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Amagasaki City
Osaka Sta., 6 min
To Sannomiya19 min
City area50.70km²
Homes for sale451
Population457,745 people
Shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years50.2%
Summer (August daily high)33.7°C
Winter (January daily low)3.0°C
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Moving to Amagasaki City

At the southeastern edge of Hyogo Prefecture, with Osaka City across the Kanzaki River to the east, Nishinomiya across the Mukogawa to the west, and Osaka Bay to the south. 457,745 people across 50.70 square kilometres. 🔴 From JR Amagasaki to Osaka Station is 6 minutes and ¥200, and to Sannomiya 19 minutes and ¥410with no change on either. From Hanshin Amagasaki, trains leave in 3 directions: Osaka-Umeda, Himeji and Osaka-Namba. There are 451 second-hand detached houses for sale, and all 451 were tallied. From ¥2,500,000 to ¥198,000,000, median ¥31,990,000. 55 (12%) are under ¥10,000,000at that price, 6 minutes from Osaka Station. In exchange, there is something you should know. The city itself writes that "about a third of the city area is land lying below sea level" (§1, §5).

Osaka Sta.,
6 min
no change from JR Amagasaki
To Sannomiya
19 min
no change from JR Amagasaki
City area
50.70km²
next door to the west of Osaka City
Homes for sale
451 listings
¥2,500,000– / median ¥31,990,000
Population
457,745 people
232,106 households, Reiwa 8 (2026), 8/1
Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years
50.2%
At the city hall site; delta and coastal lowland
Summer (August daily high)
33.7℃
Osaka, 2.4°C warmer than Tokyo
Winter (January daily low)
3.0℃
Osaka, 1.8°C warmer than Tokyo

Hot springs and day baths: Kuise Onsen, Kanda Onsen, Tamanoyu, Sankoyu, Yutopia Kotoura, Minoriyu, Toyo Onsen, Fukuzumi Onsen, Sasanoyu, Fukuju Onsen, Lourdes in Amagasaki, Tsugiya Onsen, Misono Shin-Onsen, Yuasobi Hiroba Nanamatsu Onsen, Yuasobi Hiroba, Nagasu Onsen, Yomogawa Onsen Mizuki-no-Yu, Sanwa Onsen, Komyo Onsen, Yakumo Onsen / Dog runs: Hiroba
Sources: hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20) / dog runs from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what is present is shown here — a town without these is not the lesser for it.

Last verified 2026-08-19

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Amagasaki is

The city puts it like this — "Amagasaki City, part of the Hanshin metropolitan area, lies in the west of the Osaka plain and the southeast of Hyogo Prefecture, a city of 50.70 square kilometres in all". To the east, across the Kanzaki and Samondono rivers, is Osaka City, and across the Inagawa is Toyonaka; to the north is Itami, to the west across the Mukogawa is Nishinomiya, and to the south is Osaka Bay. Listed homes sit at elevations from minus 2.0 metres to 18.4 metresflat land where even the highest point in the city is 18 metres.

The city writes that "about a third lies below sea level"The city's explanation runs: it "stands on a plain formed by sediment carried by the coastal currents of Osaka Bay and by the rivers", and "partly because of subsidence since the modern era, about a third of the city area is land lying below sea level". The elevation rises as you go north, and around the boundary with Itami it is roughly 5–10 metres. Indeed, the elevations of the listed homes divide the same way: a median of minus 0.5 metres in the Chuo district against 6.4 metres in the Muko district (§2). This single point is the starting place for everything about buying a house in Amagasaki.
The city answered that subsidence with a sea wallThe city's history page writes: "the greatest problem facing Amagasaki in this period was building a sea wall to prevent the storm-surge damage that recurred almost every year, caused by subsidence from pumping industrial groundwater". Typhoon Jane in Showa 25 brought damage more serious than the pre-war Muroto typhoon, and a great sea wall covering the whole coastal part of Amagasaki was completed in March Showa 31. The city flower, the oleander, was chosen because it survived and flowered even when the south of the city was under seawater in that Typhoon Jane, and so stands as "a symbol of recovery from natural disaster and from war".
Born from 4 towns and villages merging, taking its present shape with SonodaIt became a city in Taisho 5 (1916), so 2026 marks 110 years of city status. The present city boundary was settled when Sonoda Village merged in Showa 22 (1947). After the war the procurement boom of the Korean War revived industrial production, and as an industrial city built on steel it reached a peak population of 554,000 in Showa 45. Factories then moved out or closed and the population fell for years, but during Reiwa 7 (2025) the population rose by 500 on the year (§10). The city tree is the flowering dogwood and the city plant is the begonia.
Source:Amagasaki City, "The position and area of Amagasaki City" (updated 9 April 2024 / total area 50.70km² / Osaka City across the Kanzaki and Samondono rivers to the east, Toyonaka across the Inagawa, Itami to the north, Nishinomiya across the Mukogawa to the west, Osaka Bay to the south / "about a third of the city area is land lying below sea level", "around the boundary with Itami it is roughly 5–10 metres") / the same, "Amagasaki in the modern era" (updated 3 August 2020 / subsidence and storm surges / Typhoon Jane, Showa 25 / the great sea wall completed March Showa 31 / merger of Sonoda Village, Showa 22 / the Korean War procurement boom / peak population of 554,000, Showa 45) / the same, "The city tree, the city flower and the city plant" (city tree the flowering dogwood / city flower the oleander / city plant the begonia; and why the oleander was chosen) / the 110th anniversary from the same, "Projects marking 110 years of city status"/ Verified 2026-08-19

Map of Amagasaki City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Amagasaki City Hall. Along the coast to the south run the Hanshin main line and the industrial belt; through the middle runs the JR Tokaido main line (the JR Kobe Line); and across the north runs the Hankyu Kobe Line, all west to east. The eastern boundary is the Kanzaki River (Osaka City) and the western boundary the Mukogawa (Nishinomiya City).
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What should I know first about moving to Amagasaki?

Next door to the west of Osaka City, with 457,745 people across 50.70 square kilometres. 🔴 The city itself writes that "about a third of the city area is land lying below sea level", and the listed homes sit at elevations from minus 2.0 metres to 18.4 metres.

CHAPTER 02Six areas, and life in each

These 6 are not divisions we invented. They are the 6 districts — Chuo, Oda, Osho, Tachibana, Muko and Sonoda — that Amagasaki City uses as the areas covered by its district development centres, with all 451 homes for sale assigned to them by town name. The medians run from ¥30,800,000 to ¥35,000,000, not far apart across the 6, and what does differ is elevation — from minus 0.4 metres (Chuo) to 6.6 metres (Muko). The further south, the lower.

Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki) — the most listings103 listings (¥4,580,000–¥83,000,000, median ¥31,990,000, 16 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation minus 0.8–8.0 m (median 2.0 m). Nearest stations: Mukogawa 46, Tachibana 42. Median plot 81㎡, median year built 2002 (29, or 28%, built in 1981 or earlier).
Suits = people who want the Hanshin main line to reach both Umeda and Sannomiya
What to watch = this belt includes listings at minus 0.8 metres. Check the flood and storm-surge maps at the level of the individual lot (§5)
Sonoda (Hankyu Sonoda and JR Inadera) — Hankyu to Umeda, and the lowest median101 listings (¥2,500,000–¥198,000,000, median ¥30,800,000, 10 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 1.2–8.3 m (median 3.9 m). Nearest stations: Sonoda 72, Inadera 20, Tsukaguchi 9. The median year built is 2002, and with 17 (17%) built in 1981 or earlier this is the belt with the fewest of the 6.
Suits = people commuting to Osaka-Umeda on the Hankyu Kobe Line / people looking for a relatively new house in the city
What to watch = it lies along the Inagawa. Be sure to look at the flood map (§5)
Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki) — the lowest, with the highest median82 listings (¥4,990,000–¥79,800,000, median ¥35,000,000, 10 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation minus 2.0 to 2.1 m, median minus 0.4 m — a belt where half the listings sit below sea level. Nearest stations: Amagasaki 39, Deyashiki 27, Daimotsu 9. Median plot 73㎡, median year built 1996.
Suits = people who want to be within walking distance of Hanshin Amagasaki and take the convenience of the station
What to watch = land below sea level. Look at the storm-surge, flood and tsunami maps, all of them (§5)
Oda (JR Amagasaki and Kuise) — walking distance, 6 minutes from Osaka Station58 listings (¥5,300,000–¥84,900,000, median ¥33,850,000, 8 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation minus 1.4 to 2.1 m (median 0.2 m). Nearest stations: Amagasaki 39, Kuise 11. Median plot 70㎡.
Suits = people who put 6 minutes to Osaka and 19 to Sannomiya from JR Amagasaki (§3) above everything else
What to watch = 20 of the 58 (34%) were built in 1981 or earlier, the highest share of the 6 districts. Check the seismic standard first
Tachibana (Tsukaguchi and Mukonoso-Higashi) — both Hankyu and JR53 listings (¥4,500,000–¥119,800,000, median ¥31,800,000, 5 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 0.7–7.4 m (median 3.0 m). Nearest stations: Tachibana 26, Tsukaguchi 17, Mukonoso 9. The median year built is 1999, and only 10 (19%) were built in 1981 or earlier.
Suits = people who want to live where they can choose between JR Tachibana and Hankyu Tsukaguchi or Mukonoso
What to watch = it is a popular belt, so the same budget buys a smaller plot (median plot 73㎡)
Muko (Mukonoso) — the highest ground54 listings (¥4,300,000–¥178,000,000, median ¥33,150,000, 6 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 4.4–18.4 m (median 6.6 m)the highest of the 6 districts, and the only part of the city with nothing below sea level. Nearest stations: Mukonoso 44, Koshienguchi 5. With a median building of 112㎡, the houses here are the largest of the 6.
Suits = people who want elevation among their conditions / people who want a residential area on the Hankyu Kobe Line
What to watch = the most sought-after belt in the city. For a given budget, there is not much choice
The districts follow Amagasaki City, "The areas covered by each district development centre" (updated 23 July 2026) and its list by town name exactly (where a town is split between districts by chome, it is assigned by chome). Prices, counts, elevations, years built and plot sizes are tallied from SUUMOlisted451 listingsall below. Elevations come from the map coordinates on each SUUMO listing page, each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (447 of the 451 have per-property coordinates) / Verified 2026-08-19

Which part of Amagasaki should I live in?

It divides into the 6 districts of Chuo, Oda, Osho, Tachibana, Muko and Sonoda that the city itself uses. The medians run from ¥30,800,000 in Sonoda to ¥35,000,000 in Chuo, not far apart; what differs is elevation, which opens up from minus 0.4 metres in Chuo to 6.6 metres in Muko.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

From JR Amagasaki to Osaka Station is 6 minutes and ¥200; to Sannomiya 19 minutes and ¥410. Neither needs a change. Both Osaka and Kobe within 20 minutes with no change — that is Amagasaki's first condition. Running through the city are the JR Tokaido main line (JR Kobe Line), the JR Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line), the Hankyu Kobe Line, the Hankyu Itami Line, the Hanshin main line and the Hanshin Namba Line.

Leg (JR)Time (departing in the 8 o'clock hour)FareChanges
Amagasaki → Osaka6 min¥2000
Amagasaki → Sannomiya19 min¥4100
Tachibana → Osaka11 min¥2400

Searched on the official JR West timetable for a departure at 08:00 on 20 August 2026 (adult, one way). The operating distance from JR Amagasaki to Osaka is 7.7km.

Hanshin Amagasaki is a station where trains leave in 3 directionsOn Hanshin Electric Railway's official station page, the timetables for Amagasaki Station are for "the Osaka-Umeda direction", "the Himeji direction" and "the Osaka-Namba direction". The Osaka-Namba direction is the Hanshin Namba Line, which runs through onto the Kintetsu Nara Line. Kintetsu's official fare search shows "Kintetsu Nara (Namba) Amagasaki" = ordinary fare ¥1,020 — in other words, the rails run all the way from Amagasaki to Nara.
Fares and journey times within the Hanshin network are not given on this page. The Hanshin fare search could not be retrieved by machine, so rather than writing from guesswork we link to the official search.
The listings are scattered across more than 10 stationsCounting the nearest station for each of the 451 gives Sonoda 79, Amagasaki 78, Tachibana 74, Mukonoso 53, Mukogawa 46, Deyashiki 32, Tsukaguchi 29, Inadera 20, Kuise 11 and Daimotsu 9. Because JR, Hankyu and Hanshin run parallel from west to east, you can choose which line to live along (§2). By car there are the Amagasaki and Amagasaki-Kita interchanges on the Meishin Expressway and the Hanshin Expressway Route 3 Kobe Line and Route 5 Bayshore Line. Osaka International Airport (Itami) is in Itami City, immediately to the north.
Sources: JR journey times and fares from JR West official timetable and fare search (searched for a departure at 08:00 on 20 August 2026. Amagasaki→Osaka 6 min ¥200, operating distance 7.7km / Amagasaki→Sannomiya 19 min ¥410 / Tachibana→Osaka 11 min ¥240; none needs a change) / the directions from Hanshin Amagasaki Station from Hanshin Electric Railway, "Amagasaki Station" (timetables for the Osaka-Umeda, Himeji and Osaka-Namba directions); for fares within the Hanshin network, see the same, fare search / the fare to Kintetsu Nara from Kinki Nippon Railway, fare and charge search(as of 19 August 2026; route “Kintetsu Nara (Namba) Amagasaki” = ordinary adult fare ¥1,020) / the breakdown of nearest stations from the 451 SUUMO listings below / verified 2026-08-19

✈ Airports

The closest is Osaka International Airport (a hub airport under company management), about 6.6 km in a straight line. Next is Kobe Airport (about 20.2 km in a straight line). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are neither road distances nor journey times — please check the actual route with each operator's timetable.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 5 entrances and exits (interchanges and junctions).
Hanshin Expressway Route 5 Bayshore Line = Amagasaki-Suehiro, Amagasaki-Higashikaigan
Hanshin Expressway Route 3 Kobe Line = Amagasaki-Higashi, Amagasaki-Nishi
Chuo Expressway Nishinomiya Line = Amagasaki

Sources: airports fromNational Land Numerical Information, "Airports", FY2021 edition (category names followthe MLIT list of airports ) / expressway junctions fromthe same, "Expressways time series", 2025 edition, current data only (what is open today). Both were overlaid onthe same, "Administrative boundaries", 2026and judged by machine to fall inside this area / verified 2026-08-21

How long does it take from Amagasaki to Osaka Station?

🔴 6 minutes and ¥200 from JR Amagasaki, with no change. 19 minutes and ¥410 to Sannomiya, also with no change. From Hanshin Amagasaki, trains leave in 3 directions: Osaka-Umeda, Himeji and Osaka-Namba.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO carries 451 listings. Across all 451, prices run from ¥2,500,000 to ¥198,000,000, median ¥31,990,000. 55 (12%) are under ¥10,000,000. The median year built is 1998, and 109 (24%) were built in 1981 or earlier. The median plot is 75 square metres (about 23 tsubo) and the median building 95 square metres.

Sort

"Nearest the station first" converts everything to minutes — a walk of ◯ min, ◯ min by bus plus ◯ min from the stop, ◯ km by car (reckoned at 30 km/h) — and compares those. Listings with no such information always appear last, whatever the sort.

