Information as of 2026-08-22

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Moving to Miura

Q: What kind of town is Miura City?

This is the very tip of the Miura Peninsula. 38,393 people in 17,112 households (1 August 2026, estimate), an area of 31.44 square kilometres (the city planning area, as of 1 January of Reiwa 7), 6.8 kilometres east to west and 9.4 north to south. 🔴 There is sea on three sides. From the city’s history — “in the Edo period it flourished as a port town, and its gradual development as a fishing harbour laid the foundations of the city that grew up in recent years as a base for deep-sea fishing”. On 1 January of Showa 30 the towns of Misaki and Minamishitaura and the village of Hasse merged to become Miura City. 🔴 The city crest is “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon” — and the city flower the hamayu lily, the tree the black pine and the bird the Japanese cormorant are all three of the sea.

Q: Which part of Miura City should I live in?

This page looks at four areas: the three districts the city uses in its statistics (Misaki district, Minamishitaura-machi, Hasse-machi) with the Misaki district divided in two. The medians run from ¥18,800,000 in the town of Misaki to ¥31,150,000 in Minamishitaura-machi. 🔴 The biggest difference is the size of the land — a median of 120 square metres in the town of Misaki against 407 in Minamishitaura-machi, 3.4 times as much. Elevation too runs from a median of 4.3 metres in the town to 36.6 metres in Koajiro and Moroiso (74.1 at the highest). For the train, Hasse-machi (all 15 have Misakiguchi as their nearest station); for wide land, Minamishitaura-machi; to buy cheap, the town of Misaki (from ¥2,980,000); for high ground with a sea view, Koajiro and Moroiso.

Q: How long does it take from Miura to Yokohama or Tokyo?

🔴 From Misakiguchi Station to Yokohama Station it is 53 minutes and ¥566 on a single Keikyu limited express, with no change of train (searched live for the 8 a.m. hour on Monday 24 August 2026). A commuter pass is ¥17,690 a month. Shinagawa is 1 hr 16 min and ¥740 (no change; a pass is ¥20,750). From Miurakaigan Station, Shinagawa is 1 hr 14 min and ¥740. Changing trains shortens it slightly, to 56 minutes for Yokohama and 1 hr 22 min for Shinagawa. 🔴 Misakiguchi is the end of the line, so the morning train up is boarded where it starts and there is a seat. But 🔴 the city has only two stations, Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan, and the town of Misaki, where the city hall is, has none (it is a bus from Misakiguchi). Since Reiwa 6 the city has run “Kana-Ride @ Miura”, the Kanagawa version of ride-sharing.

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

SUUMO lists 59 properties, and all 59 were counted (22 August 2026). ¥2,980,000 to ¥200,000,000, median ¥24,800,000. Three are under ¥10,000,000 (5%). Median land is 200 square metres (about 60 tsubo) and building 103. Median year built is 1995, with 12 from 1981 or earlier (the old seismic code) = 20%. Elevation runs 2.0 to 74.1 metres (median 26.4). 🔴 But there are only 59 (Tsukuba 220, Kisarazu 189, Hadano 105). With so little choice, you have to move quickly when a good one appears.

Q: Does Miura City have an akiya bank?

🔴 The site exists, but when this site checked on 22 August 2026 there were 0 listings. It is the Miura City municipal site on the At Home akiya bank. What the city has instead is the Miura City housing renovation grant — a flat ¥80,000 towards eligible work costing ¥200,000 or more (excluding consumption tax), with 120 awards planned a year (60 in the first round, 40 in the second, 20 in the third) and “if applications exceed the planned number, in principle a ballot”. The conditions are that you live in the city and are registered as a resident; that you are not in arrears on city taxes; that the house is in the city, owned by you and lived in by you; and that the work is done by a contractor in the city. There is also a grant for seismic retrofitting of wooden houses.

Q: Is there anything to worry about in Miura in the way of disasters?

🔴 Miura City is designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures. In the city’s words, “under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Earthquake Disaster Management for a Nankai Trough Earthquake … Miura City has been designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures”. 🔴 And the city has made a tsunami hazard map, which it hands to new residents when they register their move — “new residents are handed it when they complete their move-in procedure at any of the 3 places: the Citizen Services Division, the Minamishitaura Citizens’ Centre and the Hasse Citizens’ Centre”. There are also pages on landslide (special) warning zones and storm-surge inundation zones, the Miura City disaster prevention map, and one headed “About hazard maps (for real-estate agents, please see here)”. Landslides on the high ground, tsunami and storm surge on the low — check both.

Q: What are summer and winter like in Miura?

🔴 This is the climate with the most of its edges taken off anywhere on this site. On the Meteorological Agency’s normals for the Miura station (1991–2020), mean annual temperature 16.1℃ and annual rainfall 1,573.9 mm. 🔴 Days above 35℃ number 0.3 a year — barely one in three years (Tokyo 4.8, Kisarazu 2.1, Tsukuba 4.1). 🔴 Nights below 0℃ come to 5.4 a year and days that stay below freezing to 0.0 (Tokyo 15.2, Tsukuba 80.3). The January daily high is 10.6℃ and low 2.7℃; the August daily high 30.6℃ and low 23.8℃. With sea on three sides, summer never quite climbs and winter never quite falls. But tropical nights come to 13.7 a year. For rain, October at 211.4 mm and September at 205.5 are the wettest, and August at 102.8 the driest month.

Q: What is Miura City like for raising and educating children?

🔴 Children’s medical costs carry no out-of-pocket charge, in hospital or out, from birth to the age of a third-year high-school student. In the city’s words, “by showing the child medical certificate and the insurance card at a medical institution, the patient’s share of insured treatment becomes free” (for high-school ages, treatment on or after 1 October of Reiwa 5; health checks, vaccinations, meal charges during a hospital stay and anything else outside insurance are excluded). Schools are 7 municipal primary schools (1,259 pupils) and 3 junior high schools (752 students) (as of 1 May of Reiwa 5). 🔴 But the 5th comprehensive plan carries the indicator “Misaki district primary schools: hearings with those connected to the schools / decision on school reorganisation, Reiwa 8”. Misaki Elementary has 98 pupils and Minamishitaura Elementary 79 — small schools — so if you plan to send a child to school in the Misaki district, ask the city board of education directly what lies ahead for it. Every primary and junior high school in the city teaches ocean education conscious of “the sea industry” and the SDGs.

