Information as of 2026-08-22

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Moving to Kisarazu

Q: What kind of town is Kisarazu City?

136,613 people in 68,358 households (1 August 2026), area 138.89 square kilometres. In the city's words, "Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, is a warm town on the shore of Tokyo Bay, in Minami-Boso. At the foot of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line lie the Banzu tidal flats, and inland are the green Kazusa hills that appear in the Manyoshu. The climate is mild, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji." 🔴 The Aqua-Line opened in 1997, and this is now where the Tateyama Expressway, the Ken-O Expressway and the Aqua-Line meet. It was born in 1942 from the merger of the town of Kisarazu and the villages of Iwane, Kiyokawa and Namioka, and reached its present extent with the merger of Futsuta Town in 1971. It was a port town in the Edo period, and the setting of the kabuki play "Kirare Yosaburo" and the children's song "The badgers' drumming at Shojoji".

Q: How long does it take from Kisarazu to Tokyo or Haneda?

🔴 From Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal to Haneda Airport, by express coach with no change, 21 min on the coach (34 min and ¥1,200 in all) (searched for the 8 o'clock hour on Monday 24 August 2026). Tokyo Station (Yaesu) is also 1 hr 7 min and ¥1,400 with no change (55 min of it on the coach). The city itself writes: "You can reach Tokyo in about 40 min and Haneda Airport in about 20 min. (from Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal)", "In the weekday commuting peak they run every few minutes!", "You always get a seat, so it is very comfortable!", "You can pay with a transport IC card, so there is no need to book or buy a ticket in advance!", "There is Wi-Fi on board!" Yokohama is 1 hr 10 min and ¥1,800 from Kisarazu Station (0 changes), and Shinagawa 1 hr 19 min and ¥1,500 (0 changes). By train it is 1 hr 8 min to Tokyo (Wakashio limited express, changing at Soga, ¥2,168) and 40 min to Chiba for ¥715 (0 changes).

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

SUUMO lists 189, and all 189 were counted (22 August 2026). ¥3,980,000 to ¥182,000,000, median ¥27,400,000. 12 (6%) are at ¥10,000,000 or less. The median plot is 216 square metres (about 65 tsubo) and the median building 113. The median year of construction is 2004, with 40 = 21% predating the 1981 code. Elevations run 0.6 to 82.6 metres (median 25.5). Within the same hour-from-Tokyo belt the medians are Tsukuba ¥33,850,000 and Mito ¥19,800,000, and Kisarazu sits between them. 🔴 And from October 2026 the city gives child-raising and young households up to ¥1,500,000 towards buying a second-hand home.

Q: Does Kisarazu City have an akiya bank?

Yes. The Kisarazu City akiya bank is run by the Urban Development Department, Housing Division, and is a scheme to match owners of empty houses and cleared sites in the city with people who want to use them. As of 22 August 2026 the "currently offered" list has 3 entries — a vacant plot at Yana Shinguudai for ¥6,000,000 / a rental at Saiwai-cho 3-chome for ¥45,000 a month (2 months' deposit, 1 month's key money) / an empty house at Mariyatsu for ¥4,500,000. The exact address is given after you register as an akiya bank user, it says. Registered properties can also use the "akiya renovation grant scheme". The city also publishes an akiya countermeasures guidebook and an "end-of-life notebook for an empty house".

Q: Is Kisarazu free of natural-disaster risk?

🔴 Kisarazu City publishes its flood record, with town names and dates. It covers reports made since 1 April Heisei 16 (2004), and by our count comes to 318 entries across 56 town names (as at 27 June Reiwa 8). The breakdown is 193 roads flooded, 70 houses flooded below floor level, 29 above floor level, and 26 shops flooded. The worst year was Heisei 25 with 138 (Typhoon No. 26), and by town name Asahi 43, Egawa 31, Takayanagi 21 and Mariyatsu 18. 🔴 Of the 29 floods above floor level, the commonest is Yamato with 8. The city does add that "the absence of a record in this list does not indicate that there has in fact been no flooding". On tsunami, the city has agreements on "tsunami evacuation buildings" with building owners and with the expressway companies, and a tsunami was observed in the city in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011.

Q: What are summer and winter like in Kisarazu?

The JMA observation point is "Kisarazu". The annual mean temperature is 15.8°C (the same as Tokyo) and annual rainfall 1,650.7 mm. 🔴 What stands out most is that only 2.1 days a year reach 35°C — less than half Tokyo's 4.8, and the lowest in this site's hour-from-Tokyo belt. Days below freezing all day (a maximum below 0°C) come to 0.0 a year, and frost days to 16.4, much the same as Tokyo's 15.2 (Tsukuba's is 80.3). Tropical nights come to 14.1. The August daily high is 31.3°C and the daily low 23.7°C. The rain is heaviest in October at 261.7 mm and September at 229.2 mm, and August's 97.2 mm is the driest month of the year.

Q: What are schools and family life like in Kisarazu?

🔴 There are the "Kisarazu special-recognition schools". In the city's words, "a small-school special-recognition scheme under which primary and lower secondary schools that make the most of being small and run distinctive teaching are allowed, under certain conditions, to take pupils transferring in from outside their catchment" — you can attend from anywhere in the city. There are 4 primary schools (Tosei 70, Kamatari 93, Nakago 89, Futsuta 143) and 2 lower secondary schools (Kamatari 61, Futsuta 93) (as of 1 May Reiwa 8). 🔴 And the school meals at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city include "Kisarazu school meal rice®", grown with no pesticide and no chemical fertiliser at all (in FY Reiwa 6, 21 growers in the city and about 120 tonnes). Children's medical costs are subsidised from age 0 to the equivalent of upper secondary school age (the end of the school year in which they turn 18), and what you pay is ¥200 per day as an inpatient or per visit as an outpatient where the income-based portion of municipal tax is payable, with prescriptions free.

Q: What are the property taxes and utility charges in Kisarazu?

The fixed asset tax is 1.4% (the standard rate), 🔴 and the city planning tax 0.3%, at the legal ceiling — so inside the urbanisation promotion area it comes to 1.7% together (Tsukuba 1.55%, Mito 1.6%). It applies to "land and buildings situated, as a rule, within the urbanisation promotion area of a city planning area under the City Planning Act". Water and sewerage come to ¥15,515.50 for 45 cubic metres over two months (water ¥9,707.50 plus sewerage ¥5,808, connection 20 mm or less, including tax). The water is supplied by the Kazusa Water Supply Authority (covering the 4 cities of Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Futtsu and Sodegaura) and the sewerage by the city, and they are billed together every two months.

Q: Is there a relocation grant for Kisarazu City?

🔴 Yes. From 1 October 2026, up to ¥1,500,000 for child-raising and young households buying a second-hand home. It is the "Kisarazu City grant for child-raising and other households settling here by buying a second-hand home": ¥800,000 as a base plus up to ¥700,000 more (¥300,000 for buying within the residence guidance area / ¥100,000 for buying through an estate agent based in the city / ¥100,000 per dependent child below the end of lower secondary school, up to ¥300,000). The main conditions are a child-raising household (supporting a child below the end of lower secondary school) or a young household (both the head of household and the spouse under 40); the second-hand home acquired in the city on or after 1 July Reiwa 8; having lived outside the city continuously for 3 years or more before the acquisition date; an intention to settle for 5 years or more; meeting the newer seismic code or the like; a residential floor area of 50 square metres or more; and a purchase price of ¥5,000,000 or more. 🔴 Applications run to 31 March Reiwa 9, first come first served, close when the budget is exhausted, and go to a draw where several land on the same day. Note that no description of a relocation grant for people moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo could be found on the city's site.

From Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal to Haneda Airport, by express coach with no change, the time on the coach is 21 min. Counting the walk to the terminal it is 34 min and ¥1,200. Tokyo Station (Yaesu) is also 1 hr 7 min and ¥1,400 with no change (55 min of it on the coach). Population 136,613, area 138.89 square kilometres. 🔴 And residential land stands at ¥41,200 per square metre — 32% of the Chiba Prefecture average of ¥130,000. In the city's words, "a warm town on the shore of Tokyo Bay, in Minami-Boso". At the foot of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line lie the Banzu tidal flats, and inland are the Kazusa hills that appear in the Manyoshu.

Population

136,613 people

68,358 households, 1 August 2026 (resident register)

Homes for sale

189 listings

From ¥3,980,000 / median ¥27,400,000

To Haneda Airport

bus 21 min

From Kisarazu Kaneda BT, 0 changes, ¥1,200

Tokyo Sta.,

1 hr 7 min

Express coach, 0 changes, ¥1,400

Residential land price

¥41,200/m²

+3.2% on the year / 32% of the Chiba average

Water + sewerage (45 m³ / 2 months)

¥15,515

Water ¥9,707 plus sewerage ¥5,808

Grant for buying a second-hand home

Up to ¥1,500,000

Child-raising and young households / from October 2026

City area

138.89km²

22.01 km east to west, 14.58 km north to south

Summer (August daily high)

31.3℃

Kisarazu, the same as Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

1.6℃

Kisarazu, 0.4°C higher than Tokyo

🚗 Roadside stations ♨ Hot springs and day baths5 🐕 Dog runs3 🚐 RV parks

Roadside stations: Kisarazu Umakuta no Sato / Hot springs and day baths: Goemonburo, Ashiyu, Yu no Sato, Kazusa no Ofuroyasan, Sauna / Dog runs: Lamiuelle, Hachimandai Inu no Hiroba / RV parks: RV Park GREENBASE Kisarazu
Sources: roadside stations from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of roadside stations (verified 2026-08-22) / hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-22) / dog runs from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-22) / RV parks from Japan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma Tabi" RV parks (verified 2026-08-22). 🔴 Only what is present is shown — a town without a given item is not inferior for it.

Last verified 2026-08-22

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Kisarazu is

In the city's words — "Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, is a warm town on the shore of Tokyo Bay, in Minami-Boso. At the foot of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line lie the Banzu tidal flats, and inland are the green Kazusa hills that appear in the Manyoshu. The climate is mild, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji." Area 138.89 square kilometres, 22.01 kilometres east to west and 14.58 north to south. The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line opened in 1997, and this is now where the Tateyama Expressway, the Ken-O Expressway and the Aqua-Line meet. The city calls it "a hub of transport, now as ever".

"1.7 metres above sea level" and "50 metres above sea level" are in the same cityLooking up the elevation of each of the 189 listings gives 0.6 metres to 82.6 metres (median 25.5). As §2 shows, Kaneda and Urikura, at the foot of the Aqua-Line, have a median of 1.7 metres and Egawa and Kutsuma a median of 2.5 metres. Against that, Okubo and Jozai have a median of 50.8 metres and Konandai and Hachimandai 37.9 metres (up to 82.6). When you decide where in Kisarazu to live, this difference in height matters more than anything. Read it together with the flood record in §5.

The population is growing. But it is the foreign residents who are growingOn the city's resident register (1 April each year), 131,760 in Heisei 25 → 136,669 in Reiwa 8. That is +4,909 (+3.7%) over 13 years. Break it down, though — the Japanese population peaked at 133,448 in Reiwa 6 and has fallen by 805 since, to 132,643 in Reiwa 8. Over the same period foreign residents went from 1,560 to 4,026, a factor of 2.6. "The town's population is growing" and "the Japanese population has begun to fall" are both true of Kisarazu. When you are thinking about moving, look at both figures.

Born in 1942 from one town and three villages; its present shape dates from 1971From the city's chronology — on 3 November 1942 (Showa 17), the town of Kisarazu and the villages of Iwane, Kiyokawa and Namioka merged to create Kisarazu City. It then added Kamatari Village in 1954, Kaneda and Nakago Villages in 1955, and Futsuta Town in 1971 to reach its present extent. In the Edo period it was a port town from which the "Kisarazu boats", the five-great-strength craft, plied to Edo, and it is where the kabuki play "Kirare Yosaburo" and the Kisarazu jinku song were born. It is also the setting of the children's song "The badgers' drumming at Shojoji". In 1871 (Meiji 4) Kisarazu Prefecture was created, and for 1 year and 7 months this was a prefectural capital.

Sources: location, terrain, area and history fromKisarazu City, "The city's location, terrain and history" (updated 14 August 2026 / "a warm town on the shore of Tokyo Bay, in Minami-Boso", "at the foot of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line lie the Banzu tidal flats, and inland are the green Kazusa hills that appear in the Manyoshu" / area 138.89 km² (changed 1 October Reiwa 7), 22.01 km east to west, 14.58 km north to south, city hall at 139°55′29″E 35°22′52″N / "where the Tateyama Expressway, the Ken-O Expressway (the Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway) and the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line cross — a hub of transport, now as ever" / 1871, Kisarazu Prefecture created and for 1 year 7 months a prefectural capital / 1942, the town of Kisarazu and the villages of Iwane, Kiyokawa and Namioka merged on 3 November / 1954, Kamatari Village / 1955, Kaneda and Nakago Villages / 1971, Futsuta Town / 1997, the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line opened) / the population series fromthe same, "Resident register population" , the "Resident register population (by year)" (Excel, as of 1 April each year / Heisei 25: total 131,760, Japanese 130,200, foreign 1,560 / Reiwa 6: total 136,645, Japanese 133,448, foreign 3,197 / Reiwa 8: total 136,669, Japanese 132,643, foreign 4,026) / the 1 August 2026 population and households from the same page (total 136,613, 68,358 households, 4,120 foreign residents) / elevations are values this site obtained by putting the map coordinates of each listing through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's elevation API / verified 2026-08-22

What kind of town is Kisarazu City?

