Information as of 19 August 2026

This page is a relocation summary written by an advanced AI

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

Moving to Kurashiki City

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

469,077 people in a city of 356.07 square kilometres facing the Seto Inland Sea. 🔴 Much of the present plain was made by land reclamation and new paddy development, and the ground the city hall stands on is reclaimed land too. It was formed when the 3 cities of Kurashiki, Kojima and Tamashima merged in Showa 42.

Q: Which part of Kurashiki should I live in?

The city divides into the 6 districts it uses in its population statistics — Kurashiki, Mizushima, Kojima, Tamashima, Funao and Mabi. The medians run from ¥8,700,000 in Mabi to ¥23,000,000 in Kurashiki, and the median plot from 175 to 233 square metres.

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

SUUMO lists 753 houses, running ¥10,000 to ¥295,000,000 with a median of ¥20,000,000, of which 158 (21%) are at or under ¥10,000,000. 🔴 The median plot is a roomy 183 square metres, but 234 (31%) date from 1981 or earlier.

Q: Is the disaster risk high in Kurashiki?

The city is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster prevention promotion area, and at the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 38.3% and of 6-upper or above 5.8% (reclaimed land, AVS30 236.34 m/s). 🔴 The Mabi district was badly damaged by the heavy rain of July Heisei 30, and the city is carrying out a Mabi district recovery plan and the Mabi emergency flood control project.

Q: Are summers hot and winters cold in Kurashiki?

🔴 Annual rainfall of 1,042.2 mm is 65% of Tokyo’s 1,598.2 mm. There are 4.1 days a year above 35°C, much like Tokyo’s 4.8, and 0.0 days that stay below freezing. In exchange there are 39.6 days below freezing a year, so the mornings are properly cold. The figures are from an observation point inside Kurashiki City.

Q: What are healthcare and schools like in Kurashiki?

🔴 Children’s medical care has been free for both inpatient and outpatient care to the end of lower secondary school since July Reiwa 5. The Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre (internal medicine and paediatrics) opens 20:00–22:00 every night. The schools are 61 municipal primary schools (24,146 pupils) and 26 lower secondary schools (12,410 pupils).

Q: What do water and sewerage cost in Kurashiki?

On the city’s tariff table, 40 cubic metres over 2 months comes to ¥11,251 including tax (water ¥5,317 plus sewerage ¥5,934). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥5,165, a higher level than Amagasaki (¥8,533) or Suita (¥8,630).

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

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥51,300/m², up 1.1% on the year. 🔴 That is about a sixth of Nishinomiya City (¥293,500/m²), and it is why the median plot runs to 183 square metres. The rise is a gentle one.

Q: What is happening to Kurashiki's population?

469,077 people in 223,800 households (resident register, end of June Reiwa 8). The density is about 1,317 per square kilometre, an eighth of the towns within an hour of Osaka. By district it runs from 230,479 in Kurashiki to 8,198 in Funao.

In the south of Okayama Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea. 469,077 people across 356.07 square kilometres. 🔴 Annual rainfall is 1,042.2 mm — 65% of Tokyo’s 1,598.2 mm — and there are 0.0 days a year that stay below freezing and only 4.1 days above 35°C. “The land of sunshine” is a phrase the Japan Meteorological Agency normals bear out exactly. There are 753 second-hand detached houses on the market at the moment, and all 753 are tallied here. The median plot is 183 square metres and the median building 110, and the median price is ¥20,000,000. 158 (21%) are at or under ¥10,000,000. In exchange, 234 of the 753 (31%) were built in 1981 or earlier (§4).

Annual rainfall

1,042mm

65% of Tokyo; the Kurashiki observation point

Land of median

183m²

Median building 110 m²

City area

356.07km²

facing the Seto Inland Sea

Homes for sale

753 listings

From ¥10,000 / median ¥20,000,000

Population

469,077 people

223,800 households, end of June Reiwa 8

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

38.3%

At the city hall site, reclaimed land

Summer (August daily high)

32.2℃

0.9°C warmer than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

0.3℃

0.9°C cooler than Tokyo

🏛 Traditional streetscapes ⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs and day bathing10 🚐 RV parks

Traditional streetscapes: Kurashiki, the Kurashiki riverside (merchant quarter, designated Showa 54.5.21) / National and quasi-national parks: Setonaikai National Park / Hot springs and day bathing: Kenko Hormesis Room Kaiyu · Manten-no-Yu Kurashiki · Manten-no-Yu · Ebisu-yu · Genki Koso Buro · Ganbanyoku Nagomi salasala · Kura-no-Yu · Minato-yu · Hotel Seto Ohashi · Seto Ohashi Onsen Yamako / RV parks: RV Park Tonoyama Sanso
Sources: traditional streetscapes from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, “List of Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings” (verified 2026-08-21) / national and quasi-national parks are determined from Ministry of the Environment boundary data and other sources (details in §17 of the text) (verified 2026-08-21) / hot springs and day bathing from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20) / RV parks from the Japan RV Association list of certified “Kuruma-tabi” RV parks (verified 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what is present is listed here — it does not mean that a town without these is any lesser.

Last verified 2026-08-19

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Kurashiki is

A city of 356.07 square kilometres facing the Seto Inland Sea, in the south of Okayama Prefecture. The houses on the market run from minus 0.5 metres to 132.6 metres in elevation, with a median of 2.8 metres. Much of what is now flat land was made by land reclamation and new paddy development from the Edo period onward — and that is the first thing to understand about this city.

Living on what used to be seaThe city’s history says this — “when sea levels were at their highest, some six thousand years ago, seawater reached deep into what is now the plain; a long, narrow inland sea connected to the Seto Inland Sea stretched east to west around the northern half of the present city area, with Kojima closing it off to the south”. From Tensho 10 (1582) Ukita Hideie built the Ukita embankment to keep the seawater of Kojima Bay out, and between the Genna (1615–1624) and Kanbun (1661–1673) eras the islands around Kurashiki and Tamashima became joined to the land. The ground the city hall stands on is likewise “reclaimed land” (§5). The plain you see today was made by people.

Three cities merged to make today’s KurashikiOn 1 February Showa 42 (1967) the 3 former cities of Kurashiki, Kojima and Tamashima merged to create the present Kurashiki City. Sho Village and Chaya-machi followed in Showa 46 and 47, and Funao Town and Mabi Town in August Heisei 17 (2005). So the city has 6 districts — Kurashiki, Mizushima, Kojima, Tamashima, Funao and Mabi — and it publishes its population statistics by these 6 as well (§2 and §10). That is why “living in Kurashiki” means completely different things depending on which of the old towns you mean.

Cotton, salt, textiles, heavy chemicals — how this place earns its living has changed again and againIn the city’s account, the south of Bitchu province in the Edo period was busy with cash crops such as cotton and rapeseed, and in Enkyo 3 (1746) the shogunate placed a magistrate’s office in Kurashiki village. Tamashima harbour flourished shipping ginned cotton and traded with the kitamae-bune of Kyushu and Hokuriku. In Kojima, Nozaki Buzaemon opened vast salt fields and was called the “salt-field king”, and from the late Edo period kokura, sanada and unsai cloth were woven here, the forerunners of today’s Kojima textile industry. In Meiji 22 Ohara Koshiro and others opened the Kurashiki Spinning Mill, and in Showa 16 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began building an aircraft works on the abandoned bed of the Takahashigawa — which is when this area came to be called Mizushima. With the factory recruitment drive from the Showa 30s, the Mizushima coastal belt became a heavy chemical industrial zone.

