Information as of 14 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 Itoshima City

Q: What should I know first about moving to Itoshima?

The city covers 215.69 square kilometres, with the Genkai Sea to the north, Fukuoka City to the east and Saga Prefecture to the west and south. It was formed in 2010 by the merger of Maebaru City, Nijo Town and Shima Town, and daily life is still organised around those three.

Q: Which part of Itoshima should I live in?

The first fork is whether you live on the southern line where the stations are, or on the northern peninsula where there are none. The median of the 189 listings is ¥31,000,000, but by district it runs from ¥23,000,000 to ¥43,400,000. Maebaru has the most listings, 58.

Q: How long does it take from Itoshima to Hakata?

It is 43 minutes from Chikuzen-Maebaru Station to Hakata with no change. The JR Chikuhi Line runs through onto the Fukuoka City Subway Kuko Line, and on weekdays 77 trains a day run towards Fukuoka, every one of them bound for Fukuoka Airport. Chikuzen-Maebaru is a terminus, so you can often get a seat even in the morning.

Q: What is the cheapest house you can buy in Itoshima?

SUUMO has 189 second-hand detached houses listed, and the cheapest is ¥3,500,000 in Shima Kishi (built 1986). The median is ¥31,000,000, and the top of the range is ¥180,000,000.

Q: What is emergency medical care like in Itoshima?

Itoshima City is in the same "Fukuoka and Itoshima" secondary medical area as Fukuoka City, and the area's 4 tertiary emergency centres are all in Fukuoka City. What is completed inside the city is primary and secondary emergency care, taking the full benefit of having a government-ordinance city next door.

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

SUUMO has 189, which against a population of 100,674 is one for every 533 people, the deepest market on this site (Ise has one for every 3,241 people). Itoshima is also one of the few cities where land prices have risen for ten years in a row.

Q: Is the population of Itoshima growing?

Yes. 100,674 people (Reiwa 7 census, preliminary figures), +1,797 (+1.82%) over five years. While Fukuoka Prefecture as a whole lost 53,335 people, Itoshima is one of the 11 cities and towns that gained.

Itoshima is the city immediately west of Fukuoka City, on a peninsula jutting into the Genkai Sea and the neck of land behind it. From Chikuzen-Maebaru Station to Hakata Station it is 43 minutes and ¥640, with no transfer. What is more, all 77 trains a day that leave the station towards Fukuoka run to Fukuoka Airport, so you reach the airport on the same train. Most of the areas this site has covered are places where the population is falling. Itoshima is growing. The preliminary figures of the Reiwa 7 census give 100,674 people, 1,797 more (+1.82%) than five years earlier. Of the 60 municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture, only 11 cities and towns gained population, and Itoshima City is one of them. There are 189 second-hand detached houses on the market right now. The cheapest is ¥3,500,000 and the median is ¥31,000,000. On earthquakes, the city is outside all three national programmes — the Nankai Trough, the Tokyo inland earthquake and the Japan Trench, and the chance of shaking of Shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 1.8% (at the city hall). The sea, the hills, and 43 minutes to Hakata. What you take on in exchange is what the rest of this page is about.

Homes for sale

189 listings

From ¥3,500,000 / median ¥31,000,000

Hakata Sta.,

43 min

¥640, no transfer (Chikuzen-Maebaru)

Population

100,674 people

+1,797 people in five years (+1.82%)

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

1.8%

At the city hall, sandy-gravel plateau

Summer (August daily high)

31.8℃

Maebaru; 0.5°C higher than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

2.2℃

Maebaru; 1.0°C higher than Tokyo

⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs and day bathing4 🐕 Dog runs2 🚐 RV parks4

National and quasi-national parks: Genkai Quasi-National Park / Hot springs and day bathing: Fukuoka Higaeri no Tabi, Nijo Onsen, Ito no Yudokoro / RV parks: RV Park smart Itoshima Kitchen Palette, RV Park smart Itoshima Farmhouse UOVO, RV Park Itoshima Dome House (opened 1 February 2025), RV Park smart Mamushi no Yu
Sources: national and quasi-national parks are determined from the Ministry of the Environment area data and other sources (details in §17) (checked 2026-08-21) / hot springs and day bathing from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-20) / dog runs from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-20) / RV parks from the Japan RV Association list of certified RV parks (checked 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what a place has is listed here — it does not mean a town without them is any lesser.

Last checked 2026-08-14

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Itoshima is

The city covers 215.69 square kilometres. To the north is the Genkai Sea, to the east Fukuoka City, and to the west and south Saga Prefecture (Karatsu City and Saga City). It was formed on 1 January of Heisei 22 (2010) by the merger of Maebaru City, Nijo Town and Shima Town, and daily life is still organised around those three. In the middle is the built-up area of Maebaru, to the north the peninsula of Shima, to the west the coast of Nijo, and to the south the valleys of Raizan and Shiraito. In the Yayoi period this was the gateway to the continent, and under the ritsuryo system two districts were set here: "Ito" (Ito) and "Shima" (Shima). Place names such as Ito, Raizan, Shiraito, Kaya and Hikitsu come straight down from those days.

Map of Itoshima City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Itoshima City Hall (Maebarunishi). North (up) is the Genkai Sea and the Shima peninsula, east (right) is Nishi Ward in Fukuoka City, west (left) runs from Nijo to Karatsu City in Saga Prefecture, and south (down) is over the Raizan and Sefuri mountains towards Saga City.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What should I know first about moving to Itoshima?

The city covers 215.69 square kilometres, with the Genkai Sea to the north, Fukuoka City to the east and Saga Prefecture to the west and south. It was formed in 2010 by the merger of Maebaru City, Nijo Town and Shima Town, and daily life is still organised around those three.

CHAPTER 02Five areas, and life in each

The five districts of Itoshima carry the names they had before Maebaru City, Nijo Town and Shima Town merged in 2010. The first fork when you choose where to live is this: the southern line where the stations are, or the northern peninsula where there are none. The median of the 189 houses on the market is ¥31,000,000, but by district it runs from ¥23,000,000 to ¥43,400,000.

There are five districts

District	Rough elevation	Nearest station	What it is like / price range of the listings
Maebaru the town centre and city hall	0〜60m	Chikuzen-Maebaru, Itoshima-koko-mae	The centre, where the city hall, the shopping street, the high schools and the hospitals are. Chikuzen-Maebaru is a terminus, so you can often get a seat even in the morning. It has the most listings in the city, 58. ¥14,000,000–¥90,000,000
Hatae, Misakigaoka and Kafuri the housing districts by the stations	0〜60m	Hatae, Misakigaoka, Kafuri	Estates of detached houses laid out around the stations. Hatae, 38 minutes from Hakata, is the closest station in the city, and this is where families with children are concentrating. ¥16,800,000–¥88,000,000 (49 listings)
Shima the northern coast and peninsula	0〜160m	No station (bus or car)	Sakurai Futamigaura, Keya no Oto, the surf at Nogita, the oyster huts at Kishi and Funakoshi. This is the Itoshima of the photographs, and it has no railway. The cheapest house in the city at ¥3,500,000 and the dearest at ¥180,000,000 are both here. ¥3,500,000–¥180,000,000 (43 listings)
Nijo the western coast	0〜70m	Chikuzen-Fukae, Fukuyoshi and others	The old Nijo Town, a long thin strip running east to west between the sea and the hills. It has five stations (Ikisan, Chikuzen-Fukae, Dainyu, Fukuyoshi and Shikaka), so you can live by the sea and still have a station. ¥14,800,000–¥58,000,000 (27 listings)
The southern hills Raizan, Shiraito and Ito	40〜320m	By car to Chikuzen-Maebaru	Raizan Sennyoji, the Shiraito Falls, the Zuibaiji dam. This is the only part of the city where listings above 300 m of elevation come up, and the summers are cooler than in the town centre. ¥14,500,000–¥63,000,000 (12 listings)

Elevation is the value obtained by putting each listing's own map coordinates, as carried on its SUUMO page, through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (rounded to 10 m). "Rough elevation" in the table is the range forthe homes currently for saleis the range of elevations (not the elevation of the district as a whole). The price ranges and counts are the 189 SUUMO listings below, grouped by district. The areas areFukuoka Prefecture relocation and settlement portal "Fuku-ga-oka Kurashi", Itoshima City / for how the city came together,Itoshima City Sewage Treatment Plan (March, Reiwa 6)/ Verified 2026-08-14

How the districts and the stations sit

★Chikuzen-Maebaru Station Maebaru Hatae, Misakigaoka and Kafuri Shima Nijo The southern hills

The shape of Itoshima is a single line of stations along the south, with the Shima peninsula spreading out to the north of them. Getting to Shima takes 15 to 25 minutes by car from Maebaru. Positions, directions and scale follow the real coordinates (stations from OpenStreetMap, districts from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan). You can scroll sideways.

How life differs by district

Prices and elevations are the medians of the houses currently on the market (189 SUUMO listings, retrieved 2026-08-14). The breakdown of nearest stations is how many listings in that district actually give each station as their nearest.