Higashisonoda-cho 3 property photoHigashisonoda-cho 3¥2,500,000Sonoda (Hankyu Sonoda and JR Inadera)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 31 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 34 m² (10 tsubo) / built 1965 / Sonoda Sta. 15 min walk10 photos → Mukonoso 9 property photoMukonoso 9¥4,300,000Muko (Mukonoso)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 48 m² (14 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1976 / Mukonoso Sta. bus 5 min+7 min walk10 photos → Higashinanamatsu-cho 1-5-38 property photoHigashinanamatsu-cho 1-5-38¥4,500,000Tachibana (Tsukaguchi and Mukonoso-Higashi)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 42 m² (13 tsubo) / Building 42 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1967 / Tachibana Sta. 14 min walk9 photos → Osho Kita 3 property photoOsho Kita 3¥4,580,000Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 54 m² (16 tsubo) / Building 28 m² (8 tsubo) / built 1965 / Tachibana Sta. 20 min walk1 photos → Osho Nishi-machi 2-31-13 property photoOsho Nishi-machi 2-31-13¥4,800,000Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 58 m² (18 tsubo) / Building 68 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1982 / Mukogawa Sta. 10 min walk10 photos → Tsukaguchi Hon-machi 7 property photoTsukaguchi Hon-machi 7¥4,800,000Tachibana (Tsukaguchi and Mukonoso-Higashi)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 28 m² (8 tsubo) / Building 43 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1935 / Tsukaguchi Sta. 11 min walk10 photos → Osho Nishi-machi 3 property photoOsho Nishi-machi 3¥4,800,000Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 35 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 45 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1967 / Mukogawa Sta. 11 min walk6 photos → Nishihon-machi 7 property photoNishihon-machi 7¥4,990,000Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 64 m² (19 tsubo) / Building 34 m² (10 tsubo) / built 1960 / Deyashiki Sta. 4 min walk9 photos → Nishihon-machi 7 property photoNishihon-machi 7¥4,990,000Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 64 m² (19 tsubo) / Building 34 m² (10 tsubo) / built 1985 / Deyashiki Sta. 4 min walk8 photos → Mukogawa-cho 3 property photoMukogawa-cho 3¥5,000,000Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 82 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 58 m² (18 tsubo) / built 1970 / Mukogawa Sta. 8 min walk7 photos → Nagasu Higashidori 2 property photoNagasu Higashidori 2¥5,300,000Oda (JR Amagasaki and Kuise)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 44 m² (13 tsubo) / Building 44 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1968 / Kuise Sta. 12 min walk8 photos → Motohama-cho 2 property photoMotohama-cho 2¥5,500,000Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 55 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1978 / Mukogawa Sta. 6 min walk10 photos → Nishihon-machi 1 property photoNishihon-machi 1¥5,500,000Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 22 m² (7 tsubo) / Building 37 m² (11 tsubo) / built 1967 / Amagasaki Sta. 9 min walk2 photos → Sutokuin 3 property photoSutokuin 3¥5,800,000Osho (Hanshin Mukogawa and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 39 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 59 m² (18 tsubo) / built 1955 / Deyashiki Sta. 9 min walk7 photos → Shioe 2 property photoShioe 2¥6,000,000Oda (JR Amagasaki and Kuise)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 35 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 40 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1981 / Amagasaki Sta. 10 min walk3 photos → Showadori 7-251 property photoShowadori 7-251¥6,400,000Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 22 m² (7 tsubo) / Building 20 m² (6 tsubo) / built 1950 / Deyashiki Sta. 9 min walk6 photos → Kuriyama-cho 2-22-3 property photoKuriyama-cho 2-22-3¥6,500,000Tachibana (Tsukaguchi and Mukonoso-Higashi)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 41 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 52 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1974 / Tachibana Sta. 14 min walk7 photos → Zenpoji-cho property photoZenpoji-cho¥6,800,000Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 57 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 65 m² (20 tsubo) / built 1978 / Sonoda Sta. 9 min walk10 photos → Nagasu Nakadori 2 property photoNagasu Nakadori 2¥6,800,000Oda (JR Amagasaki and Kuise)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 36 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 21 m² (6 tsubo) / built 1977 / Amagasaki Sta. 10 min walk8 photos → Higashidaimotsu-cho 2 property photoHigashidaimotsu-cho 2¥6,800,000Chuo (the old town around Hanshin Amagasaki and Deyashiki)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 35 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 63 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1922 / Daimotsu Sta. 6 min walk3 photos →

The photographs are the images carried on SUUMO. They disappear once a listing ends. Check the real condition of a property on site.

See all 451 on SUUMO →

How to read this list

A market where "why it is cheap" is clear6 minutes from Osaka Station (§3) with a median of ¥31,990,000 and 55 listings under ¥10,000,000. That is the most reachable level in the Osaka one-hour ring on this site (Toyonaka ¥37,800,000, Suita ¥39,800,000). There are 3 reasons — (1) 24% were built in 1981 or earlier, (2) the median plot is 75㎡, (3) about a third of the city area lies below sea level (§1, §5). If you choose it knowing those 3 things, no other city this close to the centre is this reachable.
What you must do yourself before you buy(1) Look at all 4 hazard maps for that lot (flood, inland flooding, storm surge and tsunami; §5). (2) If the house dates from 1981 or earlier, get a quote for a seismic survey. (3) Check the elevation — this list gives an elevation for every property. Sort by "lowest elevation first" and the height differences across the city show up directly. (4) Walk it on a rainy day. On flat land you cannot tell where the water goes without walking it.
Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Amagasaki City" (All 451 listings retrieved, as of 2026-08-19). Prices, year built, address and nearest station are as given on each listing page; elevation is the map coordinates on the listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API.Listings change from day to day.Please check each listing page for the latest / the medians quoted for Toyonaka and Suita use the same method as their pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

Akiya bank

There are no registrations of homes for sale. Every property in this chapter is on the private market. (as verified on 17 August 2026)

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Amagasaki?

SUUMO carries 451 listings. From ¥2,500,000 to ¥198,000,000, median ¥31,990,000, with 55 (12%) under ¥10,000,000. 🔴 109 (24%) were built in 1981 or earlier, and the median plot is 75 square metres.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

This is the chapter to spend the most time on. Amagasaki City is designated under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area. In the 250-metre square containing the city hall, the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 50.2%, and of 6-upper or above 11.0%. The ground is delta and coastal lowland with AVS30 of 175.87 m/s. And about a third of the city area lies below sea level (§1).

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

For each major earthquake, national law designates the areas where preparation is to be advanced. Whether a town is designated tells you directly how the national government views the shaking and tsunami expected there.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion AreaDesignated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures AreaNot covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion AreaNot covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years50.2% (shindo 6-upper or above: 11.0%)
At the Amagasaki City Hall site. Surface ground AVS30 176 m/s, delta and coastal lowland
This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Amagasaki City town hall stands ondelta and coastal lowland (AVS30 176 m/s), and the 50.2% above is the value at that point. Even within Amagasaki City, it varies a great deal between the lowland along the rivers and the terraces. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion AreaTokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures AreaJapan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area ) / probability and surface ground from theNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS earthquake hazard information API (2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes) queried at the coordinates of the city hall / verified 2026-08-19

Amagasaki City publishes 4 kinds of hazard map

Amagasaki City completely renewed its hazard maps in March Reiwa 7 (2025), remaking them by type of disaster: flood, inland flooding, storm surge and tsunami. The flood map comes in 2 sheets, "the Yodo and Yomogawa systems" and "the Mukogawa system". Look at all 4. This is not land where one sheet can put your mind at rest.

MapWhat it tells you
Flood hazard map (March Reiwa 7, 2 sheets)The Yodo and Yomogawa systems and the Mukogawa system. Updated to projections based on the largest conceivable rainfall, including smaller rivers such as the Shoge
Inland flooding hazard map (March Reiwa 7)Flooding when rain exceeds what the sewers can carry. Updated from the largest rainfall on record to the largest conceivable rainfall
Tsunami hazard map (March Reiwa 7)Depth of inundation from the "largest-class tsunami" projected for a great Nankai Trough earthquake. It also shows temporary tsunami refuge points
Storm-surge hazard map (March Reiwa 7)Inundation from storm surge. Based on the largest-conceivable storm-surge inundation map drawn up by Hyogo Prefecture in August Reiwa 1
Amagasaki disaster-preparedness guide (March Reiwa 7)A booklet on what to do, how to get information, and what to prepare at home. It is written to be read together with the maps

What this number means, and what you do next

How much it shakes comes straight from the groundA 50.2% chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years puts it below Suita (58.0%) and far above Toyonaka (11.3%). What makes the difference is the ground: Amagasaki City Hall sits on delta and coastal lowland with AVS30 of 175.87 m/s, while Toyonaka City Hall sits on a sand-and-gravel terrace at 381.27 m/s. Soft ground shakes more in the same earthquake. That said, this is the value for the one square containing the city hall. Look lot by lot on J-SHIS.
What it means to live inside the sea wallAs the city's history page says, the great sea wall covering the whole coastal part of Amagasaki was completed in March Showa 31 (§1). The built-up area of the south exists because of it — that is the fact of Amagasaki. Which is exactly why looking at the storm-surge and tsunami maps matters. Two things to look at first — (1) enter the address into the overlaid hazard map and lay flood, inland flooding, storm surge and tsunami over each other; (2) open the 4 maps in turn on Amagasaki City's hazard map page.
Sources: the designation under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area from the Cabinet Office (Disaster Management) list of designated municipalities; the probability and the ground from National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS (the 250 m mesh containing the city hall at 34.73333 / 135.40639) / the kinds of map, when they were made and what changed from Amagasaki City, "Hazard maps" (updated 2 February 2026 / renewed March Reiwa 7 / the flood map in 2 sheets for the Yodo and Yomogawa systems and the Mukogawa system / inland flooding moved from the largest rainfall on record to the largest conceivable rainfall / the tsunami map for the largest class of great Nankai Trough earthquake / storm surge from Hyogo Prefecture's largest-conceivable projection of August Reiwa 1 / the Amagasaki disaster-preparedness guide) / the sea wall from the same, "Amagasaki in the modern era" / elevations are from the coordinates of each of the same 451 SUUMO listings as §2 / the probabilities quoted for Suita and Toyonaka are the same J-SHIS values used on their pages of this site / verified 2026-08-19

Is the disaster risk high in Amagasaki?

