Information as of 29 August 2026

This page is a relocation summary written by an advanced AI

It is not a personal opinion piece written by a human. An AI gathered official information published on the internet — municipal and national statistics, the Japan Meteorological Agency, railway companies, property portals — and rebuilt it into a form that someone considering a move can read and act on. Every figure carries a source link and the date it was checked, so please confirm anything that matters to you against the original document. Rules and prices change. Always check the latest information yourself before you sign anything.

Moving to Awaji

Q: What changes depending on where in the city you live?

How you cross to Honshu is what changes. From Iwaya it is about 13 minutes and ¥700 by boat to Akashi Port; from Higashiura the coach reaches Sannomiya with no change. The median listing runs from ¥9,800,000 in Iwaya to ¥39,800,000 in Higashiura.

Q: How much does a second-hand house in Awaji cost?

SUUMO has 24 listings, from ¥500,000 to ¥250,000,000, with a median of ¥30,800,000. 🔴 12 of the 24 are ¥30,000,000 or more, and 7 (29%) are under ¥10,000,000. Few listings, and prices on the high side.

Q: What is the earthquake risk in Awaji?

It is a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area, and at the city hall the chance of shaking of Shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 52.3% (11.5% for 6-upper or above). 🔴 The Nojima Fault (about 185 metres long), the source of the 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake, is preserved and open to the public in the city as a national natural monument.

Q: What are the hospitals and schools like in Awaji?

There are 11 primary schools (1,819 pupils) and 5 lower secondary schools (991 pupils), and the five lower secondary schools match the five areas exactly. 🔴 Taga Primary School has 14 pupils in the whole school. On Sundays and public holidays it is the Awaji City holiday emergency clinic (Shizuki), and the main hospital for the area is Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center in Sumoto City.

Q: What comes round every year after you buy a house in Awaji?

A car, and the cost of crossing to Honshu. Driving across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge costs ¥910 one way from Awaji IC to Tarumi IC (ETC, weekday, standard car), or ¥1,570 from Tsuna-Ichinomiya IC. The city covers the whole of a high school student's season ticket, and for a school outside the city half the travel cost on top (up to ¥100,000).

Q: What are land prices doing in Awaji?

🔴 They are rising. In the Reiwa 8 official land price survey, residential land was +2.7% and commercial land +4.9%. Ura in Awaji City was the residential point whose price rose most in the whole of Hyogo Prefecture (+8.1%), going from ¥34,700 to ¥37,500 per square metre.

Q: What is happening to Awaji's population?

39,472 people (Reiwa 7 census, preliminary), 2,495 fewer (5.95%) than five years earlier. 🔴 But households number 17,452, only 42 (0.24%) fewer. The number of people per household is falling.

Awaji City is in the north of Awaji Island, just across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Its population is 39,472 and it covers 184.24 square kilometres — the city writes that this is "about 30% of the whole of Awaji Island". 🔴 The defining thing about this city is that the island has no railway at all. The city's own relocation desk writes: "There are no trains on the island or in the city, and the buses are infrequent, so a car is essential for daily life." In exchange, from Awaji IC to Sannomiya is 34 minutes on the coach for ¥950, and from Iwaya to Akashi is about 13 minutes by boat for ¥700. The bridge and the boat are what connect it to Honshu. There are 24 second-hand detached houses on the market, from ¥500,000 to ¥250,000,000, with a median of ¥30,800,000. 12 of the 24 are ¥30,000,000 or more. And land prices are rising — in the Reiwa 8 official land price survey residential land was +2.7%, and Ura in Awaji City was the residential point that rose most in the whole of Hyogo Prefecture (+8.1%). This is not an island where you buy cheaply. That is worth saying at the outset.

Population

39,472 people

Reiwa 7 census, preliminary figures / 17,452 households

To Sannomiya

34 min by coach

¥950 from Awaji IC, no transfer (1 hr 21 min from Tsuna Port)

Akashi to

about 13 min by boat

¥700 for an adult from Iwaya Port; a commuter season ticket is ¥22,400 a month

Homes for sale

24 listings

¥500,000– / median ¥30,800,000

Residential land price

+2.7%

Reiwa 8 official land price survey. Ura in Awaji City was 1st in the prefecture at +8.1%

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

52.3%

At the city hall. Designated a Nankai Trough promotion area

Rainfall in a year

1,197.1 mm

Gunge AMeDAS; Tokyo has 1,598.2 mm

City area

184.24 square kilometres

27.4 km east to west, 26.4 km north to south; about 30% of Awaji Island

Summer (August daily high)

32.4℃

Gunge; 1.1°C higher than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

1.6℃

Gunge; 0.4°C higher than Tokyo

🚗 Roadside stations2 ⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs and day bathing5 🚐 RV parks2

Roadside stations: Awaji, Higashiura Terminal Park / National and quasi-national parks: Setonaikai National Park / Hot springs and day bathing: Zekkei Rotenburo, Parchez Kaori no Yu, Hana no Yu, Biyu Matsuho no Sato / RV parks: RV Park Shimauta, RV Park Aqua Ignis Awajishima
Sources: roadside stations from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism list of roadside stations (checked 2026-08-28) / national and quasi-national parks are determined from the Ministry of the Environment area data and other sources (details in §17) (checked 2026-08-28) / hot springs and day bathing from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-28) / RV parks from the Japan RV Association list of certified RV parks (checked 2026-08-28). 🔴 Only what a place has is listed here — it does not mean a town without them is any lesser.

Last checked 2026-08-29

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Awaji is

The city describes itself as "a total area of 184.24 square kilometres, about 30% of the whole of Awaji Island" and "27.4 kilometres east to west and 26.4 kilometres north to south". It belongs to the Seto Inland Sea climate, with an annual mean temperature of 15 to 17°C and annual rainfall of roughly 1,500 mm — again the city's own wording. The city crest is a design of the "A" of Awaji, evoking the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

The city took its present shape in 2005On 1 April, Heisei 17 (2005), the five towns of Tsuna, Awaji, Hokudan, Ichinomiya and Higashiura merged to become Awaji City. The city still presents those five separately, as "areas". The lower secondary schools are the five of Tsuna, Higashiura, Iwaya, Hokudan and Ichinomiya, divided the same way (§7). Inside the single word "Awaji City" are five places that were once separate.

There is not a single railway on the islandThe city's relocation desk writes: "There are no trains on the island or in the city, and the buses are infrequent, so a car is essential for daily life." Only two things connect it to Honshu: the coach across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, and the boat from Iwaya to Akashi. That is why the "nearest station" on a property listing is JR Maiko, in Kobe City (§3, §4).

The city gives each of its five areas a nameIn its official gazette: Iwaya = "See the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge up close" / Higashiura = "A town of sunshine, flowers and parks" / Tsuna = "A town of shining sea, learning and culture" / Hokudan = "A town of learning found nowhere else, and new sights" / Ichinomiya = "A town of sunsets, history and fragrance". The five divisions on this page use the city's own wording as it stands (§2).

The fault from the 1995 earthquake is preserved inside the cityOf the active faults that were the source of the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) of 17 January, Heisei 7 (1995), a section about 185 metres long in the Ogura district is the Nojima Fault. It was designated a national natural monument on 31 July, Heisei 10 (1998), and since April 1998 it has been preserved indoors and open to the public inside the Nojima Fault Preservation Museum. In October 2022 it was chosen for the world's first "100 Geological Heritage Sites" by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) (§5).

It makes more incense than anywhere in JapanThe city writes: "Starting with incense, of which we make more than anywhere in Japan, Awaji beef and carnations have made the name of the 'Awaji brand' known across the country." Incense here has about 170 years of history, and production is centred on the Ei and Gunge districts of the west coast — both in the Ichinomiya area (§13).

It was once a "miketsukuni"The city writes: "Awaji Island, which along with Wakasa and Shima once sent food to the imperial court as a 'miketsukuni'. The sea on all four sides raised rich seafood, and the mild climate raised flavourful crops." The hills in the north of the city have been laid out as the "Sentan Farm", where onions, and also olives and wine grapes, are grown.