Maebaru — the centre of the city, where you board at the terminus and get a seatMedian ¥30,000,000 (¥14,000,000–¥90,000,000) / median elevation 9 m. Nearest stations: Chikuzen-Maebaru 22, Itoshima-koko-mae 16, Misakigaoka 5, Kafuri 5. The city hall, the shopping street, the high schools, Itoshima Medical Association Hospital and the supermarkets are all in this belt. Chikuzen-Maebaru is a terminus, and on weekdays 77 trains a day run towards Fukuoka, every one of them to Fukuoka Airport.
Who it suits = people who want to keep to one car; people commuting daily to Hakata or Tenjin
What to watch = it has the most listings in the city, which also means the most competition when you come to sell

Hatae, Misakigaoka and Kafuri — the dearest estates, right by the stationsMedian ¥34,990,000 (¥16,800,000–¥88,000,000), the second highest in the city / median elevation 10 m. Nearest stations: Hatae 17, Misakigaoka 15, Kafuri 10. These are estates of detached houses laid out around the stations, and Hatae, 38 minutes from Hakata, is the closest station in the city.
Who it suits = families with children; people who want to shave every minute off the commute
What to watch = the popularity is in the price. For the same budget you can buy a larger house in Maebaru

Shima — the Itoshima of the photographs, but with no railwayMedian ¥29,850,000 (¥3,500,000–¥180,000,000, the widest spread in the city) / median elevation 4 m (0–158 m). Sakurai Futamigaura, Keya no Oto, the surf at Nogita, the oyster huts at Kishi and Funakoshi. There is no railway station. Listings give Chikuzen-Maebaru 16 and Kafuri 7 as their nearest, which assumes you drive to the station.
Who it suits = people for whom the sea becomes part of daily life; people who work from home
What to watch = 15 to 25 minutes by car to Maebaru. The weekly shop and the commute both assume a car. The median elevation is 4 m, so check the tsunami and storm-surge assumptions for the exact address (§5)

Nijo — the cheapest in the city, with both the sea and stationsMedian ¥23,000,000 (¥14,800,000–¥58,000,000), the cheapest in the city / median elevation 4 m. Nearest stations: Chikuzen-Fukae 16, Fukuyoshi 6, Ikisan 4 — having stations along the coast is the decisive difference from Shima. Chikuzen-Fukae to Hakata is 59 minutes and ¥860.
Who it suits = people who want to live near the sea on a smaller budget; people who want to use the car and the train for different journeys
What to watch = about an hour to Hakata. If you make that journey every day, the gap with Maebaru and Hatae adds up over a year

The southern hills (Raizan, Shiraito and Ito) — few listings, high pricesMedian ¥43,400,000 (¥14,500,000–¥63,000,000), the highest in the city / median elevation 210 m (40–323 m), which is in a different bracket from the rest. The Shiraito Falls and Raizan Sennyoji. This is the part of the city with the fewest houses on the market.
Who it suits = people who value the view and the quiet; people also thinking of a second home
What to watch = this is where wild boar and monkeys do the most damage. A kitchen garden here needs a fence (§12). The city grant for fencing is for farmers, and a kitchen garden after you move in does not qualify

Prices, elevations and the breakdown of nearest stations are this site's tally of 189 SUUMO second-hand detached house listings in Itoshima City (retrieved 2026-08-14) / the districts follow the pre-merger municipalities / checked 2026-08-18

Which part of Itoshima should I live in?

The first fork is whether you live on the southern line where the stations are, or on the northern peninsula where there are none. The median of the 189 listings is ¥31,000,000, but by district it runs from ¥23,000,000 to ¥43,400,000. Maebaru has the most listings, 58.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Getting about in Itoshima divides cleanly: the southern line by train, the northern peninsula by car. The train reaches Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuoka Airport without a change, and the car reaches Tenjin in 30 minutes on the toll road. Both of them run straight into Fukuoka City — that is where this city sits.

43 minutes to Hakata. There is no change of train

Itoshima has one railway, the JR Chikuhi Line. Beyond Meinohama it runs through onto the tracks of the Fukuoka City Subway Kuko Line, so the same train takes you to Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuoka Airport. On weekdays 77 trains a day leave Chikuzen-Maebaru Station towards Fukuoka, and every one of them is bound for Fukuoka Airport. The first is at 5:07 and the last at 23:10.

Sta.	Hakata Sta.,	One way
Hatae	38 min	¥640, no transfer
Itoshima-koko-mae	41 min	¥640, no transfer
Chikuzen-Maebaru city hall; a terminus	43 min	¥640, no transfer
Misakigaoka	51 min	¥640, no transfer
Kafuri	53 min	¥750, no transfer
Ikisan	56 min	¥750, no transfer
Chikuzen-Fukae the centre of Nijo	59 min	¥860, no transfer
Dainyu	1 hr 4 min	¥860, no transfer
Fukuyoshi	1 hr 7 min	¥960, no transfer
Shikaka the western edge of the city	1 hr 13 min	¥1,060, no transfer
Chikuzen-Maebaru → Karatsu (Saga)	39 min	¥660, no transfer
Tokyo → Hakata Shinkansen Nozomi	4 hr 57 min	¥23,810, no transfer ¥14,080 fare + ¥9,730 reserved seat / 1,174.9 km

Here is what it looks like in terms of the train you actually catch in the morning.

Commuting to Hakata — Chikuzen-Maebaru 7:04 [for Fukuoka Airport] → Hakata 7:47, 43 minutes. From Hatae it is 7:00 → Hakata 7:38, 38 minutes. There is not a single change. Chikuzen-Maebaru is a terminus, so there are trains on which you can get a seat even in the morning.

Going to the airport, the number of changes is zero. Of the trains leaving Chikuzen-Maebaru towards Fukuoka, all 77 run to Fukuoka Airport. You stay in the same carriage all the way to Fukuoka Airport, five stations beyond Hakata. For anyone who flies to Tokyo, this counts for a great deal.

Commuting from a station in Nijo — 49 trains a day leave Chikuzen-Fukae towards Fukuoka. Of those, 13 (including 4 rapid services) run right through to Fukuoka Airport, and the other 36 terminate at Chikuzen-Maebaru. Take the 7:11 through service from Chikuzen-Fukae and you are in Hakata at 8:10, 59 minutes. Sources: journey times and fares from JR West "My Diagram" timetable and fare search (all stations searched for departures in the 7 o'clock hour on 19 August 2026) / the number of trains and first and last departures from JR Kyushu station timetable for Chikuzen-Maebaru Station and the same for Chikuzen-Fukae Station (weekday timetable of 19 August 2026, tallied by this site) / checked 2026-08-14

The JR Chikuhi Line through Itoshima City, and the 10 stations in the city

JR Chikuhi Line (through to the subway Kuko Line) ★Chikuzen-Maebaru and Meinohama

There are 10 stations inside Itoshima City (Hatae, Itoshima-koko-mae, Chikuzen-Maebaru, Misakigaoka, Kafuri, Ikisan, Chikuzen-Fukae, Dainyu, Fukuyoshi and Shikaka). Beyond Meinohama the tracks are those of the Fukuoka City Subway Kuko Line, running through to Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuoka Airport. Positions, directions and scale follow the real coordinates (station coordinates from OpenStreetMap). You can scroll sideways.

By car — a toll road puts Tenjin 30 minutes away

The Fukuoka-Maebaru Road (Nishi-Kyushu Expressway, National Route 497) runs through the city. It is 14.2 km of four-lane road from Jurokucho in Nishi Ward, Fukuoka City to Higashi in Itoshima City. In 2001 it was joined to the Fukuoka Urban Expressway, which brought Tenjin to Maebaru down to 30 minutes.

Section (standard car)	Toll	Notes
Maebaruhigashi → Shusenji Maebaru toll gate	¥220	¥160 for kei cars and similar
Imajuku → Fukuoka Urban Expressway Fukuoka-nishi toll gate	¥150	¥100 for kei cars and similar. The urban expressway toll is charged separately
Imajuku → Jurokucho	¥100	¥100 for kei cars and similar
The whole road	¥370	¥260 for kei cars and similar. ETC can be used

If you are going to live in Shima, where there is no railway station, assume one car will not be enough. From Shima to the built-up part of Maebaru is 15 to 25 minutes by car. The supermarkets, the hospitals and the high schools are all in Maebaru, so shopping, medical appointments and the school run all turn into driving time. In Maebaru, Hatae or Misakigaoka, on the other hand, the station and a supermarket are within walking distance, and keeping to one car is realistic.

Source:Fukuoka Prefecture Road Public Corporation, "Fukuoka-Maebaru Road (Nishi-Kyushu Expressway)"(road specifications and toll table) / times within the city are from this site's map (stations from OpenStreetMap, districts from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan) / checked 2026-08-18

✈ Airports

The nearest is Fukuoka Airport (Nata district) (a hub airport, state-managed), about 26.1 km in a straight line. Next is Fukuoka Airport (about 28.9 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.
Nijo-Hamatama Road = Nijo Shikaka, the end of the Imajuku Road at Nijo Fukui in Itoshima City, Yoshii, Shikaka
Imajuku Road = Maebaru

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 Itoshima to Hakata?

It is 43 minutes from Chikuzen-Maebaru Station to Hakata with no change. The JR Chikuhi Line runs through onto the Fukuoka City Subway Kuko Line, and on weekdays 77 trains a day run towards Fukuoka, every one of them bound for Fukuoka Airport. Chikuzen-Maebaru is a terminus, so you can often get a seat even in the morning.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO has 189 second-hand detached houses listed in Itoshima City. All 189 listings were retrieved, and the 20 cheapest are shown here. 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.

