Moving to Kawachinagano City

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Kawachinagano is

At the southeastern tip of Osaka Prefecture. The area is 109.63 km² (1 October Reiwa 6, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), 16.3 km east to west and 15.8 km north to south. Elevation runs from 76 m to 924.2 m — a difference of 848 m within the city. The population is 95,687 in 47,524 households (end of July, Reiwa 8).

There are two buildings here that are National Treasures

In the valleys to the south of the city stands Kanshin-ji, and to the west Kongo-ji. Both are temples with buildings designated National Treasures, and Kongo-ji has long been called "the Koya for women". Carry on south along the Nankai Koya Line and you reach Koyasan — 1 hr 26 min and ¥690 from Kawachinagano Station to Gokurakubashi (§3). "A city in Osaka that stands on the road to Koyasan" is where this town sits.

Map of Kawachinagano City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Kawachinagano City Hall (Hara-cho 1-chome). To the north (top) are Osakasayama and Tondabayashi, leading on to central Osaka; the deep green band to the south (bottom) is the Kongo and Izumi Mountains — which run on into Wakayama Prefecture and Koyasan.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

The five areas, and where the stations are

The Nankai Koya Line runs north to south through the city, and the Kintetsu Nagano Line comes in from the west to join it at Kawachinagano Station. Of the 155 listings, 139 are nearest the Nankai Koya Line and 15 the Kintetsu Nagano Line. ★ marks the stations with the most listings. The southern half of the city (south of Chihayaguchi) has almost no stations and almost no housing — the empty lower half of the map is mountain. Positions, bearings and scale are based on real coordinates (stations from OpenStreetMap, points from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan). You can scroll sideways.

CHAPTER 02Five areas, and life in each

Medians run from ¥12,800,000 to ¥16,000,000 — a spread of only 1.25 times. Of all the towns covered on this site, the differences between districts here are unusually small. What does change is elevation, from 84 m to 255 m.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Transport in Kawachinagano means the Nankai Koya Line and the Kintetsu Nagano Line. Kawachinagano Station is shared by the two companies, so you can reach both Namba and Abenobashi. Of the 155 listings, 154 give a railway station as their nearest.

To Osaka

"40 min and ¥610 to Namba, with no change" is Kawachinagano’s strongest number. Shin-Imamiya is 26 min and ¥540, and you can change there for the JR Osaka Loop Line. Even from Mikanodai up in the new town it is 45 min and ¥610 — the fare is the same wherever in the city you start.

Go south and you reach Koyasan

Carry on south from Kawachinagano Station along the Nankai Koya Line and Koyasan (Gokurakubashi) is 1 hr 26 min and ¥690 away. The southern half of the city is the Kongo and Izumi Mountains, and south of Chihayaguchi there are almost no stations and almost no houses. Getting about inside the city means the Nankai Koya Line (Takidani — Chiyoda — Kawachinagano — Mikkaichicho — Mikanodai — Chihayaguchi) and the Kintetsu Nagano Line (Shionomiya — Kawachinagano). In the hilltop new towns there are blocks where you take a bus or a car from the station.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 155 second-hand detached houses. This page takes in and counts all 155, and the list shows the 20 cheapest. From ¥3,800,000 to ¥98,000,000, median ¥14,800,000. 40 are under ¥10,000,000 and 110 under ¥20,000,000.

"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.