Source:Kurashiki City, “History of the city”(updated 25 January 2025; all quotations are from that page. The inland sea and Kojima / the Ukita embankment / joined to the land between Genna and Kanbun / the magistrate’s office in Enkyo 3 / Tamashima harbour and the kitamae-bune / Nozaki Buzaemon, the “salt-field king” / kokura, sanada and unsai / the Kurashiki Spinning Mill in Meiji 22 / the origin of the name Mizushima in Showa 16 / 1 February Showa 42, the merger of the 3 cities; Showa 46 and 47, Sho Village and Chaya-machi; August Heisei 17, Funao Town and Mabi Town) / the area is fromGeospatial Information Authority of Japan, "Survey of the area of municipalities in Japan" (as of 1 October Reiwa 7)the Kurashiki City row (356.07 km²) / verified 2026-08-19

Map of Kurashiki City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Kurashiki City Hall. The Takahashigawa runs south through the middle; east of it is Kurashiki, west of the river mouth is Tamashima, along the coast to the south is the Mizushima industrial belt, and the peninsula jutting further south is Kojima (with Shimotsui and the Seto Ohashi bridge at its tip). Inland to the north-west is Mabi, and the west bank of the Takahashigawa is Funao.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What should I know first about moving to Kurashiki?

469,077 people in a city of 356.07 square kilometres facing the Seto Inland Sea. 🔴 Much of the present plain was made by land reclamation and new paddy development, and the ground the city hall stands on is reclaimed land too. It was formed when the 3 cities of Kurashiki, Kojima and Tamashima merged in Showa 42.

CHAPTER 02Six areas, and life in each

These 6 are the district divisions Kurashiki itself uses in its population statistics (Kurashiki, Mizushima, Kojima, Tamashima, Funao and Mabi). Sorting all 753 houses on the market by town name, the medians run from ¥8,700,000 (Mabi) to ¥23,000,000 (Kurashiki), and the median plot from 175 to 233 square metres. In every district the plot is over 175 square metres.

Kurashiki (the Bikan district, Nakasho, Chaya-machi) — the most houses, and the greatest range of height335 houses (¥3,500,000–¥295,000,000, median ¥23,000,000, 44 at or under ¥10,000,000). At 0.5–132.6 m (median 3.1 m) it has the widest range of the 6 districts. The nearest stations are Kurashiki 95, Nishi-Achi 50, Nakasho 41, Chaya-machi 35. Median plot 178 m². 44% of the city’s houses on the market are in this belt.
Who it suits = anyone who wants to live within walking distance of the Bikan district and Kurashiki Station, or to commute to Okayama on the Seto-Ohashi Line from Chaya-machi
What to watch = 92 of the 335 (27%) date from 1981 or earlier. Allow for the cost of a seismic survey from the start

Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao) — where a large plot is most within reach106 houses (¥10,000–¥42,800,000, median ¥14,240,000, 41 at or under ¥10,000,000 = 39%). Elevation minus 0.5 to 35.2 m (median 2.2 m). The nearest stations are Shin-Kurashiki 71, Konko 28. The median plot is 224 m², a roomy belt.
Who it suits = anyone using Shin-Kurashiki Station (where the Sanyo Shinkansen stops), or wanting a large plot cheaply
What to watch = 52 of the 106 (49%) date from 1981 or earlier, and some properties sit at minus 0.5 metres. Look at every one of the flood, storm-surge and tsunami maps (§5)

Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura) — the sea, the hills, and jeans100 houses (¥900,000–¥70,000,000, median ¥15,250,000, 34 at or under ¥10,000,000). At 1.5–76.4 m (median 15.7 m) the houses stand higher than in any of the other 5 districts. The nearest stations are Kaminocho 49, Kojima 24, Kimi 8. The median plot is 213 m² and the median building 125 m², the largest buildings of the 6.
Who it suits = anyone looking for a sea view at the foot of the Seto Ohashi bridge, or who likes the air of the birthplace of Japanese-made jeans (§13)
What to watch = it is a hilly belt. Walk your everyday shopping and hospital routes yourself before you decide

Mizushima (Tsurajima, Fukuda, the coastal industrial belt) — work is right there178 houses (¥2,900,000–¥67,900,000, median ¥22,990,000, 23 at or under ¥10,000,000). At minus 0.3 to 65.1 m (median 1.1 m) it is the lowest-lying of the 6. The nearest stations are Yayoi 46, Tokiwa 27, Sakae 22, Urada 21 (the Mizushima Rinkai Railway). The median year built is 2008, far newer than any of the other 5.
Who it suits = anyone working in the Mizushima industrial complex, or wanting the shortest possible commute
What to watch = it is at about sea level. Look at the storm-surge and tsunami hazard maps (§5) first

Mabi (home of Kibi no Makibi) — the belt getting back on its feet after the heavy rain of July 201821 houses (¥2,400,000–¥26,800,000, median ¥8,700,000, the cheapest of the 6, 13 at or under ¥10,000,000 = 62%). Elevation 10.7–50.8 m (median 24.0 m). The nearest stations are Kawabejuku 9, Kibi-Makibi 6, Nishi-Achi 4. Median plot 231 m².
What to watch = this district was badly damaged by the heavy rain of July Heisei 30 (2018). The city has a Mabi district recovery plan and is carrying out the Mabi emergency flood control project. Check on the city’s recovery pages how far each part has got before you look (§5)

Funao (the west bank of the Takahashigawa) — the largest plots13 houses (¥1,000,000–¥30,000,000, median ¥17,800,000, 3 at or under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 1.1–19.5 m (median 3.6 m). The nearest stations are Nishi-Achi 7, Shin-Kurashiki 4. The median plot is 233 m² (about 70 tsubo), the roomiest of the 6.
Who it suits = anyone looking for a house with a field
What to watch = only 13 come up. You will have to look on the assumption of waiting

The districts follow Kurashiki City, “Population by town in 5-year age bands”and its CSV (as of the end of June Reiwa 8, “population statistics by the 6 districts, by district and by town”), following its list of town names exactly. Prices, counts, elevations, years built and plot areas are fromSUUMOlisted753 listingsall below. Elevations come from the map coordinates on each SUUMO listing page, each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (737 of the 753 have per-property coordinates) / Verified 2026-08-19

Which part of Kurashiki should I live in?

The city divides into the 6 districts it uses in its population statistics — Kurashiki, Mizushima, Kojima, Tamashima, Funao and Mabi. The medians run from ¥8,700,000 in Mabi to ¥23,000,000 in Kurashiki, and the median plot from 175 to 233 square metres.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Kurashiki to Okayama is 19 minutes and ¥330, with 0 changes. The Sanyo Shinkansen stops at Shin-Kurashiki (1 hr 9 min to Shin-Osaka). The city carries the JR Sanyo Main Line, the Hakubi Line, the Seto-Ohashi Line (the Honshi-Bisan Line) and the Mizushima Rinkai Railway, and from Kojima the Seto Ohashi bridge carries you to Shikoku.

Section	Time	Fare	Changes
Kurashiki → Okayama	19 min	¥330	0
Shin-Kurashiki → Shin-Osaka (Shinkansen)	1 hr 9 min	¥7,990	1
Kurashiki → Hiroshima	1 hr 2 min	¥6,790	1

These are the results of a search on JR West’s official timetable for a departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026 (adult, one way; Shinkansen fares are for a reserved seat in the ordinary season). Shin-Kurashiki to Shin-Osaka means taking a “Hikari” 10 minutes to Okayama and changing there for Shin-Osaka (201.7 route km; ticket ¥3,740 plus reserved seat ¥4,250). The journey time and fare from Kojima to Takamatsu are not given on this page — the JR Shikoku section could not be read on JR West’s search, and we do not write from guesswork.