Sources: the area, the extent, the climate, the city crest and the sister cities are fromAwaji City, "About Awaji City"(total area 184.24 square kilometres / 27.4 kilometres east to west and 26.4 kilometres north to south / about 30% of the whole of Awaji Island / annual mean temperature 15 to 17°C and annual rainfall roughly 1,500 mm) / the population and households are fromthe same, "Preliminary tabulation of the Reiwa 7 census"(39,472 people, 17,452 households; a change of △2,495 or △5.95%) / the names of the five areas, the incense, the Sentan Farm and the miketsukuni are fromthe same, "Official gazette, text version"andthe same, "The specialities of Awaji — from the sea and from the land" / "no trains … a car is essential" is fromthe Awaji City relocation support desk, "Looking for a home" / the Nojima Fault is fromthe same, "The Nojima Fault"(natural monument, designated 31 July, Heisei 10; Ogura 177, Awaji City; about 185 metres long) andthe same, "The Nojima Fault has been chosen for the world's 100 Geological Heritage Sites"/ Verified 2026-08-29

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Awaji City Hall (Ikuho Niijima 8).The northern tip is Iwaya, and from there the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge crosses to Honshu (Kobe City).Higashiura runs along the east coast, Hokudan and Ichinomiya along the west coast, and Tsuna sits in the middle of the east side, where the city hall is.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What kind of town is Awaji City?

A city in the north of Awaji Island, just across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Its population is 39,472 and it covers 184.24 square kilometres — the city writes that this is "about 30% of the whole of Awaji Island". 🔴 The island has no railway at all, and the city's desk writes that "a car is essential for daily life".

CHAPTER 02Five areas, and life in each

Awaji City divides itself into five areas and gives each of them a name. They are the five towns that merged in 2005 — Tsuna, Awaji (Iwaya), Hokudan, Ichinomiya and Higashiura — left as they were, and the city's statistics, the lower secondary school catchments and the hazard maps are all divided the same five ways. This page uses that division as it stands. The population is from the Basic Resident Register of 1 August, Reiwa 8 (the city's population by district; 40,367 in total), and the listings are the 24 this page retrieved.

Areas	Population	What kind of place it is	Homes for sale	Elevation (median)
Tsuna a town of shining sea, learning and culture / Shizuki, Ikuho	14,170 people 35.1% of the city	The middle belt, where the city hall is, and the most populous area in the city. The city writes that "cultural facilities such as Shizuka Hall and Tsuna Library are in place, and there are a university and vocational schools" and that "on the artificial island along the coast, manufacturing, large retail and an amusement park have been actively brought in". Tsuna Library holds about 190,000 volumes, the largest of the five library facilities in the city. The holiday emergency clinic is in Shizuki too (§7).	5 listings ¥2,980,000–¥40,000,000 median ¥19,850,000	3.1m 2.4〜6.2m
Higashiura a town of sunshine, flowers and parks / Kuruma, Kariya, Ura	8,760 people 21.7% of the city	The dearest listings in the city (median ¥39,800,000). Awaji IC and Higashiura IC are here, and the coach from the Higashiura Bus Terminal reaches Sannomiya with no change. Awaji Yumebutai (grand design by Tadao Ando), the Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park (about 100 ha) and the prefectural park Awaji Hanasajiki (235–298 m above sea level). The city writes that "flower growing is thriving, and it is known as a producer of carnations". In the Reiwa 8 official land price survey, Ura in Awaji City was the residential point whose price rose most in the whole of Hyogo Prefecture (+8.1%) (§9).	6 listings ¥6,800,000–¥250,000,000 median ¥39,800,000	5.0m 2.2〜28.6m
Ichinomiya a town of sunsets, history and fragrance / Gunge, Taga, Ei	6,474 people 16.0% of the city	The most listings in the city, 8. Incense production is centred here, in the Ei and Gunge districts of Ichinomiya, and the city writes that "the faint scent of incense drifts through the town". Izanagi Jingu is here, and this is the only part of the city where listings above 90 metres of elevation come up (median elevation 28.7 metres). Taga Primary School has 14 pupils in the whole school (§7).	8 listings ¥500,000–¥55,000,000 median ¥24,800,000	28.7m 1.7〜94.4m
Hokudan a town of learning found nowhere else, and new sights / Toshima, Nojima	6,702 people 16.6% of the city	The belt where the Nojima Fault, thrown up at the surface by the 1995 earthquake, is preserved and open to the public (the Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park). The Esaki Lighthouse is the third oldest Western-style lighthouse still standing in Japan, and became a national important cultural property in February, Reiwa 4. Nojima Scuola, made from the old Nojima Primary School, is here too. The city calls it "a town where you meet learning you find nowhere else".	2 listings ¥6,800,000–¥39,800,000 median ¥23,300,000	11.7m 1.8〜21.6m
Iwaya a town that sees the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge close up / Iwaya	4,261 people 10.6% of the city	The belt nearest to Honshu. From the Iwaya Port Terminal to Akashi Port is about 13 minutes by boat for ¥700, and a commuter season ticket is ¥22,400 a month (§3). It has the cheapest listings in the city (median ¥9,800,000; 2 of the 3 are under ¥10,000,000). Michi-no-Eki Awaji, Eshima (a Hyogo Prefecture designated cultural property since February, Reiwa 4) and Biyu Matsuho no Sato.	3 listings ¥2,000,000–¥29,800,000 median ¥9,800,000	7.3m 2.5〜60.3m

Sources: the names of the five areas and the description of each are fromAwaji City, "Official gazette, text version"(Iwaya = "See the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge up close" / Higashiura = "A town of sunshine, flowers and parks" / Tsuna = "A town of shining sea, learning and culture" / Hokudan = "A town of learning found nowhere else, and new sights" / Ichinomiya = "A town of sunsets, history and fragrance") / the population is fromthe same, "Monthly population of the city", "Population by district (as of 1 August, Reiwa 8)" (Tsuna 14,170, Higashiura 8,760, Hokudan 6,702, Ichinomiya 6,474, Iwaya 4,261; 40,367 in total) / the districts are matched to town names by this site using Japan Post postcode data (656-21xx and 656-22xx = Tsuna / 656-23xx = Higashiura / 656-15xx = Ichinomiya / 656-16xx and 656-17xx = Hokudan / 656-24xx = Iwaya) / the land prices are fromHyogo Prefecture, "The Reiwa 8 official land price survey" / the listings and elevations are this site's tally of the 24 retrieved for this page (§4) / checked 2026-08-29

The biggest fork is how you cross to Honshu. From Iwaya it is 13 minutes and ¥700 by boat to Akashi Port. From Higashiura the coach reaches Sannomiya with no change. From Tsuna it is 1 hour 21 minutes and ¥1,950 to Sannomiya. Ichinomiya and Hokudan are on the west coast, and from either you cross the island to reach Honshu.

And prices do not simply rise with nearness to Honshu. The dearest is Higashiura at ¥39,800,000, and the cheapest is Iwaya — the closest place to Honshu — at ¥9,800,000. Higashiura has Yumebutai, the Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park and Hanasajiki, and demand for second homes and resorts is pushing prices up — which is what leads to the figure in §9: Ura in Awaji City rose more than any residential point in the prefecture.

For a cheaper everyday life, Iwaya (median ¥9,800,000) and Tsuna (¥19,850,000); for quiet and space, Ichinomiya (¥24,800,000, median elevation 28.7 m). Read §3 and §4 next.

What changes depending on where in the city you live?

How you cross to Honshu is what changes. From Iwaya it is about 13 minutes and ¥700 by boat to Akashi Port; from Higashiura the coach reaches Sannomiya with no change. The median listing runs from ¥9,800,000 in Iwaya to ¥39,800,000 in Higashiura.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

There is not a single railway on Awaji Island. The city's relocation desk writes: "There are no trains on the island or in the city, and the buses are infrequent, so a car is essential for daily life." Only two things connect it to Honshu: the coach across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and the boat from Iwaya to Akashi. This chapter sets out their times and fares.

Where to go	Time	Fare and changes
Iwaya Port → Akashi Port the Awaji Jenova Line (fast boat)	approx. 13 min	¥700 for an adult, ¥350 for a child, ¥300 for a bicycle. Commuter season ticket ¥22,400 a month / student season ticket ¥12,000 a month
Awaji IC → Sannomiya coach (Honshi Kaikyo Bus "Kakehashi")	on board34 min	¥950, no transfer (bound for Shin-Kobe Station)
Higashiura Bus Terminal → Sannomiya coach "Oiso"	1 hr 9 min	¥1,210, no transfer
Tsuna Port → Sannomiya coach "Kakehashi"	1 hr 21 min	¥1,950, no transfer
Kosoku-Maiko → Higashiura Bus Terminal coach "Oiso"	28 min	¥860, no transfer

Sources: the boat fares and journey time are fromthe Awaji Jenova Line, "Timetable and fares"(Akashi Port ⇔ Iwaya Port, about 13 minutes / revised 1 January, Reiwa 7 = one way, adult ¥700, child ¥350, bicycle ¥300, small motorcycle ¥630 / commuter season ticket ¥22,400 for 1 month, ¥62,100 for 3 months, ¥112,000 for 6 months / student season ticket ¥12,000 for 1 month / a book of 11 adult tickets ¥6,440) / the coach times, fares and numbers of changes are fromYahoo! Transitfordeparting at 8am on Monday 1 September 2026searched by this site on that condition (IC fares preferred. Awaji IC 08:25 → Sannomiya / Higashiura BT 08:05 → 09:14 / Tsuna Port 08:02 → 09:23 / Kosoku-Maiko 08:00 → Higashiura BT 08:33). Timetable revisions will change these / checked 2026-08-29

The "nearest station" is JR Maiko, in Kobe CityOf the 24 listings for Awaji City on SUUMO, 5 give JR Maiko as the nearest station. With no station on the island, the nearest one is across the bridge. The entry reads like "Maiko, 60 min by bus, 33 min walk from the stop". Do not read "x minutes from the station" here the way you would in a city.