Shima Kishi 1194-4¥3,500,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 88 m² (27 tsubo) / Building 54 m² (16 tsubo) / built 19867 photos →

Shima Keya¥6,800,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 936 m² (283 tsubo) / Building 94 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1982 / Kafuri Sta., 8.4km10 photos →

Shima Nogita¥8,200,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 139 m² (42 tsubo) / Building 133 m² (40 tsubo) / built 1959 / Nogita bus stop 12 min walk10 photos →

Shima Keya¥9,300,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 221 m² (67 tsubo) / Building 73 m² (22 tsubo) / built 1987 / Keya Shisho bus stop 18 min walk10 photos →

Shima Keya 1710-8¥9,300,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 221 m² (67 tsubo) / Building 73 m² (22 tsubo) / built 1987 / Kafuri Sta., 8.6km10 photos →

Shima Inadome 460－11¥9,990,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 132 m² (40 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1985 / Chikuzen-Maebaru Sta. 60 min walk10 photos →

Shima Funakoshi¥10,000,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 1107 m² (335 tsubo) / Building 152 m² (46 tsubo) / built 1979 / Funakoshi bus stop 14 min walk1 photos →

Shima Mitoko 2165-22¥12,500,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 440 m² (133 tsubo) / Building 83 m² (25 tsubo) / built 1975 / Kafuri Sta. 70 min walk10 photos →

Shima Keya¥13,500,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 291 m² (88 tsubo) / Building 63 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1988 / Keya Shisho-mae bus stop 34 min walk10 photos →

Sone¥14,000,000Maebaru (the town centre)Elev. approx. 60 m / Land 173 m² (52 tsubo) / Building 85 m² (26 tsubo) / built 1991 / Chikuzen-Maebaru Sta. bus 16 min+6 min walk2 photos →

Mikumo¥14,500,000The southern hills (Raizan, Shiraito and Ito)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 183 m² (55 tsubo) / Building 124 m² (37 tsubo) / built 1994 / Hatae Sta. 41 min walk3 photos →

Nijo Yoshii¥14,800,000Nijo (the western coast)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 487 m² (147 tsubo) / Building 145 m² (44 tsubo) / built 1978 / Fukuyoshi Sta. 23 min walk10 photos →

Nijo Yoshii¥14,800,000Nijo (the western coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 487 m² (147 tsubo) / Building 145 m² (44 tsubo) / built 1978 / Fukuyoshi Sta. 23 min walk10 photos →

Shima Keya¥14,800,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 397 m² (120 tsubo) / Building 102 m² (31 tsubo) / built 198410 photos →

Shima Keya¥14,800,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 397 m² (120 tsubo) / Building 102 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1984 / Keya Shisho-mae bus stop 33 min walk10 photos →

Nijo Yoshii¥14,800,000Nijo (the western coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 487 m² (147 tsubo) / Building 145 m² (44 tsubo) / built 1978 / Fukuyoshi Sta. 22 min walk3 photos →

Shiraito¥15,000,000The southern hills (Raizan, Shiraito and Ito)Elev. approx. 320 m / Land 1536 m² (465 tsubo) / Building 201 m² (61 tsubo) / built 1963 / Shiraito-tei bus stop 3 min walk9 photos →

Shinowaranishi 3¥15,000,000Maebaru (the town centre)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 128 m² (39 tsubo) / Building 80 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1991 / Itoshima-koko-mae Sta. 26 min walk10 photos →

Nijo Fukae 9¥15,800,000Nijo (the western coast)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 206 m² (62 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1992 / Chikuzen-Fukae Sta. 10 min walk8 photos →

Shima Mitoko¥16,300,000Shima (the northern coast)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 201 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 103 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1997 / Kafuri Sta. 80 min walk10 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 189 on SUUMO →

🔴 Itoshima prices are at a different level from the areas covered so far. The median of the 189 listings is ¥31,000,000. Only 7 are under ¥10,000,000, 18 are under ¥15,000,000, and exactly half — 91 — are under ¥30,000,000. Take them as the prices of a city whose population is growing. This is not a place to buy a cheap house and trade up; it is a place to live near the sea and the hills within commuting distance of Fukuoka City.

The cheap listings come up in Shima and in the hills. The cheapest, ¥3,500,000 (Shima Kishi, built 1986, land 87.55 square metres), and the dearest, ¥180,000,000 (Shima Nogita, built 1999, land 1,051 square metres), are both in the Shima district. A spread of 50 times within one district is characteristic of Itoshima: whether the sea is in view, whether the road is wide, whether the mains sewer reaches the plot — each changes the price completely.

If you are after an older house, the earthquake-retrofit grants apply. Of the 189 listings, 21 were built on or before 31 May 1981, and 7 of those are under ¥15,000,000. Wooden detached houses built on or before that date qualify for the city grant (40% of retrofit costs, up to ¥1,150,000) and for the prefecture's dispatch of an earthquake-assessment adviser (¥3,000 per house) (§8).

The city's vacant-home bank has 7 listings right now

Itoshima City runs a vacant-home bank as well, with 7 registrations in all: 4 in the Maebaru district, 1 in Nijo and 2 in Shima (as of 25 June 2026). Registration requires a brokerage contract with an estate agent registered with the city, and enquiries go to each property's agent.

No.	Address	Type	Building / land / layout / year built / services
Property no. 80128	Kafuri 5-chome	House for sale	196.93 square metres / 268.57 square metres / 7K / 1951 (Showa 26) / water: mains, mains sewer, LPG
Property no. 80129	Maebaruminami 1-chome	House for sale	128.47 square metres / 243.55 square metres / 7DK / 1969 (Showa 44) / water: mains, mains sewer, LPG, parking for 1 (kei car)
Property no. 80135	Tomari 1693-2	House to rent	140.34 square metres / 426 square metres / 7LDK / 1957 (Showa 32) / water: mains, night-soil collection (low-flush), LPG, parking for 2
Property no. 80147	Higashi 1432 and others	House for sale	216.74 square metres / 1,009 square metres / 8LDK / 1953 (Showa 28) / water: well, night-soil collection, LPG
Property no. 80125	Nijo Masue	Land for sale	— / 745 square metres / — / — / water: mains, septic tank, LPG
Property no. 80119	Shima Keya	Land for sale	— / 178.32 square metres / — / — / mains water and sewer can be connected; there is a well on the plot
Property no. 80145	Shima Kishi	Land for sale	— / 141.9 square metres / — / — / water: mains, septic tank, LPG

Itoshima City vacant-home and vacant-land bank, full list (photographs and details) → Source:Itoshima City settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu", vacant-home and vacant-land list / the schemes fromItoshima City Akiya bank(updated 25 June 2026) / checked 2026-08-14

🔴 Itoshima also has a bank in which the people looking register themselves. Itoshima City Detached House Needs Bank — people looking for a house in the city have their preferred area, layout and price range published on the city's site, and wait to be contacted by someone who owns a house that fits. It is one of the few ways in to a house before it goes on the market.

There is one condition for registering.you must have had a relocation consultation with the city's Community Promotion Division, in person or online(consultation events and online relocation consultations count). In other words,talking to the city first opens one more routeis how it is designed. In the Maebaru district alone there are 11 registrations.

Itoshima City Detached House Needs Bank (how it works and how to register) → The current list of people who are "looking" → Source:Itoshima City Detached House Needs Bank(updated 25 June 2026) / checked 2026-08-14

Akiya bank — 3 listings

All 3 houses for sale registered with the local authority's vacant-home bank (as checked on 17 August 2026). They are listed cheapest first. There are also 3 land-only registrations and 1 rental registration.

Itoshima City Kafuri 5-chome 2番3号, 5号 (地番: 921番地1, 2)Price on application

Land 269 m² (81 tsubo) / Building 197 m² (60 tsubo) /built 1951／7KAkiya bank of View listing →

Itoshima City Maebaruminami 1-chome 1番1号 (地番: 136番地4, 135番地2)Price on application

Land 244 m² (74 tsubo) / Building 128 m² (39 tsubo) /built 1969／7DKAkiya bank of View listing →

Itoshima City 東1432番地Price on application

Land 1009 m² (305 tsubo) / Building 217 m² (66 tsubo) /built 1953／8LDKAkiya bank of View listing →

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Itoshima?

SUUMO has 189 second-hand detached houses listed, and the cheapest is ¥3,500,000 in Shima Kishi (built 1986). The median is ¥31,000,000, and the top of the range is ¥180,000,000.

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	Not designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not covered (no part of Fukuoka Prefecture is covered)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (no part of Fukuoka Prefecture is covered)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	1.8% (0.3% for Shindo 6-upper or above) At Itoshima City Hall. Surface ground AVS30 396 m/s, sandy-gravel terrace

🔴 This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the town hall stands in. The Itoshima City town hall stands onsandy-gravel plateau(AVS30 396 m/s), and the 1.8% above is the value at that point. Within Itoshima 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 2026-08-14

There is an earthquake called the "Itoshima Earthquake"

The probability comes out low, at 1.8%, but Itoshima is a place with a record of severe shaking. These are the past earthquakes the city sets out in its earthquake retrofit promotion plan.

