House of the Painted Birds

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.

1930s wood house in Kumamoto

Yamato, Kumamoto

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1930s wood house in Kumamoto
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Price
Price on application
Building size
92.56 sqm
Year built
1935
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

Town charm: Yamato Town, Kumamoto Prefecture is located at the center of Kyushu, known as the 'navel of Kyushu.' At elevations of 300m to 900m in a pure highland cool-climate zone, the area offers ideal conditions for growing delicious vegetables: cool climate with large daily temperature variations, clear mountain water, and mineral-rich soil containing volcanic ash from Mount Aso.

Specifications

Land size470.48 sqm
Building size92.56 sqm
Year built1935
StructureWood
Floors2
Rooms5K以上

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 5% 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 126 min walk to Takamori station
  • About 107.3 km from the coast
  • About 90.7 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.

Floor plans

Floor plan for 1930s wood house in Kumamoto

Municipal conditions and restrictions

Some towns attach conditions to an empty-home purchase, for example a residency requirement or farmland-law (nochi-ho) approval, which is a local sign-off needed before farmland can change hands or use. These come from the source listing.

  • Registration with Yamato Town Akiya Bank system is required

Always confirm the current conditions with the town before you commit.

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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: 2026-07-28

Source listing last changed: 2026-06-16

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Original listing: https://kumamoto-akiya360.jp/property/p1000001075

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

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