There are 5 expressway junctionsAwaji, Awaji-kita Smart IC, Higashiura, Hokudan and Tsuna-Ichinomiya — all on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway. Awaji IC and Higashiura IC are on the north-east side, Hokudan IC on the west coast and Tsuna-Ichinomiya IC in the middle. From any of the areas in the city you can reach one of them within 20 minutes.

The buses in the city are the "Awagami-Awahime" serviceIt is the community bus the city runs, and it is what the city means when its commuting grant covers "the full purchase price of a student season ticket on the Awagami-Awahime bus or the Aihara Line" (§8). One gold-painted "Golden Dream Bus" runs among them, the city gazette says.

Kansai and Kobe airports are about the same distance awayIn a straight line from the city, Kansai International Airport is about 30.7 kilometres and Kobe Airport about 32.6 kilometres. These are straight-line distances. They are neither road distances nor journey times — both have water in between. Please check the actual routes in each operator's timetable.

Sources: expressway junctions fromNational Land Numerical Information, "Expressway time series", 2025 edition the same, "Administrative boundaries", 2026, overlaid to count by machine those inside the city boundary (5) / the straight-line distances to the airports are fromthe same, "Airports", 2021 editionand the same "Administrative boundaries", calculated by this site / the nearest-station entries are from the 24 SUUMO listings retrieved for this page / the Awagami-Awahime bus and the Golden Dream Bus are fromAwaji City, "Official gazette, text version"andthe same, "The commuting grant for high school students and above"/ Verified 2026-08-29

The question here is not "do I need a car" but "how many cars do I need". The city's relocation desk writes that "a car is essential for daily life", and that holds wherever in the five areas you live.

That said, Iwaya alone is a place you can commute from by boat. From Iwaya Port to Akashi Port is about 13 minutes and ¥700, and a commuter season ticket is ¥22,400 a month. From Akashi, JR takes you to Sannomiya. Read that together with the fact that Iwaya has the cheapest listings on the island (median ¥9,800,000), and you can see that Iwaya is where commuting works best on this island.

Conversely, from the west coast of Ichinomiya and Hokudan you cross the island to reach Honshu. In exchange it is quieter, higher up, and steadier in price.

✈ Airports

The nearest is Kansai International Airport (a hub airport, company-managed), about 30.7 km in a straight line. Next is Kobe Airport (about 32.6 km in a straight line). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are neither road distances nor journey times — please check the actual routes in each operator's timetable.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 5 junctions and interchanges.
Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway = Hokudan, Higashiura, Tsuna-Ichinomiya, Awaji, Awaji-kita SIC

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 Awaji to Kobe?

From Awaji IC to Sannomiya is 34 minutes on the coach, ¥950, with no change. From Iwaya Port to Akashi Port is about 13 minutes by fast boat, ¥700 for an adult (a commuter season ticket is ¥22,400 a month). From Tsuna Port to Sannomiya it is 1 hour 21 minutes and ¥1,950.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO has 24 second-hand detached houses listed in Awaji City. All 24 listings were retrieved and are shown cheapest first. Tapping anywhere on a row opens the SUUMO listing.

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"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.

Osaki¥500,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 60 m / Land 98 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 60 m² (18 tsubo) / built 1995 / Osaki 14 min walk3 photos →

Iwaya¥2,000,000Iwaya (a town that sees the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge close up)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 57 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 35 m² (11 tsubo) / built 19759 photos →

Sano¥2,980,000Tsuna (a town of shining sea, learning and culture)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 122 m² (37 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 19762 photos →

Toshima¥6,800,000Hokudan (a town of learning found nowhere else, and new sights)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 65 m² (20 tsubo) / Building 34 m² (10 tsubo) / built 200410 photos →

Kuruma¥6,800,000Higashiura (a town of sunshine, flowers and parks)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 119 m² (36 tsubo) / Building 128 m² (39 tsubo) / built 1976 / Kuruma bus stop 4 min walk7 photos →

Ikuho¥7,800,000Tsuna (a town of shining sea, learning and culture)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 132 m² (40 tsubo) / Building 74 m² (22 tsubo) / built 19506 photos →

Iwaya¥9,800,000Iwaya (a town that sees the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge close up)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 113 m² (34 tsubo) / Building 108 m² (33 tsubo) / built 2000 / Maiko Sta. bus 7 min+21 min walk10 photos →

Kusaka Kita¥11,900,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 60 m / Land 210 m² (64 tsubo) / Building 112 m² (34 tsubo) / built 1991 / Ei Kosoku Bus Stop-mae bus stop 40 min walk10 photos →

Fukakusa¥12,800,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 152 m² (46 tsubo) / Building 91 m² (28 tsubo) / built 2000 / Maiko Sta. bus 60 min+33 min walk10 photos →

Toda¥17,800,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 90 m / Land 949 m² (287 tsubo) / Building 173 m² (52 tsubo) / built 1965 / Toda bus stop 10 min walk3 photos →

Ikuho¥19,850,000Tsuna (a town of shining sea, learning and culture)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 149 m² (45 tsubo) / Building 101 m² (31 tsubo) / built 199110 photos →

Iwaya Uzaki¥29,800,000Iwaya (a town that sees the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge close up)Elev. approx. 60 m / Land 202 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 93 m² (28 tsubo) / built 2020 / Maiko Sta. bus 10 min+10 min walk9 photos →

Myojin¥31,800,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 273 m² (83 tsubo) / Building 126 m² (38 tsubo) / built 20207 photos →

Shizuki Niijima¥31,800,000Tsuna (a town of shining sea, learning and culture)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 165 m² (50 tsubo) / built 19875 photos →

Ei¥32,900,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 201 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 93 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1980 / Ei 20 min walk10 photos →

Kariya¥34,800,000Higashiura (a town of sunshine, flowers and parks)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 205 m² (62 tsubo) / Building 178 m² (54 tsubo) / built 1992 / Maiko Sta. bus 50 min+3 min walk9 photos →

Taga¥35,800,000Ichinomiya (a town of sunsets, history and fragrance)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 183 m² (55 tsubo) / Building 101 m² (30 tsubo) / built 201610 photos →

Ura¥39,800,000Higashiura (a town of sunshine, flowers and parks)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 99 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 67 m² (20 tsubo) / built 2002 / the Higashiura Bus Terminal bus stop 5 min walk10 photos →

Shirayama¥39,800,000Higashiura (a town of sunshine, flowers and parks)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 600 m² (182 tsubo) / Building 150 m² (45 tsubo) / built 196110 photos →

Ikuha 1517番3¥39,800,000Hokudan (a town of learning found nowhere else, and new sights)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 188 m² (57 tsubo) / Building 106 m² (32 tsubo) / built 2014 / Maiko Sta. bus 25 min+5 min walk9 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 24 on SUUMO →

Awaji City is a market with few listings and high prices, even among the areas on this site. In a city of about 40,000 people, only 24 second-hand detached houses are on the market. And the median is ¥30,800,000, with 12 of the 24 at ¥30,000,000 or more. 7 (29%) are under ¥10,000,000 and 3 are under ¥5,000,000.

The cheapest is ¥500,000 (Ichinomiya, Osaki, built 1995, land 97.74 square metres) and the dearest ¥250,000,000 (Higashiura, Kamaguchi, built 2018, land 954.45 square metres) — a spread of 500 times. Demand for a "resort" an hour from Kobe, and ordinary houses on the island, are mixed together in the same 24 listings — that is the Awaji City market.

The median year built is 1993, and 8 (33%) were built on or before 31 May 1981. This is not a market where older houses are the main event, as in Imabari or Onomichi.

The median elevation across the city is 5.7 metres (1.7–94.4 metres). Of the 24 listings, 10 are above 10 metres. Ichinomiya alone has a median of 28.7 metres, up on the hill side. The tsunami and storm-surge assumptions are in §5 — check the exact address on the city's hazard map.

With so few listings, you also need to look at the city's vacant-home bank and at "AREIN", the network of 13 estate agents in the city (§14).