Q: What are property tax, city planning tax and water and sewerage like in Miura City?

Property tax is 1.4% and city planning tax 0.3% (the cap in full), so 1.7% together in an urbanisation promotion area. The exemption thresholds are ¥300,000 for land, ¥200,000 for buildings and ¥1,500,000 for depreciable assets, and payment falls 4 times a year (May, July, December, February). Water and sewerage come to ¥17,584 for 45 cubic metres over two months (water ¥9,245 plus sewerage ¥8,339; domestic use, tax included; calculated by this site from the city’s formula). 🔴 But that is for a house the public sewer reaches. The city writes that “at present, parts of Kamimiyada, Kikuna and Kaneda in Minamishitaura-machi and of Shimomiyada in Hasse-machi are the areas where the public sewer can be used” — neither the town of Misaki nor Koajiro and Moroiso is in the public sewer area (they are on septic tanks). 🔴 Sewerage charges rose 16% from 1 July of Reiwa 8 (because charge income is falling with the population and prices have risen).

Q: Are there relocation grants for Miura City?

🔴 We looked at the city’s official site on 22 August 2026 and could not find any mention of a relocation support payment for those moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo. What the city sets out in its comprehensive plan is “running a relocation advice desk, holding events such as relocation seminars and courses, publicity through relocation booklets and the like, grants towards renovation work, and subsidies for seismic diagnosis and retrofitting of wooden houses”. 🔴 The target figures are honest too: “households that relocated through the relocation and settlement promotion scheme” were 9 in the Reiwa 4 year, 10 in Reiwa 5 and 9 in Reiwa 6, and the target for Reiwa 8 to 12 is 10 households a year. For the Reiwa 8 year the target is 130 enquiries at the relocation advice desk and 4 events. The scheme you can actually use is chiefly the housing renovation grant (a flat ¥80,000), so ask the city desk (Policy Division, Policy Department) directly.

From Misakiguchi Station to Yokohama Station it is 53 minutes and ¥566 on a single Keikyu limited express, with no change of train. A commuter pass costs ¥17,690 a month. Shinagawa is 1 hr 16 min and ¥740 away (no change; a pass is ¥20,750). The population is 38,393 and the area 31.44 square kilometres (the city planning area; 6.8 km east to west, 9.4 km north to south). 🔴 And what marks Miura out most is the heat of its summer. On the normals for the Meteorological Agency’s Miura station, days above 35℃ number 0.3 a year — barely one in three years. Compare Tokyo at 4.8 days and Kisarazu at 2.1. Nights below 0℃ come to 5.4 a year, and days that stay below freezing to 0.0. At the tip of a peninsula with sea on three sides, both summer and winter have had their edges taken off.

Population

38,393 people

17,112 households; 1 August 2026 (estimate)

Homes for sale

59 listings

¥2,980,000– / median ¥24,800,000

Yokohama to

53 min

Keikyu limited express, 0 changes, ¥566

To Shinagawa

1 hr 16 min

0 changes, ¥740 / pass ¥20,750

Days above 35°C

0.3 a year

Tokyo 4.8 days / 5.4 nights below 0℃ too

Residential land price

¥63,900/m²

+1.5% year on year / 29% of the Kanagawa average

Medical costs for children

free to age 18

No contribution to the end of the school year in which a child turns 18

City area

31.44km²

6.8 km east to west, 9.4 km north to south

Summer (August daily high)

30.6℃

Miura — 0.7℃ lower than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

2.7℃

Miura — 1.5℃ higher than Tokyo

♨ Hot springs and day baths2 🚐 RV parks

Hot springs and day baths: Spa Resort Kua’s Misaki / RV parks: RV Park Miura
Sources: hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-22); RV parks from Japan RV Association, list of certified “Kurumatabi” RV parks (checked 2026-08-22). 🔴 Only the things a town has are listed — it does not mean that a town without them is worse.

Last verified 2026-08-22

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Miura is

This is the very tip of the Miura Peninsula. It covers 31.44 square kilometres (the city planning area, as of 1 January of Reiwa 7), 6.8 kilometres east to west and 9.4 north to south, with the city hall at 139°37′14″ east, 35°08′39″ north. There is sea on three sides. From the city’s history — “in the early Kamakura period the Miura clan, beginning with Wada Yoshimori, were active here, and in that same period three palaces — the Cherry, the Camellia and the Peach — were opened at Misaki, and many great figures, Minamoto no Yoritomo among them, came to visit”; “in the Edo period it flourished as a port town, and its gradual development as a fishing harbour laid the foundations of the city that grew up in recent years as a base for deep-sea fishing”. On 1 January of Showa 30 the town of Misaki, the town of Minamishitaura and the village of Hasse merged to become Miura City.

The city’s crest is two tuna and two daikonOf the crest (adopted 20 January of Showa 31), the city explains: “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon. It symbolises Miura as a city of production.” A town whose coat of arms shows directly what it catches and what it grows — that is how this place introduces itself. As §13 shows, 20 items connected with Miura City are among the “100 famous products of Kanagawa”, chief among them Misaki tuna and Miura daikon. The city flower is the hamayu lily, the tree the black pine and the bird the Japanese cormorant — all three of the sea.

The city counts three districtsIn the city’s monthly statistics (as of 1 August of Reiwa 8) — Misaki district, 6,914 households and 14,809 people / Minamishitaura-machi, 6,558 households and 14,170 people / Hasse-machi, 3,640 households and 9,414 people, giving 17,112 households and 38,393 people in all. In §2 we split the Misaki district into “the town of Misaki” and “Koajiro and Moroiso (towards Aburatsubo)”, and look at four areas. There are two stations, Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan on the Keikyu Kurihama Line. Miurakaigan Station opened in Showa 41 and Misakiguchi Station in Showa 50, and the town of Misaki has no station of its own (it is a bus from Misakiguchi Station). The city hall too is in Shiroyama-cho, with Misakiguchi Station as its nearest.

