Farmhouse, Shiga

On the town's official empty-home register A municipal akiya bank is a town-run list of empty homes, so this one may qualify for local grants.

1960s wood house with outbuildings in Shiga

Takashima, Shiga

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2,000,000 yen
approx. GBP 9,000
176.45 sqm
1966
Wood

Location

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Full description

Recommendation: 548.00 m² land (about 165.77 tsubo), wooden tile-roofed 2-story building 176.45 m² (about 53.37 tsubo). Auxiliary building and vegetable garden space available. Historic farmhouse property with nearby temples/shrines, enjoying water channels and rural rice-paddy scenery. / Ancillary items: parking available (can fit several light vehicles) ※narrow entrance road, auxiliary building (toilet 3.06 m²) / Repair note: sold as-is, public land records basis, currently registered as "paddy field" but will be changed to "residential land" at seller's expense prior to transaction / Remarks: currently vacant, moving-in date negotiable, seller bears no liability for contract non-conformance, entrance road area (124.08 m²) also included in this transaction.

Specifications

Land size548 sqm
Building size176.45 sqm
Year built1966
StructureWood
Floors2
Rooms6SK

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

Utilities

Gas
Propane (LPG)
Water
City water
Sewer
Septic (single)

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk
Data not available
Flood risk
Data not available
Tsunami risk
Data not available
Strong-earthquake chance
About 4% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Earthquake code
Built before the 1981 earthquake code (older seismic standard)
Source: Estimated from year built
  • About 53.2 km from the coast
  • About 28.7 km to the nearest primary school

A pre-1981 build predates Japan's current earthquake code, which can matter for insurance and renovation. We flag the era from the year built where we have it.

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Where this data comes from

  • Earthquake-hazard forecast, from the national J-SHIS model (2024).
  • Stations, coastline and schools, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data.

Checked against the town's listing: 2026-08-26

Source listing last changed: 2026-08-11

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