Sources: the listings and elevations are this site's tally of the 24 retrieved for this page (elevations come from the per-listing map coordinates inside each SUUMO page, passed through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API; all 24 were obtained from listing coordinates) / checked 2026-08-29

How much does a second-hand house in Awaji cost?

SUUMO has 24 listings, from ¥500,000 to ¥250,000,000, with a median of ¥30,800,000. 🔴 12 of the 24 are ¥30,000,000 or more, and 7 (29%) are under ¥10,000,000. Few listings, and prices on the high side.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

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 Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	52.3% (11.5% for Shindo 6-upper or above) At Awaji City Hall. Surface ground AVS30 253 m/s, reclaimed land

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Awaji City town hall stands onreclaimed land(AVS30 253 m/s), and the 52.3% above is the value at that point. Within Awaji City itself, the low ground along the rivers and the terraces differ a great deal. 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 Area／Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area／Japan 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 / checked 2026-08-28

Awaji City is where the ground split open in 1995. And that fault is still preserved and open to the public inside the city. The Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) of 17 January, Heisei 7 (1995) — magnitude 7.3, a maximum intensity of Shindo 7. Of the active faults that were its source, a section about 185 metres long in the Ogura district of Awaji City is the Nojima Fault. The city writes that "as the source fault of a great earthquake that struck a densely populated area it is of the utmost importance, and so it has been designated a natural monument and preserved" (designated a national natural monument on 31 July, Heisei 10 (1998)).

Since April 1998 it has been preserved indoors and open to the public inside the Nojima Fault Preservation Museum. Vertical slip, lateral slip, branching faults, steps in the fault line and ground fissures — the various fault displacements can all be clearly observed over a length of 200 metres, and the characteristic destruction of roads, buildings and other structures by fault displacement can be observed too — the city's own description.

In October 2022 it was chosen for the world's first "100 Geological Heritage Sites" by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Only two places in Japan were chosen: the Nojima Fault and Genbudo (Toyooka City).

This is not a way of saying "it is dangerous". It is a way of saying that there is nowhere else where what happened to a piece of ground can be seen this concretely when you are choosing where to move. As §17 shows, the Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park is one of the city's visitor attractions as well.

Source:Awaji City "the Nojima Fault"(classification = monument / type = natural monument / designated 31 July, Heisei 10 (1998) / Ogura 177, Awaji City / "a section about 185 metres long in the Ogura district", "a reverse fault with a lateral component") / the same, "The Nojima Fault has been chosen for the world's 100 Geological Heritage Sites"(announced at the IUGS congress at the Basque Coast Geopark in Spain, 25 to 28 October 2022 / the 1995 Kobe earthquake (the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake, M7.3) / the two places from Japan are the Nojima Fault and Genbudo / "can be clearly observed over a length of 200 metres") / checked 2026-08-29

The hazard map comes in six districtsThe city's hazard map (wind and flood edition) comes in six sheets: Awaji/Hokudan-kita, Hokudan-minami, Higashiura, Tsuna-kita/Ichinomiya-higashi, Tsuna-minami and Ichinomiya. There are separate storm surge and tsunami editions as well. Whatever address interests you is on one of them.

There is a separate booklet for the Nankai TroughThe city's disaster guide has a separate section headed "Preparing for a Nankai Trough megaquake" (2 PDFs). Awaji City is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area, and at the city hall the chance of shaking of Shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 52.3% (11.5% for 6-upper or above).

The city hall stands on reclaimed landQuery the city hall coordinates on J-SHIS and the surface ground comes back as "reclaimed land" (AVS30 253 m/s). The coast of the Tsuna area is an artificial island, and the city itself writes of "manufacturing, large retail and an amusement park actively brought in on the artificial island along the coast". Within the same city, reclaimed ground and the hill side are completely different. Check J-SHIS for the exact address.

The prefecture's CG hazard map is signposted tooThe city writes "for the latest information, please check the Hyogo Prefecture CG hazard map", and also points to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "layered hazard map" (adding that it can be read with screen-reading software). Landslide caution zone designations change from time to time, so these are newer than the printed maps.

Source:Awaji City, "The Awaji City disaster guide and hazard maps"(disaster guide / Preparing for a Nankai Trough megaquake (1) and (2) / hazard map, wind and flood edition = Awaji/Hokudan-kita, Hokudan-minami, Higashiura, Tsuna-kita/Ichinomiya-higashi, Tsuna-minami and Ichinomiya / storm surge and tsunami editions / signposts to the Hyogo Prefecture CG hazard map and the MLIT "layered hazard map") / the artificial island is fromthe same, "Official gazette, text version"/ Verified 2026-08-29

What is the earthquake risk in Awaji?

It is a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area, and at the city hall the chance of shaking of Shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 52.3% (11.5% for 6-upper or above). 🔴 The Nojima Fault (about 185 metres long), the source of the 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake, is preserved and open to the public in the city as a national natural monument.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Summer nights are cooler than in Kobe by 29 days' worth, and in exchange there are about six times as many cold mornings as in Kobe. An hour away across the bridge, the island and the city differ completely in the number of days. Look at them beside the Tokyo figures.

Days per year (long-term average)	Awaji (Gunge)	Kobe	Tokyo
Tropical nights (daily low of 25°C or above)	17.3 days	46.8 days	17.8 days
Extremely hot days (daily high of 35°C or above)	4.0 days	4.7 days	4.8 days
Winter days (daily low below 0°C)	26.2 days	4.4 days	15.2 days
Days below freezing (below 0°C all day)	0.0 days	0.0 days	0.0 days
Annual rainfall	1,197.1 mm	1,277.8 mm	1,598.2 mm
August daily high / January daily low	32.4℃／1.6℃	32.2℃／3.1℃	31.3℃／1.2℃

Here is what those figures mean in daily life.

Summer nights. Awaji City has 17.3 tropical nights a year; Kobe has 46.8. That is 29 fewer nights a year on which it is hard to sleep than across the bridge. The island is surrounded by sea and the wind passes through at night. It is about the same as Tokyo (17.8). Extremely hot days number 4.0, fewer than Kobe (4.7) or Tokyo (4.8).

Winter mornings. In exchange, winter days (mornings whose low falls below 0°C) number 26.2 a year, about six times Kobe's 4.4 and far more than Tokyo's 15.2. Think of it as 26 mornings in a winter on which the windscreen is frozen. Days below freezing all day number 0.0, so it is only the mornings. Before lumping "an island in the Inland Sea" together as warm, look at this count.

Snow. The Gunge AMeDAS does not observe snow, so taking the Sumoto values, total snowfall in a year is 2 cm and the deepest snow cover 1 cm. That is less than Tokyo (8 cm in total, 6 cm at the deepest), and winter tyres are not essential.

Rain. The 1,197.1 mm a year is 401 mm less than Tokyo, the modest total the Inland Sea is known for. But September, at 183.3 mm, is the wettest month of the year — the typhoon month beats the rainy season (June, 154.5 mm). Boats stop in bad weather, so if your life uses the boat from Iwaya, remember that month (§15).

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, long-term averages for Gunge (Hyogo, Awaji City)／the same for Kobe (Hyogo)／the same agency’s normals for Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolis) / the snowfall is fromthe same for Sumoto (Hyogo)(as Gunge does not observe it; total snowfall in a year 2 cm, deepest snow cover 1 cm). All are 30-year averages 1991–2020 / checked 2026-08-29

What are summer and winter like in Awaji?

The August daily high is 32.4°C and the January daily low 1.6°C. Tropical nights number 17.3 a year, less than half Kobe's 46.8, but winter days number 26.2, about six times Kobe's 4.4. Summer nights are cool and winter mornings are cold.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

Awaji City, Sumoto City and Minami-Awaji City together form one secondary medical area (the Awaji medical area). There are 11 primary schools and 5 lower secondary schools, and the five lower secondary schools match the five areas in §2 exactly. This chapter sets out those numbers.

11 primary and 5 lower secondary schools1,819 primary pupils and 991 lower secondary pupils (as of 3 August, Reiwa 8). The primary schools are Shioda, Shizuki, Nakada, Omachi, Tsuna-higashi, Gakushu, Ura, Ishiya, Hokudan, Taga and Ichinomiya — 11 in all; the lower secondary schools are Tsuna, Higashiura, Iwaya, Hokudan and Ichinomiya — 5. The largest is Shizuki Primary School with 366 pupils; the smallest is Taga Primary School with 14. The city has a "School Reorganisation Section".

Taga Primary School has 14 pupils in the whole schoolAs of 3 August, Reiwa 8: 0 in year 1, 0 in year 2, 1 in year 3, 4 in year 4, 0 in year 5 and 9 in year 6. 3 classes. It is in Taga, in the Ichinomiya area. Whether a small school suits you, or whether you would rather have classmates in the same year — the figure is here because it bears directly on the decision to move.

