Low-hazard, affordable towns across Japan
When searching across Japan without distance limits to major metros, candidates for low disaster risk and affordable land open up significantly. This page filters all 1,892 municipalities to those with expected flood area at or below 5.0% and 30-year Shindo 6-lower probability at or below 30.0%, showing the top 100 ordered by median residential land price.
A total of 126 municipalities qualify across 33 prefectures (Osaka (10), Hiroshima (10), Okinawa (9), Kagoshima (9), Fukuoka (7), Shimane (6), Fukushima (6), Hokkaido (5), Nara (5), Yamaguchi (5), Akita (5), Saitama (4), Iwate (4), Nagasaki (4), Hyogo (3), Oita (3), Gifu (3), Niigata (3), Shiga (3), Gunma (3), Kyoto (2), Miyagi (2), Okayama (2), Aichi (2), Tochigi (2), Aomori (2), Saga (1), Wakayama (1), Toyama (1), Yamanashi (1), Kumamoto (1), Shizuoka (1), Tottori (1)). The most affordable is Akita / 北秋田市 (6,520 JPY/m²).
| Municipality | Prefecture | Land price | Flood | Quake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 北秋田市 | Akita | 6,520 JPY/m² | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| 曽於市 | Kagoshima | 8,280 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 15.7% |
| 潟上市 | Akita | 8,770 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 11.1% |
| 魚沼市 | Niigata | 9,160 JPY/m² | 4.0% | 5.1% |
| 指宿市 | Kagoshima | 9,430 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 12.0% |
| 白河市 | Fukushima | 9,600 JPY/m² | 3.2% | 5.2% |
| 美祢市 | Yamaguchi | 10,425 JPY/m² | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| 鹿角市 | Akita | 10,700 JPY/m² | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| 南九州市 | Kagoshima | 10,950 JPY/m² | 1.8% | 2.5% |
| 平川市 | Aomori | 11,100 JPY/m² | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| 田村市 | Fukushima | 11,100 JPY/m² | 0.7% | 7.6% |
| にかほ市 | Akita | 11,700 JPY/m² | 4.5% | 17.0% |
| 大田市 | Shimane | 13,000 JPY/m² | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| 南島原市 | Nagasaki | 13,100 JPY/m² | 4.0% | 11.5% |
| 会津美里町 | Fukushima | 13,400 JPY/m² | 4.5% | 2.8% |
| むつ市 | Aomori | 13,500 JPY/m² | 2.5% | 14.3% |
| 奥出雲町 | Shimane | 13,500 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 1.0% |
| 吉野町 | Nara | 14,150 JPY/m² | 3.3% | 23.4% |
| 鹿屋市 | Kagoshima | 14,200 JPY/m² | 3.5% | 13.0% |
| 霧島市 | Kagoshima | 14,400 JPY/m² | 3.1% | 26.3% |
| 伊達市 | Hokkaido | 14,475 JPY/m² | 4.8% | 4.6% |
| 小樽市 | Hokkaido | 14,800 JPY/m² | 4.9% | 0.4% |
| 日野町 | Shiga | 14,800 JPY/m² | 3.0% | 10.5% |
| 有田町 | Saga | 15,150 JPY/m² | 3.7% | 0.2% |
| 平戸市 | Nagasaki | 15,800 JPY/m² | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| 一関市 | Iwate | 16,350 JPY/m² | 4.6% | 5.6% |
| 甲賀市 | Shiga | 16,650 JPY/m² | 2.2% | 22.5% |
| 江田島市 | Hiroshima | 16,750 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 28.8% |
| 庄原市 | Hiroshima | 17,000 JPY/m² | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| 薩摩川内市 | Kagoshima | 17,150 JPY/m² | 3.2% | 15.0% |
| 真庭市 | Okayama | 17,200 JPY/m² | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| 日置市 | Kagoshima | 17,200 JPY/m² | 1.4% | 3.2% |
| 江津市 | Shimane | 17,300 JPY/m² | 4.3% | 7.5% |
| 花巻市 | Iwate | 17,800 JPY/m² | 4.7% | 4.4% |
| 下市町 | Nara | 18,000 JPY/m² | 3.4% | 23.0% |
| みなかみ町 | Gunma | 18,050 JPY/m² | 1.3% | 0.4% |
| 三次市 | Hiroshima | 18,700 JPY/m² | 3.8% | 3.0% |
| 長門市 | Yamaguchi | 19,350 JPY/m² | 3.8% | 2.6% |
| いちき串木野市 | Kagoshima | 19,500 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 1.6% |
| 由利本荘市 | Akita | 19,700 JPY/m² | 2.7% | 7.0% |
| 府中市 | Hiroshima | 20,000 JPY/m² | 3.8% | 16.2% |
| 二本松市 | Fukushima | 20,100 JPY/m² | 1.4% | 12.2% |
| 雲南市 | Shimane | 20,200 JPY/m² | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| 七飯町 | Hokkaido | 20,500 JPY/m² | 4.2% | 0.6% |
| 那須塩原市 | Tochigi | 20,500 JPY/m² | 4.1% | 8.2% |
| 妙高市 | Niigata | 21,000 JPY/m² | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| 日光市 | Tochigi | 21,050 JPY/m² | 1.5% | 10.0% |
| 南砺市 | Toyama | 21,150 JPY/m² | 3.8% | 6.5% |
| 八頭町 | Tottori | 21,950 JPY/m² | 3.4% | 1.1% |