Designated under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area, with a 50.2% chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years at the city hall site, and 11.0% for 6-upper or above (delta and coastal lowland, AVS30 175.87 m/s). 🔴 The city remade 4 kinds of hazard map — flood, inland flooding, storm surge and tsunami — in March Reiwa 7. Look at all 4.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

There is no observatory recording temperature inside Amagasaki City, so we use the normals for the Osaka District Meteorological Observatory in Osaka City, immediately to the east. The annual mean is 17.1°C and annual rainfall 1,338.3mm. Winter is milder than Tokyo (January daily low 3.0°C against Tokyo's 1.2°C, 0.0 days a year staying below freezing), and summer is hot (August daily high 33.7°C against Tokyo's 31.3°C). Tropical nights number 41.5 a year — 2.3 times Tokyo's 17.8.

Osaka
Japan Meteorological Agency, Osaka District Meteorological Observatory (next door to the east of Amagasaki City)
Annual mean temperature17.1°C
August daily high33.7°C
January daily low3.0°C
Annual rainfall1,338.3mm
Tokyo
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo station
Annual mean15.8°C
August daily maximum31.3°C
January daily minimum1.2°C
Annual rainfall1,598.2 mm

The twelve months of temperature, set out as they are

The left end of each bar is the average daily minimum for that month and the right end the average daily maximum (Amagasaki, the 30-year average for 1991–2020).

month 1
3.0〜9.7℃
month 2
3.2〜10.5℃
month 3
6.0〜14.2℃
month 4
10.9〜19.9℃
month 5
16.0〜24.9℃
month 6
20.3〜28.0℃
month 7
24.6〜31.8℃
month 8
25.8〜33.7℃
month 9
21.9〜29.5℃
month 10
16.0〜23.7℃
month 11
10.2〜17.8℃
month 12
5.3〜12.3℃
-2℃11℃24℃37℃
41.5 days / 3.9 days
41.5 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8) and 3.9 frost days (Tokyo 15.2).
These are the numbers for how summer nights and winter mornings compare with Tokyo
Days per yearAmagasakiTokyo
Tropical nights
minimum 25°C or above
41.5 days17.8 days
Days above 35°C
maximum 35°C or above
14.5 days4.8 days
Days above 30°C
maximum 30°C or above
74.9 days52.1 days
Frost days
minimum below 0°C
3.9 days15.2 days
Days below freezing all day
maximum below 0°C
0.0 days0.0 days

For snow, the annual total snowfall is 1cm and the normal for maximum snow depth is 1cm.

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, normals for Osaka (by month) /the same, day counts by class (view=a2)the same, Tokyo (all 30-year averages for 1991–2020) / verified 2026-08-14
ItemOsaka (normals)What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature17.1℃Mean daily high 21.3°C / mean daily low 13.6°C
Summer (August daily high)33.7℃14.5 days above 35°C (Tokyo 4.8), 74.9 days above 30°C, 41.5 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8)
Winter (January daily low)3.0℃3.9 frost days, 0.0 days below freezing all day. Total snowfall 1cm a year, maximum snow depth also 1cm
Annual rainfall1,338.3mmJune 185.1mm and July 174.4mm are the wettest; winter is drier (January 47.0mm)
41.5 tropical nights is a number to be ready for41.5 days a year when it does not drop below 25°C even at night — 2.3 times Tokyo (17.8) and 1.4 times Toyonaka (29.6). Close to the sea and with the built-up area packed tight (about 9,000 people per square kilometre, §10), the day's heat has trouble escaping at night. A median plot of 75㎡ (§4) also tells on how air moves through. Insulation and how well the air conditioning works are the things to check hardest when you view.
In winter there is almost nothing to worry about from snow3.9 frost days a year, and 0.0 days staying below freezing. Total snowfall 1cm a year, maximum snow depth also 1cm — you will almost certainly never need to buy a snow shovel. The January daily low of 3.0°C is milder than Tokyo's 1.2°C, so on heating costs this beats Tokyo. Spend on summer and travel light through winter — that is the shape of a year in Amagasaki.
Sources: temperatures, day counts, rainfall and snow from Japan Meteorological Agency, "Osaka (normals, 1991–2020)" (there is no observatory publishing temperature normals inside Amagasaki City, so the Osaka District Meteorological Observatory in Osaka City, immediately to the east) / the Tokyo figures from the same, "Tokyo (normals)" (17.8 tropical nights / 4.8 days above 35°C / August daily high 31.3°C / January daily low 1.2°C / annual rainfall 1,598.2mm / annual mean 15.8°C) / the tropical nights quoted for Toyonaka are the same Japan Meteorological Agency value used on the Toyonaka page of this site / verified 2026-08-19

Are summers hot and winters cold in Amagasaki?

🔴 41.5 tropical nights a year, 2.3 times Tokyo's 17.8, with an August daily high of 33.7°C. Winter brings 3.9 frost days and 0.0 days below freezing all day, with total snowfall of 1cm, so no snow preparation is needed. The figures are from the Osaka District Meteorological Observatory next door to the east.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

Emergency medical care in Amagasaki is the most generous arrangement covered anywhere on this site. The city's holiday and night emergency clinic is open for internal medicine every day, until 5:30 the following morning (with paediatrics, ophthalmology and ENT as well). Medical costs for children are free of charge for outpatient and inpatient care before school age. There are 41 municipal primary schools and 18 junior high schools.

How emergency care works — it is complete within the city

Holiday and night emergency clinic (Nishinaniwa-cho 6-1-9 / 06-6480-9500)Internal medicine runs weekdays (Monday to Friday) 21:00 to 05:30 the next morning, Saturdays 16:00 to 05:30, and Sundays, public holidays and the new-year period (29 December to 3 January) 09:00 to 05:30. Paediatrics runs weekdays 21:00–23:30, Saturdays 16:00–23:30, and Sundays, holidays and the new-year period 09:00–23:30. Ophthalmology also runs 09:00–16:00 on Sundays and holidays. Not "holidays only" but "weekday nights too" — no neighbouring city has this. It moved to the south side of the city hall main building on 1 November Reiwa 7.
Midnight to 6 a.m., and the number to call when you are unsureOnce paediatric reception closes, from 0:00 to 6:00 you telephone the "Amagasaki paediatric emergency advice line" (06-6439-6605) first. If you are unsure whether to call an ambulance, the "Hyogo Emergency Advice Centre" is on #7119 (078-331-7119 from landlines and IP phones), 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with advice from nurses and guidance on where to go. Share these two numbers with your family before you move.
Source:Amagasaki City, "Emergency medical services on holidays and at night" (updated 17 August 2026 / holiday and night emergency clinic = Nishinaniwa-cho 6-1-9, 06-6480-9500 / internal medicine, paediatrics, ophthalmology and ENT / opening hours for each / Amagasaki paediatric emergency advice line 06-6439-6605 / Hyogo Emergency Advice Centre #7119, 24 hours 365 days) / the move from the same, "On the relocation of the holiday and night emergency clinic" (moved to the south side of the city hall main building on 1 November Reiwa 7) / verified 2026-08-19

Medical costs for children — nothing to pay before school age

Amagasaki City's medical cost assistance comes in two parts: "infant and young child medical care" from birth to year 3 of primary school, and "children's medical care" from year 4 of primary school to the end of the school year in which a child turns 18. Before school age there is nothing to pay for outpatient or inpatient care, whatever the income bracket. In years 1–3 of primary school, outpatient care is capped at ¥400 a day per medical institution and pharmacy, up to twice a month (inpatient care is free). From year 4 of primary to year 3 of junior high, outpatient care is capped at ¥400 a day (for the general bracket, the lower of 20% or ¥400), up to twice a month; for high-school age, outpatient care is capped at ¥800 a day, up to twice a month; and inpatient care is free in every case. High-school age (outpatient) was added from July Reiwa 7, and the city asks that "anyone who has not yet applied, including those who moved into the city from April Reiwa 7 onwards or who have particular circumstances, should apply promptly". There are brackets by income (low income, general and specified).

