1930s wood house in Hiroshima (69)

1930s wood house in Hiroshima

Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima

Year built
1931
Building size
109.9 sqm
Land size
412.1 sqm
Structure
Wood
On the town's official empty-home register Source: www.town.kitahiroshima.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) Checked 2026-10-01

From the listing

Recommended points: A traditional old-house-style property with Showa-era charm preserved throughout, including fittings, glass doors, and a traditional wooden bath. [VR viewing available] / Contractual notes: Household furnishings will be removed by the owner upon consultation. / Remarks: The main house was built in 1931 as a wooden single-story structure; the storehouse was built the same year as a wooden two-story building; the clay storehouse was built in 1956 as a wooden single-story structure. Heavy snow in winter. Outside urban planning area / outside landslide hazard zone. Road access: snow removal available

Specifications

Land size
412.1 sqm
Building size
109.9 sqm
Year built
1931
Structure
Wood
Floors
1
Rooms
4DK+S
Gas
Propane (LPG)
Water
Well
Sewer
Septic (single)

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

Floor plans

Floor plan 1 of 1 for 1930s wood house in Hiroshima
Floor plan 1 of 1

The price in context

The nearest official land-price benchmark is about 7,800 yen per sqm, down about 13% over five years (9,000 to 7,800), which the survey classes as declining.

The asking price works out at about 8,493 yen per sqm of land, 9% above the nearest residential benchmark of about 7,800 yen per sqm.

Source: Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey. A benchmark for the area, not a valuation of this home.

Official records

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.

Hazards and ground
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.

Source: Estimated from year built

Strong-earthquake chance
Checked, clear
About 1% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years, low for Japan, where most places sit between 3% and 26%

Source: National earthquake-hazard model

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.

Source: Government hazard map

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.

Source: Government hazard map

Tsunami risk
Checked, clear
Checked: no designated tsunami inundation zone at this location

Source: Government hazard map

Liquefaction
Checked, clear
Low liquefaction susceptibility for the ground here

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.

Getting around
Setting
About 17.4 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 33,000)
Clinic
About 77 min walk

Location

Area
Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima
Setting
About 17.4 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 33,000)
Clinic
About 77 min walk

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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

    No home-sharing ordinance for Hiroshima Prefecture appears in the Japan Tourism Agency list of 1 April 2021.

    That is not a statement that home-sharing is allowed here: the list may be out of date, and the national rules still apply.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Distance to an airport and the shinkansen

    Nearest airport about 50.7 km, nearest shinkansen station about 31.6 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 2026-10-04
    Rail stations (MLIT) FY2025 data, read 2026-10-04

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Matched subsidies

Grants and rules

2 programmes in our data could apply to this home, all with conditions you would have to meet first. Amounts change every year. Always confirm with the town before you rely on a figure.

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  1. 1Tell us where you are and what you would use it for.
  2. 2We check the home and the town's rules with you, free.
  3. 3If you go ahead, a licensed agent in Japan handles the purchase for a flat fee.

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38 other homes currently listed in Kitahiroshima.

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: 2026-10-01
Source listing last changed
Source listing last changed: 2026-07-16

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.

3,500,000 yen

(approx. GBP 16,000)

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