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.

Empty home in Japan

Ikawa, Akita

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Price

Price on application

Building size

197.31 sqm

Year built

1953

Structure

Unknown

Location

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Japanese address

Full description

Parking: space available / Repairs needed: some repairs necessary / The land slopes gently upward facing southeast, has approximately 32m of road frontage, and has a trapezoidal shape with the west side as the base. / More than 10 years have passed since the building became vacant, but the building is in good condition. Some deterioration of the exterior walls and flooring is visible with age, but the building structure itself shows no problems. / Air conditioning and hot water equipment (kerosene) have been removed; if they are to be used, they must be newly installed. Rust and other deterioration of the exterior walls and roof are progressing, and repairs such as painting and waterproofing are necessary.

Specifications

Building size197.31 sqm

Year built1953

StructureUnknown

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

Public sewer

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk

Data not available

Flood risk

Data not available

Tsunami risk

Data not available

Strong-earthquake chance

About 5% 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 621.5 km from the coast
About 631.0 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: 2026-07-14

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