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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

Awara, Fukui

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11,800,000 yen
approx. GBP 55,000
184.38 sqm
1978
Wood

Location

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Full description

Property features: A used house located at the edge of Awara hot spring town, in a quiet residential neighborhood. It is a building through which you can feel that the owner took good care of it. Repairs completed, ready to move in immediately! The 100-tsubo (330.68 m²) land is recommended for families or those who want to operate a shop on a neighboring plot. / Special notes: East side: 12.67 m frontage on a public road with width approximately 8 m, Urban planning: non-designated area, Zoning: Class 1 Residential Zone, Building coverage ratio: 60%, Floor area ratio: 200%, External storage shed present

Specifications

Land size330.68 sqm
Building size184.38 sqm
Year built1978
StructureWood
Floors2
Rooms7DK

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 10% 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 87.7 km from the coast
  • About 99.9 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: 2026-07-12

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