1940s wood house in Satsumasendai, farmland, approval needed

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.

1940s wood house in Satsumasendai, farmland, approval needed

Satsumasendai, Kagoshima

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1940s wood house in Satsumasendai, farmland, approval needed

Price

1,000,000 yen

approx. GBP 5,000

Building size

133.03 sqm

Year built

1949

Structure

Wood

Location

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.

Japanese address

Full description

Special Notes: Initial costs and broker fees are additional. Has attached land parcels 1321-2 and 1321-3. Large-scale renovation needed (floor of Japanese room and broad veranda, roof). Hot spring water intake completed. Attic shed present. Attached building present. Unused well present / Remarks: Vacant since around Heisei 30. Vegetable gardening allowed. Storage shed present.

Specifications

Land size536.55 sqm

Building size133.03 sqm

Year built1949

StructureWood

Floors1

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

No designated landslide zone at this location

Source: Government hazard map

Flood risk

No designated river-flood zone at this location

Source: Government hazard map

Tsunami risk

No designated tsunami inundation zone at this location

Source: Government hazard map

Strong-earthquake chance

About 3% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years

Source: National earthquake-hazard model

Farmland rules

Inside a strict farmland zone. Converting to non-farm use needs agricultural-committee approval, a known foreign-buyer hurdle.

Source: Government land-use records

Earthquake code

Built before the 1981 earthquake code (older seismic standard)

Source: Estimated from year built

Local land price

Local land about 21,600 yen per sqm, prices falling (-3.3% over 5 years)

Source: Government land-price survey

About 133 min walk to Sendai station
About 16.8 km from the coast
About 1.7 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.

Land-market context

The nearest official land-price benchmark is about 21,600 yen per sqm, with local prices falling (-3.3% over five years).

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

Floor plans

Floor plan for 1940s wood house in Satsumasendai, farmland, approval needed

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Where this data comes from

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).
Farmland rules, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data (KSJ A12).
Stations, coastline and schools, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data.
Official land prices, from Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey.

Source listing last changed: 2026-06-23

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Original listing: https://www.city.satsumasendai.lg.jp/cgi-bin/recruit.php/3/detail/106?ck=1

Where a fact is missing, we say so rather than guess. Data from the source listing plus official government records.

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