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Stationside House, Niigata (d5)

1980s wood house, 20-min walk to station, Niigata

Uonuma, Niigata

Year built
1986
Building size
143 sqm
Land size
264 sqm
Structure
Wood
On the town's official empty-home register Source: www.city.uonuma.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) Checked 2026-10-05

About this home

Wood-frame two-storey from 1985 on 264 sqm in Uonuma, twenty minutes from Uonuma Tanaka station.

Typical snowfall reaches 2.5 to 3 metres; the roof is built for it. Bathroom is out of service.

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

From the listing

Remarks: pond present / Bathroom: currently out of order

Specifications

Land size
264 sqm
Building size
143 sqm
Year built
1986
Structure
Wood
Floors
2
Rooms
間取り
Gas
Propane (LPG)
Water
City water
Sewer
Public sewer

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 5,250 yen per sqm, down about 13% over five years (6,020 to 5,250), which the survey classes as declining.

The asking price works out at about 7,576 yen per sqm of land, 44% above the nearest residential benchmark of about 5,250 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, 3 not checked. 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
Checked, clear
About 3% 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
Not checked
We haven't been able to check landslide risk here yet, but that doesn't mean there's no risk.
Flood risk
Not checked
We haven't been able to check flood risk here yet, but that doesn't mean there's no risk.
Tsunami risk
Not checked
We haven't been able to check tsunami risk here yet, but that doesn't mean there's no risk.
Liquefaction
Checked, clear
Low liquefaction susceptibility for the ground here

Source: National landform survey

Getting around
Setting
About 16.4 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 95,000)
Clinic
About 29 min walk

Location

Area
Uonuma, Niigata
Setting
About 16.4 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 95,000)
Clinic
About 29 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.

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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.

  • 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: 2026-10-05
Source listing last changed
Source listing last changed: 2025-08-05

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