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Questions that no single metric answers, written up as a table of stacked conditions plus an explanation of what the numbers mean. The tables and the figures in the text come from the latest aggregation of the public data.

  • Low-hazard, low-price towns within 150 km of Tokyo #1 みなかみ町 (18,050 JPY/m²), #2 那須塩原市 (20,500 JPY/m²), #3 日光市 (21,050 JPY/m²). The 11 municipalities within 150 km of Tokyo Station whose expected flood area stays at or below 5.0% and whose 30-year probability of Shindo 6-lower shaking stays at or below 30.0%, ordered from the cheapest residential land.
  • Low-hazard, low-price towns within 120 km of Osaka #1 吉野町 (14,150 JPY/m²), #2 日野町 (14,800 JPY/m²), #3 甲賀市 (16,650 JPY/m²). The 24 municipalities within 120 km of Osaka Station whose expected flood area stays at or below 5.0% and whose 30-year probability of Shindo 6-lower shaking stays at or below 30.0%, ordered from the cheapest residential land.
  • Low-hazard, low-price towns within 100 km of Nagoya #1 日野町 (14,800 JPY/m²), #2 甲賀市 (16,650 JPY/m²), #3 中津川市 (28,600 JPY/m²). The 7 municipalities within 100 km of Nagoya Station whose expected flood area stays at or below 5.0% and whose 30-year probability of Shindo 6-lower shaking stays at or below 30.0%, ordered from the cheapest residential land.
  • Reading the 30-year earthquake probability, with medians by prefecture #1 Shimane (2.1%), #2 Nagasaki (2.5%), #3 Tottori (3.4%). For each of the 47 prefectures, the median 30-year probability of Shindo 6-lower shaking across its municipalities, with the lowest and highest municipality in each. The nationwide median over 1,892 municipalities is 19.3%.
  • What the flood inundation area ratio means and how to read it #1 渋谷区 (21.8%), #2 目黒区 (23.5%), #3 文京区 (24.6%). Settle Map's flood metric is the area expected to flood in a worst-case (L2) rainfall divided by the area of the municipality. This page lists the 23 wards of Tokyo from the lowest ratio, with land price and earthquake probability alongside.
  • What an akiya bank is, and how to reach one from Settle Map #1 Ishikawa (100.0%), #2 Fukui (100.0%), #3 Gifu (100.0%). An akiya bank is a municipal listing of vacant homes and vacant land. Settle Map carries the official URL for 1,085 of Japan's 1,892 municipalities (57.3%). This page lists the coverage by prefecture.
  • Towns with a mild winter and a low earthquake probability #1 南大東村 (0.2%), #2 北大東村 (0.2%), #3 青ヶ島村 (1.3%). The 17 municipalities with an average January temperature of 8.0 ℃ or above and a 30-year probability of Shindo 6-lower shaking of 15.0% or below, ordered from the lowest probability.