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Snowfall House, Mutsuai

Wood house in Mutsuai, Ayabe, farmland, approval needed

Ayabe, Kyoto

Year built
1969
Building size
157.85 sqm
Land size
1060.5 sqm
Structure
Wood
On the town's official empty-home register

About this home

Up a 79 minute walk from Umezako station, past heavy snow and a stretch of the Kamibayashi river rated for a 0.5 to 3 metre flood; the paddy behind it still needs farmland reclassification before anyone can build.

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

From the listing Usage: Occupied until around January 2026 / management continuing / Ancillary structures: 1 storage building, 2 sheds, paddy field (3,965 sqm), wasteland (231 sqm), woodland (6,400 sqm) / Repair status: repairs necessary / Area classification: outside urban planning area / Other: buyer responsible for repairs, property is in a landslide warning zone (steep slope collapse), property transaction will be mediated by a licensed real estate agent, legal brokerage fee required at contract

Specifications

Land size
1060.5 sqm
Building size
157.85 sqm
Year built
1969
Structure
Wood
Floors
1
Gas
None
Water
City water
Sewer
Septic (single)

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

Floor plans

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The price in context

2,357 yen

Asking price per sqm of land

6,990 yen

Nearest official land benchmark, per sqm

The nearest official land-price benchmark is about 6,990 yen per sqm, down about 3% over five years (7,210 to 6,990), which the survey classes as stable.

The asking price works out at about 2,357 yen per sqm of land, 66% below the nearest residential benchmark of about 6,990 yen per sqm. The benchmark is for bare land; akiya prices usually bundle a worn building, so a large gap is normal and does not by itself mean a bargain.

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

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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.

To know about

  • Flood risk

    Caution

    Within a mapped flood area, water 0.5 to 3 m

    Source: Government hazard map

  • Liquefaction

    Note

    Moderate liquefaction susceptibility. Ask for a ground report before major work.

    Source: National landform survey

  • Snow

    Note

    In a designated heavy-snow zone. Expect real winter heating and roof-clearing costs.

    Source: Government heavy-snow designation

  • Farmland rules

    Warning

    Inside a strict farmland zone. You will need the agricultural committee's permission to buy or convert, and foreign buyers are often refused.

    Source: Government land-use records

Checks clear

  • Strong-earthquake chance

    Checked, clear

    About 2% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years, low 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

  • Tsunami risk

    Checked, clear

    Checked: no designated tsunami inundation zone at this location

    Source: Government hazard map

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. The published address only names the neighbourhood.

Getting around

Area
Ayabe, Kyoto
Nearest station
Umezako station, about 79 min walk (Maizuru Line)
Setting
About 9.3 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 21,000)
Coast
About 12.5 km from the coast
Schools
primary 3.6 km, junior high 3.6 km, high school 11.0 km
Clinic
About 30 min walk
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Rules of this akiya bank

These are the bank's published eligibility rules, not confirmation that your intended use of this home is allowed. Check with the municipality and owner.

Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.

  • Residence or regular-stay requirement

    Not established

    No explicit buyer-residency rule found in the checked bank pages.

    The bank or the town can say whether buyers are expected to live in the home.

    Read official bank rulesChecked 2026-10-06

  • Business-use exclusion

    Not established

    No explicit property business-use rule found; website reuse terms are not property-use rules.

    The bank can say whether guest stays fit its rules.

    Read official bank rulesChecked 2026-10-06

  • Resale restriction

    Not established

    No explicit post-purchase resale ban or holding period found. Unknown is not permission.

    The bank can say whether a resale restriction applies.

    Read official bank rulesChecked 2026-10-06

Not reviewed yet for this bank:

  • Registration before viewing
  • Years you must live there to keep a subsidy
  • Years before you may resell

Thinking of renting it out?

What the published rules and maps say about letting this home to short-stay guests, line by line, with sources. This is not a verdict or advice. The town, the bank and the licensing office have the final word.

In Japan, home-sharing (minpaku) under the national home-sharing law is capped at 180 nights a year. A ryokan or inn licence is a separate route with its own building and zoning rules.

  • Local home-sharing ordinance

    Kyoto Prefecture has an ordinance that limits where or when home-sharing runs.

    On top of the 180-night national cap, the ordinance can rule out some areas or periods, so the exact address matters.

    Japan Tourism Agency ordinance listList dated 2021-04-01

  • Zoning for hotels and inns

    Unknown. Zoning data for this spot is not loaded yet.

    Unknown does not mean permitted. The town's planning desk holds the zoning map.

    Zoning data (MLIT)

  • Urbanisation control area

    Unknown. Area division data is not available for this spot.

    Unknown does not mean permitted. The town's planning desk can say whether the home is in an urbanisation control area.

    Area division data (MLIT)

  • Heavy-snow designation

    This home is in a designated heavy-snowfall area.

    Snow clearing, roof upkeep and heating add to running costs, and winter access affects guest stays.

    Heavy-snow areas (MLIT)FY2016 data, read 2026-10-04

  • Distance to an airport and the shinkansen

    Nearest airport about 61.6 km, nearest shinkansen station about 53.2 km, in a straight line.

    How easily guests arrive shapes demand. Road and rail journeys are longer than these distances.

    Airports (MLIT)FY2021 data, read 2026-10-04

    Rail stations (MLIT)FY2025 data, read 2026-10-04

The bank's own rules on living in the home, business use and resale are under Rules of this akiya bank.

Matched subsidies

Grants and rules

10 programmes in our data could apply to this home, all with conditions you would have to meet first. Amounts change every year. Always confirm with the town before you rely on a figure.

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Municipal conditions and restrictions
  • The town's listing sets one condition, written in Japanese. Read it on the original listing before you commit.

Always confirm the current conditions with the town before you commit.

How to buy: through the town.

This home is on the Ayabe akiya bank. The town puts you in touch with the seller and explains its rules.

If the town says a local estate agent handles the sale, Koryoya can help you in English. Ask us.

  • Free to ask us. We read the listing with you, help with the Japanese and explain each step.
  • There are always some costs, such as registration and legal fees, even for a free house.
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Before you buy

How to Buy an Akiya as a ForeignerA plain, honest step-by-step for buying an empty home in Japan as a foreign buyer, from finding a listing to registering the title, with the real costs. How to Read a Japanese Hazard MapJapan's official hazard maps are detailed but in Japanese. This plain-English walkthrough shows how to read flood, landslide, and tsunami risk for a house. Akiya Renovation Subsidies ExplainedMany Japanese municipalities pay part of the cost of renovating an akiya. Here is how these grants work, who qualifies, and how to find them per town. What Akiya Renovation Really CostsA cheap akiya can need a lot of work. Here is how to think about renovation cost bands, what drives them, and what municipal subsidies can offset.

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.

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Checked against the town's listing: 2026-11-01
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Source listing last changed: 2026-09-28
  • 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.

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

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