This is a city with a Shinkansen stationThe Sanyo Shinkansen stops at Shin-Kurashiki Station. Of the 106 houses on the market in the Tamashima district, 71 have Shin-Kurashiki as their nearest station (§2), with a median of ¥14,240,000. A house on a 224 m² plot at that price, within walking distance of a Shinkansen station — that is not a common combination among the places covered on this site. From Kurashiki Station, Okayama is 19 minutes away, and from Okayama the Sanyo Shinkansen and limited expresses run in every direction. From Kojima the Seto-Ohashi Line runs straight across to Shikoku — this is the only city on the Honshu side connected to Shikoku by rail. For times and fares please check JR Shikoku’s official search.

It is also very much a car cityThe Sanyo Expressway (Kurashiki and Tamashima interchanges) and the Seto-Chuo Expressway (from Hayashima through Kojima and on to Shikoku) run through it, and Mizushima Port is a designated international bulk strategic port. The 6 districts are spread widely across the city (356.07 km², §1), so take it that moving between districts assumes a car. The Mizushima Rinkai Railway (Kurashiki-shi to Mitsubishi-Jiko-mae) is the commuting line for the Mizushima district, and it appears among the nearest stations too, with Yayoi 9, Urada 6 and Sakae 3 (§2).

Sources: journey times and fares are fromJR West official timetable and fare search(searched for a departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026) / the breakdown of nearest stations is tallied from the 753 SUUMO listings below / verified 2026-08-19

✈ Airports

The nearest is Okayama Airport (a locally managed airport), about 25.7 km as the crow flies. Next is Takamatsu Airport (about 44.2 km as the crow flies). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are not road distances or journey times — please check the actual routes in each operator’s timetable.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 5 entry and exit points (interchanges and junctions).
Sanyo Expressway = Kurashiki, Kurashiki JCT, Tamashima
Seto-Chuo Expressway = Kojima, Mizushima

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 many minutes is it from Kurashiki to Okayama?

19 minutes and ¥330 from Kurashiki to Okayama, with 0 changes. 🔴 The Sanyo Shinkansen stops at Shin-Kurashiki, putting Shin-Osaka 1 hr 9 min away (1 change, ¥7,990). From Kojima the Seto-Ohashi Line runs straight across to Shikoku.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 753 houses. Taking all 753, they run from ¥10,000 to ¥295,000,000, with a median of ¥20,000,000. 158 (21%) are at or under ¥10,000,000. The median plot is 183 square metres (about 55 tsubo) and the median building 110 square metres. And the median year built is 1995, with 234 (31%) from 1981 or earlier.

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.

Tamashima Kashiwajima 6573 property photo

Tamashima Kashiwajima 6573¥10,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 372 m² (112 tsubo) / Building 138 m² (42 tsubo) / built 1963 / Konko Sta. 62 min walk7 photos →

Tamashima Kurosaki¥500,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 222 m² (67 tsubo) / Building 121 m² (37 tsubo) / built 1958 / Konko Sta. 81 min walk9 photos →

Kojima Shimono-cho 4¥900,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 164 m² (50 tsubo) / Building 73 m² (22 tsubo) / built 1968 / Kaminocho Sta. 20 min walk10 photos →

Kojima Shimono-cho 8¥1,000,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 50 m² (15 tsubo) / Building 80 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1975 / Kaminocho Sta. 26 min walk10 photos →

Shimotsui Tanora 1¥1,000,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 70 m / Land 76 m² (23 tsubo) / Building 128 m² (39 tsubo) / built 1900 / Kojima Sta. bus 20 min+2 min walk10 photos →

Funao-cho Funao 5479¥1,000,000Funao (the west bank of the Takahashigawa)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 393 m² (119 tsubo) / Building 58 m² (17 tsubo) / built 1926 / Shin-Kurashiki Sta. 47 min walk8 photos →

Kojima Shionasu 953¥1,500,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 360 m² (109 tsubo) / Building 165 m² (50 tsubo) / built 1958 / Kojima Sta. 55 min walk9 photos →

Tamashima Kurosaki 5511番1 property photo

Tamashima Kurosaki 5511番1¥2,000,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 122 m² (37 tsubo) / Building 103 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1968 / Konko Sta. 83 min walk10 photos →

Mabi-cho Ichiba¥2,400,000Mabi (home of Kibi no Makibi)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 182 m² (55 tsubo) / Building 71 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1974 / Kibi no Makibi Sta. 42 min walk6 photos →

Funao-cho Yanaihara¥2,500,000Funao (the west bank of the Takahashigawa)Elevation about 20 m / Land 440 m² (133 tsubo) / Building 73 m² (22 tsubo) / built 1919 / Kawabejuku Sta., 35 min walkSee 10 photographs →

Shimotsui Tanora 1¥2,800,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 55 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 88 m² (27 tsubo) / built 1976 / Tanoura-ko-mae bus stop 1 min walk9 photos →

Minamise 6¥2,900,000Mizushima (Tsurajima, Fukuda, the coastal industrial belt)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 226 m² (68 tsubo) / Building 84 m² (25 tsubo) / built 1964 / Mizushima Sta. 25 min walk2 photos →

Kojima Karakoto 3¥2,980,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 166 m² (50 tsubo) / Building 131 m² (40 tsubo) / built 1976 / Karakoto-cho bus stop 6 min walk7 photos →

Tamashima Kashiwajima¥3,000,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 131 m² (39 tsubo) / Building 50 m² (15 tsubo) / built 1973 / Sotohama bus stop 5 min walk10 photos →

Tamashima Otoshima¥3,000,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 153 m² (46 tsubo) / Building 93 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1968 / Shin-Kurashiki Sta. 47 min walk9 photos →

Mabi-cho Kaminima 3091-230 property photo

Mabi-cho Kaminima 3091-230¥3,000,000Mabi (home of Kibi no Makibi)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 239 m² (72 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1979 / Nishi-Achi Sta. 46 min walk10 photos →

Tamashima Kurosaki¥3,200,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 204 m² (62 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1958 / Konko Sta. 51 min walk10 photos →

Tamashima Michiguchi¥3,500,000Tamashima (Shin-Kurashiki, Kurosaki, Nagao)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 177 m² (54 tsubo) / Building 78 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1972 / Shin-Kurashiki Sta. 41 min walk10 photos →

Kojima Shimono-cho 8¥3,500,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 212 m² (64 tsubo) / Building 132 m² (40 tsubo) / built 1973 / Kaminocho Sta. 26 min walk8 photos →

Kojima Shimono-cho 3¥3,500,000Kojima (Shimotsui, Ajino, Kotoura)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 122 m² (37 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1967 / Kaminocho Sta. 25 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 753 on SUUMO →

How to read this list

The space is real. Do not expect newnessThe median plot of 183 m² (about 55 tsubo) is roughly twice that of the towns within an hour of Osaka on this site (Suita 83 m², Amagasaki 75 m², Toyonaka 100 m²). The buildings are 110 m² as well. And the median is ¥20,000,000. But 234 (31%) date from 1981 or earlier — 1 house in 3 predates the current earthquake code. This is also a place where the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 38.3% (§5). Make getting a seismic survey and a quotation for the work your first step in this city. It also gives you grounds for negotiating on price.

Sorting shows you the character of each districtThis list carries an elevation for every property. Sort by lowest elevation and Mizushima and Tamashima come to the top; sort by highest and Kojima and Mabi do (§2). Sort by elevation first, make sure which district you are looking at, and then look at the prices. There is even a property at ¥10,000 (Tamashima Kashiwajima, built 1963), but what makes it cheap is the age of the building and the cost of demolition or renovation. If you want a house you can move straight into, narrowing by year built first is the quicker route.

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Kurashiki City" (All 753 listings collected, as of 2026-08-19). Prices, year built, address and nearest station are as given on each listing page; elevation is the map coordinates on the listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API.Listings change from day to day.Please check the latest details on each property page / the median plots compared for Suita City, Amagasaki City and Toyonaka City are tallied the same way as on their own pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

Akiya bank

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

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Kurashiki?

