House of the Hearth

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.

1940s wood house in Okuchi, Isa, farmland, approval needed

Isa, Kagoshima

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1940s wood house in Okuchi, Isa, farmland, approval needed
Price
4,900,000 yen
approx. GBP 23,000
Building size
184.76 sqm
Year built
1949
Structure
Wood

Location

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.

Japanese address

Full description

History of conversion from workshop to residence in 1995 / Spacious entrance hall welcomes you; formerly the earthen floor of a workshop, now raised / High ceiling with sturdy beams / Traces of soot on the far wall; plaster walls mixed with straw / 8-mat and 6-mat tatami rooms with veranda letting in soft sunlight / Wood deck beyond the veranda for leisurely weekends / Fluffy soft earth fields included; can observe vegetable growth and sun-dry harvested vegetables / Wood-floored room / Shelf in hallway window bay, a refined space that would become a studio with displayed folk crafts / Sunken hearth (irori) remains; complete with ash bed and trivet for roasting mochi and dried squid / Compact sink / 10-mat dining kitchen / Southern and Japanese-Western room can be combined into large living-dining-kitchen / 6-mat and 4-mat Western bedrooms suitable for sleeping and study / Field in front of house (fluffy earth) / Field east of house (fluffy earth) / Storage shed / Persimmon tree laden with fruit; locally called "じゅぐりっしょ" in Isa dialect when ripe

Specifications

Land size960 sqm
Building size184.76 sqm
Year built1949
StructureWood
Floors1
Rooms7DK

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

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk
No designated landslide zone at this location
Source: Government hazard map
Flood risk
No designated river-flood zone at this location
Source: Government hazard map
Tsunami risk
No designated tsunami inundation zone at this location
Source: Government hazard map
Strong-earthquake chance
About 4% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Farmland rules
Inside a strict farmland zone. Converting to non-farm use needs agricultural-committee approval, a known foreign-buyer hurdle.
Source: Government land-use records
Earthquake code
Built before the 1981 earthquake code (older seismic standard)
Source: Estimated from year built
Local land price
Local land about 6,400 yen per sqm, prices falling (-3.4% over 5 years)
Source: Government land-price survey
  • About 159 min walk to Masaki station
  • About 27.8 km from the coast
  • About 0.7 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.

Land-market context

The nearest official land-price benchmark is about 6,400 yen per sqm, with local prices falling (-3.4% over five years).

Source: Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey. A benchmark for the area, not a valuation of this home.

Matched subsidies

  • Isa City Wooden Housing Seismic Diagnosis & Retrofit Subsidy
    Up to 1,150,000 yen
    Source
  • Migration Support Payment Program
    Up to 1,000,000 yen
    Source
  • Regional Revitalization Migration Support Program (Household)
    Up to 1,000,000 yen
    Source
  • Tokyo-Area Migration Support Subsidy
    Up to 1,000,000 yen
    Source
  • Regional Revitalization Migration Support Program (Single)
    Up to 600,000 yen
    Source
  • Combined Wastewater Treatment Tank (Septic) Subsidy
    Up to 548,000 yen
    Source
  • Dangerous Vacant Building Demolition Subsidy
    Up to 200,000 yen
    Source
  • Hazard-Proximity Dangerous House Relocation Subsidy
    Demolition/relocation: max 975,000 yen. Construction/purchase/renovation: interest subsidy on loans (max 8.5% annual rate). Land acquisition: max 2,060,000 yen. Site development: max 608,000 yen.
    Source
  • Migration & Home Exchange Promotion Subsidy Program
    Base rate 1/5 of eligible costs capped at 500,000 yen for renovation; additional add-ons for migrants, age, families with children, and small settlements when base costs exceed 2.5 million yen.
    Source

Amounts change every year. Always confirm with the town before you rely on a figure.

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Where this data comes from

  • 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).
  • Tsunami-risk areas, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data (KSJ A40).
  • Earthquake-hazard forecast, from the national J-SHIS model (2024).
  • Farmland rules, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data (KSJ A12).
  • Stations, coastline and schools, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data.
  • Official land prices, from Japan's Ministry of Land land-price survey.

Checked against the town's listing: 2026-07-22

Source listing last changed: 2025-12-09

We re-check listings against their sources through the week.

Original listing: https://www.city.isa.kagoshima.jp/teiju/bank-all/15586

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

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