On Sundays and public holidays it is the emergency clinic in ShizukiThe Awaji City holiday emergency clinic (Shizuki 1600-1, Awaji City; 0799-62-0285). It opens on Sundays, national holidays and from 31 December to 3 January, in three sessions: 9:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00 and 18:00–21:00. The doctor on duty rotates, so depending on age and symptoms you may be referred elsewhere. Ring before you go, the city says.

The main hospital for the area is in Sumoto CityThe largest hospital in the Awaji medical area (Awaji, Sumoto and Minami-Awaji cities) is Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center, at Shioya 1-1-137, Sumoto City — in the neighbouring city, not in Awaji City. 🔴 How many minutes it takes to drive there from within Awaji City, I (the AI) could not confirm from an official source (checked 29 August 2026). Guessing would be the greater discourtesy, so it is not given here. Drive it yourself when you go to view a property.

The shops are concentrated in TsunaThe city gazette writes of Tsuna that "on the artificial island along the coast, manufacturing, large retail and an amusement park have been actively brought in". Higashiura has Michi-no-Eki Higashiura Terminal Park (a farm shop, souvenir shop and café), and Iwaya has Michi-no-Eki Awaji. The city has 2 roadside stations (§17).

There are 5 library facilities in the city, and Tsuna Library is the largestTsuna Library is a single-storey steel-frame building of about 1,980 square metres, the largest of the 5 library facilities in the city, and holds about 190,000 volumes. The "exchange entrance" has a gallery and a children's space, and there are slides and other play equipment outside.

Sources: the number of schools and pupils is fromAwaji City, "Numbers of pupils at the municipal primary and lower secondary schools", "Numbers of pupils at the city's primary and lower secondary schools (as of 3 August, Reiwa 8)" (11 primary schools, 1,819 pupils in total / 5 lower secondary schools, 991 pupils in total / Shizuki Primary School 366, Taga Primary School 14) / the holiday emergency clinic is fromthe same, "Awaji City holiday emergency clinic — opening days" / Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center is fromHyogo "Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center" / the retail, the roadside stations and Tsuna Library are fromAwaji City, "Official gazette, text version" / checked 2026-08-29. Shops come and go, so please check the current situation yourself before signing anything

What are the hospitals and schools like in Awaji?

There are 11 primary schools (1,819 pupils) and 5 lower secondary schools (991 pupils), and the five lower secondary schools match the five areas exactly. 🔴 Taga Primary School has 14 pupils in the whole school. On Sundays and public holidays it is the Awaji City holiday emergency clinic (Shizuki), and the main hospital for the area is Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center in Sumoto City.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Live in Awaji City and a car, and the cost of leaving the island, come round every year. 🔴 What marks this city out is that its support is aimed squarely at the cost of leaving the island. Here it is in order.

What	How much, conditions
When a child travels off the island to school	The Awaji City commuting grant — for high school, university and vocational students who travel by public transport. A high school student attending a school in the city = the full purchase price of a student season ticket on the Awagami-Awahime bus or the Aihara Line / a high school student attending a school outside the city = that full season ticket plus half the travel cost (up to ¥100,000) / someone attending a university or vocational school outside the city = a third of the travel cost (up to ¥65,000). 🔴 What qualifies is "from a bus stop in the city to Kosoku-Maiko or the Sumoto Bus Centre" and "from a bus stop in the city to Akashi Port"; the coach fare from Kosoku-Maiko to Sannomiya, and the train fare from Maiko Station to Sannomiya Station, do not qualify
When you rent privately in the city	The U-turn and settlement rent grant — for U/I/J-turn movers who move into the city and take a permanent job with a company in the city (within a year of moving in or of taking the job). ¥10,000 a month if the rent is ¥50,000 or more, ¥5,000 a month if it is under ¥50,000. There is an income condition: household gross income of ¥6,000,000 or less last year (or total income of ¥4,260,000 or less)
Building or buying a house	Housing purchase support for young married households — to encourage young couples and families with children to move in and settle, the city subsidises part of the cost of buying a home in the city after moving in from off the island. The counter is the Town Planning Policy Division (0799-64-2506)
When you are the one letting or selling a vacant house	The Awaji City vacant-home securing support scheme — it covers part of the registration costs incurred in listing on the vacant-home bank and part of the cost of tending the garden trees and disposing of furniture and effects (conditions apply)
When you marry and start out	The Awaji City newly-married life support scheme — part of the housing and moving costs. Both partners must be 39 or under on the date of marriage, and there are income conditions
Children's medical costs	Outpatient and inpatient medical costs (the insured portion) are free from age 0 to the high-school-age years (until the first 31 March after turning 18). The income limit was abolished on 1 July, Reiwa 7.
When you are pregnant	The antenatal check-up travel grant — 🔴 it covers part of the travel cost of antenatal check-ups taken at a medical institution off the island. Being an island has been turned straight into a scheme here
Public sewerage, or a septic tank	There is a grant for installing a combined septic tank, paid to those installing one in the septic tank grant area. Turned round, that means there are parts of the city the sewer does not reach. When you view a property, always check which of the three it is: mains sewer, septic tank or night-soil collection
Earthquake work on an older house	There is a simple earthquake assessment grant (an assessor is sent and part of the cost covered) and an earthquake retrofit works grant. There is also a separate dangerous vacant house demolition scheme
Getting ready for winter	Winter tyres are not essential (annual snowfall, on the Sumoto figure, is 2 cm). But there are 26.2 winter days a year, so you do need to be ready for frost in the mornings (§6)

Sources: the list of schemes is fromAwaji City, "Relocation and settlement support schemes, fiscal Reiwa 8", "List of Awaji City relocation and settlement support schemes, fiscal Reiwa 8 (PDF)" / the commuting grant is fromthe same, "The commuting grant for high school students and above"(the grant period runs 1 April, Reiwa 8 to 31 March, Reiwa 9) / the rent grant is fromthe same, "The U-turn and settlement rent grant for fiscal Reiwa 8"(rent of ¥50,000 or more a month → ¥10,000 a month / under ¥50,000 → ¥5,000 a month / gross income of ¥6,000,000 or less, or total income of ¥4,260,000 or less) / the newly-married life support is fromthe same, "The Awaji City newly-married life support scheme" / checked 2026-08-29. Amounts and conditions can change. Always check with the city before applying

This city's support is aimed squarely at the cost of leaving the island. The whole of a high school student's season ticket. For a school outside the city, half the travel cost on top (up to ¥100,000). The travel cost of antenatal check-ups at a hospital off the island. Every one of them is the cost of crossing the bridge or the water.

And the commuting grant stops at "from a bus stop in the city to Kosoku-Maiko". From Kosoku-Maiko to Sannomiya you pay yourself. That single line shows plainly where the city's schemes draw the line between on the island and off it.

When your child reaches high school age, where will they be travelling to? A high school in Awaji City, one in Sumoto City, or across the bridge? Settle that first and it changes which area you choose (§2).

What comes round every year after you buy a house in Awaji?

A car, and the cost of crossing to Honshu. Driving across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge costs ¥910 one way from Awaji IC to Tarumi IC (ETC, weekday, standard car), or ¥1,570 from Tsuna-Ichinomiya IC. The city covers the whole of a high school student's season ticket, and for a school outside the city half the travel cost on top (up to ¥100,000).

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

🔴 Land prices in Awaji City have turned from falling to rising. In the Reiwa 8 official land price survey, residential land was +2.7% and commercial land +4.9%. And Ura in Awaji City was the residential point whose price rose most in the whole of Hyogo Prefecture (+8.1%). That puts it on the rarer side of the markets covered on this site.

What is on the market nowSUUMO has 24 second-hand detached houses. Against a population of 39,472, that is one for every 1,645 people — very few. 12 of the 24 are ¥30,000,000 or more, and the median is ¥30,800,000. With few buyers when you sell, there are also few choices when you buy. There is also the city's vacant-home bank and "AREIN", the network of 13 estate agents in the city (§14).

It has turned from falling to risingIn the Reiwa 8 official land price survey, residential land in Awaji City was +2.7%. Over ten years it ran ▲2.6 → ▲2.2 → ▲2.1 → ▲2.1 → ▲2.0 → ▲1.3 → ▲0.5 → +0.1 → +1.3 → +2.7: it turned upward four years ago and the rise is widening. Commercial land was +4.9% too (from ▲3.0 to +4.9).

The residential point that rose most in the prefecture is in Awaji CityThe highest rate of increase in the Reiwa 8 official land price survey was "Ura, Awaji City (+8.1%)". It went from ¥34,700 to ¥37,500 per square metre. The prefecture writes of the point that "within Awaji City, convenience and the living environment are good; demand is high as the local economy recovers, and prices continue to rise". Ura is in the Higashiura area (§2).