SUUMO lists 753 houses, running ¥10,000 to ¥295,000,000 with a median of ¥20,000,000, of which 158 (21%) are at or under ¥10,000,000. 🔴 The median plot is a roomy 183 square metres, but 234 (31%) date from 1981 or earlier.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Kurashiki City is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster prevention promotion area. In the 250-metre square the city hall stands on, the chance of shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 38.3%, and of 6-upper or above 5.8%. The ground is reclaimed land, and AVS30 is 236.34 m/s. And this is a city whose Mabi district was badly damaged by the heavy rain of July Heisei 30 (2018).

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

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

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not applicable (the whole of Okayama Prefecture is outside this scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not applicable (the whole of Okayama Prefecture is outside this scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	38.3% (shindo 6-upper or above is 5.8%) At the Kurashiki city hall site. Surface ground AVS30 236 m/s, reclaimed land

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Kurashiki City town hall stands onReclaimed land(AVS30 236 m/s), and the 38.3% above is the value for that point. Even within Kurashiki itself it varies a great deal between the low ground along the rivers and the plateau. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

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

The heavy rain of July 2018, and Mabi today

Kurashiki City still keeps pages on the heavy rain of July Heisei 30 and the typhoon disaster of Heisei 16 published as “a record of recent disasters in Kurashiki City”. For the Mabi district, the city has drawn up a “Mabi district recovery plan” and a “Mabi district recovery vision”, set up a recovery plan promotion committee, and continues to publish “Mabi Fukko Dayori”. On flood control itself, the “Mabi emergency flood control project” is under way. If you are considering a house in the Mabi district, open these recovery pages first. They set out, in the city’s own words, not only what happened but what has been built since. Looking at the price without reading that is the wrong way round in this district.

Source:Kurashiki City, “The heavy rain of July Heisei 30”／the same site, “On the recovery of the Mabi district”(the Mabi district recovery plan / the Mabi district recovery vision / the recovery plan promotion committee / the Mabi emergency flood control project / back numbers of “Mabi Fukko Dayori”) /the same site, “A record of recent disasters in Kurashiki City”/ Verified 2026-08-19

Kurashiki City has 5 kinds of hazard map

Map	What it tells you
Flood and landslide hazard map	Flooding of the Takahashigawa and other rivers, and the areas at risk of landslides. This is the sheet if you are looking at Mabi, Kojima or Funao
Storm-surge hazard map	Projected inundation when the tide rises in a typhoon or the like. Much of the city is low ground made by reclamation (§1)
Tsunami hazard map	Tsunami from a great Nankai Trough earthquake. Essential if you are considering the coast at Mizushima, Tamashima or Kojima
Inland-flooding hazard map	Flooding from rain heavy enough to exceed the drainage capacity of the sewers
Irrigation pond hazard map	The area that would flood if an irrigation pond gave way. Look at this when you are considering the foot of a hill

What this number means, and what you do next

The shaking figure is for a city hall built on reclaimed landThe chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 38.3%, and the ground is reclaimed land with AVS30 236.34 m/s. But this is the value for a single cell under the city hall, and the houses on the market in the city run from minus 0.5 metres to 132.6 metres (§2). Do not read it as a figure for the city as a whole. You can see it lot by lot on J-SHIS. Since 31% of the houses date from 1981 or earlier (§4), the earthquake resistance of the building and the ground under it have to be checked together.

Two things to look at first1. Put your address into the overlaid hazard map and view flood, inland flooding, storm surge, tsunami and landslide together. 2. Open all 5 kinds in turn on Kurashiki City’s hazard map page. The city also runs the Kurashiki disaster preparedness portal, which gathers evacuation and weather information. For the Mabi district, add the recovery pages above without fail.

Sources: the designation under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area from the Cabinet Office (Disaster Management) list of designated municipalities; the probability and the ground from National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS(the 250 m mesh containing the city hall at 34.58500 / 133.77194) / the kinds of map are fromKurashiki City, “Hazard maps”(flood and landslide / storm surge / tsunami / inland flooding / irrigation ponds) /Kurashiki disaster preparedness portal / elevations are from the per-property coordinates of the same 753 SUUMO listings as §2 / verified 2026-08-19

Is the disaster risk high in Kurashiki?

The city is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster prevention promotion area, and at the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 38.3% and of 6-upper or above 5.8% (reclaimed land, AVS30 236.34 m/s). 🔴 The Mabi district was badly damaged by the heavy rain of July Heisei 30, and the city is carrying out a Mabi district recovery plan and the Mabi emergency flood control project.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

The climate figures on this page are from an observation point inside Kurashiki City itself. The annual mean is 15.8°C and annual rainfall 1,042.2 mm — 65% of Tokyo’s 1,598.2 mm. There are 4.1 days a year above 35°C (Tokyo 4.8) and 0.0 days that stay below freezing. In exchange there are 39.6 days below freezing a year, so the mornings are distinctly colder than Tokyo’s.

Kurashiki

Japan Meteorological Agency, Kurashiki observation point (inside the city)

Annual mean15.8°C

August daily high32.2℃

January daily low0.3℃

Annual rainfall1,042.2mm

Tokyo

Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo station

Annual mean15.8°C

August daily maximum31.3°C

January daily minimum1.2°C

Annual rainfall1,598.2 mm

The twelve months of temperature, set out as they are

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

month 1

0.3〜9.2℃

month 2

0.6〜10.0℃

month 3

3.5〜13.6℃

month 4

8.6〜19.3℃

month 5

14.0〜24.4℃

month 6

19.1〜27.3℃

month 7

23.6〜30.9℃

month 8

24.4〜32.2℃

month 9

20.1〜28.4℃

month 10

13.5〜23.1℃

month 11

7.3〜17.1℃

month 12

2.4〜11.5℃

-2℃11℃24℃37℃

22.9 days / 39.6 days

22.9 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8) and 39.6 days below freezing (Tokyo 15.2).
These are the figures for how summer nights and winter mornings compare with Tokyo

Days per year	Kurashiki	Tokyo
Tropical nights minimum 25°C or above	22.9 days	17.8 days
Days above 35°C maximum 35°C or above	4.1 days	4.8 days
Days above 30°C maximum 30°C or above	61.3 days	52.1 days
Frost days minimum below 0°C	39.6 days	15.2 days
Days below freezing all day maximum below 0°C	0.0 days	0.0 days

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

Item	Kurashiki (normals)	What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature	15.8℃	Mean daily high 20.6°C / mean daily low 11.5°C. The annual mean is exactly the same as Tokyo’s
Summer (August daily high)	32.2℃	4.1 days above 35°C (Tokyo 4.8), 61.3 days above 30°C, 22.9 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8)
Winter (January daily low)	0.3℃	39.6 days below freezing, 0.0 days below freezing all day = the mornings freeze, but no day stays below zero
Annual rainfall	1,042.2mm	65% of Tokyo. June 149.8 mm and July 154.1 mm are the wettest, and January is a mere 34.4 mm

“The land of sunshine” holds up in the normalsAnnual rainfall of 1,042.2 mm is among the lowest of any place covered on this site (Tokyo 1,598.2 mm, Nishinomiya 1,554.2 mm, Toyonaka 1,326.3 mm). There are only 4.1 days a year above 35°C, much like Tokyo, and 0.0 days that stay below freezing. The washing dries, outdoor work is easier, and roofs and walls wear more slowly — low rainfall tells in all sorts of corners of daily life. Put together with a median plot of 183 m² (§4), this is a place that suits a life with a garden or a garage.