The population peaked at 54,318 in 1995 and now stands at 38,393In the city’s “population trend” (from Taisho 9) — 20,780 in 1920 → 45,532 in 1970 → 54,318 in 1995 (the peak) → 42,308 in 2020 → 39,386 in 2025, and 38,393 as of 1 August 2026. About 16,000 fewer (29%) than at the peak. The mayor writes about it squarely. From the opening of the 5th Miura City comprehensive plan — “with a falling birth rate and an ageing population, Miura City’s population is expected to keep declining, with a marked contraction in the younger generation who will support the city in future, and there is concern that new problems will arise and present ones grow more serious”. It goes on: “drawing on Miura City’s strengths to the full” (§14).

Sources: the area and position come fromMiura City, “Miura City statistics”’s “[1] Land and weather” (Excel, 2. Position and area; as of 1 January of Reiwa 7; area 31.44 km², 139°37′14″ east, 35°08′39″ north, 6.8 km east to west, 9.4 km north to south; “note: the area is the city planning area and the position is on the world geodetic system”, “source: Legal Documents Section”). History, city crest, city flower/tree/bird fromthe same, “About Miura City”(updated 29 November 2024; “in the early Kamakura period the Miura clan, beginning with Wada Yoshimori, were active here, and in that same period three palaces — the Cherry, the Camellia and the Peach — were opened at Misaki, and many great figures, Minamoto no Yoritomo among them, came to visit”; “in the Edo period it flourished as a port town, and its gradual development as a fishing harbour laid the foundations of the city that grew up in recent years as a base for deep-sea fishing”; on 1 January of Showa 30 the town of Misaki, the town of Minamishitaura and the village of Hasse merged into “Miura City”; city crest (adopted 20 January of Showa 31) “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon. It symbolises Miura as a city of production”; city flower the hamayu lily, city tree the black pine, city bird the Japanese cormorant (adopted 6 June of Showa 50); Showa 41, Miurakaigan Station opens; Showa 50, Misakiguchi Station opens). Population fromthe same, “Miura City monthly statistical report”’s issue for the eighth month of Reiwa 8 (Excel, no. 663, as of 1 August of Reiwa 8; population 38,393, households 17,112; by district, Misaki district 6,914 households and 14,809 people, Minamishitaura-machi 6,558 households and 14,170 people, Hasse-machi 3,640 households and 9,414 people; “estimated on the basis of the Reiwa 2 national census, with subsequent increases and decreases from notifications under the Basic Resident Register Act and the Family Register Act added”), andthe same, “Population trend, population by sex”’s “Population trend” (Excel; Taisho 9, 20,780; Showa 45, 45,532; Heisei 7, 54,318; Reiwa 2, 42,308; Reiwa 7, 39,386). The mayor’s words fromthe same, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (third month of Reiwa 8, PDF)’s “Introduction”. Checked 2026-08-22

What kind of town is Miura City?

This is the very tip of the Miura Peninsula. 38,393 people in 17,112 households (1 August 2026, estimate), an area of 31.44 square kilometres (the city planning area, as of 1 January of Reiwa 7), 6.8 kilometres east to west and 9.4 north to south. 🔴 There is sea on three sides. From the city’s history — “in the Edo period it flourished as a port town, and its gradual development as a fishing harbour laid the foundations of the city that grew up in recent years as a base for deep-sea fishing”. On 1 January of Showa 30 the towns of Misaki and Minamishitaura and the village of Hasse merged to become Miura City. 🔴 The city crest is “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon” — and the city flower the hamayu lily, the tree the black pine and the bird the Japanese cormorant are all three of the sea.

CHAPTER 02Four areas, and life in each

We divide the city into four. The split is built on the three districts the city uses in its statistics (Misaki district, Minamishitaura-machi, Hasse-machi), with the Misaki district alone divided into “the town” and “Koajiro and Moroiso”. All 59 properties on the market were sorted one by one by map coordinates, and none could not be placed. The medians run from ¥18,800,000 in the town of Misaki to ¥31,150,000 in Minamishitaura-machi. And the size of the land differs enormously — a median of 120 square metres in the town of Misaki against 407 in Minamishitaura-machi, 3.4 times as much. Elevation too spreads from a median of 4.3 metres in the town to 36.6 metres in Koajiro and Moroiso (74.1 at the highest).

Areas	Listings	median	Land, median	What defines it
Misaki-machi: Koajiro and Moroiso (the Aburatsubo inlet)	21 listings	¥26,800,000	194㎡	The city’s highest price, ¥200,000,000, is here. So is its highest ground, 74.1 m
Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Station)	15 listings	¥24,800,000	150㎡	All 15 have Misakiguchi as their nearest station. The closest to a station in the city
The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)	13 listings	¥18,800,000	120㎡	The city’s cheapest, ¥2,980,000. The lowest ground too, a median of 4.3 m
Minamishitaura-machi (Miurakaigan and Kikuna)	10 listings	¥31,150,000	407㎡	A median of 407 m² of land (about 123 tsubo) is among the widest on this site

Misaki-machi: Koajiro and Moroiso (the Aburatsubo inlet) — the ¥200,000,000 house is here21 properties (¥13,600,000 to ¥200,000,000, median ¥26,800,000, none under ¥10,000,000). Median year built 1991 (5 pre-1981 = 24%), median land 194 square metres, building 105. Elevation 13.8 to 74.1 metres (median 36.6), the highest ground in the city. Nearest stations: Misakiguchi 19, Miurakaigan 1, Keikyu Aburatsubo Marina 1. The Koajiro forest has been open to the public since Heisei 26 and is a designated landscape asset of the city. Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park opened in Showa 43 and closed in Reiwa 3.
Suits = anyone after high ground with a sea view and life on a quiet inlet
Worth knowing = the range runs 15 times over, from ¥13,600,000 to ¥200,000,000. The median is no more than a rough guide

Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Station) — closest to a station15 properties (¥9,800,000 to ¥78,000,000, median ¥24,800,000, 2 under ¥10,000,000 = 13%). Median year built 1996 (2 pre-1981 = 13%), median land 150 square metres, building 110. Elevation 2.7 to 26.4 metres (median 16.3). All 15 have Misakiguchi as their nearest station. Population 9,414 (3,640 households). Hasse Elementary is the city’s largest at 415 pupils, and Hasse Junior High has 209 (§7). In Reiwa 2 the Miura Jukan Road was opened as far as Koenbo in Hasse-machi.
Suits = anyone commuting to Yokohama or Shinagawa by train, or wanting a school within walking distance
Worth knowing = a median of 150 square metres of land is on the small side for this city

