HV-1
SCOUT
A relay, a bridge, a bastion host. The smallest useful thing.
- CPU
- 1 vCPU
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- Transfer
- 2 TB
$5.50/mo
Tokyo
Tokyo · TYO-1 · Shinagawa
Linux VPS in Japan
KVM virtual machines on EPYC 9354P with NVMe Gen4 storage, full root, and a routed IPv6 /64. Eight jurisdictions, no identity required, live in 55 seconds.
Answer
Linux VPS in Tokyo start at $5.50 per month at TYO-1 · Shinagawa. Rates run to $135.00 for the largest plan. No identity is required, payment is crypto-only, and deployment takes 55 seconds. Network peering on JPIX and BBIX gives 71 ms to Singapore and 168 ms to New York.
§01 $5.5 — 6 configurations
Linux VPS plans in Tokyo
Priced at the Japan index of 1.38. Cheaper in Netherlands · Romania · Bulgaria · Moldova · Panama · Russia · France · United Kingdom · Germany · United States · Canada if jurisdiction is not the deciding factor.
HV-2
RELAY
VPN endpoint, proxy, small site. The default first server.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB
- Transfer
- 4 TB
$9.50/mo
Tokyo
HV-4
VECTOR
Docker stacks, CI runners, a pruned chain node.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 140 GB
- Transfer
- 8 TB
$19.50/mo
Tokyo
HV-8
BASTION
Production applications with a database that actually gets used.
- CPU
- 6 vCPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 280 GB
- Transfer
- 12 TB
$37.50/mo
Tokyo
HV-16
CITADEL
Full Ethereum node, Elasticsearch, heavy container fleets.
- CPU
- 8 vCPU
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 560 GB
- Transfer
- 20 TB
$72.00/mo
Tokyo
HV-32
SOVEREIGN
The largest virtual machine before bare metal is simply cheaper.
- CPU
- 16 vCPU
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 1000 GB
- Transfer
- 30 TB
$135.00/mo
Tokyo
Why Japan
Tokyo runs on JPIX and BBIX at 71 ms to Singapore and 168 ms to New York. Japan protects secrecy of communications constitutionally, imposes no general retention duty and joins no Eyes tier — the strongest legal position among our performance sites — but it cooperates readily through mutual legal assistance and has a defined claimant disclosure procedure.
- Constitutional secrecy of communications with narrow statutory exceptions 1947
- No general data-retention mandate for hosting providers 1984
- Provider liability limited, with a defined disclosure procedure for claimants 2001
The trade-off
Legally the strongest of our performance sites and the most expensive. Japan protects secrecy of communications at constitutional level, has no general retention mandate, and is in no Eyes tier. What it does not give you is distance from a determined claimant: the Provider Liability Limitation Act sets out a working disclosure procedure, and Japan cooperates readily with Western law enforcement through mutual legal assistance. Also 224 ms from Frankfurt — this is a site for Asian users, not a European hedge.
- Frankfurt
- 224 ms
- New York
- 168 ms
- Uplink
- 25 Gbps
- EU member state
- No
§02 Optional
Add-ons
Additional IPv4
$2.50/mo per IP
Clean address from a separate /24. Up to 16 per server, no justification form.
IPv6 /64
Included
Every server ships with a routed /64. A /48 is free on request.
Encrypted snapshots
$0.04/GB/mo
Daily snapshots encrypted with your key, stored in a second jurisdiction. We cannot read them.
DDoS Shield Pro
$12.00/mo
L7 filtering on top of the always-on L3/L4 scrubbing. Custom rules, 11 Tbps capacity.
Custom ISO boot
Included
Upload any ISO and boot it over virtual media. Bring your own hardened image.
Dedicated CPU pinning
$8.00/mo
Pin your vCPUs to physical cores with no oversubscription. For latency-sensitive work.
Linux VPS elsewhere
§03 FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01 How much is a vps in Japan?
Plans start at $5.50 per month at TYO-1 · Shinagawa and go up to $135.00 for the top configuration. Every plan includes DDoS scrubbing, a routed IPv6 /64, and full root access.
02 Why choose Japan for this?
Tokyo runs on JPIX and BBIX at 71 ms to Singapore and 168 ms to New York. Japan protects secrecy of communications constitutionally, imposes no general retention duty and joins no Eyes tier — the strongest legal position among our performance sites — but it cooperates readily through mutual legal assistance and has a defined claimant disclosure procedure.. Best suited to: east asian latency, japanese-market services, regional mirrors and low-latency apac gaming.
03 What is the catch with Japan?
Legally the strongest of our performance sites and the most expensive. Japan protects secrecy of communications at constitutional level, has no general retention mandate, and is in no Eyes tier. What it does not give you is distance from a determined claimant: the Provider Liability Limitation Act sets out a working disclosure procedure, and Japan cooperates readily with Western law enforcement through mutual legal assistance. Also 224 ms from Frankfurt — this is a site for Asian users, not a European hedge.
04 Do you require identity verification in Japan?
No. Tokyo follows the same token-only model as all 16 locations: no name, email, phone, or ID at any point, with crypto-only settlement.
55-second deploy
Linux VPS in Japan, from $5.5
No account to create, no email to confirm, no card to enter.