When	Epicentre and magnitude	What happened
Meiji 31 (1898) (1898)10 August	Itoshima Earthquake, M6.0	Houses collapsed
Meiji 31 (1898) (1898)12 August	Itoshima Earthquake, M5.8	—
Showa 5 (1930) (1930)5 February	Western Fukuoka Prefecture (near Raizan), M5.0	—
20 March, Heisei 17 (2005) Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake	M7.0	In Itoshima City (then Maebaru City, Nijo Town and Shima Town): 60 people injured (15 seriously, 45 slightly), 17 buildings half destroyed and 2,434 partly damaged, damage at 112 points on the roads and at 6 fishing ports
Heisei 17 (2005) (2005)20 April	Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake, M5.8	—

Source:Itoshima City Building Earthquake Retrofit Promotion Plan (PDF)"Past earthquakes in Itoshima City" and "Damage in Itoshima City" / checked 2026-08-14

The 2005 earthquake was caused by the north-western section of the Kego fault zone. It is the south-eastern section that has not yet moved. The national Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion evaluates the Kego fault zone in two sections, north-western and south-eastern.

The north-western section (on the seabed side of Hakata Bay) — around M7.0. Its most recent activity was the Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake of 2005, and the assessment is that "the likelihood of a similar earthquake occurring in the very near future is low".

The south-eastern section (from central Fukuoka City towards Chikushino) — around M7.2, with a 0.3–6% chance of occurring within 30 years. The national assessment says that "taking the upper end of that range, it belongs to the higher group among the major active faults in Japan". The average interval between events is about 3,100–5,500 years, and the most recent was about 4,300–3,400 years ago. It adds that "it has also been pointed out that the 2005 activity of the north-western section has raised the likelihood of an earthquake in the south-eastern section, and this needs to be borne in mind".

What would happen to Itoshima City if that earthquake struck has been estimated by the prefecture. For the south-eastern Kego fault (M7.2): 2,211 wooden buildings completely destroyed and 1,124 half destroyed in the city, 137 dead, 2,098 injured and 4,349 people displaced. This is the largest damage estimate there is for Itoshima City. Sources: Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion, "Kego fault zone" (long-term evaluation) / the damage estimate is from Fukuoka Prefecture's "Survey report on disaster assessment for earthquakes" (March, Heisei 24) as quoted in the Itoshima City Building Earthquake Retrofit Promotion Plan (PDF) / checked 2026-08-14

There is one more fault zone, and it runs through Itoshima City itself. The city's plan puts it like this: "As for the 'Hinatatoge–Ogasagitoge fault zone', which has been confirmed to extend from Daimon in this city to the vicinity of Tosu City in Saga Prefecture, no detailed analysis has been carried out by the state and no major earthquake damage has been confirmed in the past; once further surveys have progressed, the damage estimate will be set out in the plan when it is revised".

In other words, a fault zone crosses Itoshima City diagonally, and its share of the damage is not yet in the figures above. The city says so itself. It is a sentence worth knowing when you are settling on an address. Source: Itoshima City Building Earthquake Retrofit Promotion Plan (PDF), "(2) Estimated damage in Itoshima City" / checked 2026-08-14

77.8% of the homes in the city meet current earthquake standards

On the city's estimate, 77.8% of all homes in Itoshima City meet current earthquake standards. Turned round, that means one house in five does not. If you are buying a wooden detached house built on or before 31 May 1981 (Showa 56), the order to follow is an earthquake assessment first, then a retrofit using the city grant — and in Itoshima that order is properly provided for as a scheme (§8).

Source:Itoshima City Building Earthquake Retrofit Promotion Plan (PDF)(an estimate based on the Housing and Land Survey) / checked 2026-08-14

There are 14 rivers, and a tsunami caution zone has been designated

14 rivers in Itoshima City have designated flood inundation zones. They are the Zuibaiji river system (Zuibaiji, Shusenji, Kawabaru, Shioi and Akasaki rivers), the Raizan river system (Raizan, Nagano, Hatsu, Sakurai and Kawatsuki rivers), and the Ikisan, Kamo, Fukuyoshi and Higashi rivers. For the Zuibaiji and the Raizan, the duration of inundation and the "zone where houses may collapse or be swept away in a flood" have also been published (published 26 May, Reiwa 5). On the sea side, Fukuoka Prefecture published its tsunami inundation assumptions on 18 February, Heisei 28 and designated tsunami disaster caution zones on 31 July, Heisei 30. For a property inside one of those zones, the estate agent is legally obliged to explain this as a material point. Storm-surge inundation zones (published 30 March, Heisei 30) and landslide (special) caution zones (published 24 May, Reiwa 6) can also be layered over the city's web map, address by address.

Source:Itoshima City disaster hazard map (Itoshima City web map)／the same: designation of tsunami disaster caution zones by Fukuoka Prefecture／Fukuoka Prefecture, on the setting of tsunami inundation assumptions/ Verified 2026-08-14

Checking for yourself whether this lot is safe

Itoshima City web map (flood, landslide, tsunami, storm surge, ground shaking) → Fukuoka Prefecture Sabo Division, designation of landslide caution zones → Fukuoka Prefecture, designation of tsunami disaster caution zones → Overlay hazard map (MLIT) → J-SHIS earthquake hazard → Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion, long-term evaluation of the Kego fault zone →

Is the disaster risk high in Itoshima?

The city is outside all three national programme areas, and the chance of shaking of Shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 1.8% (0.3% for 6-upper or above) — among the lower figures on this site. Even so, the Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake struck in 2005.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Summer nights are cooler than in Fukuoka City by 18 days' worth, and in exchange winter mornings are colder than in the town centre. Before lumping Kyushu together as warm, look at the figures beside those for Fukuoka City.

Itoshima (Maebaru)

Japan Meteorological Agency, Maebaru AMeDAS

Annual mean temperature16.4C

August daily high31.8°C

January daily low2.2°C

Annual rainfall1,701.0 mm

Fukuoka City

Japan Meteorological Agency, Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory

Annual mean temperature17.3°C

August daily high32.5°C

January daily low3.9°C

Annual rainfall1,686.9 mm

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 low for that month and the right end the average daily high (Itoshima (Maebaru), 30-year average 1991–2020).

month 1

2.2〜9.9℃

month 2

2.6〜11.2℃

month 3

5.2〜14.4℃

month 4

9.3〜19.4℃

month 5

14.2〜24.1℃

month 6

19.0〜26.9℃

month 7

23.6〜30.7℃

month 8

24.1〜31.8℃

month 9

20.1〜28.0℃

month 10

14.1〜23.2℃

month 11

8.5〜17.8℃

month 12

3.8〜12.4℃

-2℃11℃24℃37℃

20.8 days / 17.4 days

20.8 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8) and 17.4 winter days (Tokyo 15.2).
These are the figures for how summer nights and winter mornings compare with Tokyo

Days per year	Itoshima (Maebaru)	Tokyo
Tropical nights minimum 25°C or above	20.8 days	17.8 days
Days above 35°C maximum 35°C or above	4.3 days	4.8 days
Days above 30°C maximum 30°C or above	56.6 days	52.1 days
Frost days minimum below 0°C	17.4 days	15.2 days
Days below freezing all day maximum below 0°C	0.0 days	0.0 days

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, long-term averages for Maebaru (by month) /the same, day counts by class (view=a2)／the same, Tokyo (all 30-year averages for 1991–2020) / verified 2026-08-14

What matters to the reader is the number of days, not the average temperature

Days per year	Itoshima (Maebaru)	Fukuoka City	Tokyo
Tropical nights daily low of 25°C or above	20.8 days	38.7 days	17.8 days
Extremely hot days daily high of 35°C or above	4.3 days	8.1 days	4.8 days
Days above 30°C	56.6 days	60.4 days	52.1 days
Winter days daily low below 0°C	17.4 days	2.5 days	15.2 days
Days below freezing all day (maximum below 0°C)	0.0 days	0.0 days	0.0 days

Here is what those figures mean in daily life.

Summer nights. Itoshima has 20.8 tropical nights a year; Fukuoka City has 38.7. That is 18 fewer nights a year on which it is hard to sleep than in the city. The land lies between the sea and the hills, and at night the air drains from the land out to sea. Extremely hot days are half Fukuoka City's figure (4.3 days), fewer than Tokyo's (4.8). Summer in Itoshima is hot by day and drops at night — that is the main difference from Fukuoka City.

Winter mornings. In exchange, winter days (mornings whose low falls below 0°C) number 17.4 a year, against 2.5 in Fukuoka City. It is the same cause: radiative cooling works well here. Think of it as a winter with four or five mornings a month on which the windscreen is frozen. Days below freezing all day number 0.0, so it is only the mornings.

Snow. The Maebaru AMeDAS does not observe snow, so taking the Fukuoka District figures, total snowfall in a year is 2 cm and the deepest snow cover is also 2 cm. A few days a year, a light dusting. Winter tyres are not essential in the town. The hills of Raizan and Shiraito (200–320 m) and the roads over the Sefuri mountains are another matter: when it rains in the town, it snows on the hill side. If you choose a house in the hills, budget for winter tyres.

