Okayama logs 5 outdoor-dinner months a year to Tokyo's 4 — Okayama wins by 1. Tokyo also leads on hot days by 13.

Tokyo averages $2,157/mo for balanced living; Okayama has no cost baseline yet.

Tokyo scores 4.2 on mobility (0–5 scale); Okayama has no mobility baseline.

Tokyo's culture score of 3.2 sits well above Okayama's 0.0.

Tokyo scores 4.3 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Okayama has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Tokyo scores 4.7 on safety (0–5 scale); Okayama has no safety baseline.

Tokyo scores 4.4 on career (0–5 scale); Okayama has no career baseline.

Tokyo scores 2.4 on social & community (0–5 scale); Okayama has no social & community baseline.

Tokyo scores 4.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Okayama has no food & dining baseline.

Tokyo scores 4.0 on family (0–5 scale); Okayama has no family baseline.

Tokyo scores 3.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Okayama has no healthcare baseline.

Okayama averages 13.4 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Tokyo's 14.5 µg/m³ (moderate) — Okayama breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.1 µg/m³ lower).

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