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2000s wood house in Saitama
Minano, Saitama
- Year built
- 2006
- Building size
- 38 sqm
- Land size
- 158 sqm
- Structure
- Wood
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About this home
Built in 2006, this 38-sqm wood cottage sits 16 km from Chichibu City on a mountain road, with a western-facing balcony and septic system; 42 minutes walk to Oyabina station.
Draft summary from the listing, not yet reviewed by a founder.
From the listing
The property is located approximately 16 km from central Chichibu City, a 40-minute drive from the Minano town center area with elementary school and post office, accessed via mountain road. The surrounding area was developed as a resort community in the early Heisei period, with a mix of full-time residents and part-time occupants. Our firm has assisted 14 customers in recent years, one in the same complex and 13 nearby. Minano Town's Misawa district is a region mixing historic streetscapes with mountainous areas. The spacious 6-tsubo wood balcony offers morning breakfast with views of western mountains, daytime lunch, reading, naps in bright sunshine, evening sunsets to the west, and night stargazing with drinks. Clouds-and-sea views may be visible from night through morning. The second-floor balcony overlooks Mt. Bujyo, Oku-Chichibu peaks, Mt. Ryo-Shin, and Mt. Asama. The garden features cherry blossoms, Kalmia, Japanese pepper tree, maple, hydrangea, enkianthus, mandarin orange, persimmon, and sanshō, enjoyed for flowers, fruits, and foliage. There is storage in the basement. The owner had the exterior painted every 4 to 5 years. The house is well-maintained. Seller-owned furnishings included: TV, TV stand, refrigerator, microwave, gas range, dish cabinet, sofa, balcony table and chairs, bidet toilet, and double ladder. Resort-area homes often sit on steep slopes; this one has a gentle slope facing southwest. Corner lot on southeast and northeast roads, no neighboring house, excellent sun exposure. Resort-area homes typically lack parking; this one has no on-site parking but nearby shared-ownership land available. Minor repairs needed. Lodging businesses (including short-term rentals), retail, or services not permitted in resort community.
Specifications
- Land size
- 158 sqm
- Building size
- 38 sqm
- Year built
- 2006
- Structure
- Wood
- Floors
- 2
- Rooms
- 写真一覧の中の「平面図」を参照ください。
- Gas
- Propane (LPG)
- Water
- City water
- Sewer
- Septic (combined)
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 9,400 yen per sqm, down about 6% over five years (10,000 to 9,400), which the survey classes as declining.
The asking price works out at about 41,139 yen per sqm of land, 338% above the nearest residential benchmark of about 9,400 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
5 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.
- Earthquake code Checked, clear
- Built to the current (post-2000) earthquake code
- 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: Estimated from year built
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Source: Government hazard map
Source: Government hazard map
Source: National landform survey
- Setting
- About 4.0 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 26,000)
- Clinic
- About 10 min walk
Location
- Area
- Minano, Saitama
- Setting
- About 4.0 km to the nearest built-up town area (population about 26,000)
- Clinic
- About 10 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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- Lodging businesses (including short-term rentals), retail, or service businesses are not permitted within the resort community.
Interested in this house?
Every message gets a reply from one of the founders. We can talk through the home, help you think about a renovation, and connect you with a licensed agent in Japan for buying help. Clear flat fee pricing, nothing to pay until you decide to go ahead.
- 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.