The winter mornings are properly coldThere are 39.6 days below freezing a year — more than a month of mornings when the low drops below 0°C (more than Tokyo). The January daily low is 0.3°C. But 0.0 days stay below freezing, so no day remains frozen through the afternoon. You need no preparation for snow, but take frozen mornings as given. Since 31% of the houses date from 1981 or earlier (§4), insulation around the windows and the plumbing is what to look at hardest when you view a house.

Sources: temperatures, day counts and rainfall from Japan Meteorological Agency, "Kurashiki (normals, 1991–2020)"(an observation point inside Kurashiki City) / the Tokyo figures are fromthe same, "Tokyo (normals)"(17.8 tropical nights, 4.8 days above 35°C, August daily high 31.3°C, January daily low 1.2°C, annual rainfall 1,598.2 mm, annual mean 15.8°C) / the annual rainfall compared for Nishinomiya and Toyonaka is the same Japan Meteorological Agency figure as on their own pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

Are summers hot and winters cold in Kurashiki?

🔴 Annual rainfall of 1,042.2 mm is 65% of Tokyo’s 1,598.2 mm. There are 4.1 days a year above 35°C, much like Tokyo’s 4.8, and 0.0 days that stay below freezing. In exchange there are 39.6 days below freezing a year, so the mornings are properly cold. The figures are from an observation point inside Kurashiki City.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

From July Reiwa 5, children’s medical care became free, inpatient and outpatient alike, to the end of lower secondary school. For emergencies, the Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre (internal medicine and paediatrics) covers 20:00 to 22:00 every night and daytimes on holidays. The schools are 61 municipal primary and compulsory-education schools (24,146 pupils) and 26 lower secondary and compulsory-education schools (12,410 pupils).

How to use emergency care

Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre (Shinden 2689 / 086-425-5020)The departments are internal medicine and paediatrics. It opens 9:00–12:30 and 13:00–17:00 on Sundays, public holidays and over the New Year (30 December to 3 January), and 20:00–22:00 every night. It is not “holidays only” — it opens every evening, weekdays included. For dentistry, the Kurashiki Dental Hygiene Centre clinic (Showa 2-2-17 / 086-422-2122) opens 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–15:00 on Sundays, public holidays and over the New Year (29 December to 3 January).

The duty doctors for holidays come out as a calendar each monthThe city publishes a holiday duty doctor calendar month by month. The emergency centre covers only internal medicine and paediatrics, so for anything else you look at the duty doctors. The city has large hospitals such as Kurashiki Central Hospital and Kawasaki Medical School Hospital, and as a core city it runs its own public health centre. Before you move, drive the route to the nearest designated emergency hospital once and time it. The city covers 356.07 km² (§1), and the distance differs by district.

Source:Kurashiki City, “Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre and Kurashiki Dental Hygiene Centre clinic”(updated 13 February 2025; emergency centre = Shinden 2689, 086-425-5020, internal medicine and paediatrics, Sundays / public holidays / holidays / New Year 9:00–12:30 and 13:00–17:00, and 20:00–22:00 every night / dental hygiene centre clinic = Showa 2-2-17, 086-422-2122) /the same site, “Holiday duty doctors”/ Verified 2026-08-19

Children’s medical care is free to the end of lower secondary school

From treatment received in July Reiwa 5 (2023), Kurashiki City widened children’s medical cost support to lower secondary pupils for both inpatient and outpatient care, and made it free. In the city’s account, before the change (up to treatment received in June Reiwa 5) outpatient care ran to the end of primary school and inpatient care to the end of lower secondary school; after it, both run to the end of lower secondary school (to the first 31 March after a child turns 15). With a My Number card you can apply online, 24 hours a day (new applications, replacement cards and notifications of change).

Source:Kurashiki City, “Children’s medical cost support”(updated 1 April 2026; free for both inpatient and outpatient care to the end of lower secondary school from treatment received in July Reiwa 5 / before the change, outpatient care ran to the end of primary school and inpatient care to the end of lower secondary school / online applications) / verified 2026-08-19

Schools — 61 primary and 26 lower secondary

There are 61 municipal primary and compulsory-education schools (24,146 pupils), 26 lower secondary and compulsory-education schools (12,410 pupils) and 36 kindergartens (1,595 children) (all as of 1 May Reiwa 8). 61 primary schools in a city of 470,000 — the schools are spread out because the 6 districts are spread out (§1 and §2). The city has a school catchment council and publishes its minutes. Before you view a house, check the catchment for that exact lot in the city’s material.

Source:Kurashiki City, “FY Reiwa 8 numbers of children and pupils at municipal schools and kindergartens”and its PDF (as of 1 May Reiwa 8; 61 primary and compulsory-education schools with 24,146 pupils / 26 lower secondary and compulsory-education schools with 12,410 pupils / 36 kindergartens with 1,595 children) /the same, "Primary and junior high schools"(minutes of the school catchment council / applications to change the school attended) / verified 2026-08-19

What are healthcare and schools like in Kurashiki?

🔴 Children’s medical care has been free for both inpatient and outpatient care to the end of lower secondary school since July Reiwa 5. The Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre (internal medicine and paediatrics) opens 20:00–22:00 every night. The schools are 61 municipal primary schools (24,146 pupils) and 26 lower secondary schools (12,410 pupils).

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

On the city’s tariff table, water and sewerage come to ¥11,251 including tax for 40 cubic metres over 2 months (water ¥5,317 plus sewerage ¥5,934). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥5,165. That is at the higher end of the places covered on this site, and we say so plainly.

Use over two months	Water charge	Sewerage charge	Total (tax included)
20㎥	¥2,391	¥2,774	¥5,165
30㎥	¥3,854	¥4,354	¥8,208
40㎥	¥5,317	¥5,934	¥11,251

These are the relevant rows exactly as given, from the city’s published “water and sewerage tariff table (usage period: 2 months; use: general; including tax)”, for meter readings from March Reiwa 8. For comparison, the same 40 cubic metres over 2 months costs ¥8,533 in Amagasaki, ¥8,630 in Suita and ¥9,110 in Nishinomiya.

31% of the houses date from 1981 or earlierOf the 753, 234 (31%) date from 1981 or earlier (§4). This is a place where the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 38.3% (§5). Much of the cheapness comes from exactly this. If you plan to buy and then repair, get a seismic survey and a quotation for the work before you sign. With a median plot of 183 m² and building of 110 m² (§4), the area to be worked on is correspondingly large. Budgeting as “price plus renovation” is the realistic way to buy in this city.

Take a car as more or less given6 districts across 356.07 km² (§1). The JR Sanyo Main Line, the Hakubi Line, the Seto-Ohashi Line and the Mizushima Rinkai Railway all run here, but moving between districts and doing the everyday shopping assume a car. In exchange, a median plot of 183 m² (§4) means a house with parking is the norm. With 1,042.2 mm of rain a year (§6) and 0.0 days below freezing all day, you need no winter tyres and no snow shovel. There are 39.6 days below freezing a year, though, so be ready for frozen mornings.

Source:Kurashiki City Waterworks Bureau, “How water charges are calculated, and the tariff table”and its tariff table for meter readings from March Reiwa 8 (usage period 2 months, general use, including tax. 20 m³ = water ¥2,391, sewerage ¥2,774, total ¥5,165 / 30 m³ = ¥3,854, ¥4,354, ¥8,208 / 40 m³ = ¥5,317, ¥5,934, ¥11,251) / the water and sewerage figures compared for Amagasaki City, Suita City and Nishinomiya City are from each city’s own tariff table, as on their pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

What do water and sewerage cost in Kurashiki?

On the city’s tariff table, 40 cubic metres over 2 months comes to ¥11,251 including tax (water ¥5,317 plus sewerage ¥5,934). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥5,165, a higher level than Amagasaki (¥8,533) or Suita (¥8,630).

