1960s wood house with outbuildings in Iwate

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.

1960s wood house with outbuildings in Iwate

Yamada, Iwate

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Price
500,000 yen
approx. GBP 2,000
Building size
147.7 sqm
Year built
1969
Structure
Wood

Location

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Japanese address

Full description

Yamada district / 3 buildings / single-story / two-story / workshop and storage / major renovation assumed. Serene rural landscape in Yamada district. About 5 minutes by car to town center. Supermarket and home center within walking distance. If you wish to reside as a town resident, you may be eligible for septic tank installation subsidies. If you are relocating from outside neighboring municipalities (Iwate, Miyako, Otsuchi, Kamaishi), you may be eligible for relocation settlement acquisition subsidies (up to 1,000,000 yen) and relocation promotion renovation subsidies (up to 1,000,000 yen).

Specifications

Land size448.14 sqm
Building size147.7 sqm
Year built1969
StructureWood

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

Utilities

Gas
Propane (LPG)
Water
City water
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 34% 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 707.6 km from the coast
  • About 719.6 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.

Checked against the town's listing: 2026-08-21

Source listing last changed: 2026-07-05

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