The Red Brick

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.

1980s concrete house in Kanoya

Kanoya, Kagoshima

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Price

1,000,000 yen

approx. GBP 5,000

Building size

116.18 sqm

Year built

1984

Structure

Reinforced concrete

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

Price reduced from 5.5 million to 1 million yen (June 2026). A reinforced concrete 2-story property facing a main street. Supermarket and coin laundry nearby; very convenient. / Current condition: Renovation required / Repairs: Buyer's responsibility / Special notes: Toilets on 1F (1 Western, 1 Japanese style), 2F (1 Western style), 3 total. Includes adjacent parking lot (miscellaneous land, 113㎡).

Specifications

Land size191.66 sqm

Building size116.18 sqm

Year built1984

StructureReinforced concrete

Floors2

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 (combined)

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 an outer farmland zone. Some land-use restrictions may apply.

Source: Government land-use records

Earthquake code

Built after the 1981 earthquake code

Source: Estimated from year built

Local land price

Local land about 21,500 yen per sqm, prices rising (+0.7% over 5 years)

Source: Government land-price survey

About 260 min walk to Miyagahama station
About 3.7 km from the coast
About 0.9 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 21,500 yen per sqm, with local prices rising (+0.7% over five years).

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

Floor plans

Floor plan for 1980s concrete house in Kanoya

Work with us

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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: 2026-06-17

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

Original listing: https://www.city.kanoya.lg.jp/iju/akiyabank/search/338.html

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

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