136,613 people in 68,358 households (1 August 2026), area 138.89 square kilometres. In the city's words, "Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, is a warm town on the shore of Tokyo Bay, in Minami-Boso. At the foot of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line lie the Banzu tidal flats, and inland are the green Kazusa hills that appear in the Manyoshu. The climate is mild, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji." 🔴 The Aqua-Line opened in 1997, and this is now where the Tateyama Expressway, the Ken-O Expressway and the Aqua-Line meet. It was born in 1942 from the merger of the town of Kisarazu and the villages of Iwane, Kiyokawa and Namioka, and reached its present extent with the merger of Futsuta Town in 1971. It was a port town in the Edo period, and the setting of the kabuki play "Kirare Yosaburo" and the children's song "The badgers' drumming at Shojoji".

CHAPTER 02Eight areas, and life in each

The city is divided here into eight. The division comes from classifying each of the 189 listings by its map coordinates, and 0 could not be classified. The medians range 2.7-fold, from ¥14,500,000 to ¥39,800,000, and elevations from a median of 1.7 metres to 50.8 metres. The cheapest is Okubo, Jozai and Bunkyo at ¥14,500,000 (median year of construction 1981, 59% predating the 1981 code), the dearest Kaneda and Urikura at ¥39,800,000 (median year 2017, none predating 1981). And for the Kaneda listings the commonest nearest station is Sodegaura, outside the city, with 22 — the Kisarazu you live by train and the Kisarazu you live by express coach are inside the same city.

Areas	Listings	median	Median elevation	What defines it
Konandai, Hachimandai, Hatorino & Senzokudai (the hill estates inland)	40 listings	¥24,800,000	37.9m	The most on the market. Newer, with 2 (5%) predating the 1981 code
Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city)	39 listings	¥26,900,000	30.4m	The widest buildings, at a median of 120 m². 1 at ¥10,000,000 or less
Kaneda & Urikura (at the foot of the Aqua-Line)	29 listings	¥39,800,000	1.7m	The dearest, the newest (2017), and the lowest-lying
Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station)	27 listings	¥14,500,000	50.8m	The cheapest (59% predating the 1981 code, median year 1981)
Oda, Higashioda & Sakurai (south-east of the station)	18 listings	¥24,500,000	15.2m	The largest plots, at a median of 328 m² (about 99 tsubo)
Around Kisarazu Station (Chuo, Asahi, Fujimi)	14 listings	¥30,800,000	5.2m	The city's highest, ¥182,000,000, is here
The Kazusa hills (Yana, Mariyatsu, along the Kururi Line)	12 listings	¥23,300,000	30.7m	The city's cheapest at ¥3,980,000. 3 (25%) at ¥10,000,000 or less
Egawa, Kutsuma & Nakazato (Iwane station and the coast to the north)	10 listings	¥35,500,000	2.5m	Median year of construction 2010. Only 10 listings

Konandai, Hachimandai, Hatorino & Senzokudai (the hill estates inland) — the most on the market40 listings (¥9,480,000 to ¥52,000,000, median ¥24,800,000, 2 at ¥10,000,000 or less = 5%). Median year of construction 2006, with 2 = 5% predating the 1981 code, so newer. Median plot 216 square metres, building 112. Elevation 24.6 to 82.6 metres (median 37.9), the highest part of the city. The nearest station is Kisarazu for 24 and Kimitsu for 15. Hatorino got the prefecture's first express coach stop (the Kisarazu Hatorino bus stop) in 2007.
Suits — anyone who wants less to worry about with water, or a newer house around ¥25,000,000
Worth knowing — it is not flat down to the station. Check the slopes, and how you would get to the station (bus or car)

Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city) — the widest buildings39 listings (¥6,800,000 to ¥82,000,000, median ¥26,900,000, 1 at ¥10,000,000 or less = 3%). Median year of construction 2001 (6 = 15% predating the 1981 code), median plot 223 square metres, and a median building of 120 square metres, the widest of the eight. Elevation 12.7 to 54.7 metres (median 30.4). The nearest station is Kisarazu for 21, Kimitsu for 10 and Gion for 7. Kiyomidai-higashi and Kiyomidai-minami are estates of the 1970s and 80s, while Mafune is a new district where Mafune Primary School opened in 2014. Forty years separate them inside the same category.
Suits — anyone who wants a large house at a moderate price
Worth knowing — "Kiyomidai" and "Mafune" are streets of different ages. Choose by the town name, not the category

Kaneda & Urikura (at the foot of the Aqua-Line) — new, dear, and low-lying29 listings (¥34,500,000 to ¥130,000,000, median ¥39,800,000, 0 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Median year of construction 2017, none predating the 1981 code — the newest of the eight. Median plot 184 square metres, building 105. The nearest station is Sodegaura for 22 and Iwane for 7. The Kaneda-higashi district was opened on 11 April 2012 and a large retail complex opened with it. Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal (Chibasuta Aqua Kaneda) opened in 2004 and moved to a new terminal in 2016. As §3 sets out, from here you reach Tokyo Station and Haneda Airport without changing.
Suits — anyone commuting to central Tokyo or Haneda by coach, or wanting a new house
Worth knowing — the median elevation is 1.7 metres (0.6 to 3.2). Read §5, and check the hazard map for the specific address

Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station) — the cheapest of the eight27 listings (¥6,800,000 to ¥54,800,000, median ¥14,500,000, 4 at ¥10,000,000 or less = 15%). Median year of construction 1981, with 16 = 59% predating the 1981 code, the oldest of the eight. A median building of 84 square metres, on the small side, with plots of 207. Elevation 4.4 to 64.5 metres (median 50.8). The nearest station is Kisarazu for 21 and Kimitsu for 4. Okubo has been housing since the 1970s, and Jozai is high ground the city has developed as being close to "the town centre".
Suits — anyone looking for a house near the station and the shops for around ¥15,000,000, or wanting to renovate it themselves
Worth knowing — 60% of the buildings predate 1981. Check the seismic condition, and the grant in §8 (which requires the newer code)

Oda, Higashioda & Sakurai (south-east of the station) — plots of 328 square metres18 listings (¥4,980,000 to ¥78,000,000, median ¥24,500,000, 2 at ¥10,000,000 or less = 11%). A median plot of 328 square metres (about 99 tsubo), the largest of the eight, with buildings of 126. Median year of construction 1979 (10 = 56% predating the 1981 code). Elevation 2.5 to 47.3 metres (median 15.2). The nearest station is Kisarazu for 12 and Gion for 4. Sakurai is an old hamlet whose lion dance is a city-designated cultural property, and as §10 shows 46.4% of its people are 65 or over, among the most aged parts of the city.
Suits — anyone who wants a large plot, with a garden or a field
Worth knowing — Sakurai appears 14 times in the flood record in §5, and Higashioda 14 times (3 of each above floor level)

Around Kisarazu Station (Chuo, Asahi, Fujimi) — the ¥182,000,000 is here14 listings (¥18,010,000 to ¥182,000,000, median ¥30,800,000, 0 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Median year of construction 2008 (3 = 21% predating the 1981 code). Median plot 239 square metres, building 113. Elevation 1.5 to 21.5 metres (median 5.2). The nearest station is Kisarazu for 6 and Gion for 6. The city hall's station-front office is in Fujimi 1-chome (8th floor of Sparkle City Kisarazu) and the Asahi office in Asahi 3-chome. The city runs a "grant for buying a flat in the town centre" (§8).
Suits — anyone who wants to live by train and on foot, or to be near the city hall and the shopping streets
Worth knowing — there are only 14. And as §5 sets out, Asahi is the town name that appears most often in the flood record, 43 times

The Kazusa hills (Yana, Mariyatsu, along the Kururi Line) — the city's cheapest at ¥3,980,00012 listings (¥3,980,000 to ¥80,000,000, median ¥23,300,000, 3 at ¥10,000,000 or less = 25%). Median plot 260 square metres, building 111. Median year of construction 1998 (2 = 17% predating the 1981 code). Elevation 3.3 to 58.8 metres (median 30.7). The nearest station is Umaruta for 4, Iwane for 3 and Shimogori for 2 (JR Kururi Line). This is where the "Kisarazu special-recognition schools" are — Futsuta Primary, Futsuta Lower Secondary, Kamatari Primary and Nakago Primary (§7): small schools you can attend from anywhere in the city.
Suits — anyone wanting a life with fields and hills but still within reach of central Tokyo, or wanting a small school
Worth knowing — as §10 shows, 46.9% of Mariyatsu is 65 or over. Drive the distance to the shops and the hospital and measure it for yourself

Egawa, Kutsuma & Nakazato (Iwane station and the coast to the north) — only 1010 listings (¥16,800,000 to ¥130,000,000, median ¥35,500,000, 0 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Median year of construction 2010 (1 = 10% predating the 1981 code), median plot 241 square metres, and a median building of 131 square metres. Elevation 1.8 to 4.0 metres (median 2.5), the lowest of the eight. The nearest station is Iwane for 6 and Kisarazu for 4. Between December 2024 and January 2025 Iwane station gained a Suica-only ticket gate on the east side and lifts on both sides. The Egawa Sports Ground athletics stadium (opened 2019, the city's first) is here too.
Suits — anyone using Iwane station who wants a large building
Worth knowing — Egawa appears 31 times in the flood record in §5 (the second most). Check it together with the elevation

Prices, counts, land, buildings, year built and elevation come from the listings below,SUUMOlisted189 listings (all) each listing's map coordinates , divided into eight and tallied (all 189 classified, 0 unclassified) / elevations are the map coordinates on each listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's elevation API (all 189 obtained, 0 discarded) / retrieved 22 August 2026 / the area names follow the district names the city uses and the railway station names / the Hatorino coach stop, the opening of Kaneda-higashi, the opening of Mafune Primary School, the gate and lifts at Iwane station, and the Sakurai lion dance fromKisarazu City, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology (20 April 2007, the prefecture's first express coach stop set up at Hatorino / 11 April 2012, the opening of the Kaneda-higashi district — a large retail complex opens / 1 April 2014, Mafune Primary School opens / December 2024 and January 2025, a Suica-only ticket gate at the east side of Iwane station and lifts on both sides / 2 June 2010, the Sakurai lion dance designated a Kisarazu City cultural property / July 2019, the Egawa Sports Ground athletics stadium opens) / verified 2026-08-22

Which part of Kisarazu City should I live in?

Divide the 189 listings into eight and the medians range 2.7-fold, from ¥14,500,000 in Okubo, Jozai and Bunkyo to ¥39,800,000 in Kaneda and Urikura. 🔴 But what really tells in Kisarazu is elevation rather than price — Kaneda and Urikura have a median of 1.7 metres, Egawa and Kutsuma 2.5, and around Kisarazu Station 5.2. Against that, Okubo and Jozai are at 50.8 metres and Konandai and Hachimandai at 37.9 (up to 82.6). For a budget around ¥15,000,000, Okubo and Jozai (median year 1981, 59% predating the 1981 code); for a new house and the express coach, Kaneda (median year 2017, none predating 1981); to worry less about water, Konandai and Hachimandai; for a large plot, Oda, Higashioda and Sakurai (median plot 328 square metres).

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

In Kisarazu you travel by express coach rather than by train. The city itself writes: "You can reach Tokyo in about 40 min and Haneda Airport in about 20 min. (from Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal)", "In the weekday commuting peak they run every few minutes!", "You always get a seat, so it is very comfortable!", "You can pay with a transport IC card, so there is no need to book or buy a ticket in advance!", "There is Wi-Fi on board!" Searching it for ourselves gave 21 min on the coach from Kisarazu Kaneda BT to Haneda Airport (34 min and ¥1,200 in all), and 55 min on the coach to Tokyo Station (1 hr 7 min and ¥1,400 in all), both with 0 changes. The destinations are Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Haneda Airport, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba and USJ.

