,500 including tax; enrollment and deposit each JPY 16,500 are excluded from recurring spend. Reconfirm current offer.
Impact HUB Tokyo · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Basic JPY 33,000/month; minimum three months and 60-day cancellation notice. Locker, registration and optional rooms excluded.
TOHO Cinemas · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Live page inspected: adult JPY 2,200, specified child categories JPY 1,100, tax-inclusive. Premium-screen surcharges excluded; no discount entitlement assumed.
Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Authority provides multilingual lease, guarantor, move-in and co-occupancy guidance. Particular contracts govern; no tenancy or immigration eligibility conclusion is inferred.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Risk guidance, not comparative crime statistics. Covers Tokyo nightlife crime, commuter harassment, heat and natural disasters. Check live advice before travel.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Updated 1 September 2026. Elevator, stroller and toilet infrastructure with crowding/planning caveats. Tourism framing, not a full accessibility audit.
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Updated 1 September 2026. Multilingual medical contacts, clinic search and emergency access; no treatment outcome or cost assurance.
Haneda Airport Passenger Terminal · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Operator station-access estimates: Shinagawa about 15 minutes, Tokyo Station 30 and Shinjuku 50. Not door-to-door promises.
1–2 people
JP¥100,000–JP¥140,000
Per month ·estimate
3–4 people
JP¥140,000–JP¥190,000
Per month ·estimate
5–6 people
JP¥180,000–JP¥250,000
Per month ·estimate
7–8 people
JP¥240,000–JP¥340,000
Per month ·estimate
| Item | Price range (JPY) | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Asakusa Sushiken: named 1.5-portion nigiri lunch setAsakusa Sushiken · accessed 2026-09-04 | JP¥3,000 | Per meal |
| Honolu Ebisu meal reference in March 2026 tourism guide; recheck menuTokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau / GO TOKYO · accessed 2026-09-04 | JP¥1,500 | Per meal |
| Item | Price range (JPY) | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metro standard adult paper ticket (distance-dependent)Tokyo Metro · accessed 2026-09-04 | JP¥180–JP¥330 | Per ride |
| Tokyo Metro standard child paper ticket (age and route rules apply)Tokyo Metro · accessed 2026-09-04 | JP¥90–JP¥170 | Per ride |
Prices are estimates. Costs updated 2026-09-04. Unit prices are reference points, not additional items added to your household total.
Price sources and research limitations