Source:Amagasaki City, "Eligibility for infant and young child medical care" (updated 1 June 2026 / from birth to year 3 of primary school / nothing to pay for outpatient or inpatient care before school age / for school-age children, outpatient care capped at ¥400 a day per medical institution and pharmacy, up to twice a month) / the same, "Eligibility for children's medical care" (updated 1 June 2026 / from year 4 of primary school to the end of the school year in which a child turns 18 / outpatient care for years 4 of primary to 3 of junior high capped at the lower of 20% or ¥400 a day, up to twice a month (¥400 for the specified bracket) / outpatient care for high-school age capped at ¥800 a day, up to twice a month / inpatient care free / high-school age (outpatient) added from July Reiwa 7 / income brackets) / the scheme as a whole from the same, "The welfare medical cost assistance scheme from July Reiwa 8"/ Verified 2026-08-19

Schools — 41 of them, and the largest is more than 5 times the smallest

There are 41 municipal primary schools and 18 junior high schools (as of 1 April Reiwa 8), plus a special-needs school (Amayo Special-Needs School). According to the city's statistical yearbook, pupil numbers are 19,704 in primary and 9,363 in junior high (as of 1 May Reiwa 6). The largest primary school is Sonoda-Minami with 881, then Amagasaki-Kita with 771 and Ozono with 744. The smallest are Sonoda-Higashi with 166, Urakaze with 170 and Seiwa with 173a 5.3-fold difference within one city. Among junior high schools, Ozono has 850 against Joyo with 274. "How many classmates do you want your child to have" changes which district you live in. Before you look at a property, check the catchment for that lot in the city's school-district material.

Sources: the number of schools from Amagasaki City, "Locations of primary and junior high schools", its lists of municipal primary and junior high schools (as of 1 April Reiwa 8; 41 primary / 18 junior high) / pupil numbers from the same, "Amagasaki in statistics", its "municipal primary schools" and "municipal junior high schools" (each as of 1 May. the Reiwa 6 (2024) column was tallied. The material is "Education in Amagasaki", Amagasaki City Board of Education / Sonoda-Minami 881, Amagasaki-Kita 771, Ozono 744, Sonoda-Higashi 166, Urakaze 170, Seiwa 173 / for junior high, Ozono 850 and Joyo 274) / catchments from the same, "Catchments of municipal primary and junior high schools"/ Verified 2026-08-19

What are healthcare and schools like in Amagasaki?

🔴 There is a holiday and night emergency clinic in the city, and internal medicine is open every day, weekday nights included, until 05:30 the next morning. Medical costs for children are free for outpatient and inpatient care before school age. There are 41 municipal primary schools and 18 junior high schools.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

On the public enterprise bureau's quick reference table, water and sewerage together come to ¥8,533 including tax for 40 cubic metres over 2 months on a connection of 20mm or less (water ¥5,104 + sewerage ¥3,429). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥3,539. That is the cheapest level in the Osaka one-hour ring on this site.

Use over two monthsWater chargeSewerage chargeTotal (tax included)
20㎥¥2,200¥1,339¥3,539
30㎥¥3,652¥2,384¥6,036
40㎥¥5,104¥3,429¥8,533
50㎥¥7,106¥4,672¥11,778

These are the relevant rows exactly as published by the Amagasaki City Public Enterprise Bureau in its quick reference table of household water charges (1 household, 2 months), connection 20mm or less (10% consumption tax). Meters are read every 2 months — even months in the west of the city, odd months in the east. For comparison, the same 40 cubic metres over 2 months came to ¥8,630 in Suita, ¥9,154 in Toyonaka and ¥9,485 in Minoh.

24% of the houses predate the 1981 seismic standardOf the 451, 109 (24%) were built in 1981 or earlier (§4). This is land with a 50.2% chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years (§5). If you take the buy cheaply route, it is realistic to budget for a seismic survey and retrofit from the start. In particular, 34% in the Oda district and 28% in the Osho district date from 1981 or earlier (§2). Together with 14.5 days above 35°C and 41.5 tropical nights (§6), the state of the insulation goes straight to your energy bills.
A city where you can live without a carJR, Hankyu and Hanshin run parallel from west to east, and the listings are scattered across more than 10 stations (§3). A median plot of 75㎡ (§4) also means many properties come without parking. It is realistic to decide first whether you can live without a car, then choose the district and the property. The city also has the Amagasaki and Amagasaki-Kita interchanges on the Meishin Expressway, so if you do keep a car, motorway access is good.
Source:Amagasaki City Public Enterprise Bureau, "Quick reference table of household water charges (1 household, 2 months), connection 20mm or less (10% consumption tax)", the relevant rows (20㎥ = water ¥2,200, sewerage ¥1,339, total ¥3,539 / 40㎥ = water ¥5,104, sewerage ¥3,429, total ¥8,533) / the meter-reading districts from the same, "Charges" (every 2 months, even months in the west of the city and odd months in the east) / the water and sewerage figures quoted for Suita, Toyonaka and Minoh are those cities' own quick reference tables, as used on their pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

What do water and sewerage cost in Amagasaki?

On the public enterprise bureau's quick reference table it is ¥8,533 including tax for 40 cubic metres over 2 months on a connection of 20mm or less (water ¥5,104 + sewerage ¥3,429). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥3,539, cheaper than Suita (¥8,630) or Toyonaka (¥9,154).

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

In the official land price survey (Reiwa 8), residential land in Amagasaki City averaged ¥206,600 per ㎡, up 2.7% on the year. Commercial land was ¥427,600 per ㎡ (+5.5%), industrial land ¥189,400 per ㎡ (+12.3%) and all uses together ¥249,400 per ㎡ (+4.6%). All four rose, and industrial land's +12.3% stands out.

UseAverage priceYear-on-year change
Residential¥206,600/m²+2.7%
Commercial land¥427,600/m²+5.5%
Industrial¥189,400/m²+12.3%
All uses¥249,400/m²+4.6%
Industrial land at +12.3% — a very Amagasaki numberAgainst +2.7% for residential land, industrial land is up 12.3%. No other city covered on this site has industrial land rising this fast. It means that being between Osaka and Kobe with expressways and a port to hand is now valued as logistics and industrial land. The foundations of the town are moving — and for someone buying a house, that tells over the long run.
Residential land is at a "cheap for how close it is" levelAn average of ¥206,600 per ㎡ for residential land is about 0.85 times Suita (¥242,100 per ㎡), about 0.86 times Toyonaka (¥240,300 per ㎡) and about 0.70 times Nishinomiya (¥293,500 per ㎡) — at that level, 6 minutes to Osaka Station (§3). That said, the median for second-hand detached houses varies by district from ¥30,800,000 (Sonoda) to ¥35,000,000 (Chuo) (§2), and the conditions that told when you bought will tell again when you sell.
Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF)the Amagasaki City row (compiled by the Land Information Center) / the land prices quoted for Suita, Toyonaka and Nishinomiya are rows in the same PDF / the medians are from the same 451 SUUMO listings as §2 / verified 2026-08-19

Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

In the official land price survey (Reiwa 8) residential land is ¥206,600 per ㎡, up 2.7%, and 🔴 industrial land is up 12.3%, a large rise. Residential land is about 0.70 times Nishinomiya (¥293,500 per ㎡) and about 0.85 times Suita (¥242,100 per ㎡).

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

457,745 people in 232,106 households (as of 1 August Reiwa 8, Amagasaki City estimated population). That is 1.97 people per household. Population density is about 9,029 people per square kilometre. During Reiwa 7 (2025) the population rose by 500 on the yeara city whose population had long been falling has turned to growth.