Journey times as actually searched (for the 8 o'clock hour on Monday 24 August 2026)

Destination	Fastest	Notes
Haneda Airport from Kisarazu Kaneda BT	34 min, ¥1,200 0 changes (21 min of it on the coach)	The Keikyu Bus airport limousine. From Kisarazu Station it is 52 min and ¥1,400
Tokyo Station from Kisarazu Kaneda BT	1 hr 7 min, ¥1,400 0 changes (55 min of it on the coach)	Nitto Kotsu. 7 min on foot from Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu to Tokyo Station
Yokohama from Kisarazu Station	1 hr 10 min, ¥1,800 0 changes	Express coach. Shinagawa is 1 hr 19 min and ¥1,500 (0 changes)
Tokyo Station from Kisarazu Station by train	1 hr 8 min, ¥2,168 1 change (Wakashio limited express, changing at Soga)	Without the limited express it is 1 hr 29 min and ¥1,709. Chiba is 40 min and ¥715 (0 changes)

"You always get a seat" is what commuting means hereIn the city's words, "In the weekday commuting peak they run every few minutes! (from Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal to Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu)", "You always get a seat, so it is very comfortable!" Express coaches are seated-only in principle, so it is an hour of commuting in which you can read or sleep. Transport IC cards work and no booking is needed, so you board as you would a train. On the other hand traffic cannot be avoided. If the Aqua-Line closes, the journey lengthens. That the Uchibo Line remains as another way is one of Kisarazu's strengths.

Three stations in the city, on the JR Uchibo Line and Kururi LineThe JR stations in the city are Kisarazu and Iwane (Uchibo Line) and Gion, Kazusa-Kiyokawa, Higashikiyokawa, Umaruta and Shimogori (Kururi Line). As §2 shows, the nearest station for the listings is Kisarazu for 114, Kimitsu for 29, Gion for 25 and Iwane for 19. Kisarazu Station to Chiba Station is 40 min and ¥715 (0 changes). By train to Tokyo it is 1 hr 8 min on the Wakashio limited express (changing at Soga), or 1 hr 29 min without it. The station dates from 1912 (Taisho 1), when the Kisarazu Line (today's Uchibo Line) opened.

Three expressways meet hereThe Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (opened 1997), the Tateyama Expressway (Chiba to Kisarazu opened 1995), and the Ken-O Expressway (Kisarazu-higashi IC to Kisarazu JCT opened 2007, Kisarazu-higashi IC to Togane JCT in 2013). There are 6 interchanges in the city — Kisarazu-Kaneda, Kisarazu-kita and Kisarazu-minami (Aqua-Line and Tateyama Expressway), Kisarazu-higashi, Kisarazu-minami JCT and others. From August 2009 the Aqua-Line toll was cut (¥800 for an ordinary car) and it remains so. It is thanks to this road that Haneda, Yokohama and Kawasaki became "the far shore".

Sources: journey times and fares fromYahoo! Transitforthe 8 o'clock hour on Monday 24 August 2026 , as searched by this site (Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal → Haneda Airport Terminal 1 = dep. 08:23, arr. 08:57, 34 min, ¥1,200, 0 changes, of which the coach from Kisarazu Kaneda BT dep. 08:26 to Haneda Airport arr. 08:47 is 21 min. Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal → Tokyo = dep. 08:01, arr. 09:08, 1 hr 7 min, ¥1,400, 0 changes, of which the coach from Kisarazu Kaneda BT dep. 08:04 to BT Tokyo Yaesu arr. 08:59 is 55 min. Kisarazu → Yokohama = dep. 08:03, arr. 09:13, 1 hr 10 min, ¥1,800, 0 changes. Kisarazu → Shinagawa = dep. 08:03, arr. 09:22, 1 hr 19 min, ¥1,500, 0 changes. Kisarazu → Tokyo = dep. 08:27, arr. 09:35, 1 hr 8 min, ¥2,168, 1 change (Wakashio No. 8 limited express, changing at Soga); dep. 08:03, arr. 09:32, 1 hr 29 min, ¥1,709. Kisarazu → Chiba = dep. 08:14, arr. 08:54, 40 min, ¥715, 0 changes. Kisarazu → Haneda Airport Terminal 1 = dep. 08:43, arr. 09:35, 52 min, ¥1,400, 0 changes) / the services shown vary by day / the city's words and the list of destinations fromKisarazu City, "Express coaches" (updated 19 February 2026 / "You can reach Tokyo in about 40 min and Haneda Airport in about 20 min. (from Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal)" / "In the weekday commuting peak they run every few minutes!", "You always get a seat, so it is very comfortable!", "You can pay with a transport IC card, so there is no need to book or buy a ticket in advance!", "There is Wi-Fi on board!" / destinations = Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Haneda Airport, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, USJ / the Shibuya, Chiba and USJ services do not call at Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal) / the expressways and the Aqua-Line toll fromthe same, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology (1995, the Tateyama Expressway opens from Chiba to Kisarazu / 1997, the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line opens / 21 March 2007, the Ken-O Expressway opens from Kisarazu-higashi IC to Kisarazu JCT / 1 August 2009, the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line toll cut to ¥800 under the toll-reduction trial / 27 April 2013, the Ken-O Expressway opens from Kisarazu-higashi IC to Togane JCT / 24 December 2004, Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal opens / 11 June 2016, the new Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal (known as Chibasuta Aqua Kaneda) comes into use / 1912, the Kisarazu Line railway (today's Uchibo Line) opens) / verified 2026-08-22

✈ Airports

The nearest is Tokyo International Airport (a hub airport under national management), about 25.9 km in a straight line. Next is Narita International Airport (about 54.8 km in a straight line). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are not road distances or journey times — check each operator's timetable for how you would actually travel.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 5 entry and exit points (interchanges and junctions).
Higashi-Kanto Expressway Tateyama Route = Kisarazu-kita, Kisarazu-minami, Kisarazu-minami JCT
Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway = Kisarazu JCT, Kisarazu-higashi

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 Kisarazu to Tokyo or Haneda?

🔴 From Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal to Haneda Airport, by express coach with no change, 21 min on the coach (34 min and ¥1,200 in all) (searched for the 8 o'clock hour on Monday 24 August 2026). Tokyo Station (Yaesu) is also 1 hr 7 min and ¥1,400 with no change (55 min of it on the coach). The city itself writes: "You can reach Tokyo in about 40 min and Haneda Airport in about 20 min. (from Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal)", "In the weekday commuting peak they run every few minutes!", "You always get a seat, so it is very comfortable!", "You can pay with a transport IC card, so there is no need to book or buy a ticket in advance!", "There is Wi-Fi on board!" Yokohama is 1 hr 10 min and ¥1,800 from Kisarazu Station (0 changes), and Shinagawa 1 hr 19 min and ¥1,500 (0 changes). By train it is 1 hr 8 min to Tokyo (Wakashio limited express, changing at Soga, ¥2,168) and 40 min to Chiba for ¥715 (0 changes).

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 189, and all 189 are taken in here. ¥3,980,000 to ¥182,000,000, median ¥27,400,000. 12 (6%) are at ¥10,000,000 or less. The median plot is 216 square metres (about 65 tsubo) and the median building 113. The median year of construction is 2004, with 40 = 21% predating the 1981 code. Elevations run 0.6 to 82.6 metres (median 25.5). And from October 2026 the city gives child-raising and young households up to ¥1,500,000 towards buying a second-hand home (§8).

Sort

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

Kayano¥3,980,000The Kazusa hills (Yana, Mariyatsu, along the Kururi Line)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 115 m² (35 tsubo) / built 1991 / Shimogori Sta. 18 min walk10 photos →

Sakurai 393¥4,980,000Oda, Higashioda & Sakurai (south-east of the station)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 99 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 86 m² (26 tsubo) / built 1964 / Kisarazu Sta. 29 min walk10 photos →

Mariyatsu¥5,000,000The Kazusa hills (Yana, Mariyatsu, along the Kururi Line)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 134 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 77 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1979 / Umaruta Sta. 11 min walk5 photos →

Kayano¥6,500,000The Kazusa hills (Yana, Mariyatsu, along the Kururi Line)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 151 m² (46 tsubo) / Building 82 m² (25 tsubo) / built 1982 / Umaruta Sta. 10 min walk5 photos →

Nagaisaku 2¥6,800,000Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 165 m² (50 tsubo) / Building 80 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1977 / Gion Sta. 7 min walk10 photos →

Mafune 5¥6,800,000Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 104 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 95 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1979 / Kisarazu Sta., 2.4km4 photos →

Okubo 6¥8,500,000Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 206 m² (62 tsubo) / Building 84 m² (25 tsubo) / built 1981 / Kisarazu Sta., 5.6km10 photos →

Okubo 6¥8,800,000Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 200 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 94 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1980 / Kisarazu Sta. bus 24 min+4 min walk10 photos →

Okubo 6¥8,800,000Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 200 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 94 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1980 / Kisarazu Sta. bus 20 min+4 min walk9 photos →

Hachimandai 5¥9,480,000Konandai, Hachimandai, Hatorino & Senzokudai (the hill estates inland)Elev. approx. 80 m / Land 200 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 103 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1984 / Kisarazu Sta. bus 17 min+1 min walk9 photos →

Oda 3¥9,800,000Oda, Higashioda & Sakurai (south-east of the station)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 112 m² (34 tsubo) / Building 63 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1977 / Kisarazu Sta., 1.6km9 photos →

Bunkyo 5-5-1¥11,500,000Okubo, Jozai & Bunkyo (east of Kisarazu Station)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 132 m² (40 tsubo) / Building 82 m² (25 tsubo) / built 1982 / Kisarazu Sta. 14 min walk10 photos →

Hatazawa 3¥11,800,000Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 207 m² (63 tsubo) / Building 135 m² (41 tsubo) / built 1978 / Kimitsu Sta. 35 min walk10 photos →

Hatazawa 3¥11,800,000Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 207 m² (63 tsubo) / Building 135 m² (41 tsubo) / built 1978 / Kimitsu Sta. 35 min walk10 photos →

Shimogori¥12,000,000The Kazusa hills (Yana, Mariyatsu, along the Kururi Line)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 1339 m² (405 tsubo) / Building 52 m² (16 tsubo) / built 2000 / Shimogori Sta., 5.6km10 photos →

Kiyomidai Higashi 1¥13,000,000Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 218 m² (66 tsubo) / Building 110 m² (33 tsubo) / built 1982 / Gion Sta. 12 min walk10 photos →

Hatazawaminami 3¥13,000,000Kiyomidai, Hatazawa & Mafune (the housing in the middle of the city)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 233 m² (70 tsubo) / Building 123 m² (37 tsubo) / built 1990 / Kimitsu Sta., 1.9km4 photos →

Hachimandai 3¥13,480,000Konandai, Hachimandai, Hatorino & Senzokudai (the hill estates inland)Elev. approx. 60 m / Land 210 m² (64 tsubo) / Building 93 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1975 / Kisarazu Sta. bus 17 min+7 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 →

A median of ¥27,400,000 — on the cheaper side within the same "hour from Tokyo" beltFor comparison, the medians in this site's hour-from-Tokyo belt are Tsukuba ¥33,850,000 and Mito ¥19,800,000. Kisarazu's ¥27,400,000 sits between them. But as §9 shows, residential land is 32% of the Chiba Prefecture average — which reads as a market where the land is cheap and the money has gone into the building. 12 (6%) are at ¥10,000,000 or less, which is not many. As §2 shows, the cheap ones gather in Okubo and Jozai (4) and the Kazusa hills (3).

Always look at the elevationThe median elevation is 25.5 metres, but it runs from 0.6 metres to 82.6 metres. As §2 shows, Kaneda has a median of 1.7 metres, Egawa 2.5 and around Kisarazu Station 5.2. Against that, Okubo and Jozai are at 50.8 metres and Konandai and Hachimandai at 37.9. The listings on this site give the elevation of each property. Together with the flood record and the hazard map in §5, check it for the address of the house you like. That is the most important homework in Kisarazu.

The city runs the akiya bank itselfThe Kisarazu City akiya bank the Urban Development Department, Housing Divisionrunsa scheme to match owners of empty houses and cleared sites in the city with people who want to use them . As of 22 August 2026 the"currently offered" list has 3 entries——a vacant plot at Yana Shinguudai for ¥6,000,000 / a rental at Saiwai-cho 3-chome for ¥45,000 a month (2 months' deposit, 1 month's key money) / an empty house at Mariyatsu for ¥4,500,000。The exact address is given after you register as an akiya bank user , it says. Registered properties can also use the "akiya renovation grant scheme". Kisarazu City akiya bank listings →

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Kisarazu City" (see the list here / of the 189 listed,189 listingsallwere retrieved, 2026-08-22) / elevation is the value obtained from each listing's map coordinates via theGeospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API / the Tsukuba and Mito medians are tallied by the same method as their own pages on this site / the akiya bank fromKisarazu City, "The akiya bank scheme"andthe same, "Akiya bank listings" (as verified by this site on 22 August 2026 / currently offered = T008 Yana Shinguudai 228-1, vacant plot, for sale, ¥6,000,000 / A030 Saiwai-cho 3-chome, empty house, to rent, ¥45,000 a month (2 months' deposit, 1 month's key money) / A032 Mariyatsu, empty house, for sale, ¥4,500,000) / verified 2026-08-22

Akiya bank — 1 listings

The 1 house on the market that is registered on the municipal akiya bank (as verified on 22 August 2026). It is listed cheapest first. There is also 1 entry for land only and 1 for rent. For 1 of them the floor area is not published, so the floor plan button does not appear.

