Cheap digs - Blowfish - Brief Article

Japan, Inc., Nov, 2002

Where are the least expensive cities to live in Japan? According to data from the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, with Tokyo pegged to 100, the consumer price index in Naha, Okinawa, was 88.5. In general, central Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku were lower than other parts of the country.

Here are the next nine in descending order, with their price indexes in brackets: Matsuyama (89.4), Miyazaki (89.4), Tokushima (89.8), Saga (90.5), Oita (90.6), Maebashi (90.9), Hiroshima (91.0.), Kumamoto (91.1) and Yamaguchi (91.6).