How much does it cost to live in Fukuoka?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$1,698 (¥263,259)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: digitalnomadexchange.com, japanlivingguide.com
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $738 (¥114,466)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $2,035 (¥315,591)
Good to know
Good to Know
- Furnished, monthly-flexible apartments (like serviced apartment-hotels in Tenjin) cost noticeably more per month than a standard unfurnished Japanese lease of the same size — factor that premium in if you're only staying a few months.
- Popular short-stay furnished options in Tenjin can book out weeks in advance, so reserving 2-3 months ahead is safer than expecting availability on short notice.
- Standard unfurnished Japanese leases often require key money and a guarantor; several rental platforms marketed to foreigners (no-guarantor, English support) exist specifically to simplify this for newcomers.
- Grocery and dining prices in Fukuoka are generally well below those in Tokyo or Osaka, and eating at casual local eateries (teishoku, ramen shops) is usually cheaper than cooking imported goods at home.
- Fukuoka's coworking scene clusters around Tenjin and the Daimyo district, plus the ACROS Fukuoka building - staying near one of these makes drop-in day-pass hopping easy.
- The Fukuoka City Subway caps daily spending at 640 yen if you tap a contactless Visa/JCB/Amex card directly at the gates, which is often cheaper than buying a paper one-day pass.
- Japan's dedicated Digital Nomad visa has a high income bar (JPY 10 million/year) and is non-renewable, so most nomads staying under 90 days simply travel visa-free instead of applying for it.
- SIM/eSIM and coworking prices below are largely broad-market estimates rather than confirmed against live Fukuoka-specific pricing pages - treat them as ballpark figures and check current listings before budgeting precisely.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- ¥263,259
Includes 5 estimated components
- Lean month
- ¥114,466
Includes 4 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- ¥315,591
Includes 6 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Tenjin and Daimyo are the neighborhoods most consistently cited as where Fukuoka's digital nomads and expats concentrate, with Tenjin serving as the commercial/coworking hub and Daimyo as the quieter, trendier residential adjacent district; Gofukumachi and areas near Hakata Station are also commonly used for furnished monthly listings due to being within a 10-minute walk of both Hakata and Tenjin stations. Housing figures below are grounded in these areas.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- ¥136,200
Local listing
Japan Living Guide furnished monthly apartment listing near Gofukumachi Station, within 10 minutes' walk of Hakata and Tenjin stations, priced 'from JPY 136,200/month' with a minimum 1-month lease term.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- ¥139,568
Survey / cost-of-living site
Digital nomad blog reports Access Tenjin, a serviced monthly apartment-hotel in Tenjin, is the cheapest of Fukuoka's long-stay apartment-hotel options, describing it as 'just under $900 USD per month'.
Published in USD
- Premium apartment
- ¥157,000
Local listing
Akiya Japan listing for a 2LDK apartment, 45 sqm, in Tenjin 4-chome (about an 8-minute walk to Tenjin Station), monthly rent JPY 157,000 plus a JPY 5,000 management fee.
- Private room in a shared home
- ¥45,000
Estimated
No specific Fukuoka shared-house/private-room listing was found in search; figure is an estimate based on typical Japanese shared-house monthly rents in a central, mid-sized city.
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- ¥51,020
Survey / cost-of-living site
CityCost cost-of-living aggregator states groceries cost 'around $329 per month for one person' in Fukuoka.
Published in USD
Sample prices
Milk (1 Liter)
- Milk (1 Liter)
- ¥217
Survey / cost-of-living site
Hikersbay Fukuoka price data lists 1 liter of milk at 217 JPY (1.40 USD).
White Bread (500g)
- White Bread (500g)
- ¥180
Estimated
No specific Fukuoka source found; estimated from typical Japanese supermarket bread pricing.
Eggs (Pack of 12)
- Eggs (Pack Of 12)
- ¥300
Estimated
No specific Fukuoka source found; estimated from typical Japanese supermarket egg pricing.
Rice (1kg)
- Rice (1kg)
- ¥500
Estimated
No specific Fukuoka source found; estimated from typical Japanese supermarket rice pricing.