The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho) — from ¥2,980,00013 properties (¥2,980,000 to ¥100,000,000, median ¥18,800,000, 1 under ¥10,000,000 = 8%). Median year built 1998 (3 pre-1981 = 23%), median land 120 square metres, the smallest of the four, building 92. Elevation 2.0 to 31.1 metres (median 4.3), the lowest in the city. Nearest station: all 13 Misakiguchi (a bus ride from there). This is the centre of the town, with the city hall (Shiroyama-cho), the Misaki local wholesale fish market and Urari (the Misaki Fisherina Wharf).
Suits = anyone who wants to buy cheap in a harbour town and do the place up
Worth knowing = the ground here is low. Check the tsunami hazard map in §5 against the actual address

Minamishitaura-machi (Miurakaigan and Kikuna) — 407 square metres of land10 properties (¥19,800,000 to ¥185,000,000, median ¥31,150,000, none under ¥10,000,000). Median land 407 square metres (about 123 tsubo), building 102. Median year built 1996 (2 pre-1981 = 20%). Elevation 5.8 to 24.0 metres (median 9.6). Nearest stations: Miurakaigan 9, Misakiguchi 1. Population 14,170 (6,558 households), the largest of the three districts. Miurakaigan Station opened in Showa 41, and Kamimiyada, Kikuna and Kaneda in Minamishitaura-machi are among the few parts of the city on public sewerage (§8). The Minamishitaura Community Centre (Chel-Sea Miura) is here too.
Suits = anyone after wide land and a walk to the sea
Worth knowing = there are only 10 of them. Look at the akiya bank and local agents as well

Prices, counts, land, buildings, year built and elevation come from the listings below,SUUMOlisted59 listings (all) each listing's map coordinates, aggregated in the four divisions above (all 59 sorted, 0 unplaced). Elevations were taken from the map coordinates on each property page through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API (all 59 obtained, 0 discarded). Retrieved 22 August 2026. The split is built on the three districts the city uses in its monthly statistics (Misaki district, Minamishitaura-machi, Hasse-machi), with the Misaki district alone divided in two（Miura City, “Miura City monthly statistical report”issue for the eighth month of Reiwa 8). The opening of the Koajiro forest, Aburatsubo Marine Park and the Miura Jukan Road fromthe same, “About Miura City”’s chronology (Showa 43, Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park opens; Heisei 26, the Koajiro forest opens to the public; Reiwa 2, the Miura Jukan Road reaches Koenbo in Hasse-machi; Reiwa 3, Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park closes; Heisei 13, the Misaki Fisherina Wharf, Urari, opens). Pupil and student numbers as in §7. Checked 2026-08-22

Which part of Miura City should I live in?

This page looks at four areas: the three districts the city uses in its statistics (Misaki district, Minamishitaura-machi, Hasse-machi) with the Misaki district divided in two. The medians run from ¥18,800,000 in the town of Misaki to ¥31,150,000 in Minamishitaura-machi. 🔴 The biggest difference is the size of the land — a median of 120 square metres in the town of Misaki against 407 in Minamishitaura-machi, 3.4 times as much. Elevation too runs from a median of 4.3 metres in the town to 36.6 metres in Koajiro and Moroiso (74.1 at the highest). For the train, Hasse-machi (all 15 have Misakiguchi as their nearest station); for wide land, Minamishitaura-machi; to buy cheap, the town of Misaki (from ¥2,980,000); for high ground with a sea view, Koajiro and Moroiso.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

From Misakiguchi Station to Yokohama Station it is 53 minutes and ¥566 on a single Keikyu limited express, with no change of train. A commuter pass costs ¥17,690 a month. Shinagawa is 1 hr 16 min and ¥740 away (no change; a pass is ¥20,750). Changing trains shortens it slightly, to 56 minutes for Yokohama and 1 hr 22 min for Shinagawa. From Miurakaigan Station, Shinagawa is 1 hr 14 min and ¥740 (no change). The city has two stations, Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan, both on the Keikyu Kurihama Line. Misakiguchi is the end of the line, so there is a seat in the morning.

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

Destination	Fastest	Notes
Yokohama from Misakiguchi	53 min, ¥566 0 changes (limited express)	56 min with 2 changes. Commuter pass ¥17,690 a month
Shinagawa from Misakiguchi	1 hr 16 min, ¥740 0 changes	1 hr 22 min with 2 changes. Commuter pass ¥20,750 a month
Shinagawa from Miurakaigan	1 hr 14 min, ¥740 0 changes	Commuter pass ¥20,550 a month. 2 minutes quicker than Misakiguchi
Haneda Airport from Misakiguchi	The same Keikyu line as for Shinagawa change at Keikyu Kamata	Haneda Airport sits on the single Keikyu line out of town

“Yokohama for ¥566” is this town’s ordinary daySet beside the other Greater Tokyo towns on this site, single fares run Tsukuba to Akihabara ¥1,280, Kisarazu to Tokyo ¥1,400, Hadano to Shinjuku ¥692. Miura is ¥566 to Yokohama and ¥740 to Shinagawa. Commuter passes are ¥17,690 a month for Yokohama and ¥20,750 for Shinagawa. Misakiguchi is the end of the line, so the morning train up is boarded where it starts and there is a seat. Fifty-three minutes sitting down with a book — that is what living at the tip of the peninsula and commuting to Yokohama means.

But there are only two stationsThe city’s stations are Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan, and no others. As §2 shows, the nearest station is Misakiguchi for 48 properties and Miurakaigan for 10, and even the town of Misaki, where the city hall is, has no station — it is a bus from Misakiguchi. So take a car as given. Since Reiwa 6 the city has run “Kana-Ride @ Miura”, the Kanagawa version of ride-sharing. In Reiwa 2 the Miura Jukan Road reached Koenbo in Hasse-machi and joined the Yokohama-Yokosuka Road. When you view a house, check how you will get to the station.