Population
457,745 people
1 August Reiwa 8, estimated population
Households
232,106 households
1 households 1.97 people
Men and women
218,917/238,828
Men / women
Population density
approx. 9,029 people/km²
457,745 people across 50.70km²
More people are moving in than outLooking at the city's population movements, during Reiwa 7 (2025) there were 3,249 births and 6,084 deaths, a natural change of minus 2,835. But 21,750 people moved in against 18,415 who moved out, a social change of plus 3,335 — a net plus 500 for the year. Reiwa 5 was minus 849 and Reiwa 6 minus 538, so the flow has turned in the past few years. What the figure means is that this is a city more than 20,000 people move into every year.
Households average 1.97 people457,745 people in 232,106 households = 1.97 people per household. One- and two-person households dominate. The size of the housing — a median plot of 75㎡ and a median building of 95㎡ (§4) — pairs with that household make-up. It has fallen from the 554,000 of Showa 45 (§1), but a density of 450,000 people in 50.70 square kilometres ranks just behind Toyonaka (about 10,900 per km²) and Suita (about 10,700 per km²).
Source:Amagasaki City, "Amagasaki City monthly population report", the Reiwa 8 (2026) file (as of 1 August Reiwa 8 = 457,745 people / 218,917 men and 238,828 women / 232,106 households / 9,028.5 people per km². City area 50.70km² as of 2 April Reiwa 6. Revised retrospectively on the Reiwa 7 Census preliminary figures / population movements during Reiwa 7: 3,249 births, 6,084 deaths, natural change −2,835; 21,750 moving in, 18,415 moving out, social change +3,335; annual change +500 / Reiwa 5 −849, Reiwa 6 −538) / verified 2026-08-19
Share of foreign residents
3.43%national average 3.26%

Of the 458,008 people living in Amagasaki City, 15,710 are foreign residents. That is almost exactly the national average (3.26%).
Across Japan, foreign residents make up 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 of 123,767,642). 34 municipalities in Japan are above 10%.

Source: calculated by this site from the municipality-level tables of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and households based on the Basic Resident Register" (as of 1 January Reiwa 8, published 2026-07-29). The ministry's publication page / verified 2026-08-17

What is happening to Amagasaki's population?

457,745 people in 232,106 households (1 August Reiwa 8). 🔴 During Reiwa 7 the population rose by 500 on the year (21,750 moving in against 18,415 moving out). Reiwa 5 was minus 849 and Reiwa 6 minus 538.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

A year in Amagasaki means danjiri floats and the citizens' festival. The 55th Amagasaki Citizens' Festival on Saturday 10 October 2026 falls on the same day as the ceremony marking 110 years of city status. In summer comes the "yama-awase" of the Kifune Danjiri Festival.

WhenEvent, and what you can doWhere
month 1Toka Ebisu (Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine). One of the events the city lists as "festivals with a long tradition"Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine
1 and 2 AugustThe Kifune Danjiri Festival. The first day brings a parade starting from the south exit of Hanshin Amagasaki Station and the "abare-daiko" drums at Kifune Shrine; the next day is the "yama-awase" — two danjiri floats facing each other and driving together, a spectacular festivalKifune Shrine (Nishihon-machi 6-chome)
10 OctoberThe 55th Amagasaki Citizens' Festival (Saturday 10 October 2026, 10:00–17:00). A festival celebrating the birth of the city, and in 2026 it falls on the same day as the ceremony marking 110 years of city statusAcross the city
All yearThe Tsukiji Danjiri Festival (Hatsushima Daijingu) and the Oda Taiko Festival (Oda Taiko-kai). Each district has its own festivalDistricts across the city
All yearThe Amagasaki Takigi Noh. The city explains that the Daimotsu River was once an inlet called Daimotsu-no-ura, and is held to be the place where Minamoto no Yoshitsune, pursued by Minamoto no Yoritomo, took leave of Shizuka Gozen and set sail; after the Noh play "Funa-Benkei" that depicts this, it has been held on the open-air Noh stage in Daimotsugawa Ryokuchi park since Showa 55Daimotsugawa Ryokuchi park
Each district has its own colourThe city places a district development centre and district office in each of the 6 districts of Chuo, Oda, Osho, Tachibana, Muko and Sonoda (§2). Districts with a danjiri festival and districts that became housing after the war differ in how their neighbourhood associations came about and in how heavy the events are. Before you buy, ask the association officers directly what the fees and the duties are in that district. Which of the 6 districts you live in changes not only your commute but this shape of getting on with the neighbours.
Another face: "the place of Funa-Benkei"Amagasaki reads as an industrial city, but Daimotsu-no-ura is held to be where Minamoto no Yoshitsune took leave of Shizuka Gozen and set sail, and it has long been cherished as the place of the Noh play "Funa-Benkei". The Amagasaki Takigi Noh, running since Showa 55, is its stage. Together with the fact that the city flower, the oleander, was chosen as "a symbol of recovery from natural disaster and from war", this is a town that remembers where it came from — and it shows in its events.
Source:Amagasaki City, "Traditional festivals and local events" (Toka Ebisu / the Kifune Danjiri Festival / the Tsukiji Danjiri Festival / the Amagasaki Citizens' Festival / the Oda Taiko Festival / Daikakuji Kyogen / the Amagasaki Takigi Noh = on the open-air Noh stage in Daimotsugawa Ryokuchi park since Showa 55, the place of the Noh play "Funa-Benkei", Daimotsu-no-ura and Minamoto no Yoshitsune) / the same, "Amagasaki Citizens' Festival" (updated 29 July 2026 / the 55th = Saturday 10 October Reiwa 8, 10:00–17:00, on the same day as the ceremony marking 110 years of city status) / the same, "Kifune Danjiri Festival" (usually 1 and 2 August; the parade from the south exit of Hanshin Amagasaki Station, the abare-daiko drums, the yama-awase) / the district divisions from the same, "The areas covered by each district development centre"/ Verified 2026-08-19

What events does Amagasaki have?

The Kifune Danjiri Festival on 1 and 2 August (with its "yama-awase") and the 55th Amagasaki Citizens' Festival on 10 October (in 2026 on the same day as the ceremony marking 110 years of city status) are the centrepieces. There is also the Amagasaki Takigi Noh, running since Showa 55.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

What sets prices in Amagasaki is three things: (1) being within 20 minutes of both Osaka and Kobe, (2) about a third of the city area lying below sea level, and (3) a lot of older housing. Residential land averages ¥206,600 per ㎡ (+2.7%) and industrial land is up 12.3%.

1. A position that reaches "both Osaka and Kobe"From JR Amagasaki, 6 minutes to Osaka and 19 to Sannomiya, neither needing a change (§3). JR, Hankyu and Hanshin run parallel from west to east, and from Hanshin Amagasaki trains leave in 3 directions: Osaka-Umeda, Himeji and Osaka-Namba. You do not have to move house whether you work in Osaka or in Kobe — few cities in the Osaka one-hour ring can do that. It is because of this position that more than 20,000 people move in every year (§10).
2. The condition of the ground is already priced inThe city writes for itself that "about a third of the city area is land lying below sea level" (§1). The listings sit at a median of minus 0.4 metres in the Chuo district and 6.6 metres in the Muko district (§2). Yet the median house price runs only from ¥30,800,000 to ¥35,000,000 across the 6 districts — and the lowest-lying Chuo district is the dearest at ¥35,000,000 (§2). Cheapness will not lead you to low ground, so check elevation on the hazard maps rather than in the price. That is where looking at all 4 hazard maps — flood, inland flooding, storm surge and tsunami (§5) earns its keep.
3. The age of the buildings is also something to negotiate with109 of the 451 (24%) were built in 1981 or earlier (§4). In the Oda district it is 34% (§2). Part of the cheapness comes from this. Turn it round and getting a quote for a seismic survey and retrofit in advance gives you grounds to negotiate on price. As the +12.3% in industrial land (§9) shows, the foundations of the town are moving. Choose on the state of the building and confirm on the condition of the land — that is how you buy in this city.
Sources: land prices from the same official land price survey as §9 (Reiwa 8) / journey times and fares as in §3 from JR West official timetableandHanshin Electric Railway, "Amagasaki Station" / elevations, years built and counts from the same SUUMO tally as §2 and §4 / "about a third of the city area lies below sea level" from Amagasaki City, "The position and area of Amagasaki City"/ Verified 2026-08-19

What this land earns from

Amagasaki is a city that grew as an industrial city built on steel, and is now changing that shape. The city's history page writes that post-war recovery began with rebuilding the shopping streets, and that through the procurement boom of the Korean War "the industrial city of Amagasaki, built on steel, achieved a revival". At the same time pollution became serious — subsidence, air pollution, river water pollution and noise — and measures followed, including an industrial water supply (in service from Showa 33) and pollution-control agreements (the first in Showa 44). From the first oil shock of Showa 48 onwards, factories moved out or closed and the population fell, and in Heisei 7 the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake did great damage. On top of all that, industrial land is now up 12.3% (§9) and the population has turned to growth of 500 a year (§10) — a city whose numbers have begun to point upwards after a long descent. That is Amagasaki today.

