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Wood house, 16-min walk to station, Saitama
Chichibu, Saitama
- Year built
- Not available
- Building size
- 284 sqm
- Land size
- 616 sqm
- Structure
- Wood
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About this home
Historic merchant building on the Chichibu Kaido, a 16-minute walk from Mineouchi Station; 284 square metres of wood structure with wavering glass and road-facing charm, though you'd need to see the bones yourself.
Draft summary from the listing, not yet reviewed by a founder.
From the listing
This property is located in Arakawa, Chichibu City, an area known for weeping cherry blossoms and buckwheat fields, characterized by a mixture of houses, fields, mountains, and rivers. Ikizawa in Arakawa is approximately 10 km in a straight line from the center of Chichibu, with Chichibu Railway's terminal Mineouchi Station as the nearest station. The house stands along the historic Chichibu Kaido road, which served as a bustling inn town (nakshuku) since the early Edo period. This historic merchant building features wooden architectural elements and wavering glass panes facing the road, preserving historic charm. The elongated lot faces the road to the northwest and garden to the southeast, with open southeastern exposure providing good sunlight. Views of Mt. Bukoh to the east and Mt. Kumagura directly ahead. The Chichibu Kaido Ikizawa area has been revitalized in recent times with the "Engawa Exhibition" in the Heisei era, followed by the "Scarecrow Village," and a café has recently opened in the Reiwa era, making it an interesting area. This is a true old farmhouse; the first-floor former shop space offers large open area, and a traditional storehouse is present. Suitable for those seeking a shop-combined residence, garage space for motorcycles or bicycles, or hobby space. However, the toilet uses a septic system, the bath is exterior, and various utilities differ from modern standards, making it difficult to use as-is. Appropriate for those enjoying a DIY lifestyle; not suitable for those seeking immediate move-in ready. Repair costs for old farmhouses are difficult to estimate; not suitable for those planning major contractor renovations.
Specifications
- Land size
- 616 sqm
- Building size
- 284 sqm
- Structure
- Wood
- Floors
- 2
- Rooms
- 写真一覧の間取図を参照ください
- Gas
- Propane (LPG)
- 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
The price in context
The nearest official land-price benchmark is about 8,800 yen per sqm, down about 5% over five years (9,300 to 8,800), which the survey classes as declining.
The asking price works out at about 7,305 yen per sqm of land, 17% below the nearest residential benchmark of about 8,800 yen per sqm.
Source: Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey. A benchmark for the area, not a valuation of this home.
Area and hazard data
4 checks clear, 1 not applicable. 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.
- 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%
- 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.
- 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.
- Tsunami risk Not applicable
- Inland, no tsunami map. This home is in a prefecture with no coast.
- Liquefaction Checked, clear
- Low liquefaction susceptibility for the ground here
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Source: Government hazard map
Source: Government hazard map
Source: National landform survey
- Setting
- About 7.6 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 26,000)
- Clinic
- About 9 min walk
Location
- Area
- Chichibu, Saitama
- Setting
- About 7.6 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 26,000)
- Clinic
- About 9 min walk
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.
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.
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Residence or regular-stay requirement
Not established
No explicit buyer-residency rule found in the checked bank pages.
Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.
Read official bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Business-use exclusion
Not established
No explicit property business-use rule found; website reuse terms are not property-use rules.
Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.
Read official bank rules Checked 2026-10-06 -
Resale restriction
Not established
No explicit post-purchase resale ban or holding period found. Unknown is not permission.
Unknown does not mean permitted. No restriction or permission has been inferred.
Read official bank rules Checked 2026-10-06
Grants and rules
2 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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Regional Revitalization Migration Support Program (Household) ConditionalUp to 1,000,000 yen
What you would need
Base amount for household migration: up to 1 million yen. Additional 1 million yen per child under 18 may be added (stackable add-on, not included in base cap).
- Resident of Tokyo 23 wards or commuting to Tokyo 23 wards from Tokyo Metropolitan Area (excluding disadvantaged regions)
- Plus 3 more conditions on the town's page.
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Regional Revitalization Migration Support Program (Single) ConditionalUp to 600,000 yen
What you would need
Base amount for single migration: up to 600,000 yen.
- Resident of Tokyo 23 wards or commuting to Tokyo 23 wards from Tokyo Metropolitan Area (excluding disadvantaged regions)
- Plus 3 more conditions on the town's page.
Official source for Regional Revitalization Migration Support Program (Single) (opens in a new tab)
- Municipal conditions and restrictions
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- The town's listing sets 3 conditions, written in Japanese. Read them on the original listing before you commit.
Interested in this house?
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- 1Tell us where you are and what you would use it for.
- 2We check the home and the town's rules with you, free.
- 3If you go ahead, a licensed agent in Japan handles the purchase for a flat fee.
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Before you buy
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).
- 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: 2026-09-26
- Source listing last changed
- Source listing last changed: 2026-09-01
- Original listing
- chichibuakiyabank.com (opens in a new tab)
We re-check listings against their sources through the week. Where a fact is missing, we say so rather than guess. Data from the source listing plus official government records.