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Empty home in Japan
Gero, Gifu
- Year built
- 1968
- Building size
- 150.8 sqm
- Land size
- 489.63 sqm
- Structure
- Wood
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From the listing
Grandmother's former residence and father's childhood home. After grandmother's passing, father regularly maintained it from Aichi Prefecture, but he has also since passed. The family now maintains it occasionally with ventilation and weeding. We have many childhood memories and know how carefully father managed it, so we would like to preserve it if possible, but realistically the entire family lives in Aichi Prefecture and it is difficult to continue sufficient maintenance going forward, so we wish to transfer it to someone who will care for it. While it is an old building with minor wear, it is immediately livable. The location is convenient despite being in the countryside, convenience store 3 minutes walk, pharmacy 3 minutes by car, supermarket 5 minutes by car. Ample parking space. Also about 15 minutes walk to Gero Onsen hot spring district (5 minutes by car), making for good exercise on a return stroll. The standout feature is the garden; though somewhat overgrown now, a landscape designer could restore it to a Japanese garden aesthetic. The elevated location offers pleasant views from the second floor. The drawback is that construction records do not confirm compliance with building-code road frontage, making it technically non-reconstructible in current state. / Highlights: Proximity to convenience store, pharmacy, and supermarket; 15-minute walk to hot spring district (5 minutes by car); Japanese garden-like garden; elevated location with good views. / Current status: Vacant / Transaction method: As-is and public-record basis transaction
Specifications
- Land size
- 489.63 sqm
- Building size
- 150.8 sqm
- Year built
- 1968
- Structure
- Wood
- Floors
- 2
Where a detail is not shown, the source listing did not state it. We leave it out rather than guess.
The price in context
The nearest official land-price benchmark is about 22,200 yen per sqm, down about 10% over five years (24,600 to 22,200), which the survey classes as declining.
The asking price works out at about 16,952 yen per sqm of land, 24% below the nearest residential benchmark of about 22,200 yen per sqm. The benchmark is for bare land; akiya prices usually bundle a worn building, so a large gap is normal and does not by itself mean a bargain.
Source: Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey. A benchmark for the area, not a valuation of this home.
Area and hazard data
5 checks clear, 1 to know about. Each check is against a government map for this exact point. Where a map is missing or we can't use it, we say so; that never means there's no risk.
- Earthquake code Caution
- Built before the 1981 earthquake code. Expect a structural survey, harder mortgages, and a retrofit budget; towns often grant part of that cost.
- Strong-earthquake chance Checked, clear
- About 4% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years, low for Japan, where most places sit between 3% and 26%
- Landslide risk Checked, clear
- Checked: no designated landslide zone at this location. Zone edges are approximate, and this is not a legal property disclosure document.
- Flood risk Checked, clear
- Checked: outside a mapped flood area. The maps cover designated rivers only, so this is not a promise of no flooding.
- Tsunami risk Checked, clear
- Checked: no designated tsunami inundation zone at this location
- Liquefaction Checked, clear
- Low liquefaction susceptibility for the ground here
Source: Estimated from year built
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Source: Government hazard map
Source: Government hazard map
Source: Government hazard map
Source: National landform survey
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.
- Setting
- About 32.5 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 35,000)
- Hospital
- About 19 min walk
Location
- Area
- Gero, Gifu
- Setting
- About 32.5 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 35,000)
- Hospital
- About 19 min walk
This marks an approximate area, not the exact building. The circle is a rough radius from the listing's published address, so you can see the neighbourhood without us guessing at a precise spot. The published address only names the neighbourhood.
Rules of this akiya bank
These are the bank's published eligibility rules, not confirmation that your intended use of this home is allowed. Check with the municipality and owner.
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Residence or regular-stay requirement
Not established
No explicit buyer-residency rule found in the checked bank pages.
Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.
Read official bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Business-use exclusion
Not established
No explicit property business-use rule found; website reuse terms are not property-use rules.
Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.
Read official bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Resale restriction
Not established
No explicit post-purchase resale ban or holding period found. Unknown is not permission.
Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.
Read official bank rules Checked 2026-10-06
Not reviewed yet for this bank:
- Registration before viewing
- Years you must live there to keep a subsidy
- Years before you may resell
Thinking of renting it out?
What the published rules and maps say about letting this home to short-stay guests, line by line, with sources. This is not a verdict or advice. The town, the bank and the licensing office have the final word.
In Japan, home-sharing (minpaku) under the national home-sharing law is capped at 180 nights a year. A ryokan or inn licence is a separate route with its own building and zoning rules.
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Bank rule on living in the home
Unknown. No published residence rule has been established for this listing.
Unknown does not mean permitted. The bank or the town can say whether buyers are expected to live in the home.
Bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Bank rule on business use
Unknown. No published business-use rule has been established for this listing.
Unknown does not mean permitted. The bank can say whether guest stays fit its rules.
Bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Bank rule on resale
Unknown. No published resale rule has been established for this listing.
Unknown does not mean permitted. The bank can say whether a resale restriction applies.
Bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Local home-sharing ordinance
Gifu Prefecture has an ordinance with conduct rules for home-sharing and no area or period limits.
The ordinance adds duties, such as notice to neighbours, to the national rules.
Japan Tourism Agency ordinance list List dated 2021-04-01 -
Zoning for hotels and inns
Unknown. Zoning data for this spot is not loaded yet.
Unknown does not mean permitted. The town's planning desk holds the zoning map.
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Urbanisation control area
Unknown. Area division data is not available for this spot.
Unknown does not mean permitted. The town's planning desk can say whether the home is in an urbanisation control area.
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Heavy-snow designation
Unknown. The heavy-snow map is not checked for this spot.
The town can say how much snow falls and who clears the road.
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Distance to an airport and the shinkansen
Nearest airport about 68.6 km, nearest shinkansen station about 79.8 km, in a straight line.
How easily guests arrive shapes demand. Road and rail journeys are longer than these distances.
Airports (MLIT) FY2021 data, read 2026-10-15Rail stations (MLIT) FY2025 data, read 2026-10-15
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24 other homes currently listed in Gero.
Before you buy
Where this data comes from
Every fact on this page comes from the town's own listing or an official government record, checked for this address. Where a fact is missing, we say so rather than guess.
- Landslide-risk areas, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data (KSJ A33).
- Flood-risk areas, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data (KSJ A31a).
- Tsunami-risk areas, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data (KSJ A40).
- Earthquake-hazard forecast, from the national J-SHIS model (2024).
- Stations, coastline and schools, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data.
- Official land prices, from Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey.
Map data: National Land Numerical Information (Kokudo Suchi Joho), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, processed by Engawa.
出典：「国土数値情報」（国土交通省）（https://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj/）をEngawaが加工して作成
- Checked against the town's listing
- Checked against the town's listing: 2026-10-15
- Source listing last changed
- Source listing last changed: 2026-10-15
- Original listing
- www.ieichiba.com (opens in a new tab)
We re-check listings against their sources through the week. Where a fact is missing, we say so rather than guess. Data from the source listing plus official government records.