A032Kisarazu City Mariyatsu¥4,500,000

The building size is not published (stated in the documents on the listing page)Akiya bank of View listing →

How much does a second-hand house in Kisarazu City cost?

SUUMO lists 189, and all 189 were counted (22 August 2026). ¥3,980,000 to ¥182,000,000, median ¥27,400,000. 12 (6%) are at ¥10,000,000 or less. The median plot is 216 square metres (about 65 tsubo) and the median building 113. The median year of construction is 2004, with 40 = 21% predating the 1981 code. Elevations run 0.6 to 82.6 metres (median 25.5). Within the same hour-from-Tokyo belt the medians are Tsukuba ¥33,850,000 and Mito ¥19,800,000, and Kisarazu sits between them. 🔴 And from October 2026 the city gives child-raising and young households up to ¥1,500,000 towards buying a second-hand home.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Kisarazu City publishes its flood record, with town names and dates. It covers reports made since 1 April Heisei 16 (2004), and by our count comes to 318 entries across 56 town names (as at 27 June Reiwa 8). The breakdown is 193 roads flooded, 70 houses flooded below floor level, 29 above floor level, and 26 shops flooded. The worst year was Heisei 25 with 138 (Typhoon No. 26). The commonest town names are Asahi with 43, Egawa 31, Takayanagi 21, Mariyatsu 18 and Azuma 16. Of the 29 floods above floor level, the commonest is Yamato with 8. The city also writes that "the absence of a record in this list does not indicate that there has in fact been no flooding".

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	Designated
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not designated
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	65.1% (18.0% for Shindo 6-upper or above) At Kisarazu City Hall. Surface ground AVS30 260 m/s, sandbar or gravel bar

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Kisarazu City town hall stands onsandbar or gravel bar (AVS30 260 m/s), and the 65.1% above is the figure for that point. Within Kisarazu itself it varies a great deal between the low ground along the rivers and the terraces. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion 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 city hall coordinates / verified 2026-08-22

This list is very useful indeed to anyone buying a houseFrom the city's note —"This list is a tally of flood damage in the city, published for disaster-prevention purposes; it does not indicate the flood history of any particular person's property. There are also areas whose ground has changed through land readjustment and the like", "This damage record is what the Crisis Management Division has learnt of from reports by residents and others, and the absence of a record in this list does not indicate that there has in fact been no flooding"。 Even so, not many cities publish a list setting out the town name, the chome, the cause (Typhoon No. 26, heavy rain) and the date.Once you have found a house you like,look for its town name in this PDF first . Then look at theweb edition of the disaster hazard map — that is the order in which to do your homework in Kisarazu. Kisarazu City flood record →

Tsunami. The city has agreements for evacuation buildingsThe city keeps a page on "designating tsunami evacuation buildings", writing that it has concluded an "agreement on use as a temporary evacuation facility in the event of a tsunami" with building owners and an "agreement on the temporary use of expressway land for emergency tsunami evacuation" (updated 15 July 2026). An agreement to use expressway land for tsunami evacuation — the kind of preparation you would expect where the Aqua-Line and the Tateyama Expressway run. In the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 a tsunami was observed in the city (the city's chronology). The city also keeps a separate page on "projected storm-surge inundation areas". As §2 shows, Kaneda (median elevation 1.7 metres), Egawa (2.5) and around Kisarazu Station (5.2) should be checked on the hazard map by address.

The shaking differs between the bayside flats and the hills inlandThe box at the top right holds figures drawn mechanically from the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience's earthquake hazard station. The city divides into low ground on the sea side and the Kazusa hills, and how shakeable they are differs. The city keeps a page headed "After an earthquake, watch for landslides!!" — on the inland slopes, ground can give way after the shaking. The city also keeps pages on "earthquake early warning", "provision of evacuation information through L-Alert" and "a family evacuation plan: my timeline". As §8 sets out, there is a city desk for seismic upgrading of homes too.

There is a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force garrison at KisarazuThe city keeps a heading for "base matters". The interim deployment of Ground Self-Defense Force Ospreys began in July 2020 and ended in July 2025 (the city's chronology). Scheduled airframe maintenance of US Marine Corps Ospreys and the like is a separate arrangement, and the city publishes its status. The city also publishes "night flight information for aircraft based at Kisarazu garrison", writing: "In August Reiwa 2 we submitted a request on base matters to the Ministry of Defense. In it we asked that the training schedule and the like be published in advance by Kisarazu garrison, so as to gain the understanding of residents for Self-Defense Force training." On noise, the surest thing is to go and listen on the spot, by day and by night on a weekday. The city's page also shows the planned night flights.

Sources: the flood record fromKisarazu City, "Flood record" (updated 4 August 2026), and the "Flood record list (in kana order)" linked from it (PDF, as at 27 June Reiwa 8 / covering reports made since 1 April Heisei 16),tallied by this site (318 entries across 56 town names / 193 roads flooded, 70 houses flooded below floor level, 29 above floor level, 26 shops flooded / by year, Heisei 25 138, Reiwa 3 34, Reiwa 1 18, Reiwa 5 17, Heisei 16 17 / by town, Asahi 43, Egawa 31, Takayanagi 21, Mariyatsu 18, Azuma 16, Nagasuka 15, Sakurai 14, Higashioda 14, Yamato 13, Ijiri 12 / above floor level, Yamato 8, Egawa 3, Sakurai 3, Higashioda 3, Fujimi 3). The city's notes, "This list is a tally of flood damage in the city, published for disaster-prevention purposes; it does not indicate the flood history of any particular person's property. There are also areas whose ground has changed through land readjustment and the like" and "This damage record is what the Crisis Management Division has learnt of from reports by residents and others, and the absence of a record in this list does not indicate that there has in fact been no flooding", are from the same PDF / tsunami evacuation buildings fromthe same, "Designating tsunami evacuation buildings" (updated 15 July 2026) / the base fromthe same, "Base matters"andthe same, "On night flight information" , andthe same, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology (11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake — a tsunami observed in the city / July 2020, the interim deployment of Ground Self-Defense Force Ospreys begins / July 2025, the interim Osprey deployment ends) / verified 2026-08-22

Does Kisarazu City have an akiya bank?

Yes. The Kisarazu City akiya bank is run by the Urban Development Department, Housing Division, and is a scheme to match owners of empty houses and cleared sites in the city with people who want to use them. As of 22 August 2026 the "currently offered" list has 3 entries — a vacant plot at Yana Shinguudai for ¥6,000,000 / a rental at Saiwai-cho 3-chome for ¥45,000 a month (2 months' deposit, 1 month's key money) / an empty house at Mariyatsu for ¥4,500,000. The exact address is given after you register as an akiya bank user, it says. Registered properties can also use the "akiya renovation grant scheme". The city also publishes an akiya countermeasures guidebook and an "end-of-life notebook for an empty house".

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

The JMA observation point is "Kisarazu". The annual mean temperature is 15.8°C (the same as Tokyo) and annual rainfall 1,650.7 mm. What stands out most is that only 2.1 days a year reach 35°C — less than half Tokyo's 4.8. Days below freezing all day come to 0.0 a year, and frost days to 16.4, much the same as Tokyo's 15.2. Tropical nights come to 14.1. In the city's words, "The climate is mild, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji." The rain is heaviest in October at 261.7 mm and September at 229.2 mm, and August, at 97.2 mm, is the driest month of the year.

2.1 days a year above 35°C. Less than half Tokyo'sFacing Tokyo Bay, the midsummer afternoons never quite climb. The August daily high is 31.3°C and days at 35°C or above come to 2.1 a year — set against Tokyo's 4.8, Tsukuba's 4.1 and Mito's 3.1, the lowest in this site's hour-from-Tokyo belt. Days above 30°C come to 50.9, and summer days to 115.0. But tropical nights come to 14.1 (an August daily low of 23.7°C). The day never quite climbs, and the night, being by the sea, never quite falls — that is summer here.

Winter is much like Tokyo. 0.0 days below freezing all dayThe January daily high is 9.6°C and the daily low 1.6°C. Frost days (a minimum below 0°C) come to 16.4 a year, much the same as Tokyo's 15.2. Days below freezing all day (a maximum below 0°C) come to 0.0 a year. Against Tsukuba's 80.3 frost days, the cold is on a wholly different scale within the same hour-from-Tokyo belt. The Tokyo Bay side of the Boso peninsula is the warmest part of the Kanto region. The city's description of itself as "a warm town" has these figures behind it.

The rain comes in autumn and stays away in midsummerAnnual rainfall is 1,650.7 mm. By month the heaviest is October at 261.7 mm, then September at 229.2 mm and June at 181.7 mm. The lightest is August at 97.2 mm, followed by January at 66.2 and February at 82.0. Typhoons and the autumn rains are this town's most dangerous weather. In the flood record in §5 too, the worst year is Heisei 25 (Typhoon No. 26) with 138, then Reiwa 3 with 34. They are concentrated in October.

Source:JMA, "Long-term averages for Kisarazu (1991–2020)" (annual mean 15.8°C, daily high 20.1°C, daily low 12.1°C / annual rainfall 1,650.7 mm (by month = January 66.2, February 82.0, March 134.0, April 133.5, May 140.9, June 181.7, July 138.0, August 97.2, September 229.2, October 261.7, November 111.7, December 93.6 mm) / 16.4 frost days, 0.0 days below freezing all day, 115.0 summer days, 50.9 days above 30°C, 2.1 days above 35°C, 14.1 tropical nights / January daily high 9.6°C, daily low 1.6°C / August daily high 31.3°C, daily low 23.7°C) andthe same, "Tokyo" (15.2 frost days, 4.8 days above 35°C) / the Tsukuba and Mito figures for days above 35°C are from the same source as their own pages on this site / "The climate is mild, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji" fromKisarazu City, "The city's location, terrain and history"/ Verified 2026-08-22

Is Kisarazu free of natural-disaster risk?

🔴 Kisarazu City publishes its flood record, with town names and dates. It covers reports made since 1 April Heisei 16 (2004), and by our count comes to 318 entries across 56 town names (as at 27 June Reiwa 8). The breakdown is 193 roads flooded, 70 houses flooded below floor level, 29 above floor level, and 26 shops flooded. The worst year was Heisei 25 with 138 (Typhoon No. 26), and by town name Asahi 43, Egawa 31, Takayanagi 21 and Mariyatsu 18. 🔴 Of the 29 floods above floor level, the commonest is Yamato with 8. The city does add that "the absence of a record in this list does not indicate that there has in fact been no flooding". On tsunami, the city has agreements on "tsunami evacuation buildings" with building owners and with the expressway companies, and a tsunami was observed in the city in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

The most unusual thing about schools in Kisarazu is the "Kisarazu special-recognition schools". In the city's words, "a small-school special-recognition scheme under which primary and lower secondary schools that make the most of being small and run distinctive teaching are allowed, under certain conditions, to take pupils transferring in from outside their catchment" — you can attend from anywhere in the city. There are 4 primary and 2 lower secondary schools in the scheme. And another thing: the school meals at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city include "Kisarazu school meal rice®", grown with no pesticide and no chemical fertiliser at all (in FY Reiwa 6, 21 growers in the city and about 120 tonnes). Children's medical costs are subsidised to the equivalent of upper secondary school age (the end of the school year in which they turn 18).

The Kisarazu special-recognition schools (pupil numbers as of 1 May Reiwa 8)

Schools	Number	Address
Futsuta Primary School	143 people	Mariyatsu 518 (the Kazusa hills in §2)
Kamatari Primary School	93 people	Yana 609
Nakago Primary School	89 people	Ijiri 978
Tosei Primary School	70 people	Sugo 114
Futsuta Lower Secondary School	93 people	Mariyatsu 275
Kamatari Lower Secondary School	61 people	Yana 2797

The conditions for entering a "Kisarazu special-recognition school"The city lists four — "the parent or guardian and the pupil must live within Kisarazu City", "travel to school is at the parent's or guardian's own cost and responsibility", "as a rule, the pupil attends until graduation", "the family agrees with and supports the school's teaching, PTA activities and the like". As examples of distinctive teaching the city lists "teaching that uses the integrated studies period for English activities, Japanese language activities, cultural activities (pottery, painting, instrumental music and so on), practical activities, physical activities and farming experience", "parent-and-child school meals serving safe food produced locally", "individual study after school". You apply after visiting the school and having an interview, to the Board of Education's School Education Division. Transferring in mid-year is allowed too. The city also invites donations to the "Kisarazu special-recognition school pupil transport bus scheme".

