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.

Empty home in Japan

Kunohe, Iwate

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Price on application
154 sqm
1955
Unknown

Location

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Full description

Year built note: partial extension in 1979 / Other: parking space available

Specifications

Land size885 sqm
Building size154 sqm
Year built1955
StructureUnknown

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 9% 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 723.1 km from the coast
  • About 733.6 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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