Rain. Of the 1,701.0 mm a year, the rainy season takes the largest share, with 243 mm in June and 294 mm in July. The 14 rivers in §5 are the other half of that story. Sources: Japan Meteorological Agency, long-term averages for Maebaru (Fukuoka) / the same for Fukuoka (Fukuoka) / the same for Tokyo (Tokyo) (all 30-year averages 1991–2020; snowfall is the Fukuoka value, as Maebaru does not observe it) / checked 2026-08-14

What are summer and winter like in Itoshima?

Summer nights are cooler than in Fukuoka City, and in exchange winter mornings are colder than in the town centre. The Maebaru AMeDAS gives an August daily high of 31.8°C and a January daily low of 2.2°C, both lower than Fukuoka City (32.5°C and 3.9°C). Look at that gap before lumping Kyushu together as warm.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

Hospitals — if you collapse in the night, you are taken into Fukuoka City

Itoshima City belongs to the same "Fukuoka and Itoshima" secondary medical area as Fukuoka City. The area has 4 tertiary emergency centres — Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka University Hospital, Kyushu University Hospital and NHO Kyushu Medical Center — and all of them are in Fukuoka City. Across the area as a whole there are 42 designated emergency institutions and 45 hospitals in the on-call rota. What is completed inside the city is primary emergency care (holidays and nights) and secondary emergency care. For a city of 100,000 people, it takes the full benefit of having a government-ordinance city next door.

Where you go	Where	Role and hours
Itoshima City Holiday and Night Emergency Clinic	In the city (Itoshima Medical Association)	Internal medicine and paediatrics. Weekdays 19:00–5:30 / Saturdays and the day before a holiday 19:00–9:00 / holidays 9:00–5:30
Inoue Hospital	Hatae 699-1	A designated emergency hospital in the city. 092-322-3437
Itoshima Medical Association Hospital	Urashi 532-1	The city's core hospital (classified by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care as "general hospital 1, 100 beds or more"). 092-322-3631
Emergency and critical care centres (tertiary)	In Fukuoka City	Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital / Fukuoka University Hospital / Kyushu University Hospital / NHO Kyushu Medical Center

Across the city there are 8 hospitals with 924 beds, 88 clinics and 46 dental clinics. In beds per 100,000 people, that is enough for everyday medicine to be handled within the city.

Source:Fukuoka Prefecture emergency medical care table (as of 1 April, Reiwa 8, PDF)／Itoshima Medical Association, holiday and night emergency clinic／the same: list of emergency medicine institutions／Japan Council for Quality Health Care, accredited hospital information (Itoshima Medical Association Hospital) / the facility counts are fromFukuoka Prefecture relocation and settlement portal, Itoshima City/ Verified 2026-08-14

Schools — 16 primary and 7 lower secondary. Your address decides which one you attend

There are 16 municipal primary schools (Maebaru, Kafuri, Hatae, Nagaito, Raizan, Ito, Maebaru-minami, Nanpu, Tofu, Fukae, Fukuyoshi, Ikisan, Sakurano, Kaya, Hikitsu and Himeshima) and 7 lower secondary schools (Maebaru, Maebaru-higashi, Maebaru-nishi, Nijo, Fukuyoshi, Shima, and the Himeshima branch of Shima). There are also 8 kindergartens, 4 certified centres for early childhood education and care, and 15 nurseries. In Itoshima, the school you attend is decided by your "administrative district" (the neighbourhood association unit). Which administrative district a property's address falls in changes both the primary and the lower secondary school. It is one of the things to check before you buy.

The city even publishes how many minutes the walk takes, catchment by catchment. The city's settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu" hasa page for each of the 16 catchments and 164 administrative districts, and for each administrative district it givespopulation, households, walking time to the primary school, walking time to the lower secondary school, whether there is a district fee, and the year's schedule of events (PDF).

For the Aritachuo administrative district (Raizan primary catchment), for example: "primary school, 20 to 40 minutes on foot / lower secondary school, 15 to 20 minutes on foot or 5 to 10 minutes by bicycle", with a population of 1,665 in 708 households.When a property comes up that interests you, look up the administrative district of that address on this site.

Itoshima City catchment and administrative district pages (the way in to all 16 catchments) → Source:Itoshima City catchment and administrative district pages／the same: primary and lower secondary schools / the numbers of kindergartens are fromFukuoka Prefecture relocation and settlement portal, Itoshima City/ Verified 2026-08-14

Shopping — it is concentrated in the town centre at Maebaru

The supermarkets are concentrated in the built-up part of Maebaru, around Urashi, Kamiari and Oginoura. Sunny Maebaru (Urashi 1-7-7, open 24 hours), Sunny Kafuri (Kamiarinishi 1-2-6, open 24 hours), MaxValu Maebaru (Urashi 1-5-2, open 24 hours), Trial Itoshima Oginoura (Oginoura 4-9-3), Foodway Maebaru and others. Having three shops open 24 hours is generous for a city of 100,000. On the other hand, there is no large store on the Shima peninsula or in the western half of Nijo. Living in Shima or Nijo means the big shop is 15 to 25 minutes by car to Maebaru. Where you do your everyday shopping is settled at the point when you choose a district.

Shop locations and opening hours confirmed from each company's store information (2026-08-14).Shops come and go, so please check the current situation yourself before signing anything.

What is emergency medical care like in Itoshima?

Itoshima City is in the same "Fukuoka and Itoshima" secondary medical area as Fukuoka City, and the area's 4 tertiary emergency centres are all in Fukuoka City. What is completed inside the city is primary and secondary emergency care, taking the full benefit of having a government-ordinance city next door.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

The first thing to check is whether the mains sewer reaches the plot. Wastewater in Itoshima City is handled by 1 public sewerage district, 1 specified environmental conservation public sewerage district, 7 agricultural community wastewater districts (303.6 ha) and 1 fishing community wastewater district (Himeshima, 6.0 ha), with everything else in the combined septic tank area.

The city's plan expects that even in fiscal Reiwa 27, 22,062 people will still be served by combined septic tanks (against 83,290 on the public sewer). In other words, the settlements on the hill side and the sea side will go on relying on septic tanks. A septic tank costs money every year for the statutory annual inspection, maintenance and cleaning, and a failure means a replacement costing several hundred thousand yen. When you view a property, always check which of the three it is: mains sewer, septic tank or night-soil collection. Even among the 7 listings in the city's vacant-home bank, it splits into 2 on the mains sewer, 2 with septic tanks, 2 with night-soil collection and 1 that can be connected. Source: Itoshima City Sewage Treatment Plan (March, Reiwa 6, PDF) / checked 2026-08-14

The national migration support grant	Itoshima City is not among the municipalities running the Regional Revitalization Migration Support Project (¥1,000,000 for a household, ¥600,000 for a single person moving from the Tokyo area) (as of 1 April, Reiwa 8). Within Fukuoka Prefecture it is run by Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Iizuka and others. What you can use in Itoshima City are the housing grants below
Repairing an older wooden house	Itoshima City grant for improving the performance of wooden detached houses — for wooden detached houses built on or before 31 May 1981 (Showa 56) whose earthquake assessment gives an upper-structure score below 1.0. Earthquake retrofit: 40% of the works, up to ¥1,150,000 / energy-efficiency work: 25%, up to ¥250,000 (windows, insulation, LED lighting, high-efficiency water heaters and the like, carried out together with the retrofit) / demolition: 23%, up to ¥300,000. First come, first served, within the budget; you must consult the city before signing a contract
The earthquake assessment itself	Fukuoka Prefecture earthquake assessment adviser dispatch scheme — an assessor is sent to wooden detached houses built, in principle, in 1981 or earlier. The cost is ¥3,000 per house (Fukuoka Prefecture Building and Housing Center)
Demolishing a derelict vacant house	Itoshima City grant for demolishing derelict vacant houses — for fiscal Reiwa 8 applications were taken in two rounds, 6 April to 29 May and 1 July to 28 August. Selection is by the dilapidation rating, worst first. Prior consultation required
When you are the one selling	Itoshima City grant for putting vacant homes to use — half of the cost of the inheritance registration needed to list on the vacant-home bank (up to ¥50,000) and half of the cost of clearing furniture and effects (up to ¥150,000). For vacant homes outside the urbanisation promotion area, ¥50,000 is added to each
District fees (neighbourhood association fees)	All 164 administrative districts in Itoshima City charge a district fee. On top of that, 102 districts charge a joining fee for the neighbourhood association (a one-off payment on joining) (61 do not). Among the districts that publish their figures: ¥8,400 a year; ¥14,000 a year plus ¥2,000 for the fire brigade; a ¥10,000 joining fee (once only). The amount differs by district, so check the figure for that district before you sign (§11)
Getting ready for winter	In the town it settles lightly on a few days a year. Winter tyres if you use the hills of Raizan and Shiraito, or the roads over Sefuri, day to day (§6)

Source:Cabinet Secretariat and Cabinet Office, list of prefectures and partner municipalities running the fiscal Reiwa 8 "Regional Revitalization Migration Support Project" (PDF, as of 1 April, Reiwa 8)／Itoshima City grant for improving the performance of wooden detached houses／Fukuoka Prefecture earthquake assessment adviser dispatch scheme／Fiscal Reiwa 8 Itoshima City grant for demolishing derelict vacant houses／Itoshima City grant for putting vacant homes to use / the district fees areItoshima City settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu", administrative district pages, all 164 districts, tallied by this site / checked 2026-08-14

If I move to Itoshima, will there be a mains sewer?