The rice in the school meals is grown without pesticide or chemical fertiliserIn FY Heisei 28 the city enacted the "By-law on promoting sustainable town-making in harmony between people and nature" (known as the organic town-making by-law) and the "Eat Kisarazu rice by-law". What came of them is "Kisarazu school meal rice®". FY Reiwa 3 was 13 growers and about 46 tonnes → FY Reiwa 4, 14 growers and about 64 tonnes → FY Reiwa 5, 16 and about 80 tonnes → FY Reiwa 6, 21 and about 120 tonnes, rising every year. It is served at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city, up to 830 kilograms (milled) a day. In March 2023 the city made the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture, and in May 2023 it was chosen by the state as an "SDGs Future City".

Children's medical costs, to upper secondary ageThe city's children's medical cost subsidy covers "children registered as residents of Kisarazu City, from age 0 to the equivalent of upper secondary school age (the end of the school year in which they turn 18)". What you pay: where the parent or guardian pays the income-based portion of municipal tax, ¥200 per day as an inpatient or per visit as an outpatient, with prescriptions free. For everyone else, inpatient and outpatient care are free. It reached its present form after being extended to year 6 of primary school in September 2009. The "Kisarazu City night emergency clinic" began operating in April 2025. The city notes that "applications of various kinds can now be made online too", and at some medical institutions the My Number card can be used as the entitlement card.

The shopping is on a scale that draws people from the far shoreThe opening of the Kaneda-higashi district in April 2012 brought a large retail complex, and Costco Wholesale Kisarazu opened in July 2020. The "Porsche Experience Center Tokyo" also opened in the city in October and November 2021. The roadside station "Kisarazu Umakuta no Sato" had its grand opening in October 2017. In front of Kisarazu Station is "Aqua Kisarazu" (refurbished in 2004), and the city hall's station-front office is next door on the 8th floor of Sparkle City Kisarazu. Since October 2018 the local electronic currency "Aqua Coin" has been in circulation.

Sources: the Kisarazu special-recognition schools fromKisarazu City, "Recruitment of pupils for the Kisarazu special-recognition schools" (updated 18 May 2026 / "a small-school special-recognition scheme under which primary and lower secondary schools that make the most of being small and run distinctive teaching are allowed, under certain conditions, to take pupils transferring in from outside their catchment" / 4 primary and 2 lower secondary schools / numbers as of 1 May Reiwa 8 = Tosei Primary 70, Kamatari Primary 93, Nakago Primary 89, Futsuta Primary 143, Kamatari Lower Secondary 61, Futsuta Lower Secondary 93 / the four conditions of entry / examples of distinctive school-building / transferring in mid-year is allowed too) / the Kisarazu school meal rice fromthe same, "The 'Kisarazu school meal rice®' initiative, working towards organic JAS certification" (updated 7 June 2024 / the "By-law on promoting sustainable town-making in harmony between people and nature" (known as the organic town-making by-law) and the "Eat Kisarazu rice by-law", both enacted in FY Heisei 28 / FY Reiwa 6, 21 growers in the city, about 120 tonnes (milled), all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city, up to 830 kg a day / FY Reiwa 5, 16 growers, about 80 tonnes / FY Reiwa 4, 14 growers, about 64 tonnes / FY Reiwa 3, 13 growers, about 46 tonnes) / children's medical costs fromthe same, "Children's medical cost subsidy scheme" (updated 2 December 2024 / from age 0 to the equivalent of upper secondary school age (the end of the school year in which they turn 18) / what you pay = where the income-based portion of municipal tax is payable, ¥200 per day as an inpatient or per visit as an outpatient, with prescriptions free; for everyone else, free) / the retail complexes, the roadside station, Aqua Coin, the organic village declaration, the SDGs Future City and the night emergency clinic fromthe same, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology (11 April 2012, the opening of the Kaneda-higashi district — a large retail complex opens / 20 October 2017, the roadside station "Kisarazu Umakuta no Sato" has its grand opening / October 2018, the local electronic currency "Aqua Coin" comes into use / July 2020, Costco Wholesale Kisarazu opens / October and November 2021, the "Porsche Experience Center Tokyo" opens / March 2023, the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture / May 2023, chosen as an "SDGs Future City" by the Prime Minister / April 2025, the Kisarazu City night emergency clinic begins operating / 28 April 2004, the redevelopment building at the west exit of Kisarazu Station reopens as "Aqua Kisarazu" / 1 September 2009, medical cost subsidy extended to year 6 of primary school) / verified 2026-08-22

What are summer and winter like in Kisarazu?

The JMA observation point is "Kisarazu". The annual mean temperature is 15.8°C (the same as Tokyo) and annual rainfall 1,650.7 mm. 🔴 What stands out most is that only 2.1 days a year reach 35°C — less than half Tokyo's 4.8, and the lowest in this site's hour-from-Tokyo belt. Days below freezing all day (a maximum below 0°C) come to 0.0 a year, and frost days to 16.4, much the same as Tokyo's 15.2 (Tsukuba's is 80.3). Tropical nights come to 14.1. The August daily high is 31.3°C and the daily low 23.7°C. The rain is heaviest in October at 261.7 mm and September at 229.2 mm, and August's 97.2 mm is the driest month of the year.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Kisarazu City's fixed asset tax is 1.4% (the standard rate) and its city planning tax 0.3% — the city planning tax is at the legal ceiling, so inside the urbanisation promotion area it comes to 1.7% together (Tsukuba 1.55%, Mito 1.6%). Water and sewerage come to ¥15,515 for 45 cubic metres over two months (water ¥9,707.50 plus sewerage ¥5,808). And from 1 October 2026 the city gives child-raising and young households up to ¥1,500,000 towards buying a second-hand home. Applications run to 31 March Reiwa 9, first come first served, and close when the budget is exhausted.

Water and sewerage (connection 20 mm or less, two months, including tax)

Category	Standing charge	Usage	Total
Water the Kazusa Water Supply Authority	¥1,980	¥7,727.50	¥9,707.50
Sewerage Kisarazu City (from the ready reckoner)	¥880	¥4,928	¥5,808
45 cubic metres over two months	—	—	¥15,515.50

Up to ¥1,500,000 for child-raising and young households buying a second-hand homeThe Kisarazu City grant for child-raising and other households settling here by buying a second-hand home. In the city's words: "To promote moving to and settling in Kisarazu City, and to curb the creation of empty houses by putting second-hand homes to use, from October Reiwa 8 we are starting a scheme that gives child-raising households and young households who buy a second-hand home in the city and settle here a grant of up to ¥1,500,000." It is ¥800,000 as a base plus up to ¥700,000 more (¥300,000 for buying within the residence guidance area / ¥100,000 for buying through an estate agent based in the city / ¥100,000 per dependent child below the end of lower secondary school, up to ¥300,000). The main conditions are: a child-raising household (supporting a child below the end of lower secondary school) or a young household (both the head of household and the spouse under 40); the second-hand home acquired in the city on or after 1 July Reiwa 8; having lived outside the city continuously for 3 years or more before the acquisition date; an intention to settle for 5 years or more; meeting the newer seismic code or the like; a residential floor area of 50 square metres or more; and a purchase price of ¥5,000,000 or more.

Applications are "first come, first served". If several land on the same day, it goes to a drawIn the city's words — "Application period: from Tuesday 1 October Reiwa 8 to Wednesday 31 March Reiwa 9", "Applications may close depending on how the budget is running", "Applications are examined in the order received. However, if several applications are received on the final day or on the day the budget ceiling is reached, all applications received on that day will be decided by drawing lots." The "residence guidance area" is the one set in the Kisarazu City location optimisation plan (adopted 31 May Reiwa 3), and the city advises "please refer to the Kisarazu City official town planning map, 'Kisa NAVI'". Whether the extra ¥300,000 applies depends on whether the house is inside that area. Always check before you buy. Enquiries to the Urban Development Department, Housing Division (0438-23-8599).

The city planning tax of 0.3% is at the legal ceilingThe city explains that the fixed asset tax is "Kisarazu City's rate is the standard rate of 1.4%" and the city planning tax "the taxable base × a rate of 0.3%". It applies to "land and buildings situated, as a rule, within the urbanisation promotion area of a city planning area under the City Planning Act". The special treatment for residential land is a third of the assessed value for small residential land (200 square metres or less per dwelling) and two-thirds for ordinary residential land (city planning tax). The exemption thresholds are ¥300,000 for land, ¥200,000 for buildings and ¥1,500,000 for depreciable assets. It is payable in 4 instalments a year. As §4 shows, the median plot in Kisarazu is 216 square metres, so for many houses part of it will fall above the 200 square metre line.

I could not find a relocation grant for people moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo on the city's siteOn 22 August 2026 I went through the city's "Moving and settling" and "Support schemes (housing and work)" pages in turn, but could not find a page describing a relocation grant for people moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo (the regional revitalisation relocation support scheme). What the city does list instead is, besides the second-hand home purchase support above (up to ¥1,500,000), the akiya bank, the akiya renovation grant scheme, the Kisarazu City grant for buying a flat in the town centre, the Kisarazu City grant for decarbonising domestic equipment, the Kisarazu City small business loan scheme, the start-up advice service "Razu-Biz", the Kisarazu start-up school, and the grant for putting vacant shops to use. Whether a relocation grant is available to you is a question to put directly to the city's desk (Economy Department, Industry Promotion Division, Relocation, Settlement and Business Attraction Section).

Sources: property tax and city planning tax from Kisarazu City, "An outline of the fixed asset tax and the city planning tax" (updated 29 February 2024 / "Kisarazu City's rate is the standard rate of 1.4%" / the city planning tax is "the taxable base × a rate of 0.3%", applying to "land and buildings situated, as a rule, within the urbanisation promotion area of a city planning area under the City Planning Act" / small residential land a third of the assessed value, ordinary residential land two-thirds / exemption thresholds, land ¥300,000, buildings ¥200,000, depreciable assets ¥1,500,000 / payable in 4 instalments a year) / the water rate fromThe Kazusa Water Supply Authority, "Water rates for the Kisarazu City area" (updated 15 May 2026, per two months, including tax / standing charge for a connection of 20 mm or less ¥1,980 / 1 to 20 m³ ¥104.50, 21 to 60 m³ ¥225.50), and the sewerage charge fromKisarazu City, "Sewerage charges" (updated 30 April 2024, per two months, including tax / standing charge ¥880 / 1 to 20 m³ ¥70.40, 21 to 60 m³ ¥140.80 / public sewerage charge, 45 m³ on the ready reckoner = ¥5,808 / "The sewerage charge is calculated from the volume of water used and billed every two months together with the water rate").The 45 m³ water figure is calculated by this site from that tariff (1,980 + 20 × 104.5 + 25 × 225.5 = ¥9,707.50) / the second-hand home grant fromthe same, "Kisarazu City grant for child-raising and other households settling here by buying a second-hand home" (updated 1 July 2026 / "we are starting a scheme that gives a grant of up to ¥1,500,000, from October Reiwa 8" / base ¥800,000 plus up to ¥700,000 more (¥300,000 within the residence guidance area / ¥100,000 for buying through an estate agent based in the city / ¥100,000 per dependent child below the end of lower secondary school, up to ¥300,000) / the whole city is eligible / application period 1 October Reiwa 8 to 31 March Reiwa 9, first come first served, with a draw where several land on the same day / Urban Development Department, Housing Division, Housing Policy Section, 0438-23-8599) / the other support schemes fromthe same, "Support schemes (housing and work)" (updated 19 February 2026). No description of a relocation grant for people moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo could be found by this site / verified 2026-08-22

What are schools and family life like in Kisarazu?

🔴 There are the "Kisarazu special-recognition schools". In the city's words, "a small-school special-recognition scheme under which primary and lower secondary schools that make the most of being small and run distinctive teaching are allowed, under certain conditions, to take pupils transferring in from outside their catchment" — you can attend from anywhere in the city. There are 4 primary schools (Tosei 70, Kamatari 93, Nakago 89, Futsuta 143) and 2 lower secondary schools (Kamatari 61, Futsuta 93) (as of 1 May Reiwa 8). 🔴 And the school meals at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city include "Kisarazu school meal rice®", grown with no pesticide and no chemical fertiliser at all (in FY Reiwa 6, 21 growers in the city and about 120 tonnes). Children's medical costs are subsidised from age 0 to the equivalent of upper secondary school age (the end of the school year in which they turn 18), and what you pay is ¥200 per day as an inpatient or per visit as an outpatient where the income-based portion of municipal tax is payable, with prescriptions free.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

Residential land in Kisarazu stands at ¥41,200/m², up 3.2% on the year. That is 32% of the Chiba Prefecture average (¥130,000/m², +4.6%). Commercial land is ¥67,200/m², +4.1%, industrial land ¥33,400/m², +8.2%, and all uses ¥45,500/m², +3.6%. Cheaper than the prefectural average, and still rising — that is where Kisarazu stands now. For comparison, elsewhere in Chiba Prefecture, Tateyama City is at ¥28,100/m² (+0.2%), Mobara City ¥27,900/m² (−0.3%) and Narita City ¥67,400/m² (+5.3%).