| 宇陀市 | Nara | 22,800 JPY/m² | 3.6% | 26.0% |
| 浜田市 | Shimane | 22,950 JPY/m² | 1.0% | 6.6% |
| 糸魚川市 | Niigata | 23,000 JPY/m² | 4.7% | 8.5% |
| 高梁市 | Okayama | 23,700 JPY/m² | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| 渋川市 | Gunma | 24,000 JPY/m² | 3.9% | 2.4% |
| みどり市 | Gunma | 24,550 JPY/m² | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| 鏡石町 | Fukushima | 27,700 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 19.8% |
| 宮古島市 | Okinawa | 28,150 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 17.8% |
| 橋本市 | Wakayama | 28,500 JPY/m² | 3.5% | 22.5% |
| 中津川市 | Gifu | 28,600 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 23.9% |
| 益田市 | Shimane | 28,900 JPY/m² | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| 甲州市 | Yamanashi | 29,100 JPY/m² | 1.1% | 18.8% |
| 本巣市 | Gifu | 29,850 JPY/m² | 4.0% | 21.1% |
| 滝沢市 | Iwate | 31,850 JPY/m² | 1.5% | 11.7% |
| 鳩山町 | Saitama | 32,300 JPY/m² | 4.6% | 7.8% |
| 姶良市 | Kagoshima | 32,700 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 7.5% |
| 由布市 | Oita | 33,100 JPY/m² | 1.2% | 11.3% |
| 札幌市南区 | Hokkaido | 33,650 JPY/m² | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| 天草市 | Kumamoto | 34,200 JPY/m² | 3.2% | 10.0% |
| 平群町 | Nara | 34,750 JPY/m² | 2.3% | 25.3% |
| 周南市 | Yamaguchi | 35,450 JPY/m² | 2.7% | 5.8% |
| 熊野町 | Hiroshima | 37,000 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 4.2% |
| 日田市 | Oita | 37,400 JPY/m² | 2.6% | 4.7% |
| 南丹市 | Kyoto | 37,500 JPY/m² | 5.0% | 6.0% |
| 下関市 | Yamaguchi | 39,100 JPY/m² | 4.2% | 5.6% |
| 佐世保市 | Nagasaki | 40,800 JPY/m² | 4.0% | 0.7% |
| 相生市 | Hyogo | 42,500 JPY/m² | 4.5% | 25.2% |
| 函館市 | Hokkaido | 42,900 JPY/m² | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| 北九州市若松区 | Fukuoka | 44,000 JPY/m² | 3.7% | 4.7% |
| 豊能町 | Osaka | 44,600 JPY/m² | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| 別府市 | Oita | 46,300 JPY/m² | 0.3% | 19.2% |
| 北九州市門司区 | Fukuoka | 47,350 JPY/m² | 2.7% | 1.4% |
| 呉市 | Hiroshima | 47,400 JPY/m² | 3.0% | 29.7% |
| 北九州市八幡東区 | Fukuoka | 47,500 JPY/m² | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| 岩国市 | Yamaguchi | 48,300 JPY/m² | 3.2% | 24.8% |
| 猪名川町 | Hyogo | 48,900 JPY/m² | 3.2% | 4.2% |
| 盛岡市 | Iwate | 49,900 JPY/m² | 4.5% | 7.0% |
| 高山市 | Gifu | 51,100 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 5.6% |
| 熊取町 | Osaka | 51,150 JPY/m² | 3.4% | 16.7% |
| 日高市 | Saitama | 52,550 JPY/m² | 2.7% | 19.4% |
| 大竹市 | Hiroshima | 52,550 JPY/m² | 4.0% | 19.2% |
| 長崎市 | Nagasaki | 52,900 JPY/m² | 2.5% | 3.0% |
| うるま市 | Okinawa | 53,000 JPY/m² | 1.0% | 21.6% |
| 秩父市 | Saitama | 56,150 JPY/m² | 0.4% | 6.8% |
| 南城市 | Okinawa | 56,850 JPY/m² | 0.0% | 21.7% |
| 伊東市 | Shizuoka | 59,000 JPY/m² | 2.0% | 26.1% |
| 神戸市北区 | Hyogo | 62,150 JPY/m² | 2.8% | 13.1% |
| 貝塚市 | Osaka | 63,350 JPY/m² | 4.7% | 27.0% |
| 郡山市 | Fukushima | 63,650 JPY/m² | 3.9% | 8.1% |
| 瀬戸市 | Aichi | 65,800 JPY/m² | 3.5% | 24.7% |
| 河内長野市 | Osaka | 67,000 JPY/m² | 2.5% | 14.3% |
How to read this table
The flood threshold of 5.0% keeps towns where expected worst-case inundation covers no more than 5.0% of the land.
The earthquake threshold of 30.0% selects areas away from major subduction rupture zones like the Nankai Trough.
Land price is the median residential price per square meter. Municipalities with fewer than 4 samples are excluded.
What the numbers do not tell you
All three conditions are rough figures for the municipality as a whole, not for the plot you would live on. Once you have a shortlist, check each address on the Hazard Map Portal's overlay map.
This table ignores landslide alert areas, tsunami inundation and snow depth. In mountain towns landslides matter, and on the Sea of Japan side snow shapes daily life. Add those conditions on the map to test a candidate.
A low land price is also a sign of low demand. Read it together with the population projection and the number of medical facilities: the municipality pages list every metric with its nationwide rank and its source.
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