House of the Stone Lantern, Kawanabe

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.

Wood house in Kawanabe, Minamikyushu, farmland, approval needed

Minamikyushu, Kagoshima

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Wood house in Kawanabe, Minamikyushu, farmland, approval needed
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Price
Price on application
Building size
181.48 sqm
Year built
Not available
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

Specifications

Land size651.5 sqm
Building size181.48 sqm
StructureWood
Floors1
Rooms5K

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
Public sewer

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
Local land price
Local land about 7,600 yen per sqm, prices falling (-2.4% over 5 years)
Source: Government land-price survey
  • About 124 min walk to Hirakawa station
  • About 19.5 km from the coast
  • About 0.3 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 7,600 yen per sqm, with local prices falling (-2.4% 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 Wood house in Kawanabe, Minamikyushu, farmland, approval needed

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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.

Source listing last changed: 2026-06-06

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Original listing: https://www.city.minamikyushu.lg.jp/cgi-bin/recruit.php/1/detail/217?ck=1

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

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