There are sea routes tooThe Jogashima Bridge opened in Showa 35, so Jogashima can be reached by car. There is also a ferry from Misaki Port to Jogashima, and “Urari” (the Misaki Fisherina Wharf), opened in Heisei 13, is its base. With excursion tickets such as the “Misaki Tuna Ticket”, many people come down from central Tokyo for the day. As §17 notes, Jogashima has two stars in the Michelin Green Guide Japon (Heisei 25). For those who live here, that also means a town people come to at the weekend.

Sources: journey times, fares and commuter passes were searched by this site onYahoo! Transitforthe 8 o'clock hour on Monday 24 August 2026as searched live by this site (Misakiguchi to Yokohama: dep. 08:26 → arr. 09:19, 53 min, ¥566, 0 changes; dep. 08:09 → arr. 09:05, 56 min, 2 changes; commuter pass ¥17,690 for one month, ¥50,420 for three, ¥95,530 for six. Misakiguchi to Shinagawa: dep. 08:26 → arr. 09:42, 1 hr 16 min, ¥740, 0 changes; dep. 08:09 → arr. 09:31, 1 hr 22 min, 2 changes; commuter pass ¥20,750 for one month, ¥59,140 for three, ¥112,050 for six. Miurakaigan to Shinagawa: dep. 08:28 → arr. 09:42, 1 hr 14 min, ¥740, 0 changes; commuter pass ¥20,550 a month). The services shown vary from day to day. Fares for Tsukuba, Kisarazu and Hadano were looked up in the same way as on those pages of this site. The Jogashima Bridge, Urari, the Miura Jukan Road and Kana-Ride fromMiura City, “About Miura City”’s chronology (Showa 35, the Jogashima Bridge opens; Showa 41, Miurakaigan Station opens on the Keihin Kyuko Kurihama Line; Showa 50, Misakiguchi Station opens on the same; Heisei 13, the Misaki Fisherina Wharf, Urari, opens; Heisei 25, Jogashima is given two stars in the Michelin Green Guide Japon; Reiwa 2, the Miura Jukan Road reaches Koenbo in Hasse-machi; Reiwa 6, “Kana-Ride @ Miura”, the Kanagawa version of ride-sharing, begins). Checked 2026-08-22

✈ Airports

The nearest is Tokyo International Airport (a hub airport under national management), about 44.1 km as the crow flies. Next is Narita International Airport (about 94.7 km). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are neither road distance nor journey time — for how to actually get there, check the operators’ timetables.

🛣 Expressway junctions

There is no expressway entrance or junction inside this area. You will use an interchange in a neighbouring town.

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 Miura to Yokohama or Tokyo?

🔴 From Misakiguchi Station to Yokohama Station it is 53 minutes and ¥566 on a single Keikyu limited express, with no change of train (searched live for the 8 a.m. hour on Monday 24 August 2026). A commuter pass is ¥17,690 a month. Shinagawa is 1 hr 16 min and ¥740 (no change; a pass is ¥20,750). From Miurakaigan Station, Shinagawa is 1 hr 14 min and ¥740. Changing trains shortens it slightly, to 56 minutes for Yokohama and 1 hr 22 min for Shinagawa. 🔴 Misakiguchi is the end of the line, so the morning train up is boarded where it starts and there is a seat. But 🔴 the city has only two stations, Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan, and the town of Misaki, where the city hall is, has none (it is a bus from Misakiguchi). Since Reiwa 6 the city has run “Kana-Ride @ Miura”, the Kanagawa version of ride-sharing.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 59 properties, and all 59 are included here. ¥2,980,000 to ¥200,000,000, median ¥24,800,000. Three are under ¥10,000,000 (5%). Median land is 200 square metres (about 60 tsubo) and building 103. Median year built is 1995, with 12 from 1981 or earlier (the old seismic code) = 20%. Elevation runs 2.0 to 74.1 metres (median 26.4). And the city has a “housing renovation grant”, a flat ¥80,000 for work costing ¥200,000 or more (§8).

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

Harumi-cho¥2,980,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 83 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 70 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1975 / Misakiguchi Sta. 73 min walk6 photos →

Hasse-machi Irie¥9,800,000Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Sta.)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 136 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1983 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 6 min+4 min walk10 photos →

Hasse-machi Wada¥9,900,000Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Sta.)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 134 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / built 1986 / Misakiguchi Sta. 30 min walk10 photos →

Harumi-cho 4-33¥13,500,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 126 m² (38 tsubo) / Building 87 m² (26 tsubo) / built 2000 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 22 min+2 min walk10 photos →

Photograph of the property at 三崎町小網代21-58

三崎町小網代21-58¥13,600,000Misaki-machi: Koajiro and Moroiso (the Aburatsubo inlet)Elevation about 40 m ／ land 156 m² (47 tsubo) ／ building 121.25 m² (36.67 tsubo) (measured), of which an underground garage of 19.45... ／ built 1991 ／ Misakiguchi Sta., 8 min by bus + 9 min on footSee 10 photographs →

Sakae-cho¥13,800,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 81 m² (24 tsubo) / Building 92 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1998 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 12 min+2 min walk7 photos →

Misaki-machi Moroiso¥14,800,000Misaki-machi Koajiro and Moroiso (the inlets of Aburatsubo)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 123 m² (37 tsubo) / Building 83 m² (25 tsubo) / built 2004 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 12 min+3 min walk10 photos →

初声町下宮田¥14,800,000Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Station)Elevation about 20 m ／ land 126 m² (38 tsubo) ／ building 155.94 m² (47.17 tsubo), of which a ground-floor garage of 32.16... ／ built 1988 ／ Misakiguchi Sta., 5 min on footSee 9 photographs →

Misaki-machi Koajiro 298-53 property photo

Misaki-machi Koajiro 298-53¥14,800,000Misaki-machi Koajiro and Moroiso (the inlets of Aburatsubo)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 151 m² (46 tsubo) / Building 112 m² (34 tsubo) / built 1993 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 12 min+8 min walk10 photos →

Sakae-cho¥15,500,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 151 m² (46 tsubo) / Building 113 m² (34 tsubo) / built 1994 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 12 min+4 min walk10 photos →

Misaki-machi Koajiro¥15,900,000Misaki-machi Koajiro and Moroiso (the inlets of Aburatsubo)Elev. approx. 70 m / Land 150 m² (45 tsubo) / Building 126 m² (38 tsubo) / built 1993 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 7 min+10 min walk10 photos →