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land in Kurashiki averages ¥51,300/m², up 1.1% on the year. Commercial land is ¥90,700/m² (+2.0%), industrial land ¥27,700/m² (+2.9%) and all uses ¥58,500/m² (+1.4%). All 4 are up.

Use	Average price	Year-on-year change
Residential	¥51,300/m²	+1.1%
Commercial land	¥90,700/m²	+2.0%
Industrial land	¥27,700/m²	+2.9%
All uses	¥58,500/m²	+1.4%

This is why the plots are largeThe residential average of ¥51,300/m² is about a sixth of Nishinomiya City (¥293,500/m²), a fifth of Suita City (¥242,100/m²) and a quarter of Amagasaki City (¥206,600/m²). Even a 60-tsubo plot (198 m²) costs about ¥10,200,000 for the land. That is why the median plot runs to 183 m² (§4). The same budget buys 3 times the land of a metropolitan area — that is this city’s first condition.

They are rising, but gentlyResidential land +1.1%, commercial land +2.0%. Against the towns within an hour of Osaka (residential land +2.7% to +4.9%), the movement is mild. With 753 houses on the market (§4) it is a market with plenty of buyers and sellers, but it is not a place to buy expecting prices to rise. If living on a large plot is itself the point, that mildness is an advantage. The medians by district run from ¥8,700,000 (Mabi) to ¥23,000,000 (Kurashiki) (§2).

Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF)the Kurashiki City row (compiled by the Land Information Center) / the land prices compared for Nishinomiya City, Suita City and Amagasaki City are other rows of the same PDF / the medians are tallied from the same 753 SUUMO listings as §2 / verified 2026-08-19

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

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥51,300/m², up 1.1% on the year. 🔴 That is about a sixth of Nishinomiya City (¥293,500/m²), and it is why the median plot runs to 183 square metres. The rise is a gentle one.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

469,077 people in 223,800 households (resident register, end of June Reiwa 8), 2.10 per household. There are 12,025 more women than men (228,526 men, 240,551 women). The density is about 1,317 per square kilometre — a city of 470,000 spread comfortably across 356 square kilometres.

Population

469,077 people

End of June Reiwa 8, Basic Resident Register

Households

223,800 households

1 households 2.10 people

Men and women

228,526／240,551

Men / women

Population density

approx. 1,317 people/km²

469,077 people in 356.07 km²

District	Population	What marks this district
Kurashiki	230,479 people	The Bikan district, Kurashiki Station, Nakasho and Chaya-machi. Half the city’s people live here
Mizushima	86,430 people	Tsurajima and Fukuda, and the coastal heavy chemical industrial belt
Kojima	62,379 people	Shimotsui, Ajino and Kotoura. The foot of the Seto Ohashi bridge
Tamashima	61,663 people	Shin-Kurashiki (the Sanyo Shinkansen), Kurosaki, Nagao
Mabi	19,928 people	The home of Kibi no Makibi. A belt where recovery is under way (§5)
Funao	8,198 people	The west bank of the Takahashigawa. Median plot 233 m² (§2)

Resident register population as of the end of June Reiwa 8. These are the city’s published totals for its 6 districts, exactly as given.

The low density is what makes the plots largeAbout 1,317 people per square kilometre — an eighth of the towns within an hour of Osaka on this site (Toyonaka about 10,900, Suita about 10,700, Amagasaki about 9,029). The median plot of 183 m² (§4) comes from that density. It holds a population of 470,000 (second in the prefecture after the ordinance-designated city of Okayama) and yet the density is low — having both “the functions of a city” and “room on the ground” is the character of this place.

Each district grew up differentlyKurashiki has 230,479 people, half the city, and Funao 8,198 — a difference of 28 times (in §2 the houses on the market run 80 in Kurashiki against 5 in Funao). The way it was put together — 3 cities merging in Showa 42, then Mabi Town and Funao Town joining in Heisei 17 (§1) — is still there in the figures. The right way to read this city is not “living in Kurashiki” but “living in which district of Kurashiki”.

Source:Kurashiki City, “Population by town in 5-year age bands (as of the end of June Reiwa 8)”and its CSV (population statistics by the 6 districts, by district and by town. Whole city: 223,800 households, 228,526 men, 240,551 women, 469,077 in all / Kurashiki 230,479, Mizushima 86,430, Kojima 62,379, Tamashima 61,663, Mabi 19,928, Funao 8,198). The density is calculated from that population and thethe Geospatial Information Authority area survey356.07 km² given there / the densities compared for Toyonaka City, Suita City and Amagasaki City are calculated the same way as on their own pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

Share of foreign residents

1.94%national average 3.26%

Of the 471,025 people living in Kurashiki City, 9,159 are foreign residents. That is below the national average (3.26%).
Nationwide, foreign residents are 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 out of 123,767,642). 34 municipalities in the country are above 10%.

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

What is happening to Kurashiki's population?

469,077 people in 223,800 households (resident register, end of June Reiwa 8). The density is about 1,317 per square kilometre, an eighth of the towns within an hour of Osaka. By district it runs from 230,479 in Kurashiki to 8,198 in Funao.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

The year in Kurashiki is the Bikan district, the sea, and each district’s own festivals. Because the city divides into 6 districts (§2), the events stand separately by district too.

When	Event, and what you can do	Where
All year	The Kurashiki Bikan district. In the Edo period it became land held directly by the shogunate (tenryo), a magistrate’s office was placed here in Enkyo 3 (1746), and “the houses of many great landowners and wealthy merchants came to stand side by side” (from the city’s history)	Kurashiki district
All year	The Ohara Museum of Art. At the heart of what Ohara Magosaburo, president of Kurashiki Spinning, did in “leaving a deep mark on the culture and welfare of the area” (from the city’s history)	Kurashiki district
All year	Kojima’s jeans. The city’s history writes that “in Kojima, kokura, sanada and unsai cloth were woven from the late Edo period, the forerunners of today’s Kojima textile industry”	Kojima district
All year	Shimotsui and the Seto Ohashi bridge. The tip of Kojima is the foot of the bridge that crosses from Honshu to Shikoku (§3)	Kojima district
All year	The home of Kibi no Makibi. The city’s history writes that “Kibi no Makibi, who was active at the centre of national politics in the Nara period, came from the Shimotsumichi clan, one of the most powerful of the Kibi chieftains”. There is a JR station named after him	Mabi district

Each of the 6 districts has its own shape of neighbourly lifeThis is a city where 3 cities merged in Showa 42 and Mabi Town and Funao Town joined in Heisei 17 (§1). The scales differ too, from 230,479 in Kurashiki to 8,198 in Funao (§10), and how the residents’ associations came about and how much the local events ask of you differ by district. Before you buy, ask the association officers directly about the dues and the duty roster for that district. In a market where the median plot is 183 m² (§4) in particular, duties that do not exist in a city — cutting the grass, taking a turn on the watercourse — can come round to you.

For the Mabi district, ask the people who live thereThe Mabi district was badly damaged by the heavy rain of July Heisei 30, and recovery is under way (§5). The city continues to publish “Mabi Fukko Dayori” and holds commemorative recovery events. If you are house-hunting in this district, listen to the people who live there before you look at prices or floor plans. And read the city’s recovery pages. That, we think, is the most honest way in.

Source:Kurashiki City, “History of the city”(the shogunal land, the magistrate’s office and the merchants’ houses / Ohara Magosaburo / kokura, sanada and unsai in Kojima / Kibi no Makibi and the Shimotsumichi clan) /the same site, “On the recovery of the Mabi district”(“Mabi Fukko Dayori” and the commemorative recovery events) /the same site, “Tourism and promotion”/ Verified 2026-08-19

What events does Kurashiki have?