Source:Amagasaki City, "Amagasaki in the modern era" (updated 3 August 2020 / rebuilding the shopping streets / the Korean War procurement boom and "the industrial city of Amagasaki, built on steel, achieved a revival" / pollution / industrial water supply in service Showa 33, first pollution-control agreement Showa 44 / factories moving out and closing after the oil shock of Showa 48 / the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Heisei 7) / land prices as in §9 and population movements as in §10, from the same primary sources / verified 2026-08-19

What decides land prices in Amagasaki?

Three things: (1) being within 20 minutes of both Osaka and Kobe, (2) about a third of the city area lying below sea level, and (3) a lot of older housing. Residential land is ¥206,600 per ㎡ (+2.7%) and industrial land is up 12.3%.

CHAPTER 13What this place makes

What a place earns its living from shows up both at your dinner table and in your work once you live there. The amount raised through the hometown tax scheme is a rough measure of how many products a place has that people all over Japan choose.

¥280,860,000
Furusato nozei receipts for FY Reiwa 7 (17,991 donations).
854th of the 1,788 municipalities in Japan, and 25th within Hyogo Prefecture

What this town names as its own products

What Amagasaki City lists are Ama-yasai, its brand for vegetables grown in the city, and the traditional vegetables Muko issun, Tomatsu issun, Ama-imo and Tano no satoimo.

Source:Amagasaki City, "Work on branding Amagasaki-grown vegetables as Ama-yasai"the same, "Local products and specialities"/ Verified 2026-08-20

You can support a town without living there

Even if a move is still some way off, you can be involved from today through the hometown tax scheme. Your donation goes straight to the municipality, and you choose what it is spent on. A way to give something back to a place you got to know here.

Source:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Survey on the state of the hometown tax scheme (conducted FY Reiwa 8)", the table of amounts and numbers received (provisional FY Reiwa 7 settlement), tallied by this site. The rank is out of all 1,788 municipalities in that table / verified 2026-08-14

What does Amagasaki earn its living from?

The city writes that "the industrial city of Amagasaki, built on steel, achieved a revival". After the oil shock, factories moved out and the population fell, but now industrial land is up 12.3% and the population has turned to growth of 500 a year.

CHAPTER 14A message from Amagasaki City

Amagasaki City is not a town that draws people with relocation grants. As a core city of 450,000 people, it is chosen for what is there once you live here — an emergency clinic open every day, medical care free before school age, 41 primary schools. 2026 marks 110 years of city status.

What the city says for itself

The city explains its position like this — "Amagasaki City, part of the Hanshin metropolitan area, lies in the west of the Osaka plain and the southeast of Hyogo Prefecture, a city of 50.70 square kilometres in all". And in describing the terrain, it writes that "partly because of subsidence since the modern era, about a third of the city area is land lying below sea level"putting a fact that could count against it up front, of its own accord. The reason given for choosing the oleander as the city flower is in the same key — "in the mid-Showa 20s, when repeated typhoons including Typhoon Jane put the south of Amagasaki under seawater, the oleander survived and flowered and heartened the people, and so was chosen as a symbol of recovery from natural disaster and from war". Writing it plainly, then building the sea wall, then producing 4 kinds of hazard map — the character of Amagasaki as a city shows in that consistency.

Schemes that bear directly on daily life

Scheme or facilityWhat it is
Holiday and night emergency clinicNishinaniwa-cho 6-1-9. Internal medicine every day, weekday nights included, until 05:30 the next morning. Paediatrics, ophthalmology and ENT as well. Moved to the south side of the city hall main building on 1 November Reiwa 7 (§7)
Infant and young child medical care / children's medical careNothing to pay for outpatient or inpatient care before school age. From primary school up, outpatient care carries a capped charge of ¥400 a day (¥800 for high-school age), and inpatient care is free. High-school age (outpatient) has been covered since July Reiwa 7 (§7)
Amagasaki paediatric emergency advice line06-6439-6605. The advice line for children from 0:00 to 6:00 (§7)
4 hazard maps plus a preparedness guideFlood (2 sheets), inland flooding, storm surge and tsunami, all renewed in March Reiwa 7. The "Amagasaki disaster-preparedness guide" is published alongside them (§5)
Empty-property measuresAmagasaki City has no akiya bank. Under its "Ordinance on promoting measures for empty houses and vacant land in Amagasaki City", the city lists schemes aimed at owners, including grants towards demolishing special empty houses (leasehold terraces and houses with no road frontage) and grants towards demolition and relocation costs for poor-quality wooden rented housing
110 years of city status110 years since city status was granted in Taisho 5 (1916). The 55th Amagasaki Citizens' Festival on 10 October 2026 falls on the same day as the commemorative ceremony (§11)
Source:Amagasaki City, "The position and area of Amagasaki City" (the quotation is from the same page) / the same, "The city tree, the city flower and the city plant" (the quotation on why the oleander was chosen) / the same, "Emergency medical services on holidays and at night"the same, "Eligibility for infant and young child medical care"the same, "Hazard maps"the same, "Work towards reducing empty houses" (updated 14 April 2026 / Ordinance on promoting measures for empty houses and vacant land in Amagasaki City / grants towards demolishing special empty houses (leasehold terraces and houses with no road frontage) / grants towards demolition and relocation costs for poor-quality wooden rented housing) / the same, "Projects marking 110 years of city status"/ Verified 2026-08-19

Does Amagasaki welcome people moving in? Is there support?

It is not a town that draws people with relocation grants. Instead it is chosen for what is there once you live here — a holiday and night emergency clinic whose internal medicine is open every day until 05:30 the next morning and medical care free before school age. 🔴 There is no akiya bank.

CHAPTER 15A year in Amagasaki

Last, a plan of the year as it is lived. The figures are from the primary sources used on this page.

MonthAmagasaki that month
1–month 2A mean daily low of 3.0°C, and only 3.9 frost days in the year. 0.0 days stay below freezing and total snowfall is 1cm, so you need no snow-clearing kit. January brings Toka Ebisu (Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine)
3–month 4The city tree is the flowering dogwood, whose white and pale-pink bracts open in April and May. School pupil numbers are compiled as of 1 May
5–month 6The wetter season begins (June 185.1mm). About a third of the city area lies below sea level (§1). Walk the lot once on a rainy day and you will see where the water goes
7–month 8The hottest stretch. A mean daily high of 33.7°C, 14.5 days above 35°C and 41.5 tropical nights. 1 and 2 August bring the Kifune Danjiri Festival — the parade and abare-daiko drums on the first day, the "yama-awase" on the second
9–month 10Typhoon season. The time to look at the storm-surge hazard map (§5). Saturday 10 October is the 55th Amagasaki Citizens' Festivalon the same day as the ceremony marking 110 years of city status
11–month 12Towards the year's end. The holiday and night emergency clinic is open over the new-year period (29 December to 3 January) as well, from 09:00 to 05:30 the next morning (internal medicine). The city's population and household figures are updated as of the 1st of each month
Sources: climate as in §6, events as in §11, medical services as in §7 and population as in §10, from the same primary sources / verified 2026-08-19

The information on this site is gathered by an AI that visits primary sources — municipalities, the Japan Meteorological Agency, national statistics — on a regular cycle, and it is updated with a source and a date of verification attached.

What is a year in Amagasaki like?

Winter is mild, with 3.9 frost days and 0.0 days below freezing all day, and summer is properly hot, with 41.5 tropical nights. The Kifune Danjiri Festival on 1 and 2 August and the Amagasaki Citizens' Festival on 10 October are the high points of the year.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking about moving, who is running this town now and where they are taking it is something the people about to live here want to know more than the people already living here. This chapter lines up only what Amagasaki City publishes itself, with sources. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (an AI) could find 5 of the 6 items below. The mayor of Amagasaki City is Matsumoto Shin (confirmed on the city's own introduction page).