🔴 This is the first thing to check. The city's plan expects that even in fiscal Reiwa 27, 22,062 people will still be served by combined septic tanks (against 83,290 on the public sewer), and the settlements on the hill side and the sea side will go on relying on septic tanks. When you view a property, always check which of the three it is: mains sewer, septic tank or night-soil collection.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

SUUMO has 189 second-hand detached houses in Itoshima. Against a population of 100,674, that is one for every 533 people — the deepest market among the areas covered on this site (Ise has one for every 3,241 people). Itoshima is also one of the few cities where land prices have risen for ten years in a row.

What to look at	Itoshima City in practice
Depth of the market	SUUMO 189 plus 3 on the city's vacant-home bank. At one for every 533 people, it is a market with choice when you buy and plenty of competition when you sell
Price band	¥3,500,000 to ¥180,000,000, median ¥31,000,000. The spread is this wide because expensive, second-home-style properties along the Shima coast are mixed in
Difference by district	The medians are the southern hills ¥43,400,000, Hatae/Misakigaoka/Kafuri ¥34,990,000, Maebaru ¥30,000,000, Shima ¥29,850,000 and Nijo ¥23,000,000. The dearest district is 1.9 times the cheapest
Land prices	The average for residential land is ¥44,800 per square metre. The rate of change in Reiwa 7 was +5.7%, twice the Fukuoka Prefecture average (+2.7%). Residential land has risen for ten years in a row, and only two places in the prefecture have managed ten years: Itoshima City and Umi Town
The momentum of the town centre	Commercial land is +10.3%. The prefecture names Itoshima City alongside Fukuoka City and Onojo City as areas where demand for apartment sites competes. Maebaruchuo 2-chome ranks 6th in the prefecture for the rise in commercial land (¥148,000 → ¥171,000 per square metre, +15.5%)
The pool of buyers	100,674 people. +1.82% in five years — one of the 11 cities and towns among the 60 municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture whose population grew (§10). On top of that, Fukuoka City, with 1,600,000 people, is within commuting distance

The way out is solid. But right now is the most expensive time to come in. Ten years of rises means that you buy peace of mind for the day you sell, at the cost of a heavy price on the day you buy. Where many of the areas on this site are cheap to buy and hard to sell, Itoshima is on the other side of that. If budget comes first, Nijo (median ¥23,000,000, with stations along the coast); if the ease of selling comes first, Hatae, Misakigaoka and Kafuri — that is how today's figures read.

Source:Summary of the Fukuoka Prefecture land price survey for fiscal Reiwa 7 (PDF)(table of average prices by municipality and use; table of year-on-year average rates of change; ranking of rises for commercial land; "6 Notable movements") / the listings are 189 SUUMO second-hand detached houses in Itoshima City tallied by this site (retrieved 2026-08-14) / the population is fromFukuoka Prefecture, preliminary figures of the Reiwa 7 census/ Verified 2026-08-18

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

SUUMO has 189, which against a population of 100,674 is one for every 533 people, the deepest market on this site (Ise has one for every 3,241 people). Itoshima is also one of the few cities where land prices have risen for ten years in a row.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

Population

100,674 people

Reiwa 7 census, preliminary figures

Change over 5 years

+1,797 people

+1.82% (Reiwa 2 (2020) 98,877 people)

Households

40,491 households

+7.14% / 1 households2.49 people

Ageing rate

30.0%

29,578 aged 65 and over (Reiwa 2 census)

Of the 60 municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture, 11 cities and towns gained population. Itoshima City is one of them. In the preliminary figures of the Reiwa 7 census, Fukuoka Prefecture as a whole lost 53,335 people. These 11 were the only ones that gained.

Chikuzen Town +4.23% / Fukuoka City +3.19% / Fukutsu City +3.03% / Chikushino City +2.52% / Hisayama Town +2.19% / Itoshima City +1.82% / Tachiarai Town +1.80% / Sue Town +1.54% / Onojo City +1.38% / Kanda Town +0.77% / Kasuya Town +0.66%

Every one at the top either adjoins Fukuoka City or lies within its commuting belt. Itoshima City is part of that same current, and passed 100,000 people in 2025. That the growth in households (+7.14%) far outstrips the growth in population (+1.82%) shows that the people moving in are largely single people and couples. Source: this site's tally of "population and households by area and municipality" in Fukuoka Prefecture, preliminary figures of the Reiwa 7 census (Fukuoka Prefecture) / checked 2026-08-14

The age breakdown, and what lies ahead

Reiwa 2 census	Number	Share
Young population (0–14)	13,669 people	13.9%
Working-age population (15–64)	55,280 people	56.1%
Older population (65 and over)	29,578 people	30.0%

The city's own account of where it stands, in its population vision, comes down to two points: "families with children are moving in, mainly to the built-up areas, and the population under 15 is on an upward trend, but the number of births is falling year by year", and "there is an extreme net outflow of the generation leaving for higher education and work" — the pattern of leaving after high school for a university in Fukuoka City or beyond, and taking a job there. In other words, Itoshima's growth is not that more people are being born; it is that households in their thirties and older are moving in. Seen from the side of someone moving there, it is also a place with a lot of people who came the same way.

Source:Reiwa 4 edition, Itoshima City Statistical White Paper, Part 1 benchmarks, "Population" (PDF)(Reiwa 2 census) / 2nd-phase Town, People and Work Creation Itoshima City Comprehensive Strategy / Itoshima City Population Vision (PDF)/ Verified 2026-08-14

The city's target for future population is about 104,000 in 2030 and about 100,000 in 2045. The city sets out those figures as its "future outlook", allowing for natural and social increase. Having reached 100,674 in the Reiwa 7 census, it is already within reach of the 2030 target.

In the 2024 report of the Population Strategy Council, Itoshima City is classed "D-②" — it is not among the municipalities identified as at risk of disappearing. The fall in the female population aged 20 to 39 between 2020 and 2050 comes to ▼21.3%, well under the 50% used as the marker of that risk. That is an improvement of 20.5 points on the previous report in 2014. Even so, the projected population for 2050 is 87,977 — even in a city that is growing now, there will be 13,000 fewer people in 30 years' time on the national projection. Sources: 2nd-phase Town, People and Work Creation Itoshima City Comprehensive Strategy / Itoshima City Population Vision (PDF), "(3) Future outlook for the population" / Population Strategy Council, Reiwa 6 analysis report on the "sustainability" of local authorities (PDF) (Itoshima City = D-②, fall in the young female population ▼21.3%, change on the previous report △20.5, projected 2050 population 87,977) / checked 2026-08-14

Share of foreign residents

2.10%national average 3.26%

Of the 104,141 people living in Itoshima City, 2,185 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

Is the population of Itoshima growing?

Yes. 100,674 people (Reiwa 7 census, preliminary figures), +1,797 (+1.82%) over five years. While Fukuoka Prefecture as a whole lost 53,335 people, Itoshima is one of the 11 cities and towns that gained.

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. Itoshima is made up of 16 school catchments and 164 administrative districts (neighbourhood associations), and the district you live in changes the fee, the events and the duties. The city had introduction pages for 163 districts, and with the newly created Yukiai administrative district there are now pages for all 164.

All 164 districts charge a fee, and 102 charge a joining fee

Tallying all 164 administrative district pages on the city's settlement site gives this.

Item	Districts
Charge a district fee (neighbourhood association fee)	All 164
Charge a joining fee for the neighbourhood association (a one-off payment on joining)	102
No joining fee for the neighbourhood association	61

Among the districts that publish their figures: ¥8,400 a year; ¥14,000 a year plus ¥2,000 for the fire brigade; a ¥10,000 joining fee (once only). Many districts say only that there is one, and you ask the district itself for the amount. The officers differ from district to district as well, and the roles that come round to you include district head, deputy head, treasurer, sports officer, road safety officer, environment officer, farming head, councillor and block head. The city's position is plain: "We ask for your understanding and cooperation in joining the neighbourhood association, which works to strengthen the sense of solidarity in the area and to build a better community, and so to support community development across the catchment." In Itoshima, the administrative district is designed as something you join.

An example of an administrative district introduction page (Aritachuo) → Itoshima City, "Do I have to join the neighbourhood association?" → Source:Itoshima City settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu", administrative district pages, all 164 districts (the district fee and joining fee columns), tallied by this site / the city's position is fromItoshima City, "Do I have to join the neighbourhood association?"(updated 1 April 2021) / checked 2026-08-14

What happens in that settlement over a year

Itoshima City designates 5 events as intangible folk cultural properties. None of them is a tourist event; all are carried by the people of that settlement. The dates are fixed, so you can read them as days to keep free once you move.

