Engawa
On the town's official empty-home register A municipal akiya bank is a town-run list of empty homes, so this one may qualify for local grants.

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Happo, Akita

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300,000 yen
approx. GBP 1,000
74.5 sqm
1979
Wood

Location

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Full description

Building condition: Renovation needed (bathroom and part of living room floor) / Special notes: Pit-type toilet, pets allowed (indoors only, not outdoors), boiler-type hot water, damaged eaves, public sewer manhole present

Specifications

Land size147.37 sqm
Building size74.5 sqm
Year built1979
StructureWood
Floors2

Where a detail is not shown, the source listing did not state it. We leave it out rather than guess.

Utilities

Water
City water
Sewer
None

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk
Data not available
Flood risk
Data not available
Tsunami risk
Data not available
Strong-earthquake chance
About 1% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Earthquake code
Built before the 1981 earthquake code (older seismic standard)
Source: Estimated from year built
  • About 658.8 km from the coast
  • About 667.5 km to the nearest primary school

A pre-1981 build predates Japan's current earthquake code, which can matter for insurance and renovation. We flag the era from the year built where we have it.

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Where this data comes from

  • Earthquake-hazard forecast, from the national J-SHIS model (2024).
  • Stations, coastline and schools, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data.

Source listing last changed: 2026-07-13

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