Use	Kisarazu City	Chiba Average	City / prefecture
Residential	¥41,200/m² (+3.2%)	¥130,000/m² (+4.6%)	32%
Commercial	¥67,200/m² (+4.1%)	¥386,500/m² (+5.8%)	17%
Industrial	¥33,400/m² (+8.2%)	¥107,500/m² (+9.3%)	31%
All uses	¥45,500/m² (+3.6%)	¥171,200/m² (+5.0%)	27%

"Cheap and still rising" is a good position for a buyerResidential land at ¥41,200/m² is 32% of the Chiba Prefecture average. And it is still up 3.2%. Residential land in the other towns on this site is usually between −1% and +1% (Mito ±0.0%, Matsue +0.7%). Kisarazu's +3.2% is the second largest rise, after Tsukuba's +5.8%. The Aqua-Line opened in 1997, and the toll came down to ¥800 in 2009 — those two things set land prices in Kisarazu. As §3 shows, Haneda, Yokohama and Kawasaki are all "the far shore".

Industrial land is up 8.2%. Logistics demand is tellingThe +8.2% on industrial land is a larger figure than residential (+3.2%) or commercial (+4.1%). Three roads meet here — the Aqua-Line, the Tateyama Expressway and the Ken-O Expressway — and Kisarazu Port was chosen as an international bulk strategy port in 2011 (the city's chronology). In 2008 the H quay of the foreign trade wharf at Kisarazu Port came into use and car exports began. These are the figures of a town being chosen for logistics. And as §10 shows, the population keeps growing — from a buyer's point of view, the two point the same way.

When you sell, the elevation and the town name make the differenceAs §2 shows, the medians range 2.7-fold, from ¥14,500,000 in Okubo and Jozai to ¥39,800,000 in Kaneda and Urikura. The +3.2% in the official land prices is an average for the whole city, and not every district moves the same way. And Kisarazu has that published flood record from §5. Buyers will read it. If you are thinking as far ahead as selling, the safest thing is to check the elevation, the town name and the hazard map for yourself before you buy.

Source:Land Information Center , the Chiba Prefecture page of "[Official land prices] (Reiwa 8) average prices and year-on-year average change by prefecture, municipality and use" (prepared 27 April Reiwa 8) (Kisarazu City = residential ¥41,200/m², +3.2% / prospective building land ¥8,100/m², ±0.0% / commercial ¥67,200/m², +4.1% / industrial ¥33,400/m², +8.2% / all uses ¥45,500/m², +3.6%. Chiba Prefecture = residential ¥130,000/m², +4.6% / prospective building land ¥33,200/m², +4.1% / commercial ¥386,500/m², +5.8% / industrial ¥107,500/m², +9.3% / all uses ¥171,200/m², +5.0%. Tateyama City = residential ¥28,100/m², +0.2% / Mobara City = residential ¥27,900/m², −0.3% / Narita City = residential ¥67,400/m², +5.3%). The Mito, Matsue and Tsukuba residential figures are from the same source as their own pages on this site / Kisarazu Port fromKisarazu City, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology (1968, Kisarazu Port designated a major port / 1 April 2008, the H quay of the foreign trade wharf at Kisarazu Port comes into use and car exports begin / 31 May 2011, the major port of Kisarazu chosen as an international bulk strategy port) / verified 2026-08-22

What are the property taxes and utility charges in Kisarazu?

The fixed asset tax is 1.4% (the standard rate), 🔴 and the city planning tax 0.3%, at the legal ceiling — so inside the urbanisation promotion area it comes to 1.7% together (Tsukuba 1.55%, Mito 1.6%). It applies to "land and buildings situated, as a rule, within the urbanisation promotion area of a city planning area under the City Planning Act". Water and sewerage come to ¥15,515.50 for 45 cubic metres over two months (water ¥9,707.50 plus sewerage ¥5,808, connection 20 mm or less, including tax). The water is supplied by the Kazusa Water Supply Authority (covering the 4 cities of Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Futtsu and Sodegaura) and the sewerage by the city, and they are billed together every two months.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

A population of 136,613 in 68,358 households (1 August 2026, resident register). By the three age bands: 0–14, 16,092 (11.8%); 15–64, 82,741 (60.6%); 65 and over, 37,780 (27.7%). What is most striking is the difference between towns — Jozai-minami 4-chome is 21.6% children and 8.2% aged 65 and over, while Mariyatsu is 6.9% children and 46.9% aged 65 and over. Within the same city, the share of children differs threefold and the share of older people 5.7-fold. The city records in its own chronology that its total fertility rate was the highest in Chiba Prefecture in Heisei 25 and again in Heisei 28.

Town	Population	Aged 0–14	Aged 65 and over
Jozai-minami 4-chome	1,696 people	21.6%	8.2%
Hatorino 5-chome	1,103 people	18.9%	7.4%
Kiyomidai-minami 4-chome	1,424 people	27.6%	11.7%
Hotaruno 2-chome	1,478 people	14.1%	10.1%
Mariyatsu	1,852 people	6.9%	46.9%
Sakurai	1,240 people	6.3%	46.4%
Nakajima	1,584 people	9.6%	39.2%
The city as a whole	136,613 people	11.8%	27.7%

Choosing where in Kisarazu to live is also choosing the age of the streetThe table above is drawn by this site from the city's published population by town and by three age bands (as of 1 August Reiwa 8), taking the towns with 1,000 people or more. Jozai-minami 4-chome (1,696 people) is 21.6% children and 8.2% older people — young by the standards of any city in the country. Kiyomidai-minami 4-chome goes as far as 27.6% aged 0–14. Against that, Mariyatsu (1,852 people) is 46.9% older people, and is the part of the city with "the Kazusa hills" in §2 and the "Kisarazu special-recognition schools" (Futsuta Primary and Futsuta Lower Secondary) in §7. Neither is better than the other. But take it that the schools, the shopping and the neighbouring will be wholly different.

The growth of the population is two-layered tooAs §1 showed, the total went from 131,760 in Heisei 25 to 136,669 in Reiwa 8 (+3.7%). But the Japanese population peaked at 133,448 in Reiwa 6 and fell by 805 in the two years since. Over the same period foreign residents went from 1,560 to 4,026, a factor of 2.6. Households went from 56,399 to 68,054, up 20.7%, far outstripping the growth in population (+3.7%). People per household fell from 2.34 to 2.01. "The number of people is nearly level; the number of households keeps rising" — that is one reason houses keep selling in Kisarazu.

The total fertility rate has been the highest in the prefectureThe city records in its own chronology "Heisei 25 total fertility rate: No. 1 in Chiba Prefecture" and "October 2017 (Heisei 29): the Heisei 28 total fertility rate came out highest in Chiba Prefecture". As §7 shows, children's medical costs are subsidised to upper secondary age, and support has been widened since the extension to year 6 of primary school in 2009. In April 2023 a "partnership and family-ship declaration scheme" began, and in April 2024 a "children and families centre" was set up.

Sources: the three age bands and the population by town fromKisarazu City, "Resident register population" , the "As of 1 August Reiwa 8 (by town and age)" file (Excel),tallied by this site (total 136,613 / 0–14, 16,092, 11.8%; 15–64, 82,741, 60.6%; 65 and over, 37,780, 27.7% / 4,120 foreign residents / Jozai-minami 4-chome 1,696 people, 0–14 21.6%, 65 and over 8.2% / Hatorino 5-chome 1,103, 18.9%, 7.4% / Kiyomidai-minami 4-chome 1,424, 27.6%, 11.7% / Hotaruno 2-chome 1,478, 14.1%, 10.1% / Mariyatsu 1,852, 6.9%, 46.9% / Sakurai 1,240, 6.3%, 46.4% / Nakajima 1,584, 9.6%, 39.2%) / the population and household series from the "Resident register population (by year)" file on the same page (as of 1 April each year / Heisei 25: total 131,760, 56,399 households / Reiwa 6: Japanese 133,448 / Reiwa 8: total 136,669, 68,054 households, Japanese 132,643, foreign 4,026). People per household is calculated by this site from that table / the total fertility rate, the partnership scheme and the children and families centre fromthe same, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology, andthe same, "Kisarazu City statistical yearbook (Reiwa 7 edition)" (PDF) ("Heisei 25 total fertility rate: No. 1 in Chiba Prefecture", "the Heisei 28 total fertility rate came out highest in the prefecture" / April 2023, the Kisarazu City partnership and family-ship declaration scheme begins / April 2024, the children and families centre is set up) / verified 2026-08-22

Share of foreign residents

2.86%national average 3.26%

Of the 136,753 people living in Kisarazu City, 3,907 are foreign residents. That is below the national average of 3.26%.
Nationally, foreign residents make up 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 out of 123,767,642). There are 34 municipalities in the country where the share is over 10%.

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

Is there a relocation grant for Kisarazu City?

🔴 Yes. From 1 October 2026, up to ¥1,500,000 for child-raising and young households buying a second-hand home. It is the "Kisarazu City grant for child-raising and other households settling here by buying a second-hand home": ¥800,000 as a base plus up to ¥700,000 more (¥300,000 for buying within the residence guidance area / ¥100,000 for buying through an estate agent based in the city / ¥100,000 per dependent child below the end of lower secondary school, up to ¥300,000). The main conditions are a child-raising household (supporting a child below the end of lower secondary school) or a young household (both the head of household and the spouse under 40); the second-hand home acquired in the city on or after 1 July Reiwa 8; having lived outside the city continuously for 3 years or more before the acquisition date; an intention to settle for 5 years or more; meeting the newer seismic code or the like; a residential floor area of 50 square metres or more; and a purchase price of ¥5,000,000 or more. 🔴 Applications run to 31 March Reiwa 9, first come first served, close when the budget is exhausted, and go to a draw where several land on the same day. Note that no description of a relocation grant for people moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo could be found on the city's site.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

The largest thing in the Kisarazu year is the "Kisarazu Port Festival". By the city's chronology, the first port festival was held in 1948 (Showa 23), and on 15 August 2013 the city's first two-shaku firework was set off at the 66th. In August 2023 the "76th Kisarazu Port Festival" was held at its normal scale for the first time in 4 years. There is also the Chiba Aqua-Line Marathon (every other year since 2012; 17,000 runners in 2024), the ORGANIC CITY FESTIVAL, and the Minato Kisarazu Sea Festival (since 2009).

"Organic town-making" is the backbone of local activityThe city brought the by-law known as the organic town-making by-law into force on 15 December 2016, made a "zero-carbon city declaration" in February 2021, made the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture in March 2023, and was chosen by the state as an "SDGs Future City" in May 2023. Since April 2024 the "3rd organic town-making action plan: Kisarazu regional circular and ecological sphere × SDGs promotion model, ORGANIC CITY PROJECT" has been running, and in October 2025 an international forum, "Organic Industry Forum in Kisarazu", was held. This is a town that has put "organic" into by-laws and plans rather than on a banner. The school meal rice in §7 is what it looks like in practice.

There are ways in to community activity"Challenge Center Let's Kisarazu" (the civic activity support scheme) started in 2000, and the civic activity support centre "Kisarazu Mirai Lab" opened in October 2015. In the same month the industry and start-up support centre "Razu Sapo" opened (relaunched as "Razu-Biz" in 2018). From July 2020 the trial operation of the "privately owned paid passenger transport" Fuku-chan Bus began — an attempt to run local transport locally. In November 2016 a resident-led disaster drill was held at Nakago Lower Secondary School.

The sea and the tidal flats are close at handThe city keeps a page on the "Obitsugawa estuary tidal flats" and publishes the results of its "tidal flat clean-up operation" each year (FY Reiwa 7 and FY Reiwa 8). What the city's primary schools do for the flats is described there too. The Nakanoshima Bridge (completed 1975) was chosen as a "sacred place for lovers" in 2010. Torisaki Seaside Park was refurbished in March 2022. The Banzu tidal flats are, as §1 shows, the first thing the city writes about itself.

This is a town with many ties abroadIt has friendship agreements with Oceanside in the United States (a sister city since 1990), Goesan County in Korea (2016), Bogor in Indonesia (2016) and Miaoli in Taiwan (2017). For the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021 it hosted the pre-games camp of the team from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As §1 shows, there are 4,120 foreign residents (3.0% of the city) (on the national tally as of 1 January Reiwa 8 it is 3,907 = 2.86% — there is a chart comparing it with the country as a whole below §10). In 1999 it was designated an international convention city.