Event	When	Where, and what it is
The mochi push at Sakurai Shrine	10 January	The early-spring festival at Sakurai Shrine in Shima Sakurai. Men in their unlucky year (41 by the traditional count) throw in a round rice cake standing for their misfortune, and young men in loincloths scramble for it and break it up. The broken pieces are taken home as lucky mochi
The Momote festival at Yodogawa	The Sunday nearest 25 January	Yodogawa Tenjin Shrine in Nijo Fukae. Two halves: the "bow shooting", in which arrows are loosed at a target and towards the mountain, and the "great eating", a heaped meal of rice at the community hall. Held for more than 170 years
The Shinko festival at Fukae	The 3rd Sunday in October	Fukae Shrine, 7 minutes on foot from Chikuzen-Fukae Station. The "Okunchi", praying for a good harvest, a good catch and safety at sea. Young men in the dress of a feudal lord's procession repeat the "furi", and men in their unlucky years carry two portable shrines. After the return to the shrine they go round each house to perform the "furikomi". Nearly 400 years of history
The cold-water purification at Shiraito	The 3rd Saturday in December begins at midnight	Kumano Shrine in Shiraito. The grown men of the village, in loincloths, enter the river below the Shiraito Falls and purify themselves in midwinter water. Cooked rice is heaped into a tall cone, and the way it leans tells the coming year. More than 300 years old
The Bon observances on Himeshima	9 to the small hours of 15 August	Shima Himeshima (an island with 129 people). Welcoming the ancestors, Bon dancing, the kazura pulling, and the sending out of the spirits. A spirit boat, the "Saihomaru", is built for each house with a first Bon and for each of the 4 sub-groups. In the small hours of the 15th they are carried out to sea by fishing boat and set adrift with the call "go on to the far shore"

On top of these, a yearly schedule for each administrative district (PDF) is published on the city's site. Summer festivals, Bon dances, mochi pounding, clean-ups, sports days — what is in them differs a great deal by district. Some, like the Oginoura district, have "close to 100 people at the mochi pounding"; others, like Himeshima, have "the youth group and the children's association carrying the portable shrine at the Gion festival in July". Before you settle on a property, look once at that district's schedule PDF and you will see the shape of the year.

Source:Itoshima City, intangible folk cultural properties(the pages for the Bon observances on Himeshima, the Shinko festival at Fukae, the Momote festival at Yodogawa, the cold-water purification at Shiraito and the mochi push at Sakurai Shrine) / the district events are fromItoshima City settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu", administrative district pages/ Verified 2026-08-14

Seen from the point of view of someone living there, Itoshima is "inside a tourist destination". Sakurai Futamigaura, Keya no Oto, the Shiraito Falls — Itoshima is also a place the Fukuoka conurbation comes to for the day. The city writes plainly on its official site about what that causes.

"In recent years, noise, scattered litter, bad driving manners and the like have come to threaten the quiet lives of residents" and "local people welcome visitors, but voices have also been raised worrying that the increase in visitors will break up the quiet life" (Itoshima City, "Welcome to Itoshima — a request to our visitors").

What the city asks of visitors is to drive slowly in residential areas and on narrow roads, not to turn round on private property without permission, and not to get in the way of farming, forestry and fishing work. Turned round, that means these things are happening. At weekends and on public holidays, the coast road in Shima and the road to the Shiraito Falls get busy. The city and the tourism association run a "congestion easing challenge" at the Shiraito Falls, spreading the load by bus.

If you are buying a house with a sea view in Shima, go once on a fine holiday afternoon rather than on a weekday. What you see that day is the busiest face of that house's daily life. Sources: Itoshima City, "Welcome to Itoshima — a request to our visitors" (updated 19 April 2024) / Itoshima City Tourism Association, "Tsunagu Itoshima" / checked 2026-08-14

How much is the neighbourhood association fee in Itoshima?

Itoshima is made up of 16 school catchments and 164 administrative districts, and all 164 charge a district fee, while 102 also charge a joining fee (a one-off payment on joining). Among the districts that publish their figures: ¥8,400 a year, or ¥14,000 a year plus ¥2,000 for the fire brigade.

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 Itoshima, three of them can be confirmed from primary sources.

Wild boar — the city catches 1,400 to 1,900 a year

Damage to crops in Itoshima City came to about ¥19,700,000 in fiscal Reiwa 4. Of that, wild boar account for ¥18,230,000, roughly nine tenths. The area damaged by boar alone was 9.80 ha. The city writes that they have "bred throughout Itoshima City, with serious damage especially in the mountainous parts and on the islands".

Animal	Damage (fiscal Reiwa 4)	Where they appear (the city's wording)
Wild boar	¥18,231 thousand	The whole city, especially the mountainous parts and the islands. Catches were 1,903 in Reiwa 2, 1,496 in Reiwa 3 and 1,368 in Reiwa 4, and the city plans on the basis of 2,000 a year
Ducks	¥792 thousand	Farmland along the rivers on the flat, close to housing. Wheat and cabbage from winter into spring
Badgers	¥379 thousand	Not only the hill country — they also turn up around the built-up areas. The whole city
Japanese macaques	¥152 thousand	Along the Sefuri range, centred on Nijo Shikaka and Yoshii. Many sightings of strays in the built-up areas too
Crows	¥115 thousand	Fruit and vegetables
Raccoons	¥0	Little damage to farming, but the number caught is rising. The city writes that damage to houses is expected to grow
Deer	¥0	No damage reported in the city. They have been seen nearby, and are expected in future in the Maebaru area along the Sefuri range as well

The city's fencing grant is for "farmers". For someone who moves here and keeps a kitchen garden, that is the dividing line. In the hills (Raizan and Shiraito), in Nijo, and in houses backing onto fields in Shima, assume you will need wire mesh or an electric fence. The city's schemes work like this.

Loan of protective fencing — a scheme that lets you put up wire mesh or an electric fence at a reduced cost. It needs a joint application by 3 or more farming households (3 or more within an administrative district is enough), and it is open only to farmers (the landowner, or a cultivator holding a right of use). Because it draws on a national grant, it takes about a year from request to delivery (requests are surveyed each January, distributed the following December or January, and installed by the end of February). Once fencing has been installed on a plot, no fresh application can be made for the service life of 14 years for wire mesh or 8 years for an electric fence.

Grant towards buying an electric fence — a third of the cost, up to ¥50,000. It is open to farmers living in the city with annual sales of ¥500,000 or more. Land cultivated for one's own consumption is expressly excluded. Applications go to a branch of JA Itoshima.

Loan of box traps — for boar and monkeys, up to 2 per administrative district. The city sets them and takes the animals, while baiting and checking are done by the administrative district (speak to the district head or the farming head). Small box traps for badgers, raccoons and weasels are lent to individuals as well, and you dispose of what you catch yourself. There is also a grant of 50% towards buying scaring cartridges.

What the city says to do if you meet one. Wild boar are quiet by nature and run when they see a person. But they turn aggressive in the rut (late autumn into winter) and after giving birth, and a raised mane or a "shoo" or "kakkakka" sound is a threat. Back away slowly without turning your back. As for monkeys, those that appear in housing areas are usually passing through, so leave them alone. They will open a door or a window themselves to get at offerings on the family altar or at the kitchen, so keep things shut — that is the city's advice.

Put the other way round, on the estates by the stations at Hatae and Misakigaoka, almost none of this applies. Within the same city, what comes round every year changes with the district. Sources: Itoshima Area Wildlife Damage Prevention Plan (fiscal Reiwa 6 to Reiwa 8, PDF) (damage figures for fiscal Reiwa 4, catches for fiscal Reiwa 2 to 4) / Itoshima City, wildlife damage measures (updated 15 May 2026) / checked 2026-08-14

There is an industrial waste disposal site in the city

Across the whole of Fukuoka Prefecture there are 13 operators licensed by the governor for the final disposal of industrial waste (as at the end of March, Reiwa 8). One of them is at Takasu in Itoshima City — the stable-type final disposal site of Kaizu Jyuki Co., Ltd. (Takasu, Uto; a stable-type site is one that landfills materials whose properties are stable, such as rubble, scrap metal, waste plastics, glass and ceramics, and rubber). There are also intermediate treatment facilities in the city at Takasu, Shima Matsuguma and Iibaru (sorting, crushing, compaction and baling, and fermentation). If you are looking at land in the Ito district (Takasu) or around Shima Matsuguma, check where the facilities are on the prefecture's register before you go, and you will get a real sense of the distances.

Fukuoka Prefecture register of industrial waste operators (Excel files for final disposal and intermediate treatment) → Source:Fukuoka Prefecture register of industrial waste operators"Register of industrial waste disposal operators (final disposal), as at the end of March, Reiwa 8 (13 operators)" and the same for intermediate treatment, extracted by municipality name by this site / the locations of intermediate treatment facilities are fromMinistry of the Environment, Kyushu Regional Environment Office, "Fukuoka Prefecture / industrial waste treatment facilities" (PDF)/ Verified 2026-08-14

There is a large employer at the eastern edge of the city

On the eastern boundary of Itoshima City is the Ito Campus of Kyushu University. It is a 272 ha site straddling Nishi Ward in Fukuoka City and Itoshima City, about 3 km east to west and 2.5 km north to south, with about 19,000 people using it. Kyushu University consolidated and moved here between 2005 and 2018. Itoshima City is a founding member of the Kyushu University Academic Research City Promotion Council, set up in 1998 (Kyushu University, the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Economic Federation, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, Itoshima City and national bodies). Look for a house on the Hatae or Shusenji side and this campus is who you commute alongside — that is how the place has grown. The nearest station is Kyudai-Gakkentoshi on the Chikuhi Line, two stops beyond Hatae.