The pillars of the year are the Bikan district (the streetscape of the Edo-period shogunal land and magistrate’s office), the Ohara Museum of Art, Kojima’s jeans (with kokura, sanada and unsai of the late Edo period as their forerunners) and Shimotsui and the Seto Ohashi bridge. 🔴 In the Mabi district, “Mabi Fukko Dayori” and the commemorative recovery events continue.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things set prices in Kurashiki: 1. the heavy chemical industry at Mizushima; 2. a Shinkansen station and 19 minutes to Okayama; and 3. a wide plain made by reclamation. Residential land averages ¥51,300/m² (+1.1%) and industrial land is +2.9%.

1. The work is inside the cityThe Mizushima coastal industrial belt — the belt of which the city’s history writes that “with the factory recruitment drive from the Showa 30s, the Mizushima coastal belt drew attention as a heavy chemical industrial zone” (§1). 86,430 people live in the Mizushima district (§10), and the Mizushima Rinkai Railway is how they commute (§3). Having the work inside the city means you do not have to choose where to live by commuting time. That is a fundamentally different condition from a city in a metropolitan area.

2. A Shinkansen station, and 19 minutes to OkayamaThe Sanyo Shinkansen stops at Shin-Kurashiki, putting Shin-Osaka 1 hr 9 min away. Kurashiki to Okayama is 19 minutes and ¥330, and from Kojima the Seto-Ohashi Line crosses to Shikoku (§3). The Tamashima district has a median of ¥14,240,000 on a 224 m² plot (§2) — and that is within walking distance of a Shinkansen station. For anyone who travels often by Shinkansen for work, the value for money here is among the best on this site.

3. The plain is wide, so the plots are wideMuch of the present plain was made by land reclamation and new paddy development (§1). That is how it became a city of 356.07 km² at 1,317 people per km² (§10), with room to spare. Residential land at ¥51,300/m² (§9) and a median plot of 183 m² (§4). The other side of it is that the city hall stands on reclaimed land, the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 38.3%, and you need the storm-surge and tsunami maps (§5). The space and the ground come from the same cause.

Sources: land prices from the same official land price survey as §9 (Reiwa 8) / journey times and fares as in §3 from JR West official timetable / the description of the industrial belt is fromKurashiki City, “History of the city”/ plot sizes and counts from the same SUUMO tally as §4 / checked 2026-08-19

What this land earns from

Kurashiki is a place that has changed how it earns its living again and again. Cotton and rapeseed (the cash crops of the Edo period), salt (Nozaki Buzaemon of Kojima, the “salt-field king”), a ginned-cotton harbour (Tamashima and the kitamae-bune), spinning (the Kurashiki Spinning Mill of Meiji 22), aircraft (Showa 16, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the birth of the name Mizushima), and then heavy chemicals (the Mizushima coastal industrial belt from the Showa 30s) — every step of it is set out in the city’s own history. And Kojima’s textile industry runs from the kokura, sanada and unsai of the late Edo period through to Japanese-made jeans. The white walls of the Bikan district are the wealth of the cotton and shogunal-land era given form. What is seen today as tourism is the trace of yesterday’s industry.

Source:Kurashiki City, “History of the city”(updated 25 January 2025; the quotations and the sequence are all from that page) / verified 2026-08-19

What decides land prices in Kurashiki?

Three things: 1. the heavy chemical industry at Mizushima; 2. a Shinkansen station and 19 minutes to Okayama; and 3. a wide plain made by reclamation. Residential land is ¥51,300/m² (+1.1%) and industrial land +2.9%.

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.

¥814,710,000

Hometown tax donations received in FY Reiwa 7 (22,132 donations).
406th of 1,788 municipalities nationwide, and 5th within Okayama Prefecture

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

I (the AI) searched Kurashiki City’s official website and the tourism and produce association sites the municipality points to, but could not find an officially published list of local specialities (checked 20 August 2026).
This site is built by checking sources one at a time, so that an AI does not go and present something that is not true. Because no sourced information could be found, nothing is listed yet. It does not mean there are no local specialities, and we ask for your understanding.

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

For municipalities and local organisations (get in touch here) →

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 Kurashiki City through the hometown tax scheme →

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

What does Kurashiki earn its living from?

A place that has changed how it earns its living again and again. Cotton and rapeseed → salt (Kojima’s “salt-field king”) → a ginned-cotton harbour (Tamashima and the kitamae-bune) → spinning (the Kurashiki Spinning Mill of Meiji 22) → aircraft (Showa 16, the origin of the name Mizushima) → heavy chemicals. Kojima’s textiles run on into Japanese-made jeans.

CHAPTER 14A message from Kurashiki City

Kurashiki City is a core city of 470,000 people. Rather than drawing people in with relocation grants, its foundation is what is there once you live here — medical care free to the end of lower secondary school, an emergency centre open every night, 61 primary schools.

What the city writes about itself

The city ends its history like this — “with the factory recruitment drive from the Showa 30s, the Mizushima coastal belt drew attention as a heavy chemical industrial zone, and for the sake of regional development the 3 former cities of Kurashiki, Kojima and Tamashima merged on 1 February Showa 42, at which point the present Kurashiki City was newly born. Sho Village and Chaya-machi were merged in Showa 46 and 47 in turn, and in August Heisei 17 (2005) Funao Town and Mabi Town, so that it continues to develop as a hub city of the eastern Seto region in name and in substance”. “A hub city of the eastern Seto region” — that is the phrase this city gives itself. And it still keeps the page on the heavy rain of July Heisei 30 published as “a record of recent disasters in Kurashiki City”. Keeping what happened on the record, and continuing to publish how the recovery is going — that too, we think, is this city’s stance.

Schemes that bear directly on daily life

Scheme or facility	What it is
Children’s medical cost support	Free for both inpatient and outpatient care to the end of lower secondary school, from treatment received in July Reiwa 5. With a My Number card you can apply online, 24 hours a day (§7)
Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre	Shinden 2689 / 086-425-5020. Internal medicine and paediatrics. 20:00–22:00 every night, and daytimes on Sundays, public holidays and over the New Year (§7)
Kurashiki Dental Hygiene Centre clinic	Showa 2-2-17 / 086-422-2122. 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–15:00 on Sundays, public holidays and over the New Year (§7)
5 kinds of hazard map	Flood and landslide / storm surge / tsunami / inland flooding / irrigation ponds. The city also runs the Kurashiki disaster preparedness portal (§5)
Recovery of the Mabi district	The Mabi district recovery plan and recovery vision, the Mabi emergency flood control project and “Mabi Fukko Dayori”. The city keeps them published (§5)
Akiya bank	No vacant-home bank could be found for Kurashiki City (checked 2026-08-19). Second-hand houses are searched for on private portals such as SUUMO

Source:Kurashiki City, “History of the city” (the quotation is from the same page) / the same site, “Children’s medical cost support”／the same site, “Kurashiki City Holiday and Night Emergency Centre”／the same, "Hazard maps"／the same site, “On the recovery of the Mabi district”/ Verified 2026-08-19

Does Kurashiki welcome people moving in? Is there any support?

It is a core city of 470,000, and its foundation is what is there once you live here: children’s medical care free to the end of lower secondary school, an emergency centre open every night, 61 primary schools. 🔴 No vacant-home bank could be found (checked 2026-08-19).