Suwa-cho¥16,800,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 100 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / built 2006 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 19 min+1 min walk10 photos →

Suwa-cho¥17,800,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 100 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 95 m² (29 tsubo) / built 2005 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 20 min+2 min walk10 photos →

Misaki-machi Moroiso¥17,900,000Misaki-machi Koajiro and Moroiso (the inlets of Aburatsubo)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 220 m² (67 tsubo) / Building 122 m² (37 tsubo) / built 1977 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 10 min+3 min walk10 photos →

Hasse-machi Shimomiyada 919-7 property photo

Hasse-machi Shimomiyada 919-7¥18,500,000Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Sta.)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 134 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 87 m² (26 tsubo) / built 2005 / Misakiguchi Sta. 20 min walk10 photos →

Misaki-machi Koajiro¥18,800,000Misaki-machi Koajiro and Moroiso (the inlets of Aburatsubo)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 151 m² (46 tsubo) / Building 103 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1991 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 8 min+10 min walk10 photos →

Hasse-machi Irie¥18,800,000Hasse-machi (around Misakiguchi Sta.)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 101 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / built 2005 / Misakiguchi Sta. 20 min walk9 photos →

Tenjin-cho¥18,800,000The town of Misaki (Shiroyama-cho, Harumi-cho, Sakae-cho)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 384 m² (116 tsubo) / Building 76 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1992 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 14 min+4 min walk9 photos →

Misaki-machi Koajiro¥19,800,000Misaki-machi Koajiro and Moroiso (the inlets of Aburatsubo)Elev. approx. 70 m / Land 147 m² (44 tsubo) / Building 112 m² (34 tsubo) / built 1996 / Misakiguchi Sta. bus 4 min+6 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 59 on SUUMO →

There are only 59. Start from thatThe other towns on this site list 220 for Tsukuba, 189 for Kisarazu and 105 for Hadano. Miura has 59. With so little choice, you have to move quickly when a good one appears. Prices run from ¥2,980,000 to ¥200,000,000. As §2 shows, the cheap ones are in the town of Misaki (median ¥18,800,000), the wide ones in Minamishitaura-machi (median land 407 square metres), and the expensive ones in Koajiro and Moroiso. Three are under ¥10,000,000 (5%), which is not many.

The akiya bank had nothing on itMiura City’s akiya bank sits on the At Home akiya bank municipal site, but when this site checked on 22 August 2026 there were 0 listings. The site itself opens. In its place, the city runs a “housing renovation grant” with room for 120 awards a year (§8). To look for a house in Miura, the practical thing is to combine the three: portals such as SUUMO, local estate agents, and the city’s renovation grant. The city also runs a relocation advice desk (§14).

Elevation runs from 2 metres to 74The median elevation is 26.4 metres, but the spread goes from 2.0 metres to 74.1. As §2 shows, the town of Misaki has a median of 4.3 metres, Minamishitaura-machi 9.6, Hasse-machi 16.3 and Koajiro and Moroiso 36.6. In Miura this is the first figure to look at. As §5 shows, the city is designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures, and publishes a tsunami hazard map. The property list on this site gives the elevation of every one, so look at the elevation of a house you like, then check its address against the city’s hazard map.

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Miura City" (see the list here. Of the 59 listed,59 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 numbers listed for Tsukuba, Kisarazu and Hadano were counted in the same way as on those pages of this site. The akiya bank fromKanagawa Prefecture, Miura City akiya bank site (At Home akiya bank), checked by this site on 22 August 2026 (0 listings). Checked 2026-08-22

Akiya bank

No houses for sale are registered. The properties in this chapter are all on the private market. (As checked on 22 August 2026)

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

SUUMO lists 59 properties, and all 59 were counted (22 August 2026). ¥2,980,000 to ¥200,000,000, median ¥24,800,000. Three are under ¥10,000,000 (5%). Median land is 200 square metres (about 60 tsubo) and building 103. Median year built is 1995, with 12 from 1981 or earlier (the old seismic code) = 20%. Elevation runs 2.0 to 74.1 metres (median 26.4). 🔴 But there are only 59 (Tsukuba 220, Kisarazu 189, Hadano 105). With so little choice, you have to move quickly when a good one appears.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Miura City is designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures. The city explains: “under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Earthquake Disaster Management for a Nankai Trough Earthquake (hereafter ‘the Act’), Miura City has been designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures”. And: “within an area where inundation of 30 centimetres or more is expected from a Nankai Trough earthquake tsunami, anyone managing or operating a facility or business used by an unspecified number of people, such as a hospital or a department store, is obliged to draw up a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster management plan setting out matters such as securing smooth evacuation from a tsunami, and to submit it to the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture and others”. The city has made a tsunami hazard map and hands it to new residents when they register their move.

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	Designated
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (the whole of Kanagawa Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	46.3% (shindo 6-upper or above, 10.0%) At the Miura city hall site. Surface ground AVS30 262 m/s, loam plateau

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Miura City town hall stands onloam plateau(AVS30 262 m/s), and the 46.3% above is the figure for that point. Within Miura City 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 city hall coordinates / verified 2026-08-22

When you register your move in, you are handed the tsunami hazard mapIn the city’s own words —“The ‘Miura City tsunami hazard map’ takes the tsunami inundation assumptions set by Kanagawa Prefecture, envisages a tsunami that would cause immense damage if it came, shows the areas predicted to be inundated, and adds information such as evacuation sites and elevations.” “New residents are handed it when they complete their move-in procedure at any of the 3 places: the Citizen Services Division, the Minamishitaura Citizens’ Centre and the Hasse Citizens’ Centre.”。 “A city that hands the tsunami map to everyone who moves in”— among all this site has looked at, a practice this plainly stated is not common.The single-sheet PDF is published on the web as well, solook at it before you buy。 Miura City tsunami hazard map →

What the city writes about “the nature of tsunami”, set down as it standsFrom the city’s page: “a tsunami can travel at several hundred kilometres an hour, and once you can see it you cannot outrun it”; “walking speed drops in water, so even shallow inundation gets in the way of evacuation. And because a tsunami is water driven forward with force, even 15 centimetres of depth can take your feet from under you”; “tsunami come again and again. The second and later waves can be higher than the first”. The actions the city lists for residents are five: “if you feel an earthquake near the coast, evacuate at once”, “do not relax because the shaking was slight”, “evacuate immediately when a tsunami warning or advisory is issued”, “stay away from the coast until the warning or advisory is lifted”, “act calmly on correct information”.

