1950s wood house in Yamaguchi

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.

1950s wood house in Yamaguchi

Hikari, Yamaguchi

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Price on application
267.36 sqm
1954
Wood

Location

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Full description

Condition: Renovation needed (bath, floor, ceiling, septic tank, etc.) / Special notes: Building is unregistered, part of the residential plot is designated as a sediment disaster special warning area (steep slope collapse), entire plot is designated as a sediment disaster warning area (steep slope collapse), cost of furniture removal/disposal to be discussed / Pet ownership: Allowed (indoors and outdoors) / Attached properties: Rice field, field, forest, storage shed / Conditions for attached properties: Attached properties to be negotiated. Part of the property is agricultural land, so agricultural committee permission is required for sale, lease, or conversion

Specifications

Land size540.73 sqm
Building size267.36 sqm
Year built1954
StructureWood
Floors2
Rooms10DK

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
Well
Sewer
Septic (combined)

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk
Data not available
Flood risk
Data not available
Tsunami risk
Data not available
Strong-earthquake chance
About 10% 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 250.5 km from the coast
  • About 250.7 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: 2026-07-21

Source listing last changed: 2026-07-21

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Where a fact is missing, we say so rather than guess. Data from the source listing plus official government records.