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Broadacre House, Kumamoto (62)

1990s wood house on a large plot in Kumamoto

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto

Year built
1997
Building size
134.31 sqm
Land size
927.02 sqm
Structure
Wood
On the town's official empty-home register Source: www.city.yatsushiro.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) Checked 2026-10-03

About this home

1997 three-bedroom on a single level, 134 sqm, with parking; a straightforward place to move into rather than restore.

Yatsushiro is a working port town 37 km from the coast, and this sits in a quiet residential pocket an hour's walk from Yatsushiro station.

Draft summary from the listing, not yet reviewed by a founder.

Specifications

Land size
927.02 sqm
Building size
134.31 sqm
Year built
1997
Structure
Wood
Floors
1
Rooms
3LDK

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 15,000 yen per sqm.

The asking price works out at about 21,359 yen per sqm of land, 42% above the nearest residential benchmark of about 15,000 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

3 checks clear, 4 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
Checked, clear
Built after the 1981 earthquake code

Source: Estimated from year built

Strong-earthquake chance
Note
About 20% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years, mid-range 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
Warning
In a tsunami inundation zone, expected depth at least 2.0 m

Source: Government hazard map

Storm-surge risk
Warning
Storm-surge zone, water 5 to 10 m

Source: Government hazard map

Liquefaction
Caution
High liquefaction susceptibility. A ground survey should be part of any purchase.

Source: National landform survey

Getting around
Nearest station
Yatsushiro station, about 66 min walk (Hisatsu Orange Railway Line)
Setting
About 0.3 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 55,000)
Hospital
About 3 min walk

Location

Area
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
Nearest station
Yatsushiro station, about 66 min walk (Hisatsu Orange Railway Line)
Setting
About 0.3 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 55,000)
Hospital
About 3 min walk
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Rules of this akiya bank

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We have not established these rules for this listing. Unknown does not mean permitted.

Matched subsidies

Grants and rules

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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

Checked against the town's listing
Checked against the town's listing: 2026-10-03
Source listing last changed
Source listing last changed: 2026-08-11

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