Source:Kyushu University new campus plan, "The location of the Ito Campus and building a hub of knowledge"(272 ha straddling Nishi Ward in Fukuoka City and Itoshima City, about 19,000 users, consolidated and moved between 2005 and 2018) / checked 2026-08-14

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.

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

Wild boar. Damage to crops in fiscal Reiwa 4 came to about ¥19,700,000, of which wild boar accounted for ¥18,230,000, roughly nine tenths. The city writes that they have "bred throughout Itoshima City, with serious damage especially in the mountainous parts and on the islands", and catches 1,400 to 1,900 a year.

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.

¥2,445,020,000

The hometown tax receipts for fiscal Reiwa 7 (101,665 donations).
109th of the 1,788 municipalities in Japan, and 8th within Fukuoka Prefecture

What Itoshima produces

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Itoshima-raised Japanese Black beef

It is the mainstay of the hometown tax return gifts

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Fish from the Genkai Sea, and oysters in winter

The fishing ports at Kishi, Funakoshi and Kafuri. In winter the oyster huts line the harbours

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Itoshima vegetables, and 16 farm shops

The city maps 16 farm shops across the city in its leaflet "Let's go to the farm shops of Itoshima!". JA Itoshima's Ito Saisai is open 9:00–18:00 and updates what has come in each day

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Ingredients that chefs travel for

The city runs a "farm to table" project inviting chefs, and its site carries "the chefs who have visited Itoshima"

Source:Itoshima City farm shop leaflet, "Let's go to the farm shops of Itoshima!"(16 in the city) / JA Itoshima farm shop, Ito Saisai／Itoshima City, farm, livestock and marine produce that chefs are watching (farm to table project)/ Verified 2026-08-14

We have not yet been able to describe this place's local specialities

I (the AI) searched the official site of Itoshima City and the tourism and produce association sites the municipality points to, but could not find an officially published list of local specialities (checked 20 August 2026).
This site is built by checking sources one at a time, so that an AI does not introduce information that is not true. As no sourced list was found, nothing is set out here yet. It does not mean there are no local specialities — please bear with us.

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If you would like this filled in,please tell us the official page . We will put it here with a source and the date it was checked.

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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 Itoshima 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 does Itoshima earn its living from?

Japanese Black beef, fish from the Genkai Sea with oysters in winter, and Itoshima vegetables. The city maps 16 farm shops across the city. Hometown tax receipts came to ¥2,445,020,000 in fiscal Reiwa 7 (101,665 donations), 109th in Japan.

CHAPTER 14A message from Itoshima City

How the receiving side sees it. Here are the town's own words.

A message from the town

Why not begin the kind of "Itoshima life" you will want to tell your friends about?

Itoshima City offers relocation consultations with city staff, in person or online. Anyone who has had one can register on the Detached House Needs Bank as a person looking for a house in the city, and may hear about houses before they reach the market. The contact point is the Community Promotion Division of the Regional Development Department (092-332-2062).

Relocation and settlement information (Itoshima City) →Settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu" →Register on the Detached House Needs Bank →

Sources: the message on Fukuoka Prefecture relocation and settlement portal "Fuku-ga-oka Kurashi", Itoshima City / Itoshima City Detached House Needs Bank / checked 2026-08-14

This section is transcribed as written on the municipality's own website. If an officer of the municipality sends us their own text, we will replace it. Get in touch here →

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

The city writes: "Why not begin the kind of 'Itoshima life' you will want to tell your friends about?" You can have a relocation consultation with city staff in person or online, and anyone who has had one can register on the Detached House Needs Bank and may hear about houses before they reach the market. The contact point is the Community Promotion Division (092-332-2062).

CHAPTER 15A year in Itoshima

What is in season, the festivals, and the temperature. Twelve months of living here, on one page.

Month

Itoshima that month

Temperature (minimum to maximum)

month 1

The mochi push at Sakurai Shrine (10th) / the Momote festival at Yodogawa (the Sunday nearest the 25th, Nijo Fukae)

2.2–9.9°C; the month with the most winter days

month 2

The height of the oyster huts (Kishi and Funakoshi)

2.6〜11.2℃

month 3

Spring vegetables in the farm shops. The month of the 2005 Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake (20th)

5.2〜14.4℃

month 4

Weekend traffic starts to build towards Sakurai Futamigaura and Keya no Oto

9.3〜19.4℃

month 5

The season for district general meetings and clean-ups

14.2〜24.1℃

month 6

The rainy season (243 mm in the month). The month to look again at the hazard maps for the 14 rivers

19.0〜26.9℃

month 7

The beaches open. At 294 mm it is the wettest month of the year

23.6〜30.7℃

month 8

The Bon observances on Himeshima (9th–15th) / district summer festivals and Bon dances

24.1–31.8°C; tropical nights

month 9

Typhoons. The rice harvest

20.1〜28.0℃

month 10

The Shinko festival at Fukae (3rd Sunday) / the great maple at Raizan Sennyoji begins to turn

14.1〜23.2℃

month 11

The autumn colours at Raizan Sennyoji are at their best. Winter vegetables in the farm shops

8.5〜17.8℃

month 12

The cold-water purification at Shiraito (3rd Saturday, midnight) / mochi pounding in the districts

3.8〜12.4℃

The festivals are the 5 the city designates as intangible folk cultural properties, plus the districts' yearly schedules. The temperatures are the long-term averages for the Maebaru AMeDAS. Before you move, come once on one of the days in this table.

Source:Itoshima City, intangible folk cultural properties／Itoshima City settlement site "Itoshima Seikatsu", administrative district pages / temperatures fromJapan Meteorological Agency, long-term averages for Maebaru/ Verified 2026-08-14

What is a year in Itoshima like?

January is the mochi push at Sakurai Shrine, February the height of the oyster huts (Kishi and Funakoshi). May is the season for district general meetings and clean-ups, and in the rainy season of June (243 mm in the month) and the wettest month, July (294 mm), look again at the hazard maps for the 14 rivers.

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 Itoshima City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (the AI) could find 4 of the 6 below.

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	The mayor's profile	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Could not find one	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	Introduction to the city council members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Itoshima City Council begins subtitled online broadcasting	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Could not find one	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	The comprehensive plan	How many years ahead this town has decided

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Itoshima CityI followed 141 pages of the Itoshima City official site, butcould not take the name from anywhere I could say with certainty was the page introducing the current mayor。That does not mean there is none, or that it is not published.Guessing at a name would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is recorded. 🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL of the introduction page and we will put it here with a source and the date it was checked.Get in touch here →

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 Itoshima 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.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 (Itoshima 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 Itoshima City now?

🔴 I (the AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Itoshima City on the official site (checked 22 August 2026). Guessing would be the greater discourtesy, so it is not given here. 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 Itoshima (Maebaru) and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. This is a town with Genkai Quasi-National Park. The area currently has 4 hot spring and day bathing facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium, and 4 RV parks. 🔴 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	Genkai Quasi-National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Fukuoka Higaeri no Tabi / Mamushi no Yu and Nijo Onsen / Kirara no Yu and Ito no Yudokoro, 4 facilities in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Ito no Yudokoro
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	Ito Kingdom History Museum, Ito Folk Materials Museum, Ito Local Art Museum, Shima Town History Museum, and the local history museum of Fukuoka Prefectural Itoshima High School (5 museums)
⛩ Shrines and temples	31 shrines and 10 temples. The one with a Wikipedia article is Sakurai Shrine
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	2 (no names registered in the map data)
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	No expressway service or parking area was found in this area

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	4
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	5
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	Itoshima Picnic Village Auto Camping Ground, Keya Camping Ground, HIDEAWAY sunset camp (3 sites)
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park smart Itoshima Kitchen Palette, RV Park smart Itoshima Farmhouse UOVO, RV Park Itoshima Dome House (opened 1 February 2025), RV Park smart Mamushi no Yu

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 judged from the boundary data of the Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center overlaid on National Land Numerical Information (administrative boundaries); for quasi-national parks the municipalities concerned were confirmed at the link behind the park name / verified 2026-08-20

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

This is a town with Genkai Quasi-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 4 hot spring and day bathing facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium, 4 hotels and inns and 4 RV parks. Facilities not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may be more (details in §17).

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 Itoshima City, and the total was 56 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.

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	0 / 20	Not found
Housing	9 / 15	There is an akiya bank; listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area; completed deals are organised
The money side of living here	7 / 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	20 / 20	Hazard 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 produce	3 / 10	Hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	10 / 10	There is a community bus timetable; fares are stated; the date of the last revision is given
Can an AI read it?	7 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; there is a sitemap.xml; statistics are published as Excel or CSV; and 1 more

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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 4 / 4　There is an akiya bank
There is a municipal akiya bank 1 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
0 of 7 (0%) have all 4 items 4 / 4　Completed deals are organised
No completed deals appear in the list 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 → 3 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
Grants are described　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
205 documents by area　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 3 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Published 24 May, Reiwa 6　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 → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 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
Commerce and industry　Go and see → 4 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
　Go and see → 3 / 3　Fares are stated
　Go and see → 3 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
Revised April, Reiwa 8　Go and see → 3 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
19 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 2 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
　Go and see → 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 → 1 / 1　Open data is published
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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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