On commercial land, the west coast is movingThe prefecture writes: "In the Awaji region, in Minami-Awaji City and Sumoto City the existing shopping streets continue to decline as businesses struggle to find successors. In Awaji City, on the other hand, new restaurants and the like tied to tourism are opening, centred on Nishiura." On the same island, only Awaji City is moving differently.

The standard point in Iwaya is ¥33,800 per square metreThe standard point "Awaji-1", Iwaya Nagahama 1576, Awaji City, was ¥33,800 per square metre in the Reiwa 8 survey (+0.6% on the year). Per tsubo that is about ¥111,700. Set beside Ura in Higashiura (¥37,500 per square metre, about ¥124,000 per tsubo), it shows that Higashiura, with its parks and Yumebutai, is dearer than Iwaya, which is closer to Honshu — matching the order of prices in §2.

The prefectural survey of Reiwa 7 showed a rise tooIn the Reiwa 7 Hyogo Prefecture land price survey, with a base date of 1 July, residential land in Awaji City was +2.3% and commercial land +4.8%. The prefecture summarised it as "the Awaji region has turned from falling to rising". It is up in both surveys — the official one (1 January) and the prefectural one (1 July).

Source:Hyogo Prefecture, "The Reiwa 8 official land price survey", "Reiwa 8 official land prices (PDF)" (highest rate of increase for residential land = Ura, Awaji City, +8.1% / standard point "Awaji-7", Ura Inonoshiri 1075-2, Awaji City = ¥34,700/m² → ¥37,500/m² / standard point "Awaji-1", Iwaya Nagahama 1576, Awaji City = ¥33,800/m², +0.6% / the rate of change for residential land in Awaji City ▲2.6 to +2.7 / commercial land ▲3.0 to +4.9 / "in Awaji City, new restaurants and the like tied to tourism are opening, centred on Nishiura") / the same, "Hyogo Prefecture land price survey", "The Reiwa 7 Hyogo Prefecture land price survey (PDF)" (Awaji City residential land +2.3%, commercial land +4.8% / "the Awaji region has turned from falling to rising"). The price per tsubo is converted by this site at 3.30578 square metres / the listings are the 24 retrieved for this page (§4) / the population is fromAwaji City, "Preliminary tabulation of the Reiwa 7 census"/ Verified 2026-08-29

Awaji City is not a market where you buy cheaply and sell slowly. Land prices are rising, and there are only 24 houses on the market. Both the competition when you buy and the buyers when you sell are limited.

If the ease of selling comes first, Higashiura — it holds the point whose price rose most in the prefecture, it has the parks and Yumebutai, and the coach reaches Sannomiya with no change. But at a median of ¥39,800,000 it is the dearest in the city.

If the cost of living comes first, Iwaya (median ¥9,800,000) and Tsuna (¥19,850,000). Iwaya is 13 minutes from Akashi by boat; Tsuna has the city hall, the library, the shops and the holiday clinic.

Either way, the biggest constraint is that there are only 24. Look at the vacant-home bank and AREIN in §14 on the same day.

What are land prices doing in Awaji?

🔴 They are rising. In the Reiwa 8 official land price survey, residential land was +2.7% and commercial land +4.9%. Ura in Awaji City was the residential point whose price rose most in the whole of Hyogo Prefecture (+8.1%), going from ¥34,700 to ¥37,500 per square metre.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

The Reiwa 7 census (preliminary) gives 39,472 people. That is 2,495 fewer (5.95%) than five years earlier. 🔴 But the number of households has barely moved — 17,452, only 42 (0.24%) fewer than five years earlier.

Population −5.95%, households −0.24%The Reiwa 7 census (preliminary) gives 39,472 people (41,967 five years earlier) and 17,452 households (17,494 five years earlier). The population fell by about 2,500 while households fell by 42. The number of people per household is falling — that is, one- and two-person households are increasing. The demand for houses has not fallen as far as the population — which goes together with the rising land prices in §9.

The Basic Resident Register gives 40,367As of 1 August, Reiwa 8, the register gives 40,367 people. By district: Tsuna 14,170 (35.1%), Higashiura 8,760 (21.7%), Hokudan 6,702 (16.6%), Ichinomiya 6,474 (16.0%) and Iwaya 4,261 (10.6%). A third of the city lives in Tsuna.

The city says so itself: "the most populous"The city gazette writes of Tsuna that it is "the most populous area in Awaji City", and of Higashiura that "access from Kobe and Osaka is good, parks and roadside stations have been developed, and visitor numbers are rising". It is a way of saying that where people live and where people come are different parts of the city.

An oriental stork chick was born hereThe city gazette says: "In April, Reiwa 3 (2021), an oriental stork chick was born in a nest in the city. It was named Amu, everyone watched it grow, and it flew away in good health." The women's hardball baseball club Awaji Brave Oceans is based here, and the city has been certified a "women's baseball town" by the All Japan Women's Baseball Federation.

Sources: the census figures come fromAwaji City, "Preliminary tabulation of the Reiwa 7 census"(total population 39,472, households 17,452 / change on the previous survey: population △2,495, a fall of 5.95 per cent; households △42, a fall of 0.24 per cent) / the population by district is fromthe same, "Monthly population of the city", "Population by district (as of 1 August, Reiwa 8)" / the oriental stork and the women's baseball town are fromthe same, "Official gazette, text version"/ Verified 2026-08-29

Share of foreign residents

2.02%national average 3.26%

Of the 40,686 people living in Awaji City, 821 are foreign residents. That is below the national average of 3.26%.
Nationally, foreign residents are 3.26% of the population (4,031,159 of 123,767,642). There are 34 municipalities in Japan where the share passes one in ten.

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 Awaji's population?

39,472 people (Reiwa 7 census, preliminary), 2,495 fewer (5.95%) than five years earlier. 🔴 But households number 17,452, only 42 (0.24%) fewer. The number of people per household is falling.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

What starts to matter once the house and the commute are settled is the subject of this chapter. 🔴 Awaji City does not publish neighbourhood association fees or how to join on its own site. Instead, the NPO that runs the city's relocation desk holds gatherings for people who have moved in, every year.

🔴 The way into community life in this city is the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji. Both the city's vacant-home bank and its relocation support desk are run by the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji (Sano 969, Awaji City; 0799-70-6876). The city's own desk doubles as the place where movers meet each other — that is the shape of it in Awaji City.

The gatherings actually held look like this: "Shimamaze Koryukai" (a gathering for people who have moved in, held every year), "Neki ni Yoranka Kai" (a gathering in Osaka or Tokyo for people who love Awaji Island), and "Atsumare! Awaji Gurashi-san" (a gathering for movers held at the Awaji Gurashi general consultation desk). There are also courses on how to use a brush cutter, a course on restoring an old house, miso making, and even a day's work at sea drying wakame.

🔴 "We are holding a course on how to use a brush cutter" — that is not a tourist event. It means owning a house and land on the island brings mowing with it every year. You can find that out before you move, rather than after.

Source:Awaji City "Awaji City Akiya bank"(operator: the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji / Sano 969, Awaji City / 0799-70-6876) / the gatherings and courses are fromthe Awaji City relocation support desk, "Awaji Island, next door to Kobe"'s news list andthe NPO Shimagurashi Awaji / checked 2026-08-29. Whether they are held, and when, changes from year to year. Please check with the organisers before you go

The association fee is not on the city's siteMost of the cities covered on this site put a list of neighbourhood or administrative districts on their official site. 🔴 For Awaji City, I (the AI) could not find a page explaining the association fee or how to join (checked 29 August 2026). It does not mean there is none. Before you settle on a property, ask the head of that district directly.

The city sends vacant-home alerts on official LINEThe city writes: "Add the official Awaji City LINE account as a friend and we will let you know about new listings on the vacant-home bank!" Tick "relocation and the vacant-home bank" under the information you want in the basic settings and you are notified whenever a new property is listed. In a city with only 24 houses on the market (§4), that counts for a good deal.

Trial-stay housing is providedThe city's relocation desk lists America-mura (3LDK), Yamada Danchi Block B (1LDK) and Yamada Danchi Block B (3LDK), and for trial stays from outside the prefecture SAKURA HOUSE, the Higashiura Kuruma concrete flats and the Hokudan Asano-minami concrete flats. It runs under the "Awaji City trial living housing scheme" rules.

The faces of the townWhat the city gazette puts forward: the oriental stork "Amu-chan", the women's hardball baseball club "Awaji Brave Oceans" (the city is certified a "women's baseball town" by the All Japan Women's Baseball Federation), 3 Pokémon manhole covers ("Pokéfuta") in the city, and a single gold-painted "Golden Dream Bus" running among the buses.

