Engawa
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.

Wide earthen floor is the feature! The main house is compact in size

Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima

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1,000,000 yen
approx. GBP 5,000
187.73 sqm
1956
Wood

Location

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Full description

Appeal points: Rustic-style property with main house and storage barn connected by a passageway. / Contract notes: Building requires major renovation. Furnishings to be discussed. / Other remarks: The main house was built around the early Showa period and is 70-80 years old; the barn is older, approximately 100 years old. The property comprises a single-story main house constructed using traditional timber-frame methods with sawn beams, a barn with through-columns throughout, and connected spaces including a wide passageway and bathroom facilities. / Road access: prefectural road; outside urban planning area / outside landslide hazard zone

Specifications

Land size271.01 sqm
Building size187.73 sqm
Year built1956
StructureWood
Floors1
Rooms3DK+S

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

Utilities

Water
Well
Sewer
Septic (single)

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk
Data not available
Flood risk
Data not available
Tsunami risk
Data not available
Strong-earthquake chance
About 1% 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 251.2 km from the coast
  • About 244.5 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: 2026-07-17

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Original listing: https://www.town.kitahiroshima.lg.jp/akiya/teijuu-joho/akiya-550.html

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