CHAPTER 15A year in Kurashiki

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

Month	Kurashiki that month
1–month 2	January rainfall of 34.4 mm is the lowest of the year, and 0.0 days a year stay below freezing. But there are 39.6 days below freezing a year — the mornings freeze. The mean daily low is 0.3°C. You need no snow shovel
3–month 4	School pupil numbers are compiled as of 1 May. The Bikan district is where people start moving about
5–month 6	The rain builds (June 149.8 mm). The heavy rain of July Heisei 30 came at the end of this season. This is the time to open all 5 hazard maps (§5)
7–month 8	The wettest (July 154.1 mm) and the hottest time. The mean daily high is 32.2°C, but there are only 4.1 days a year above 35°C, much like Tokyo. The emergency centre opens 20:00–22:00 every night
9–month 10	Typhoon season. This is the time to look at the storm-surge hazard map (§5). It is also when the clear days return and the Seto Inland Sea looks its best
11–month 12	Towards the year’s end. Rainfall is low — 51.2 mm in November and 40.4 mm in December — and outdoor work is easy. The emergency centre opens in the daytime from 30 December to 3 January as well

Sources: the climate is as §6, the events as §11, medical care as §7 and the disaster record as §5, from the same primary sources / verified 2026-08-19

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

What is a year in Kurashiki like?

The year opens with 34.4 mm of rain in January, and with 0.0 days below freezing all day you need no preparation for snow. There are 39.6 days below freezing a year, though, so the mornings freeze. There are only 4.1 days a year above 35°C, much like Tokyo. Sunshine is what marks the whole year.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking of moving, who is running this city now, and where they are taking it, is something people about to live here want to know even more than those already living here. This chapter sets out, with sources, only what Kurashiki City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (the AI) could find 4 of the 6 items below. The mayor of Kurashiki City is Ito Kaori (confirmed on the city’s introduction page).

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	Welcome to the Mayor’s Office	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Statement of intent	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	The assembly 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	Could not find one	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Comprehensive plan and policies	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Kurashiki CityIto Kaori. The page carrying that name was last updated2025-01-31.Heisei 20 (2008), month 5is when the career summary says he took office.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Kurashiki 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 Kurashiki City,Comprehensive plan and policies. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.Comprehensive plan and policies →

🔴 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 (Kurashiki 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 Kurashiki City now?

The mayor of Kurashiki City is Ito Kaori (confirmed on the city’s introduction page on 22 August 2026). What this site looks for is 6 things: an introduction to the head of the municipality, a policy statement, a list of assembly members, live coverage of the assembly, a search of the minutes, and a comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is made. Only whether it is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

What never shows up in the numbers you use to find a house, but bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there, is what you do at the weekend. This chapter counts, on the same yardstick for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Kurashiki and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. This is a city with Setonaikai National Park. The area currently has 10 hot spring and day-bathing facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium, and 1 RV park. 🔴 All the counts are the numbers registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — there may well be more in reality.

What	Number counted, and names
⛰ National and quasi-national parks	Setonaikai National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Kenko Hormesis Room Kaiyu, Manten-no-Yu Kurashiki, Manten-no-Yu, Ebisu-yu, Genki Koso Buro, Ganbanyoku Nagomi salasala, Kura-no-Yu and Minato-yu and 10 in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Brazilian Park Washuzan Highland
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	the Goryu Museum, the Kurashiki Museum of Insects, the Kurashiki Archaeological Museum, the Kake Museum of Art, the Ohara Museum of Art Craft and Asian Art Gallery, the Ogino Museum of Art, the Nozaki Family Salt Industry History Museum and the Planetarium and Science Museum and 39 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	141 shrines and 54 temples. Those with a Wikipedia article are Hera-tori Shrine, Ashitaka Shrine, Ko Hachimangu, Gion Shrine, Kosenji, Tatsuchiura-ni-imasu Shrine, Anyoji and Kanryuji
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	Tsubue PA (northbound) / Tsubue PA (southbound) / Michiguchi PA (eastbound) (🎁 gifts and local produce) / Michiguchi PA (westbound) (🎁 gifts and local produce) / Konoike SA (eastbound) / Konoike SA (westbound)

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	55
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	15
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	Not found in the map data
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park Tonoyama Sanso

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

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations / expressway service and parking areas, and the shops inside them, also from OpenStreetMap (judged by machine on whether they fall within the site outline) / national parks judged from the boundary data of the Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center overlaid on National Land Numerical Information (administrative boundaries); for quasi-national parks the municipalities concerned were confirmed at the link behind the park name / verified 2026-08-20

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

This is a city with Setonaikai National Park. Counting from the map data (OpenStreetMap) and the lists of the Japan RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 10 hot spring and day-bathing facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium, 55 hotels and inns and 1 RV park. Facilities that are not on the map are not counted, so there may well be more in reality (see §17 for details).

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, and measures how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured here was the official website of Kurashiki City, and the total was 52 points (measured 20 August 2026).

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

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	10 / 20	There is a relocation and settlement page / an advice desk (department, phone number, opening hours) / support schemes give amounts and conditions, and 1 more
Housing	0 / 15	Not found
The money side of living here	11 / 15	Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information	20 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; the year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated; and 2 more
Industry and local produce	3 / 10	Hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	4 / 10	There is a community bus timetable
Can an AI read it?	4 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; statistics are published as Excel or CSV

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Support for people moving in　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 1 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
A guide to the scheme only　Go and see → 3 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
Trial housing　Go and see → 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 0 / 4　There is an akiya bank
Not found 0 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
There is no property data this site can take in 0 / 4　Completed deals are organised
As above 0 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
Not found 4 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
The charges are given as figures in the text　Go and see → 5 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age　Go and see → 2 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Either the rate or the amount is stated　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
6 documents by district　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 3 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
The flood and landslide hazard maps were updated in March Reiwa 5　Go and see → 4 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
Viewable in a map system　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / disaster app / social media / municipal loudspeakers　Go and see → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Entries for 4 financial years　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Industry promotion　Go and see → 4 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
　Go and see → 0 / 3　Fares are stated
Not found　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
18 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 0 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
Not found 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
It was a Google custom search　Go and see → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 0 / 1　Open data is published
Not found

Compare with other towns → 　For municipalities and local organisations (get in touch here) →

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

Compare with other areas

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

Areas in Chugoku and Shikoku

Onomichi (the hillside town and the mainland gateway to the Shimanami Kaido)Hiroshima Prefecture, Onomichi Citylistings124 listings / ¥30,000–Okayama (a designated city of 4 wards; first among prefectural capitals for days with less than 1 mm of rain)Okayama Prefecture, Okayama Citylistings943 listings / ¥200,000–Izumo (the temple town of Izumo Taisha)Izumo City, Shimane Prefecturelistings102 listings / ¥300,000–Takamatsu (the city of the Inland Sea, 52 min to Okayama)Takamatsu City, Kagawalistings307 listings / ¥300,000–

Places you could look at for a similar price

Onomichi (the hillside town and the mainland gateway to the Shimanami Kaido)Hiroshima Prefecture, Onomichi Citylistings124 listings / ¥30,000–Oita (seki-aji and seki-saba, and the top industrial city in Kyushu)Oita City, Oita Prefecturelistings529 listings / ¥200,000–Okayama (a designated city of 4 wards; first among prefectural capitals for days with less than 1 mm of rain)Okayama Prefecture, Okayama Citylistings943 listings / ¥200,000–Izumo (the temple town of Izumo Taisha)Izumo City, Shimane Prefecturelistings102 listings / ¥300,000–

Compare areas by budget and region →

Is there a mistake on this page?

This page is made by an AI. A number transposed, a scheme that has since changed, a link that no longer works — if you find one, please tell us. No name and no email address are needed. Just what is wrong, and how.

Anything you report is checked by me (an AI) against the primary source before it is corrected. When it is corrected, the "Last verified" date on this page changes.

Report a mistake on this page →

Quoting and reuse|Privacy policy|Contact|CCN Machi-erabi home

CCN Machi-erabi is run by CCN CO., LTD. About us