Hazard maps are not only for tsunamiThe city’s “hazard map” section lists on landslide (special) warning zones / the Miura City tsunami hazard map / on the designation of storm-surge inundation zones / the Miura City disaster prevention map. There is also a page headed “About hazard maps (for real-estate agents, please see here)” — a guide for agents to use in their statutory explanation of important matters. As §2 shows, Koajiro and Moroiso stand high, with a median elevation of 36.6 metres (74.1 at most) — but they are also sloping ground. Landslides on the high ground, tsunami and storm surge on the low: in Miura, check both, one map at a time.

The city publishes three plansThe Miura City regional disaster prevention plan (setting out the affairs and duties to be handled in relation to disaster prevention within the city), the Miura City civil protection plan and the Miura City national resilience regional plan. Alongside the disaster prevention radio, information goes out through a disaster information mail service and the Miura City disaster information site. The Miura Peninsula is an area that could be cut off in a large-scale wide-area disaster — the 5th comprehensive plan contains the line “on the Miura Peninsula, which could be isolated by a large-scale wide-area disaster, four cities and one town working together”. That, too, is part of living at the tip of a peninsula.

Sources: the Nankai Trough fromMiura City, “On drawing up a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster management plan”(updated 29 June 2023; “under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Earthquake Disaster Management for a Nankai Trough Earthquake (hereafter ‘the Act’), Miura City has been designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures”; “within an area where inundation of 30 centimetres or more is expected from a Nankai Trough earthquake tsunami, anyone managing or operating a facility or business used by an unspecified number of people, such as a hospital or a department store, is obliged to draw up a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster management plan setting out matters such as securing smooth evacuation from a tsunami, and to submit it to the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture and others”). The tsunami hazard map fromthe same, “Miura City tsunami hazard map”(updated 23 December 2025; “the ‘Miura City tsunami hazard map’ takes the tsunami inundation assumptions set by Kanagawa Prefecture … shows the areas predicted to be inundated, and adds information such as evacuation sites and elevations”; “new residents are handed it when they complete their move-in procedure at any of the 3 places: the Citizen Services Division, the Minamishitaura Citizens’ Centre and the Hasse Citizens’ Centre”; the description of the nature of tsunami and of the action residents should take). The list of hazard maps fromthe same, “Hazard map section”(on landslide (special) warning zones / the Miura City tsunami hazard map / on the designation of storm-surge inundation zones / about hazard maps (for real-estate agents, please see here) / the Miura City disaster prevention map). The plans fromthe same, “Plans for disasters”(updated 27 August 2025; the Miura City regional disaster prevention plan, the Miura City civil protection plan, the Miura City national resilience regional plan, the disaster prevention radio, the disaster information mail service, the Miura City disaster information site). The cooperation of four cities and one town fromthe same, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (PDF)(“on the Miura Peninsula, which could be isolated by a large-scale wide-area disaster, four cities and one town working together”). Checked 2026-08-22

Does Miura City have an akiya bank?

🔴 The site exists, but when this site checked on 22 August 2026 there were 0 listings. It is the Miura City municipal site on the At Home akiya bank. What the city has instead is the Miura City housing renovation grant — a flat ¥80,000 towards eligible work costing ¥200,000 or more (excluding consumption tax), with 120 awards planned a year (60 in the first round, 40 in the second, 20 in the third) and “if applications exceed the planned number, in principle a ballot”. The conditions are that you live in the city and are registered as a resident; that you are not in arrears on city taxes; that the house is in the city, owned by you and lived in by you; and that the work is done by a contractor in the city. There is also a grant for seismic retrofitting of wooden houses.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Miura’s climate has had more of its edges taken off than anywhere else on this site. On the Meteorological Agency’s normals for the Miura station (1991–2020) — mean annual temperature 16.1℃, annual rainfall 1,573.9 mm. Days above 35℃ number 0.3 a year — barely one in three years (Tokyo 4.8, the Hadano reference point 5.9, Tsukuba 4.1, Kisarazu 2.1). Nights below 0℃ come to 5.4 a year and days that stay below freezing to 0.0 (Tokyo 15.2, Tsukuba 80.3). With sea on three sides, summer never quite climbs and winter never quite falls.

0.3 days above 35℃ a year is the lowest figure on this siteThe August daily high is 30.6℃ and the daily low 23.8℃. Days above 30℃ number 41.1 a year, more than a tenth fewer than Tokyo’s 52.1. And days above 35℃ come to 0.3 a year — 3 days in 10 years, on that arithmetic. But tropical nights number 13.7 a year (Tokyo 17.8). “The day does not climb, but the night does not fall either” — that is summer beside the sea. For anyone working outdoors in the daytime, this is a large difference.

Winter rarely freezes eitherThe January daily high is 10.6℃ and the daily low 2.7℃. Nights below 0℃ come to 5.4 a year and days that stay below freezing to 0.0. For comparison, Tokyo has 15.2 nights below 0℃, Tsukuba 80.3, and the Hadano reference point (Ebina) 46.4. It drops below freezing only 5 days a year — far less worry about frozen pipes and frost than in an inland town. As §13 shows, Miura daikon and cabbage are harvested in winter because of this warmth. The city song has the line “the island in its endless spring, the shore where the double narcissus blooms”.

Rain comes in autumn and is scarce at the height of summerAnnual rainfall is 1,573.9 mm. The wettest month is October at 211.4 mm, then September at 205.5 and June at 179.6. The driest is August at 102.8, followed by January at 61.3 and December at 67.9. Typhoons and the autumn rains are this town’s most dangerous weather. As §5 shows, the city also has a page on storm-surge inundation zones. Being surrounded by sea, the wind blows hard.

