Here’s the thing. I moved from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan. In Canada, I used to make more money, yet my quality of life is somehow better across the Pacific ocean. This is largely in part due to the cost of living being cheaper for my family. How could this be, in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Information Sources
– Most expensive cities in the world
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-15/singapore-still-world-s-costliest-city-paris-a-close-second
– Tokyo no longer in the top 10 most expensive cities
https://www.ft.com/content/505424e6-1455-11e5-9bc5-00144feabdc0
– Tokyo most expensive city
https://soranews24.com/2016/12/22/tokyo-ranked-as-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-for-expats-three-other-japanese-towns-in-top-10/
– Average home by size of country
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-15/singapore-still-world-s-costliest-city-paris-a-close-second
– Zoning in Japan
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html
– Japan’s love affair with the automobile stalls
https://www.ft.com/content/6951ec5e-a1d8-11e7-8d56-98a09be71849
– City of Edogawa childcare costs
http://www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp/kosodate/kosodate/hoiku/nitijou/hoikuen/aa08002020171006114117928.html
– City of Edogawa childcare rate sheet
http://www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp/kosodate/kosodate/hoiku/nitijou/hoikuen/aa08002020171006114117928.files/hoikuryou.pdf
– Edogawa childcare points system
https://bestlivingjapan.com/navigating-japanese-hoikuen-system/
– National Health Insurance
https://yosida.com/forms/nationalins.pdf
– City of Edogawa NHI 2018
http://www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp/foreign/index.files/2018_e.pdf
– National Health Insurance Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Insurance_(Japan)
– Free Daycare Program in Japan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/08/business/abes-free-day-care-pledge-may-appealing-solution-wrong-problem/#.W0XD19IzYuU
Images Sources
– New York Skyline by user:AngMoKio – Own work (Original text: selfmade photo), CC BY-SA 2.5,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2802416
– Bread basket By Daniel Sone (Photographer) – This image was released by the National Cancer Institute, an agency part of the National Institutes of Health, with the ID 8374 (image) (next)., Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24034743
– U.S. Dollar Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=196446
– Yodobashi Camera Akihabara By MiNe – https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfmine79/16474357009, CC BY 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46901296
– Flag of the United States By Dbenbenn, Zscout370, Jacobolus, Indolences, Technion. – SVG implementation of U. S. Code: Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 1 [1] (the United States Federal “Flag Law”)., Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=318418
