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Japan vs. Minnesota Cost of Living Summary

Japan is 33.7% cheaper than Minnesota.

Restaurants: pay 60.2% less in Japan
Groceries: pay 13.3% less in Japan
Transportation: pay 10.1% more in Japan
Housing: pay 46.8% less in Japan
Childcare: pay 64.1% less in Japan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.5% less in Japan
Clothing: pay 31.0% less in Japan

Expenses including childcare, restaurants, housing, clothing, entertainment and sports, and groceries are lower in Japan.

Japan vs. Minnesota Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Japan instead of Minnesota, you would:

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pay 60.2% less for restaurants

	Minnesota	Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.25	$6.44 ¥1,017	-62.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.44	$4.94 ¥780	-52.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.57	$0.97 ¥153	-62.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.99	$0.73 ¥116	-63.2%
Average			-60.2%

Minnesota vs. Japan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 13.3% less for groceries

	Minnesota	Japan
Bread 1 loaf	$3.24	$1.52 ¥240	-53.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.95	$5.72 ¥903	+15.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.64	$5.46 ¥861	+49.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.38	$2.02 ¥319	-40.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.83	$2.73 ¥431	-53.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.46	$2.17 ¥343	-11.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.84	$1.02 ¥162	+22.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.36	$1.64 ¥259	-30.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.21	$2.04 ¥321	-7.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.40	$1.26 ¥200	-9.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.48	$1.08 ¥171	-26.7%
Average			-13.3%

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pay 10.1% more for transportation

	Minnesota	Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.27	$4.22 ¥667	+29.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$75.17	$57.82 ¥9,128	-23.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,650.12	$22,042.19 ¥3,479,889	-32.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.25	$25.42 ¥4,014	+66.7%
Average			+10.1%

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pay 46.8% less for housing

	Minnesota	Japan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$66.32	$31.09 ¥4,908	-53.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,195.42	$500.38 ¥78,996	-58.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,106.51	$325.42 ¥51,375	-70.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$119.54	$113.04 ¥17,846	-5.4%
Average			-46.8%

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pay 64.1% less for childcare

	Minnesota	Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,324.96	$288.10 ¥45,484	-78.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,140.67	$11,095.30 ¥1,751,660	-49.9%
Average			-64.1%

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pay 30.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Minnesota	Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.62	$2.71 ¥427	-51.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.50	$2.78 ¥439	-49.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.80	$3.98 ¥629	-59.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$48.87	$57.72 ¥9,112	+18.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.28	$11.97 ¥1,890	-9.8%
Average			-30.5%

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pay 31.0% less for clothing

	Minnesota	Japan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.74	$40.54 ¥6,401	-23.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.94	$26.82 ¥4,234	-44.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$84.66	$54.08 ¥8,537	-36.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.00	$81.66 ¥12,893	-20.7%
Average			-31.0%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2024

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