Source:Kisarazu City, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology (1948, the first port festival / 1975, the Nakanoshima Bridge completed / 1990, sister-city agreement with Oceanside, USA / 1999, designated an international convention city / 2000, "Challenge Center Let's Kisarazu" starts / 26 September 2009, the 1st Minato Kisarazu Sea Festival / 1 April 2010, the Nakanoshima Bridge chosen as a "sacred place for lovers" / 21 October 2012, the Chiba Aqua-Line Marathon 2012 / 15 August 2013, Kisarazu's first two-shaku firework at the 66th Kisarazu Port Festival fireworks / 1 October 2015, the civic activity support centre "Kisarazu Mirai Lab" opens, and on 4 October the industry and start-up support centre "Razu Sapo" / 28 September 2016, friendship agreement with Goesan County, Korea; 13 November, a resident-led disaster drill at Nakago Lower Secondary School; 18 November, friendship agreement with Bogor, Indonesia; 15 December, the by-law known as the organic town-making by-law comes into force / 3 November 2017, friendship agreement with Miaoli, Taiwan / February 2018, "Razu-Biz" reopens / July 2020, trial operation of the "privately owned paid passenger transport" Fuku-chan Bus begins / February 2021, the Kisarazu "zero-carbon city declaration"; July to September, hosting the pre-games camp of the team from the Federal Republic of Nigeria / March 2022, Torisaki Seaside Park refurbished / March 2023, the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture; May, chosen as an SDGs Future City; August, the "76th Kisarazu Port Festival" held at its normal scale for the first time in 4 years / April 2024, the 3rd organic town-making action plan, ORGANIC CITY PROJECT, starts; November, the Chiba Aqua-Line Marathon 2024, with 17,000 runners / October 2025, the international forum "Organic Industry Forum in Kisarazu") / the tidal flats fromthe same, "The nature of Kisarazu City" (the Obitsugawa estuary tidal flats / the results of the tidal flat clean-up operation (FY Reiwa 7 and FY Reiwa 8) / what the city's primary schools do to conserve the flats) / dates and content change from year to year. Check with the organisers before you set out / verified 2026-08-22

Are land prices in Kisarazu rising?

🔴 They are rising. Residential land is at ¥41,200/m², up 3.2% on the year (Reiwa 8 official land prices). But that is 32% of the Chiba Prefecture average (¥130,000/m², +4.6%). Commercial land is ¥67,200/m², +4.1%, industrial land ¥33,400/m², up 8.2%, and all uses ¥45,500/m², +3.6%. "Cheaper than the prefectural average, and still rising" is where Kisarazu stands now. The largest rise being on industrial land follows directly from three roads meeting here — the Aqua-Line, the Tateyama Expressway and the Ken-O Expressway — and Kisarazu Port being chosen as an international bulk strategy port in 2011. For comparison, elsewhere in Chiba Prefecture, Tateyama City is at ¥28,100/m² (+0.2%) and Narita City at ¥67,400/m² (+5.3%).

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

What tells on land in Kisarazu is the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line. Its opening in 1997 made Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama and Haneda "the far shore". The toll cut of August 2009 (¥800 for an ordinary car) settled it, and then came the opening of the Kaneda-higashi district in 2012, Costco in 2020 and the Porsche Experience Center Tokyo in 2021. As §9 shows, industrial land is up 8.2% — the place where three expressways meet is being chosen for logistics. The city also has the Kazusa Academia Park and the Kazusa DNA Research Institute (opened 1994).

The city has designated a "residence guidance area"In its location optimisation plan (adopted 31 May Reiwa 3) the city sets out a "residence guidance area". As §8 shows, buying a second-hand home inside it adds ¥300,000 to the grant. The city advises "please refer to the Kisarazu City official town planning map, 'Kisa NAVI'". This is also a map of where the city wants people to live from here on. It is the surest document there is for the shape of the town in 10 or 20 years, so anyone looking for land should see it. In March 2020 the "Kisarazu City central area revitalisation basic plan" received the Prime Minister's approval.

There is a cluster of research and industryIn 1992 it was designated a business core city, in 1994 the Kazusa DNA Research Institute opened in the Kazusa Academia Park, and in 1997 the Kazusa Academia Center (Kazusa Ark) opened. In 2009 the head office and other buildings of Nippon Steel's Kimitsu Works moved to Tsukiji in Kisarazu City. The Kisarazu City Telework Centre opened in 2001, and in 2012 fibre-optic network was laid across the whole city. Since October 2018 the local electronic currency "Aqua Coin" has been in circulation. The conditions for working from home here have been put in place over twenty years.

Farming is set apart by "organic"As §7 and §11 show, the city enacted the "organic town-making by-law" and the "Eat Kisarazu rice by-law" in 2016 and made the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture in March 2023. The school meals at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city include "Kisarazu school meal rice®", grown with no pesticide and no chemical fertiliser (FY Reiwa 6, about 120 tonnes from 21 growers). The city is also developing products from organic produce through "industry-academia-government cooperation", and in November 2019 the "21st rice taste analysis and appraisal competition: international meet in Kisarazu" was held. "Someone who wants to farm organically, looking for somewhere an hour from Tokyo" — Kisarazu answers that description.

Kisarazu garrison, and the town-making around itAs §5 shows, there is a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force garrison at Kisarazu, and the city keeps a heading for "base matters". In May 2022 the "basic concept for town-making around Kisarazu airfield" was adopted. The city also keeps a page on the "adjustment grant for developing the areas around designated defence facilities" — that is, a national grant forms part of the city's finances. If you are considering an area near the base, look at this page of the city's site once. The planned night flights are published there too.

Sources: the location optimisation plan and the residence guidance area fromKisarazu City, "Kisarazu City grant for child-raising and other households settling here by buying a second-hand home" ("The 'residence guidance area' means the 'residence guidance area' set out in the Kisarazu City location optimisation plan (adopted 31 May Reiwa 3). For details, please refer to the Kisarazu City location optimisation plan or the Kisarazu City official town planning map 'Kisa NAVI'") / the cluster of industry and research, and the chronology, fromthe same, "The city's location, terrain and history" (1992, designated a business core city / 1994, the Kazusa DNA Research Institute opens in the Kazusa Academia Park / 1997, the Kazusa Academia Center (Kazusa Ark) opens / 17 April 2001, the Kisarazu City Telework Centre opens / 4 November 2009, the head office and other buildings of Nippon Steel's Kimitsu Works move to Tsukiji, Kisarazu City / 3 September 2012, fibre-optic network laid across the whole city / November 2019, the 21st rice taste analysis and appraisal competition: international meet in Kisarazu / March 2020, the Kisarazu City central area revitalisation basic plan approved by the Prime Minister / May 2022, the basic concept for town-making around Kisarazu airfield adopted) / the base fromthe same, "Base matters" (scheduled airframe maintenance of US Marine Corps Ospreys and the like / the interim deployment of Ground Self-Defense Force Ospreys / the adjustment grant for developing the areas around designated defence facilities / on night flight information) / the organic initiatives fromthe same, "The 'Kisarazu school meal rice®' initiative, working towards organic JAS certification" / land prices as in §9 / verified 2026-08-22

Is the population of Kisarazu City falling?

🔴 The total is growing. But it is the foreign residents who are growing. On the resident register (1 April each year), 131,760 in Heisei 25 → 136,669 in Reiwa 8 (+3.7% over 13 years). Break it down, though — the Japanese population peaked at 133,448 in Reiwa 6 and has fallen by 805 since, to 132,643 in Reiwa 8. Over the same period foreign residents went from 1,560 to 4,026, a factor of 2.6. By the three age bands it is 11.8% aged 0–14, 60.6% aged 15–64 and 27.7% aged 65 and over. 🔴 The differences between towns are large: Jozai-minami 4-chome is 21.6% children and 8.2% aged 65 and over, Mariyatsu 6.9% and 46.9%. The city records in its chronology that its total fertility rate was the highest in Chiba Prefecture in Heisei 25 and again in Heisei 28.

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.

¥502,640,000

Hometown tax receipts for FY Reiwa 7 (18,029 donations).
594th of the 1,788 municipalities in the country, and 14th within Chiba Prefecture

What this town names as its own products

Kisarazu's banner is "organic". In FY Heisei 28 the city enacted the "By-law on promoting sustainable town-making in harmony between people and nature" (known as the organic town-making by-law) and the "Eat Kisarazu rice by-law", and in March 2023 it made the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture. The scheme the city officially recommends is the "Kisarazu City superior local products", marked with a badger — products approved by a review committee made up of the Kisarazu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Kisarazu City Tourism Association, the Kisarazu City Agricultural Cooperative and others: officially endorsed Kisarazu products, in effect. In the city's words, "close to central Tokyo, and with rich hills and coast, we have appealing local and famous products". Kisarazu school meal rice® (grown by a method kind to the environment that uses no pesticide and no chemical fertiliser at all and served in the school meals at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city. In FY Reiwa 6 it was 21 growers in the city and about 120 tonnes (milled), up to 830 kilograms a day. FY Reiwa 3, 13 growers and 46 tonnes → FY Reiwa 4, 14 and 64 → FY Reiwa 5, 16 and 80 → FY Reiwa 6, 21 and 120, rising every year. It is an initiative working towards organic JAS certification, and has become a hometown tax gift as well) · Kisarazu City superior local products (marked with a badger) ("goods produced or processed within Kisarazu City" that have been endorsed by the "Kisarazu City superior local product endorsement review committee". The requirements are that they be "of a quality and content fitting as a local product of Kisarazu City" and comply with the relevant law. Applications close on 31 May in the first half and 30 November in the second and are taken at any time; those approved receive an "endorsement certificate") · Blueberries (the city describes itself as "a major blueberry-growing area") · Cucumbers, lettuce, mangetout, sweetcorn and eggs (the items the city lists by season as "Eat local produce in season!". It also links them to restaurants in Tokyo, under the heading "Kisarazu produce turns up here too!") · The harvest of the sea (as §1 and §11 show, there are the Banzu and the Obitsugawa estuary tidal flats, and the city describes its produce as "full of the harvest of the hills and the harvest of the sea") · Recommended souvenirs (the Kisarazu Omotase Encyclopedia) (the Kisarazu City Tourism Association invites entries for souvenirs every 3 years and, after a judging session, selects them as recommended souvenirs. They are presented in 5 groups: confectionery / seafood / food and farm produce / drink / other).

Source:Kisarazu City, "The 'Kisarazu school meal rice®' initiative, working towards organic JAS certification" (updated 7 June 2024 / the "By-law on promoting sustainable town-making in harmony between people and nature" (known as the organic town-making by-law) and the "Eat Kisarazu rice by-law", both enacted in FY Heisei 28 / FY Reiwa 6, 21 growers in the city, about 120 tonnes (milled), served at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city, up to 830 kg a day / FY Reiwa 5, 16 growers, about 80 tonnes / FY Reiwa 4, 14 growers, about 64 tonnes / FY Reiwa 3, 13 growers, about 46 tonnes / offered as a hometown tax gift)／the same, "Local products (the Kisarazu brand)" (updated 1 June 2026 / "the Kisarazu City superior local products, marked with a badger" / "products approved by a review committee made up of the Kisarazu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Kisarazu City Tourism Association, the Kisarazu City Agricultural Cooperative and others: officially endorsed Kisarazu products, in effect" / "close to central Tokyo, and with rich hills and coast, we have appealing local and famous products" / the requirement "of a quality and content fitting as a local product of Kisarazu City" / applications close 31 May in the first half and 30 November in the second, taken at any time / an "endorsement certificate" is issued / "a major blueberry-growing area", "full of the harvest of the hills and the harvest of the sea: Kisarazu's produce and its seasons")／the same, "Recommended souvenirs" (updated 13 February 2025 / "The Kisarazu City Tourism Association invites entries for souvenirs of Kisarazu every 3 years and, after a judging session, selects them as recommended souvenirs" / the Kisarazu Omotase Encyclopedia = confectionery / seafood / food and farm produce / drink / other)／the same, "Eat local produce in season!" (mangetout / eggs / sweetcorn / cucumbers) and the same, "Kisarazu produce turns up here too!" (updated 29 February 2024 / restaurants in Tokyo have developed recipes using Kisarazu cucumbers and lettuce)/ Verified 2026-08-22

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 Kisarazu 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 is community life like in Kisarazu?

🔴 "Organic town-making" is the backbone. The city brought the by-law known as the organic town-making by-law into force on 15 December 2016, made a "zero-carbon city declaration" in February 2021, made the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture in March 2023, and was chosen by the state as an "SDGs Future City" in May 2023. Among the year's events there are the Kisarazu Port Festival (since 1948; the city's first two-shaku firework in 2013), the Chiba Aqua-Line Marathon (every other year; 17,000 runners in 2024), the Minato Kisarazu Sea Festival (since 2009) and the ORGANIC CITY FESTIVAL. As ways into community activity there are the civic activity support centre "Kisarazu Mirai Lab" (opened 2015) and the industry and start-up support centre "Razu-Biz".