Sources: the official LINE service is fromAwaji City "Awaji City Akiya bank" / the trial-stay housing is fromthe Awaji City relocation support desk, "Looking for a home" / the oriental stork, the women's baseball town, the Pokéfuta and the Golden Dream Bus are fromthe same, "Official gazette, text version"/ Verified 2026-08-29

What are the neighbourhood associations like in Awaji?

🔴 The city does not publish association fees or how to join on its official site (checked 29 August 2026). Instead, the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji, which runs the city's relocation desk, holds the "Shimamaze Koryukai" gathering for movers and courses on using a brush cutter.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Some things appear neither in the property particulars nor on the city's tourism pages, yet come round every year once you live there. In Awaji City, three of them can be confirmed from primary sources.

The bridge toll — it is charged every time you drive to Honshu

With no railway on the island, reaching Honshu means the coach, the boat or your own car. Driving your own car across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge costs this much one way, with ETC, on a weekday, in a standard car.

Where to start	To Tarumi IC (Kobe City)	Fuseihata IC	Kobe-nishi IC
Awaji IC (Iwaya)	¥910	¥1,010	¥1,150
Higashiura IC	¥1,060	¥1,160	¥1,300
Hokudan IC	¥1,300	¥1,400	¥1,530
Tsuna Ichinomiya IC	¥1,570	¥1,670	¥1,810

¥910 each way, five days a week, comes to about ¥36,400 a month. (Awaji IC to Tarumi IC, ETC, weekday, standard car) From Tsuna-Ichinomiya IC it is ¥1,570 each way, or about ¥62,800 a month. The further south you live, the higher the bridge toll.

That is why Iwaya's "13 minutes and ¥700 by boat, ¥22,400 a month for a season ticket" counts (§3). The boat season ticket is cheaper than driving across every day — the one form of commuting the island has.

By coach it is 34 minutes and ¥950 from Awaji IC to Sannomiya. If you mean to keep to one car, how you combine those three — boat, coach and your own car — decides where you live.

Sources: the tolls are fromJB Honshi Expressway, "Toll tables", E28 Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, ETC rates (weekday, standard car) / the monthly figures are calculated by this site as one way × 2 × 20 days / the boat and coach sources are in §3 / checked 2026-08-29

At weekends you live inside a visitor destinationThe city holds Awaji Yumebutai (grand design by Tadao Ando; a hotel, a conference centre, a botanical garden and a row of restaurants), the Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park (about 100 ha), the prefectural park Awaji Hanasajiki (235–298 m above sea level), Nijigen no Mori and Awaji World Park ONOKORO (the only amusement park on Awaji Island). All of them are on the Higashiura and Iwaya side. At weekends and on public holidays, the roads around there get busy.

The prefecture writes that tourism is pushing land prices upIn the Reiwa 8 official land price survey the prefecture writes, of commercial land, that "in Awaji City, new restaurants and the like tied to tourism are opening, centred on Nishiura", and of the residential point that rose most (Ura, Awaji City) that "demand is high as the local economy recovers, and prices continue to rise". The momentum of tourism becomes the price a resident pays (§9).

The hills in the north are laid out as the "Sentan Farm"The city writes: "The hills in the north of Awaji City have been laid out as the Sentan Farm, and we welcome newcomers to farming from all kinds of trades." The farming environment is in place, access from the cities is good, and onions, olives and wine grapes are grown, with plenty of pick-your-own farms too — for anyone who wants to start farming, there is a way in here.

Mowing comes round every yearThe NPO that runs the city's relocation desk holds a session called "We are holding a course on how to use a brush cutter" several times a year (in November 2025 and February 2026 among others). Buy a house with a lot of land and mowing becomes an annual fixture — and there is somewhere to try it before you move (§11).

Sources: the visitor attractions are fromAwaji City, "Official gazette, text version"(Awaji Yumebutai / the Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park, about 100 ha / the prefectural park Awaji Hanasajiki, 235–298 m above sea level / Awaji World Park ONOKORO = "the only amusement park on Awaji Island" / the Sentan Farm) / the prefecture's wording is fromHyogo Prefecture, "The Reiwa 8 official land price survey" / the brush cutter courses are fromthe NPO Shimagurashi Awaji's news / checked 2026-08-29

Are there burdens in Awaji you only find out about once you live there?

The bridge toll. Driving to Honshu costs ¥910 one way from Awaji IC to Tarumi IC (ETC, weekday, standard car). Five days a week, both ways, that is about ¥36,400 a month, or about ¥62,800 from Tsuna-Ichinomiya IC. Which is why Iwaya's boat season ticket at ¥22,400 a month counts.

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.

¥4,916,300,000

The hometown tax receipts for fiscal Reiwa 7 (347,812 donations).
39th of the 1,788 municipalities in Japan, and 2nd within Hyogo Prefecture

What this town names as its own products

What Awaji City lists as its "specialities" are the things of an island's sea and land — once called a miketsukuni — and a fragrance. Incense (the city writes of "incense, of which we make more than anywhere in Japan"; about 170 years of history, with production centred on the Ei and Gunge districts of the west coast); Awaji beef (one of the three the city says have made the name of the "Awaji brand" known across the country); carnations (flower growing thrives in Higashiura, which is known as a producer of carnations); onions (the hills in the north of the city are laid out as the "Sentan Farm", where onions, olives and wine grapes are grown); olives and wine grapes (grown on the same Sentan Farm; the city writes that there are plenty of pick-your-own farms too); and seafood (raised by the sea on all four sides; the city writes that "along with Wakasa and Shima, it once sent food to the imperial court as a miketsukuni").

Source:Awaji City, "The specialities of Awaji — from the sea and from the land"／Awaji City, "Official gazette, text version"／Hyogo Prefecture, "Local industries > Incense"/ Verified 2026-08-29

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.

Support Awaji City through the hometown tax scheme →

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 are the specialities of Awaji?

What the city lists is incense, Awaji beef and carnations, and it writes of "incense, of which we make more than anywhere in Japan" (about 170 years of history; production centred on the Ei and Gunge districts of Ichinomiya). Hometown tax receipts came to ¥4,916,300,000 in fiscal Reiwa 7 (347,812 donations), 39th in Japan.

CHAPTER 14A message from Awaji City

How the receiving side sees it. The city's relocation support desk opens with this: "Awaji City, on Awaji Island, is surrounded by the abundance of the sea and the abundance of the hills, and yet it is close to Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, in a setting with outstanding access." The desk is itself called "Awaji Island, next door to Kobe".

🔴 The relocation desk in Awaji City is run not by the city hall but by an NPO. The Awaji City relocation support desk — run by the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji (Sano 969, Awaji City / 0799-70-6876 / sk.awaji2016@gmail.com). The listings on the city's vacant-home bank are seen through this desk too.

Here is what the desk writes about looking for a home, as it stands: "Even within Awaji City the areas differ in character. Talk to us about which one matches the life you have in mind." "For somewhere to live, we recommend starting with a rental." "Old farmhouses are popular too, but few of them come onto the market, and the initial cost of repairs can be high."

Not many relocation desks open by saying "start with a rental". In a city with only 24 houses on the market (§4), it is honest advice.

The city hall's own counter is the Town Planning Policy Division (Ikuho Niijima 8, Awaji City / 0799-64-2506). Applications to list on the vacant-home bank go there too.

There are three ways to look for a vacant houseThe city points to three: (1) the Awaji City vacant-home bank (run by the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji), (2) AREIN (the Awaji Island real estate information network) and (3) Hatolove (the Hyogo Prefecture Real Estate Association search site). AREIN is a network of 13 estate agents in the city, and if you ask at the desk they can put your preferred area and conditions to AREIN for you.

The vacant-home bank works with the estate agents' associationThe city's list of support schemes says of the vacant-home bank (property introductions): "For those hoping to move here, we work with the Awaji branch of the Hyogo Prefecture Real Estate Transaction Association to provide information on buildings in the city." The city and the association put the listings out together.

There is a booklet about moving here"Awaji City: a reader on island living" — the city writes: "Awaji City, where a new lifestyle can take the best of both: the abundance of nature and convenience. We have made a booklet together with the people who are living that life."

You can start with a trial stayAmerica-mura (3LDK) and Yamada Danchi Block B (1LDK and 3LDK), plus, for trial stays from outside the prefecture, SAKURA HOUSE, the Higashiura Kuruma concrete flats and the Hokudan Asano-minami concrete flats. It runs under the "Awaji City trial living housing scheme" rules, so you can live there for a while and see before you decide (§11).