Kita-cho¥3,800,000Mikkaichi-cho (south, on the Nankai Koya Line)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 74 m² (22 tsubo) / Building 81 m² (25 tsubo) / built 1976 / Mikkaichi-cho Sta. 12 min walk9 photos → Kotobuki-cho¥3,800,000Kawachinagano Station (the city centre)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 56 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 61 m² (18 tsubo) / built 1979 / Kawachinagano Sta. 19 min walk3 photos → Minamiaobadai¥4,500,000Mikanodai and Nankadai (the new towns)Elev. approx. 200 m / Land 249 m² (75 tsubo) / Building 92 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1973 / Mikkaichi-cho Sta. bus 11 min+2 min walk10 photos → Oyamada-cho¥5,000,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 120 m / Land 109 m² (33 tsubo) / Building 102 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1993 / Kawachinagano Sta. 34 min walk10 photos → Tako¥5,000,000Kawachinagano Station (the city centre)Elev. approx. 110 m / Land 173 m² (52 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1985 / Kawachinagano Sta. 29 min walk2 photos → Minamiaobadai¥5,500,000Mikanodai and Nankadai (the new towns)Elev. approx. 200 m / Land 237 m² (72 tsubo) / Building 129 m² (39 tsubo) / built 1976 / Mikkaichi-cho Sta. bus 14 min+3 min walk10 photos → Kawaidera¥5,800,000Kawachinagano Station (the city centre)Elev. approx. 120 m / Land 183 m² (55 tsubo) / Building 113 m² (34 tsubo) / built 1990 / Kawachinagano Sta. 17 min walk8 photos → Nosaku-cho¥5,800,000Kawachinagano Station (the city centre)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 72 m² (22 tsubo) / Building 81 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1978 / Kawachinagano Sta. 12 min walk3 photos → Oyamada-cho¥6,500,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 140 m / Land 82 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 87 m² (26 tsubo) / built 1982 / Chiyoda Sta. 28 min walk10 photos → Matsugaoka Naka-machi¥6,500,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 120 m / Land 74 m² (22 tsubo) / Building 95 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1993 / Takidani Sta. 12 min walk10 photos → Kusugaoka¥6,500,000Mikkaichi-cho (south, on the Nankai Koya Line)Elev. approx. 160 m / Land 132 m² (40 tsubo) / Building 106 m² (32 tsubo) / built 1969 / Mikkaichi-cho Sta. 13 min walk9 photos → Minamiaobadai¥6,700,000Mikanodai and Nankadai (the new towns)Elev. approx. 190 m / Land 254 m² (77 tsubo) / Building 87 m² (26 tsubo) / built 1974 / Mikanodai Sta. bus 12 min+1 min walk10 photos → Suehiro-cho¥6,800,000Kawachinagano Station (the city centre)Elev. approx. 100 m / Land 177 m² (54 tsubo) / Building 146 m² (44 tsubo) / built 1968 / Kawachinagano Sta. 6 min walk6 photos → Ichi-cho 576番地1号¥6,900,000Shionomiya, Kirigaoka and Midorigaoka (along the Ishikawa)Elev. approx. 100 m / Land 111 m² (34 tsubo) / Building 98 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1992 / Chiyoda Sta. 17 min walk10 photos → Akashiadai 1¥7,000,000Mikanodai and Nankadai (the new towns)Elev. approx. 110 m / Land 126 m² (38 tsubo) / Building 92 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1986 / Chiyoda Sta. bus 6 min+9 min walk6 photos → Oyamada-cho¥7,500,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 120 m / Land 106 m² (32 tsubo) / Building 100 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1991 / Chiyoda Sta. 27 min walk8 photos → Oyamada-cho¥7,700,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 157 m² (47 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / built 1996 / Chiyoda Sta. bus 8 min+1 min walk10 photos → Oyabune Kita-machi¥7,800,000Mikanodai and Nankadai (the new towns)Elev. approx. 180 m / Land 226 m² (68 tsubo) / Building 112 m² (34 tsubo) / built 1973 / Mikkaichi-cho Sta. bus 13 min+3 min walk10 photos → Kusunoki-cho Nishi¥7,800,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 59 m² (18 tsubo) / Building 71 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1973 / Chiyoda Sta. 7 min walk9 photos → Oyamada-cho¥7,800,000Chiyoda and Takidani (the north of the city, towards Osaka)Elev. approx. 140 m / Land 101 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1995 / Chiyoda Sta. 30 min walk9 photos →

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

The city has a relocation and settlement advice desk

Kawachinagano City runs a "relocation and settlement advice desk" in its City Promotion Division, which it says is there to "support people considering or hoping to move to this city, or to settle here (to buy a home and go on living in it)". You can consult it by telephone (0721-53-1111) or through a dedicated form. The first thing the city puts forward when it talks about housing is price — "House prices are more affordable than in the city. A generous home with a large garden and parking, at a price within reach, is part of the appeal." The figure above, 110 of the 155 listings under ¥20,000,000, bears that description out.

Akiya bank

Kawachinagano City has a vacant-home bank scheme, but nothing is registered on it at present (the Osaka-wide vacant-home bank shows 0 as well). Every property listed in this chapter is on the private market. (As checked on 17 August 2026.)

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Kawachinagano City is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster-management promotion area. Even so, the probability of shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 14.3%, and 1.0% for 6-upper or above — a different order of magnitude from Ise (75.0%) or Tanabe (73.3%), which are in the same promotion area.

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.