Bottled Water 1.5L (Supermarket, Not Restaurant)
- Bottled Water 1.5L (Supermarket, Not Restaurant)
- ¥120
Estimated
No specific Fukuoka source found; estimated from typical Japanese convenience-store/supermarket bottled water pricing.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- ¥931
Estimated
Wise's Fukuoka cost-of-living page states 'a meal at an inexpensive restaurant in Fukuoka costs approximately $8'. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 1241 JPY reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Published in USD
- High-end meal
- ¥8,000
Estimated
No specific Fukuoka high-end dining source was retrieved; figure is a rough estimate for one person at an upscale restaurant (e.g. sushi or kaiseki-style dinner) based on general knowledge of Japanese fine-dining pricing tiers.
- Mid-range meal
- ¥2,966
Estimated
Wise states a three-course meal for two at a mid-range restaurant costs around $51; this figure is halved to approximate a single-person meal, so basis is estimated. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 3954 JPY reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Published in USD
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Venue
- Fabbit Global Gateway (ACROS Fukuoka, Tenjin)
- Day pass
- ¥2,200
Operator's own price
Fabbit Global Gateway (ACROS Fukuoka building, Tenjin area) lists drop-in day pass starting at 2,200 yen/day.
- Monthly hot desk
- ¥30,800
Operator's own price
Fabbit Global Gateway lists a monthly membership at 30,800 yen/month (plus a separate one-time 22,000 yen initial/registration fee not included in this monthly figure).
Transport
- How to get there
- subway
- What the pass covers
- Chika Pass (1/3/6-month unlimited subway pass), price varies by zone/distance of the pass holder's registered route
- Single ride
- ¥210
Estimated
Fukuoka City Subway fares are distance-based, ranging from a minimum of 210 yen to a maximum of 380 yen for adults; 210 yen (the minimum fare) is used here as the representative single-ride figure.
- Monthly pass
- ¥8,000
Estimated
Fukuoka City Subway's official 'Chika Pass' is sold for 1, 3 or 6 months with unlimited subway travel, but the fare page does not publish a single flat price since it varies by the distance/zone covered by the commuter's route; 8,000 yen is a rough midpoint estimate for a typical short-to-medium commute, not a stated figure.
Mobile & data
- Carrier
- Typical MVNO (e.g. IIJmio/mineo-style plan) - not confirmed at the time of research
- Monthly plan
- ¥3,000
Estimated
Estimate based on typical Japanese MVNO (e.g. IIJmio-style) SIM-only data plans offering around 15-20GB/month; not confirmed via a live carrier price page at the time of research.
- Data allowance
- ~15-20GB/month (estimated)
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Sustained 3-month autumn peak season (August–October) with highest tourist traffic and autumn foliage, contrasting with explicitly documented low-season months (January, February, June) with lowest accommodation prices; also Golden Week spike in May with Hakata Dontaku drawing 2 million visitors.
Low season
- Budget
- ¥4,650
2-star hotel momondo low rate $30; January baseline from Skyscanner $127 all-hotel average implies budget ~$25-30
- Luxury
- ¥45,925
5-star hotel Booking.com average $296; low-season discounts from high-season peak
- Premium
- ¥24,650
4-star hotel Booking.com evening rate ~$151; low-season markup less than high-season
- Standard
- ¥15,500
3-star hotel Booking.com evening rate $99-105; January/June low-season verified
High season
- Budget
- ¥6,820
2-star hotel KAYAK baseline $29-44 range for high-season premium
- Luxury
- ¥97,400
5-star hotel Trip.com weekend peak $628; Grand Hyatt Fukuoka market leader
- Premium
- ¥53,525
4-star hotel Trip.com high-season weekend average $345
- Standard
- ¥31,050
3-star hotel Booking.com weekend rate $201; BudgetYourTrip mid-range high-season ~$83 base
Low-season months
- January
- February
- June
High-season months
- May
- August
- September
- October
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
- 1.digitalnomadexchange.com
- 2.japanlivingguide.com
- 3.fastovski.com
- 4.expatlife.ai
- 5.fastovski.com
- 6.access-tenjin.com
- 7.akiyajapan.com
- 8.apartments.gaijinpot.com
- 9.wise.com
- 10.nomadlio.com
- 11.citycost.org
- 12.hikersbay.com
- 13.hikersbay.com
- 14.world-prices.com
- 15.japan-dev.com
- 16.channeul.com
- 17.subway.city.fukuoka.lg.jp
- 18.mofa.go.jp
- 19.guide.genki.world
- 20.4dayweek.io
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