1950s wood house in Hiroshima (f0)

1950s wood house in Hiroshima

Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima

Year built
1955
Building size
374.81 sqm
Land size
438.01 sqm
Structure
Wood
On the town's official empty-home register Source: www.town.kitahiroshima.lg.jp (opens in a new tab)

From the listing

The property has been maintained since becoming vacant, and the interior condition is relatively good. / The main building and barn were constructed in the mid-Showa period approximately 60 years ago. In the late Showa period, the main building and barn, which were originally separate, were connected, with an additional kitchen, changing room, bathroom, second floor, and a toilet on the west side, along with renovations to the entrance and hall at the same time. The water heater is unusable and needs to be replaced. Winter is a heavy snowfall area. Access road: snow removal provided; property entrance path: no snow removal. Outside urban planning area / within landslide special warning zone / Some personal belongings remain (some to be removed by owner)

Specifications

Land size
438.01 sqm
Building size
374.81 sqm
Year built
1955
Structure
Wood
Floors
2
Rooms
8DK+S
Gas
City gas
Water
Well

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 6,030 yen per sqm, down about 10% over five years (6,700 to 6,030), which the survey classes as declining.

The asking price works out at about 7,762 yen per sqm of land, 29% above the nearest residential benchmark of about 6,030 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 11.7 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 5,000)
Clinic
About 41 min walk

Location

Area
Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima
Setting
About 11.7 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 5,000)
Clinic
About 41 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.

  • 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 53.1 km, nearest shinkansen station about 24.8 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 2026-10-14
    Rail stations (MLIT) FY2025 data, read 2026-10-14

Read more

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.

Municipal conditions and restrictions
  • The town's listing sets one condition, written in Japanese. Read it on the original listing before you commit.
Always confirm the current conditions with the town before you commit.
Work with us

Interested in this house?

Every message gets a reply from one of the founders. We can talk through the home, help you think about a renovation, and connect you with a licensed agent in Japan for buying help. Clear flat fee pricing, nothing to pay until you decide to go ahead.

  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.

Ask about a viewing, renovation costs, the records above, or how buying works from abroad.

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

Source listing last changed
Source listing last changed: 2026-10-14

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.

3,400,000 yen

(approx. GBP 16,000)

Feedback