The city writes that "the firmness of the ground is the best in Osaka Prefecture"

At the city hall point, the probability of shaking of shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 14.3%, and 1.0% for 6-upper or above. The surface ground is gravelly terrace (AVS30 485.72 m/s), which puts it among the less shaky kinds. The city itself writes on its relocation page that "the firmness of the ground is the best in Osaka Prefecture" (citing as evidence the Shukan Post issue of 25 December 2020 and its "Osaka Prefecture ‘strong ground’ ranking"). It adds that "the crime rate is also among the lowest in the prefecture" (calculated per 100,000 people from the recorded penal-code offences published by the Osaka Prefectural Police). Set beside the other areas on this site — Iwaki 88.6%, Ise 75.0%, Tanabe 73.3%, Osaki 27.7%, Naha 20.8%, Inuyama 14.9%, Kawachinagano 14.3%, Ome 12.9%, Izumo 10.1%, Shimonoseki 5.6%.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

There is no Japan Meteorological Agency station measuring temperature inside Kawachinagano City. The normals set out here are for Osaka, 40 min away by train. Osaka has 41.5 tropical nights and 14.5 days of extreme heat a year — but Kawachinagano stands at 100 to 255 m and is cooler than that.

The twelve months of temperature, set out as they are

The left end of each band is the mean daily low for that month and the right end the mean daily high (Kawachinagano / Osaka, 30-year averages 1991–2020).

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

Rain falls about 10% more heavily on Kawachinagano

The Kawachinagano AMeDAS station measures rainfall only; it does not measure temperature. The Kawachinagano values in the table above are rainfall only. At 1,439.6 mm a year it gets about 100 mm more than Osaka — the difference that comes of being closer to the mountains. Use the Osaka figures as a guide for temperature. Osaka has 41.5 tropical nights, 14.5 days of extreme heat and only 3.9 days below 0℃ a year. But properties in Kawachinagano sit at 84–255 m (§2), and the hilltop new towns of Mikanodai and Nankadai (109–255 m) are cooler than the Osaka plain, and colder in winter. Snow hardly falls. Osaka’s annual snowfall total is 1 cm, and the normal for maximum snow depth is also 1 cm. But the south of the city rises to 924 m (§1).

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

What Kawachinagano City writes about at greatest length on its relocation page is raising children and education. The city itself points out that more 0–14-year-olds move in than move out.

Raising children — three centres working as one

Education — school lunches for every junior high pupil from January Reiwa 9

The city holds up the slogan "a city built on education" and lists four strengths on its relocation page. ① A community of education — every primary and junior high school has a school management council, with local residents and parents taking part in running the school. ② School lunches — on top of the primary schools, from January Reiwa 9 junior high schools will serve lunch to every pupil, and a new school lunch centre is being built. ③ ICT in education — one learning device per pupil, and an online learning service in junior high schools. ④ Joined-up primary and junior high education — teachers from each cross over to teach lessons at the other. Paperwork can be done online too, through "Kawachinagano City Sui-Sui Madoguchi": booking a move or a seal registration, and requesting residence certificates and family registers.

Shopping

Everyday shopping centres on Novaty Nagano in front of Kawachinagano Station and the roadside stores in Chiyoda and Mikkaichi-cho. With Namba 40 min and ¥610 away (§3), the shops of central Osaka are an option too. In the hilltop new towns and the southern valleys, measure the distance to the nearest shop before anything else.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Water and sewerage charges in Kawachinagano City have only just gone up, on 1 October Reiwa 7. Water rose by an average of 21.20% and sewerage by an average of 10.26%, an average of 16.05% for the two together. 40 m³ over 2 months costs ¥13,395 — the highest level of any town covered on this site.

The reason for the rise is the shape of the land itself

The city gives three reasons for the increase. The first is this: "Because our city is large in area and has considerable differences in height, it has many water and sewerage facilities. Many of them were built during the high-growth years and are ageing. Repairing, renewing and earthquake-proofing the ageing pipes and facilities to a plan requires a great deal of expenditure." An area of 109.63 km², elevation from 76 m to 924.2 m (§1). Water has to be lifted to hilltop new towns and piped out into the valleys — and that shows up in the bill. The other two are that "the volume of water used is falling because of population decline and the spread of water-saving appliances, so income is falling", and that "we must prepare for large-scale disasters and for drought". The appeal of the largest forest area in the prefecture and the burden of some of its highest water charges come from the same landscape. When you budget, put ¥6,697 a month in.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

There are 155 second-hand detached houses in Kawachinagano. Against a population of 95,687 that is 1 for every 617 people — the deepest market on this site after Shimonoseki.