What is publishedPublishedWhat you can read
About the mayorThe mayor's roomName, career, greeting
Policy addressPolicy addressWhat they say they will do this year
List of council membersList of assembly membersWho the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordingsCould not find oneWhether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutesOn the minutes of the Amagasaki City National Health Insurance Management CouncilWhether you can search past debates by wording
Master planThe 6th Amagasaki City comprehensive planHow many years ahead this town has decided
The mayor of Amagasaki CityMatsumoto Shin. The page carrying that name was last updated2026-08-08.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Amagasaki City introduction page →
How much of the council can you see?A list of members, live or recorded broadcasts of full sessions, and searchable minutes — where these three are published, you can read a town's debates for yourself before you ever move there.
🔴 The names, photographs and social media of individual council members are not carried on this site. We point you to where you can read them.
Once you have moved, when your own turn to decide comes round is something those three will tell you.
How many years ahead has been decidedIn Amagasaki City,The 6th Amagasaki City comprehensive plan. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.The 6th Amagasaki City comprehensive plan →
🔴 What I will not do in this chapter1. I will not guess gender or age from a name. Only what is published appears here. 2. I will not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I will not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (2026-08-22), and reopens the original page each time to confirm by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has nonetheless gone out of date, please let us know.
Source: allofficial site (Amagasaki City ), followed on 2026-08-22. What this site counted wasonly whether something is published or not ; the content has not been judged / verified 2026-08-22

Who runs Amagasaki City now?

The mayor of Amagasaki City is Matsumoto Shin (confirmed on the city's introduction page on 22 August 2026). What this site looks for is six things: an introduction to the head of the municipality, the policy address, the list of assembly members, live broadcasts of the assembly, a search of the minutes, and the comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is made here. Only whether something is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

What does not show up in the numbers of a house search, but bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there, is days off. This chapter counts, on the same measure for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Amagasaki and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. In this area there are now 41 hot springs and day baths and 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium. 🔴 All counts are the numbers registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may be more.

WhatNumber counted, and names
♨ Hot springs and day bathsKuise Onsen, Kanda Onsen, Tamanoyu, Sankoyu, Yutopia Kotoura, Minoriyu, Toyo Onsen, Fukuzumi Onsen and 41 facilities in all
🏯 Castles and castle sitesAmagasaki Castle and 2 places in all
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariumsWanpaku Pond
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial hallsThe World Money Box Museum, Amagasaki City Tano Museum, Amalove Art Lab A-Lab, Amagasaki City Museum of History, Amagasaki City Archives of Regional Studies, Obama Footwear Museum, Midori-no-Museum, Chikamatsu Memorial Museum and 12 museums in all
⛩ Shrines and temples88 shrines and 111 temples. Those with a Wikipedia entry are Hoen-ji, Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine, Hatsushima Daijingu, Sakurai Shrine, Omononushi Shrine, Kotoura Shrine, Kifune Shrine and Nagasu Tenmangu
🚗 Roadside stationsNot found in the map data
🐕 Dog runsHiroba and 2 places in all
🛣 Expressway service and parking areasAmagasaki PA (northbound)

Somewhere to stay — for family and friends, and for your own travels

WhatNumber counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan11
🏠 Guesthouses and hostelsNot found in the map data
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsitesNot found in the map data
🏕 GlampingNot found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)Not found in the map data

This table is the result of me (an AI) putting the same question to the map data for every area (areas are retrieved in batches, so the verification date on some pages is a day apart). Facilities not registered on the map are not counted. "Not found" does not mean "there are none" — nor that the town is any the lesser for it.

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations / expressway service and parking areas, and the shops inside them, also from OpenStreetMap (judged by machine on whether they fall within the site outline) / verified 2026-08-20

Are there places to go on a day off, and places to stay?

Counting from the map data (OpenStreetMap) and the lists kept by the Japan RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 41 hot springs and day baths, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium and 11 hotels and ryokan. Facilities not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may be more (see §17).

What I (an AI) was able to find on this town's official site

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, measuring how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured is the official website of Amagasaki City, and the total was 46.3 points (measured 20 August 2026).

"Not found" does not mean "there is none." It means I followed the official site and could not find it. Tell us the published page and the next measurement will reflect it.

AreaScoreWhat was found
Getting started with a move0 / 20Not found
Housing0 / 15Not found
The money side of living here8 / 15Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information18.3 / 20Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; the year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated; and 2 more
Industry and local produce10 / 10A list of local speciality products is on the official site; hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport4 / 10There is a community bus timetable; fares are stated
Can an AI read it?6 / 10Every page carries an updated date; statistics are published as Excel or CSV; open data is published
See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them 0 / 3 There is a relocation and settlement page
Not found
0 / 3 There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site
0 / 3 A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
0 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated
0 / 5 Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Not found
0 / 3 There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
Not found
0 / 3 Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found
0 / 4 There is an akiya bank
Not found
0 / 4 Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
There is no property data this site can take in
0 / 4 Completed deals are organised
As above
0 / 3 The conditions of use are stated
Not found
1 / 5 Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page Go and see →
5 / 5 Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age Go and see →
2 / 3 There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Either the rate or the amount is stated Go and see →
0 / 2 Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found
5 / 5 Hazard maps are published by district
38 documents by district Go and see →
3.3 / 5 Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flooding / earthquakes Go and see →
3 / 3 The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Following the Heisei 27 amendment of the Flood Control Act, Hyogo Prefecture drew up in August Reiwa 1 Go and see →
4 / 4 Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
Viewable in a map system Go and see →
3 / 3 Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / disaster app / social media / municipal loudspeakers / TV and radio Go and see →
5 / 5 A list of local speciality products is on the official site
5 items (the city's official site) Go and see →
3 / 3 Hometown tax results are published year by year
6 financial years covered Go and see →
2 / 2 There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Business location Go and see →
2 / 4 There is a community bus timetable
There is a page Go and see →
2 / 3 Fares are stated
There is material on fares, but the amounts could not be read from the text of the page Go and see →
0 / 3 The date of the last revision is given
Not found Go and see →
3 / 3 Every page carries an updated date
19 of the 20 pages read Go and see →
0 / 2 There is a sitemap.xml
Not found
0 / 2 Site search runs on the server side
It was a Google custom search Go and see →
2 / 2 Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
 Go and see →
1 / 1 Open data is published
 Go and see →

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Measurement by this site. The URL of each official site was taken from the municipal information published by Furusato Choice. The score is a score for publishing information, not a score for how good the place is to live / verified 2026-08-20

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Moving to Amagasaki City
01First, what kind of place Amagasaki is70 square kilometres in all".02Six areas, and life in eachThese 6 are not divisions we invented.03Trains and cars — how you get aroundFrom JR Amagasaki to Osaka Station is 6 minutes and ¥200; to Sannomiya 19 minutes and ¥410.04Homes actually on the market right nowSUUMO carries 451 listings.05Is the ground safe?This is the chapter to spend the most time on.06What summer and winter are likeThere is no observatory recording temperature inside Amagasaki City, so we use the normals for the Osaka District Meteorological Observatory in Osaka City, immediately to the east.07Shops, hospitals, schoolsEmergency medical care in Amagasaki is the most generous arrangement covered anywhere on this site.08What it costs you every year after you buyOn the public enterprise bureau's quick reference table, water and sewerage together come to ¥8,533 including tax for 40 cubic metres over 2 months on a connection of 20mm or less (water ¥5,104 + sewerage ¥3,429).09What happens when you want to sell7% on the year.10Who lives here, and how many457,745 people in 232,106 households (as of 1 August Reiwa 8, Amagasaki City estimated population).11Community life and the year's eventsA year in Amagasaki means danjiri floats and the citizens' festival.12Things nearby that move land pricesWhat sets prices in Amagasaki is three things: (1) being within 20 minutes of both Osaka and Kobe, (2) about a third of the city area lying below sea level, and (3) a lot of older housing. 13What this place makesWhat a place earns its living from bears on both your table and your work once you live there.14A message from Amagasaki CityAmagasaki City is not a town that draws people with relocation grants.15A year in AmagasakiFinally, a picture of daily life across the year.16The people who run this cityWhen you are weighing up a move, who is running the city now, and where they are trying to take it, is probably of more interest to17Where to go on a day offWhat never shows up in the numbers you use to find a house, yet bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there, is the weekend.Tell us about an error on this pageIf you find a mistake in a figure, a rule or a link