CHAPTER 14A message from Kisarazu City

Kisarazu City's comprehensive plan comes in a "basic concept" and a "basic plan". The target year is 2030 (Reiwa 12) and the vision of the city to come is "Kisarazu, a creative city full of appeal — a lively town linking the people and towns of Tokyo Bay". The population it aims at is 140,000 (on 1 August 2026 it was 136,613). There are four founding principles — town-making with "people" at the centre / town-making that "links" many different actors / town-making that "creates" new appeal / town-making that is "lively" towards the future. What is running now is the 3rd basic plan and the 3rd town, people and work creation strategy (FY Reiwa 5 to FY Reiwa 8).

Item	In the city's words
Target year	2030 (Reiwa 12 (2030))
The vision of the city to come	"Kisarazu, a creative city full of appeal — a lively town linking the people and towns of Tokyo Bay"
Guiding principle	We aim at town-making with "people" at the centre / We aim at town-making that "links" many different actors / We aim at town-making that "creates" new appeal / We aim at town-making that is "lively" towards the future
The population aimed at	140,000 (on 1 August 2026 it was 136,613)
Building the hubs	"Building the 4 hubs that will drive the city's bustle and vigour" (chapter 2)

"Linking the people and towns of Tokyo Bay" — Kisarazu is in that one phraseThe subtitle of the vision is "a lively town linking the people and towns of Tokyo Bay". As §3 shows, the Aqua-Line links it to Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama and Haneda, the Uchibo Line to Chiba, and the Kururi Line into the depths of the Kazusa hills. "Linking" is not a metaphor in Kisarazu. The city gives its reason for the revision like this — "We have revised the basic concept as a guide for responding to the social and economic currents and the changes in the regional environment surrounding Kisarazu City, and for joining forces with the many actors that make up the area — residents, organisations of all kinds, businesses — to make our city a more appealing place."

What the figure of "140,000" meansThe population aimed at is 140,000. It is 136,613 now, so 3,387 more by 2030. As §10 showed, the real picture is that the total is nearly level, the Japanese population has begun to fall, and households keep rising. That the city is starting a new grant in §8 — "up to ¥1,500,000 from October Reiwa 8" — follows directly from that target. For anyone moving in, the terms are good just now.

The desks to ask, and where this page standsThe desk for moving and settling is the Economy Department, Industry Promotion Division, Relocation, Settlement and Business Attraction Section; housing grants and the akiya bank are with the Urban Development Department, Housing Division (0438-23-8599); and schools with the Education Department, School Education Division (0438-23-5264). The city hall has two offices, the station-front office (Fujimi 1-2-1, 8th floor of Sparkle City Kisarazu) and the Asahi office (Asahi 3-8-1), with a main switchboard on 0438-23-7111. The city also runs an official LINE account for relocation and settlement enquiries. This site gathers the city's official information with its sources; it does not speak for the city. Schemes, prices and charges change — particularly the grants and the water and sewerage rates in §8. Always check the city's latest pages and desks. And as §2 and §5 show, Kisarazu runs from 0.6 metres to 82.6 metres above sea level. Do not decide on the name of the city alone: check the flood record and the hazard map for the address of the house you are considering.

Source:Kisarazu City, "Basic concept" (updated 29 February 2024 / target year 2030 (Reiwa 12) / vision of the city to come, "Kisarazu, a creative city full of appeal — a lively town linking the people and towns of Tokyo Bay" / four founding principles / population aimed at 140,000 / chapter 2, "Building the hubs that will drive the town's vigour" = 4 hubs / chapter 3, policy outline = 5 basic directions and 20 basic policies / "We have revised the basic concept as a guide for responding to the social and economic currents and the changes in the regional environment surrounding Kisarazu City, and for joining forces with the many actors that make up the area — residents, organisations of all kinds, businesses — to make our city a more appealing place") andthe same, "Basic plan" (the 3rd basic plan and the 3rd town, people and work creation strategy (FY Reiwa 5 to FY Reiwa 8)) / the desks fromthe same, "Support schemes (housing and work)",the same, "Grant for buying a second-hand home",the same, "We have opened an official LINE account for relocation and settlement enquiries"/ Verified 2026-08-22

What kind of town does Kisarazu City aim to be?

The comprehensive plan comes in a "basic concept" and a "basic plan". The target year is 2030 (Reiwa 12) and the vision of the city to come is 🔴 "Kisarazu, a creative city full of appeal — a lively town linking the people and towns of Tokyo Bay". There are four founding principles — town-making with "people" at the centre / town-making that "links" many different actors / town-making that "creates" new appeal / town-making that is "lively" towards the future. 🔴 The population it aims at is 140,000 (on 1 August 2026 it was 136,613). What is running now is the 3rd basic plan and the 3rd town, people and work creation strategy (FY Reiwa 5 to FY Reiwa 8), and the city also sets out a "residence guidance area" in the Kisarazu City location optimisation plan (adopted 31 May Reiwa 3).

CHAPTER 15A year in Kisarazu

The Kisarazu year is made of a mild winter and a summer that never quite climbs. The January daily low is 1.6°C, and days below freezing all day come to 0.0 a year. In summer only 2.1 days a year reach 35°C — less than half Tokyo's. The wettest month is October at 261.7 mm and the driest August at 97.2 mm. And October is also the month where the flood record in §5 gathers (138 entries with Typhoon No. 26 on 15 October Heisei 25). The sea in summer, the rain in autumn — keep those two in mind.

Season	What there is
Winter (December to February)	The January daily high is 9.6°C and the daily low 1.6°C. Frost days come to 16.4 a year (much the same as Tokyo's 15.2) and days below freezing all day to 0.0. Rainfall is on the light side, 66.2 mm in January and 82.0 in February. In the city's words, "The climate is mild, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji" — and it is in winter, when the air is clear, that Mount Fuji shows across Tokyo Bay
Spring (March to May)	The daily high is 14.0°C in March, 18.6°C in April and 23.5°C in May. The season for gathering shellfish on the flats — as §1 and §11 show, there are the Banzu and the Obitsugawa estuary tidal flats, and the city runs a "tidal flat clean-up operation" every year
Rainy season (June to July)	June 181.7 mm, July 138.0 mm. The daily high is 25.7°C in June and 29.6°C in July. The flood record in §5 lists dates of "heavy rain" such as 2 July Reiwa 3 and 15 July Reiwa 4. On low ground, watch for flooded roads at this time of year
Summer (August)	The August daily high is 31.3°C and the daily low 23.7°C. The 97.2 mm of rainfall is the lowest of the year. Days at 35°C or above come to 2.1 a year, less than half Tokyo's 4.8, and days above 30°C to 50.9. The Kisarazu Port Festival (since 1948; the two-shaku firework in 2013) and the Minato Kisarazu Sea Festival (since 2009) fall in this season
Autumn (September to November)	The wettest month of the year is October at 261.7 mm, then September at 229.2. The daily high is 27.5°C in September, 21.9°C in October and 16.8°C in November. The worst year in the flood record in §5 is Heisei 25 with 138, most of them from Typhoon No. 26 on 15 October. The Chiba Aqua-Line Marathon (every other year; 17,000 runners in November 2024) and the ORGANIC CITY FESTIVAL (3 November) are also in this season

Sources: the climate as in §6 (the JMA long-term averages for "Kisarazu", 1991–2020) / the flood record as in §5 (Kisarazu City's "Flood record" list PDF, tallied by this site) / the events fromKisarazu City, "The city's location, terrain and history" , the chronology / the tidal flats fromthe same, "The nature of Kisarazu City" / dates and content change from year to year. Please check with the organiser before you go / verified 2026-08-22

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

What are Kisarazu's local specialities?

🔴 Kisarazu's banner is "organic". In FY Heisei 28 the city enacted the "By-law on promoting sustainable town-making in harmony between people and nature" (known as the organic town-making by-law) and the "Eat Kisarazu rice by-law", and in March 2023 it made the first "organic village declaration" in Chiba Prefecture. What that looks like in practice is "Kisarazu school meal rice®" — grown by a method that uses no pesticide and no chemical fertiliser at all, and served in the school meals at all 30 primary and lower secondary schools in the city (FY Reiwa 6: 21 growers, about 120 tonnes). The city also points to the "Kisarazu City superior local products", marked with a badger (endorsed by a review committee of the Kisarazu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Kisarazu City Tourism Association, the Kisarazu City Agricultural Cooperative and others) and the tourism association's "recommended souvenirs" (the Kisarazu Omotase Encyclopedia).

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking about moving, who is running this town and where they are taking it is, I think, something people about to move want to know even more than those already living there. This chapter sets out only what Kisarazu City publishes itself, with sources. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (the AI) could find 5 of the 6 items below. The mayor of Kisarazu City is Watanabe Yoshikuni (confirmed on Kisarazu City's introduction page).

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	The mayor's room	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Policy address	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of council members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Could not find one	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	The 3rd Kisarazu City comprehensive plan council of FY Reiwa 8 [September Reiwa 8	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Kisarazu CityWatanabe Yoshikuni. The page carrying that name was last updated2026-04-02.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Kisarazu City introduction page →

How much of the council can you see?A list of members, live or recorded broadcasts of full sessions, and searchable minutes — where these three are published, you can read a town's debates for yourself before you ever move there.
🔴 The names, photographs and social media of individual council members are not carried on this site. We point you to where you can read them.
Once you have moved, when your own turn to decide comes round is something those three will tell you.

How many years ahead has been decidedIn Kisarazu City,The 3rd Kisarazu City comprehensive plan council of FY Reiwa 8 [Wednesday 9 September Reiwa 8]. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.The 3rd Kisarazu City comprehensive plan council of FY Reiwa 8 [Wednesday 9 September Reiwa 8] →

🔴 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 (Kisarazu 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 Kisarazu City now?

The mayor of Kisarazu City is Watanabe Yoshikuni (confirmed on 22 August 2026 on Kisarazu City's introduction page). What this site looks for is six things: the mayor's profile, the policy address, the list of council members, broadcasts of the council, a minutes search, and the comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is being made. Only whether each is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

It never shows up in the numbers you use to find a house, yet it bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there: days off. This chapter counts, on the same measure for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Kisarazu and the places friends and family can stay when they visit. The area currently has 5 hot spring and day bath facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium, and 1 roadside station. 🔴 All the counts are the number registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may well be more.

What	Number counted, and names
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Goemonburo, Ashiyu, Yu no Sato / Kazusa, Kazusa no Ofuroyasan, Sauna / Kisarazu Tsuboya (5 facilities)
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	KURKKU FIELDS
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	Umi-megane ~ Aqua-Line Theatre ~ and the Kisarazu City Museum "Kin no Suzu" (2 museums)
⛩ Shrines and temples	26 shrines and 26 temples. The ones with a Wikipedia entry are Jojuji, Yatsurugi Hachiman Shrine, Denshoin, Kumano Shrine, Shinguji, Shounji, Itsukushima Shrine and Aizen-in
🚗 Roadside stations	Kisarazu Umakuta no Sato
🐕 Dog runs	Lamiuelle, Hachimandai Inu no Hiroba and 3 in all

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	13
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	Not found in the map data
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park GREENBASE Kisarazu

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/ Verified 2026-08-22

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

Counting from the map data (OpenStreetMap) and the lists kept by the RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 5 hot spring and day bath facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium, 1 roadside station and 13 hotels and inns. Anything not on the map is not counted, so in reality there may well be more (details in §17).

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

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, measuring how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured is the official website of Kisarazu City, and the total was 55.3 points (measured 22 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	6 / 20	Has a relocation and settlement page, has an enquiry desk (department, telephone, opening hours)
Housing	12 / 15	Has an akiya bank, listings carry photo, price, year built and floor area, sold listings are cleared away, and 1 more
The money side of living here	4 / 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	11.3 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; they are machine-readable (a map system or text PDF); and 1 more
Industry and local produce	10 / 10	A list of local speciality products is on the official site; hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	5 / 10	There is a community bus timetable; fares are stated
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

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Relocation and settlement　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 0 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Not found　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
Not found 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 4 / 4　There is an akiya bank
The akiya bank scheme　Go and see → 1 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
0 of 3 (0%) have all four items　Go and see → 4 / 4　Completed deals are organised
No completed deals appear in the list　Go and see → 3 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
　Go and see → 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 1 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
There is a child-raising page　Go and see → 2 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Either the rate or the amount is stated　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 3 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
2 documents by district　Go and see → 3.3 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flooding / earthquakes　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
A text PDF　Go and see → 2 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
SNS　Go and see → 5 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
6 items (the city's official site)　Go and see → 3 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Entries for 3 fiscal years　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Industry Promotion Division　Go and see → 2 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
There is a page　Go and see → 3 / 3　Fares are stated
　Go and see → 0 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
14 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
We could not find a search form　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 2026-08-22

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