If you are thinking about the exit, look at how many houses were built at the same time. In Kawachinagano the price gap between districts is only 1.25 times, but in exchange the new towns of around 1990 come onto the market in batches. That means a market with plenty of comparables. The listings above can be filtered by district badge and sorted by "nearest to a station" and "highest elevation" as well.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

Kawachinagano City has 95,687 people in 47,524 households (end of July, Reiwa 8). That is 2.01 people per household. There are 44,882 men and 50,805 women.

There are 5,923 more women than men in Kawachinagano (50,805 against 44,882). Put beside the 2.01 people per household, that shows a town with many households whose children have left. At the same time the city writes on its relocation page: "More 0- to 14-year-olds move into Kawachinagano than move out. New parks and other work to make it easier to raise children mean many young families are choosing us." The city as a whole is mature, but young families are coming in — both are happening at once. As §2 showed, the median year built runs from 1989 to 1999. It reads as the next generation beginning to move into the new towns built around 1990.

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

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

Community life in Kawachinagano runs mainly through the schools. That is where the city has something clearly set up as a system.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

What tells on land prices in Kawachinagano is being 40 min from Namba and the new towns that all went up around 1990. And both of them feed into the water and sewerage charges as well.

Prices vary little because the whole town was built at the same time

Here are the medians from §2 again — Mikanodai/Nankadai ¥16,000,000, Mikkaichi-cho ¥14,800,000, Chiyoda/Takidani ¥14,800,000, Shionomiya ¥14,300,000 and Kawachinagano Station ¥12,800,000. Between the dearest band and the cheapest there is a spread of only 1.25 times. That is a strikingly small difference among the towns covered on this site (Shimonoseki 2.3 times, Izumo 4.5 times; in Kumano no market rate really forms at all). The reason shows in the years built — the district medians run from 1989 to 1999, because almost the whole city was developed for housing at the same time. Which also means a market with plenty of comparables (§9).

The other side of having the largest forest area in the prefecture

The city writes that it has "the largest forest area of any city in Osaka Prefecture (towns and villages aside)", that "the water quality of the Ishimigawa is the only one in the prefecture rated AA over its whole length", and that "flying squirrels and salamanders live here" (§1). And the first reason it gave for raising water and sewerage charges was "because our city is large in area and has considerable differences in height, it has many water and sewerage facilities" (§8). An area of 109.63 km², elevation from 76 m to 924.2 m. Nature close at hand means long pipes, and water lifted to the tops of hills. In the revision of October Reiwa 7, water and sewerage together rose by an average of 16.05%. These two are the same thing seen from either side.

The words "Kawachinagano City" alone settle nothing about the land

An area of 109.63 km², elevation from 76 m to 924.2 m. Listings run from 84 m to 255 m (§2). District medians run from ¥12,800,000 to ¥16,000,000. The southern half of the city has almost no stations and almost no housing (§3). When a property advertisement says only "Kawachinagano City", look first at the nearest station and the elevation. The listings on this page carry district badges and can be sorted by "highest elevation" and "nearest to a station" as well.

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.

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.

The main things of Kawachinagano, and its handwork

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

I (an AI) searched the official site of Kawachinagano 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 every source one at a time, so that an AI does not present something untrue. Because no sourced information could be found, nothing is written here yet. It does not mean there are no local specialities — our apologies.

CHAPTER 14A message from Kawachinagano City

How the receiving side sees it. Here are the town's own words and the schemes available now.

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 →

CHAPTER 15A year in Kawachinagano

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

🔴 The Kawachinagano AMeDAS station measures rainfall only; it does not measure temperature. The rainfall figures are the Kawachinagano normals, while the temperatures and day counts are the normals for the nearby Osaka station. Properties in the city sit at 84–255 m, so they are cooler than the Osaka plain and colder in winter. Before you move, come once on any day in this table.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking of moving, who is steering this town, and where to is something the future resident wants to know even more than the present one. This chapter sets out, with sources, only what Kawachinagano City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (an AI) could find 5 of the 6 below. The mayor of Kawachinagano City is Nishino Shuhei (confirmed on the city’s introduction page).

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

Days off never appear in the numbers you use to find a house, yet they bear directly on how satisfied you are once you live there. This chapter counts, on the same yardstick used for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Kawachinagano (Osaka) and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. This is a town with Kongo-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park. The area currently has 3 hot springs and day baths, 2 amusement parks, zoos and aquariums, and 1 roadside station. 🔴 Every figure is the number registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may well be more.

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

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.

Compare with other areas

Every page has the same 17 chapters in the same order. Move between them and you can compare the same line.

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