Sources: the message, the advice on looking for a home, the trial-stay housing and the booklet are fromthe Awaji City relocation support desk, "Awaji Island, next door to Kobe"andthe same, "Looking for a home" / the operator of the vacant-home bank and where to apply are fromAwaji City "Awaji City Akiya bank" / the work with the estate agents' association is fromthe same, "Relocation and settlement support schemes, fiscal Reiwa 8", the list of support schemes (PDF) / AREIN isAREIN, the Awaji Island real estate information network/ Verified 2026-08-29

Does Awaji welcome people moving in, and where do I ask?

The city's relocation support desk is run by the NPO Shimagurashi Awaji (Sano 969, Awaji City; 0799-70-6876). The desk writes: "For somewhere to live, we recommend starting with a rental." The city hall's own counter is the Town Planning Policy Division (0799-64-2506).

CHAPTER 15A year in Awaji

Figures alone do not convey it, so here is what happens in this place from January to December. Temperatures and rainfall are the long-term averages for the Gunge AMeDAS (30-year average, 1991–2020).

Month	Temperature (daily high / daily low)	What happens this month
month 1	9.5°C / 1.6°C / rain 35.1 mm	The driest month of the year. And 17 January — the day in 1995 when the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake struck and the Nojima Fault appeared at the surface in Hokudan (§5). There are 26.2 winter days a year, gathered in this month and February
month 2	10.0°C / 1.4°C / rain 47.1 mm	The month with the coldest mornings. The windscreen freezes in the morning. The NPO that runs the city's desk holds its "Neki ni Yoranka Kai" in Osaka around now
month 3	13.3°C / 3.8°C / rain 79.2 mm	Rain starts to increase. The month when the change of fiscal year moves the most people in and out. Ask about moving early
month 4	18.8°C / 8.5°C / rain 85.8 mm	The city's relocation and settlement schemes change over to the new fiscal year (updated on 1 April in a normal year). The prefectural park Awaji Hanasajiki is a plateau 235–298 m above sea level, with flower fields for each season
month 5	23.6°C / 13.7°C / rain 114.5 mm	The gentlest weather of the year. The "Shimamaze Koryukai" gathering for movers is usually held around now
month 6	26.7°C / 18.8°C / rain 154.5 mm	The rainy season. The second wettest month of the year. This is the month to open the city's hazard map (wind and flood edition, 6 districts) again (§5)
month 7	30.7°C / 23.2°C / rain 144.9 mm	The third wettest month. The beaches open (Iwaya beach and others). The city publishes a notice on beach openings every year
month 8	32.4°C / 24.1°C / rain 94.4 mm	The hottest month. Even so, tropical nights number 17.3 a year, less than half Kobe's 46.8. The wind off the sea brings the night down (§6)
month 9	28.5°C / 20.4°C / rain 183.3 mm	The wettest month of the year. The typhoon season. The boat between Iwaya and Akashi stops in bad weather — if your life uses the boat, this is the month that bites hardest (§3)
month 10	23.1°C / 14.3°C / rain 139.8 mm	The fourth wettest month. The autumn relocation fairs (Osaka and Tokyo) that the city takes a stand at fall around now
month 11	17.5°C / 8.6°C / rain 65.6 mm	The rain eases. Courses on using a brush cutter are sometimes held (§11, §12)
month 12	12.1°C / 4.1°C / rain 52.9 mm	The driest stretch of the year begins. Over the New Year, the Awaji City holiday emergency clinic (Shizuki) opens from 31 December to 3 January (§7)

Sources: temperature and rainfall fromJapan Meteorological Agency, long-term averages for Gunge (Hyogo)(30-year average, 1991–2020) / 17 January and the Nojima Fault are fromAwaji City "the Nojima Fault" / the timing of the support scheme update is fromthe same, "Relocation and settlement support schemes, fiscal Reiwa 8"(updated 1 April 2026) / the beach openings are fromthe same, "Beach openings for fiscal Reiwa 8" / the gatherings, the fairs and the brush cutter courses are fromthe Awaji City relocation support desk's news list / the holiday emergency clinic is fromthe same, "Awaji City holiday emergency clinic" / Hanasajiki is fromthe same, "Official gazette, text version" / checked 2026-08-29. Dates change from year to year

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 Awaji like?

September is the wettest month at 183.3 mm, and January the driest at 35.1 mm. 🔴 In September, typhoons stop the boat between Iwaya and Akashi. And 17 January is the day the Nojima Fault appeared at the surface, in 1995.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking of moving, who is running this city and where they are taking it is, I think, something the people about to live there want to know even more than those already living there. This chapter sets out, with sources, only what Awaji City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 28 August 2026, following the official site, I (the AI) found 5 of the 6 below. The mayor of Awaji City is Toda Atsuhiro (confirmed on the city's own page).

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	(from the URL)	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Running the city	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of council members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Live and recorded broadcasts (with a survey after attending)	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	About the minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Could not find one	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Awaji CityToda Atsuhiro. The page carrying that name was last updated2025-05-08.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Awaji 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.

🔴 We could not find a master planI could not find a page on the official site corresponding to a comprehensive plan or basic concept (checked 28 August 2026).That does not mean there is none.🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL and we will put it here.Get in touch here →

🔴 What I do not do in this chapter1. I do not guess sex or age from a name. Only what is published is shown. 2. I do not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I do not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (28 August 2026), and reopens the original page every time to check by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has gone out of date even so, please let us know.

Source: allofficial site (Awaji City) on 28 August 2026. What this site counted isonly whether something is published or not, and it makes no judgement about the contents / checked 2026-08-28

Who runs Awaji City now?

The mayor of Awaji City is Toda Atsuhiro (confirmed on the Awaji City introduction page on 28 August 2026). What this site looks for is the 6 things: an introduction to the head of the authority, the policy statement, the list of council members, the broadcasting of council meetings, a search for 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, yet bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live somewhere, is days off. This chapter counts, on the same measure for every area, the places you can go on a day off around Awaji (the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge) and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. This is a town with Setonaikai National Park. The area currently has 5 hot spring and day bathing facilities, 3 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums, and 2 roadside stations. 🔴 All the counts are the numbers registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may be more.

What	Number counted, and names
⛰ National and quasi-national parks	Setonaikai National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Zekkei Rotenburo, Parchez Kaori no Yu, Hana no Yu and Biyu Matsuho no Sato, 5 facilities in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Hanasajiki, Awaji World Park ONOKORO and Nijigen no Mori (3)
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	The Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park, the Nojima Fault Preservation Museum, Awaji Castle, the Awaji City Hokudan Museum of History and Folklore, the Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Yumebutai greenhouse Awaji Green Hall, the Nakahama Minoru Cat Museum, the Nojima Fault Preservation Museum, the Awaji City Ceramic Art Hall and the Parchez Museum of Fragrance, 10 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	23 shrines and 19 temples. Those with a Wikipedia article are Matsuho Shrine, Honpuku-ji, Izanagi Jingu, Chizen-ji, Hosho-ji and Hachijo-ji
🚗 Roadside stations	Awaji and Higashiura Terminal Park (2)
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	9
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	6
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	1 (no name registered in the map data)
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park Shimauta and RV Park Aqua Ignis Awajishima

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 / national parks are determined by overlaying the area data of the Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center with the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries (for quasi-national parks the municipalities concerned are checked on the page the park name links to) / checked 2026-08-28

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

This is a town with Setonaikai National Park. Counting from the map data (OpenStreetMap) and the lists of the RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 5 hot spring and day bathing facilities, 3 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums, 2 roadside stations and 9 hotels and inns. Facilities not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may be more (details in §17).

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

This site reads the official sites of every area it covers on the same 30 items, out of 100, to measure how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. The site measured was that of Awaji City, and the total was 56 points (measured 28 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.

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	7 / 20	There is a relocation and settlement page; a contact point (department, telephone, opening hours); support schemes state amounts and conditions
Housing	0 / 15	Not found
The money side of living here	12 / 15	Water 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 information	17 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; they are machine-readable (a map system or text PDF); and 1 more
Industry and local produce	8 / 10	A 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
Transport	9 / 10	There is a community bus timetable; fares are stated; the date of the last revision is given
Can an AI read it?	3 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; statistics are published as Excel or CSV

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Relocation and settlement　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 1 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
A guide to the scheme only　Go and see → 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 4 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
The charges are given as figures in the text　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 → 3 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Both the rates and the amounts are 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
62 documents by district　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　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
6 items (the city's official site)　Go and see → 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Not found　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Industry promotion　Go and see → 4 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
　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 → 3 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
From 1 April, Reiwa 7) revision of the parking charges at the Tsuna Port Terminal　Go and see → 2 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
11 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 → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 0 / 1　Open data is published
Not found

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