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, “Normals for Miura (1991–2020)”(mean annual temperature 16.1℃, daily high 20.1℃, daily low 12.8℃; annual rainfall 1,573.9 mm (by month: January 61.3, February 68.1, March 129.0, April 132.1, May 139.4, June 179.6, July 166.4, August 102.8, September 205.5, October 211.4, November 110.5, December 67.9 mm); nights below 0℃ 5.4 days, days below freezing 0.0, days above 25℃ 105.6, days above 30℃ 41.1, days above 35℃ 0.3, tropical nights 13.7; January daily high 10.6℃ and low 2.7℃; August daily high 30.6℃ and low 23.8℃) andthe same, "Tokyo"(nights below 0℃ 15.2 days, days above 30℃ 52.1, days above 35℃ 4.8, tropical nights 17.8). The figures for Tsukuba, Kisarazu and Hadano come from the same sources as on those pages of this site. The city song fromMiura City, “About Miura City”(the Miura City song, adopted 28 May of Showa 60). Checked 2026-08-22

Is there anything to worry about in Miura in the way of disasters?

🔴 Miura City is designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures. In the city’s words, “under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Earthquake Disaster Management for a Nankai Trough Earthquake … Miura City has been designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures”. 🔴 And the city has made a tsunami hazard map, which it hands to new residents when they register their move — “new residents are handed it when they complete their move-in procedure at any of the 3 places: the Citizen Services Division, the Minamishitaura Citizens’ Centre and the Hasse Citizens’ Centre”. There are also pages on landslide (special) warning zones and storm-surge inundation zones, the Miura City disaster prevention map, and one headed “About hazard maps (for real-estate agents, please see here)”. Landslides on the high ground, tsunami and storm surge on the low — check both.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

In Miura City, children’s medical costs carry no out-of-pocket charge, in hospital or out, from birth to the age of a third-year high-school student. In the city’s words: “Miura City subsidises the patient’s share of inpatient and outpatient medical costs for those from 0 years old to the age of a third-year high-school student, with the aim of supporting children’s healthy growth and promoting their health”; “by showing the child medical certificate and the insurance card at a medical institution, the patient’s share of insured treatment becomes free” (high-school ages from treatment on or after 1 October of Reiwa 5). Schools are 7 municipal primary schools (1,259 pupils) and 3 junior high schools (752 students).

Municipal primary and junior high schools (Reiwa 5 School Basic Survey, as of 1 May of Reiwa 5)

Schools	Pupils and students	Address
Hasse Elementary	415	Hasse-machi (the city’s largest primary school)
Kamimiyada Elementary	219	Minamishitaura-machi Kamimiyada 3040
Koyo Elementary	172	Koyo-cho 10-1
Nako Elementary	140	Misaki-machi Moroiso 65
Asahi Elementary	136	Minamishitaura-machi Kamimiyada 950
Misaki Elementary	98	Misaki 1-20-32
Minamishitaura Elementary	79	南下浦町菊名1096 (the smallest)
3 junior high schools	752	Minamishitaura 302, Misaki 241, Hasse 209

The reorganisation of primary schools in the Misaki district will be decided in Reiwa 8The implementation plan of the 5th Miura City comprehensive plan sets out “to secure appropriate school sizes, we will proceed step by step with a review of the school structure”, with the indicator “Misaki district primary schools: hearings with those connected to the schools, decision on school reorganisation, Reiwa 8”. As the table above shows, Misaki Elementary has 98 pupils and Minamishitaura Elementary 79 — small schools. If you plan to send a child to a school in the Misaki district (Misaki, Koyo or Nako Elementary), ask the city board of education directly what will become of the school. This is worth settling before you move.

Children’s medical costs to 18, nothing to pay at the counterMiura City’s child medical cost subsidy covers “from 0 years old to the age of a third-year high-school student”, and for both inpatient and outpatient care “the patient’s share of insured treatment is free”. It applies to “those with an address in Miura City who are enrolled in health insurance”. But “health checks, vaccinations, meal charges during a hospital stay and anything else outside insurance” are excluded. If you are treated outside the prefecture, or do not use the medical certificate, you apply for reimbursement within 2 years. The places to do it are the Children’s Division, the Minamishitaura branch office and the Hasse branch office. Those of high-school age need to apply for the certificate to be issued. It is the same “free” level as Hadano City on this site, and more generous than Tsukuba (¥600 for an outpatient visit) or Kisarazu (¥200).

Shopping and daily life split between the station and the harbourAs §2 shows, the city hall is in Shiroyama-cho (the town of Misaki) and the stations are Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan. The Misaki local wholesale fish market and Urari (the Misaki Fisherina Wharf) are at Misaki harbour, and the Miura City cold-storage wholesale market was completed in Heisei 30. The Miura Citizens’ Exchange Centre (Ninaite) was finished in Reiwa 1 and the Miura City rental housing for families with children (Chel-Sea Miura) in Reiwa 6. Chel-Sea Miura houses the Minamishitaura Community Centre, and the citizens’ workshops for drawing up the city’s comprehensive plan were held here too.

Ocean education is taught in every primary and junior high schoolFrom the 5th Miura City comprehensive plan — the policy is to deliver, “in cooperation with the relevant bodies, ocean education lessons conscious of ‘the sea industry’ and ‘the SDGs’ in every primary and junior high school in the city”. The indicator reads “delivery of lessons using ocean education materials: all primary and junior high schools”. The city produces “Our Miura”, a local studies text for primary schools, “Miura, Our Home Region”, a local studies text for junior high schools, and “The Nature of Miura”, a supplementary science reader for junior high schools (first edition Heisei 13). “Beside the sea, learning about the sea” — that is what marks this town’s schools.

Sources: medical costs for children from Miura City, “Miura City child medical cost subsidy”(updated 25 December 2025; “we subsidise the patient’s share of inpatient and outpatient medical costs for those from 0 years old to the age of a third-year high-school student”; “note: for those of high-school age, treatment on or after 1 October of Reiwa 5 is covered”; “by showing the child medical certificate and the insurance card at a medical institution, the patient’s share of insured treatment becomes free. However, health checks, vaccinations, meal charges during a hospital stay and anything else outside insurance are not covered”; procedures at the Children’s Division, the Minamishitaura branch office and the Hasse branch office; for treatment outside the prefecture and the like, apply for reimbursement within 2 years). The figures for Hadano, Tsukuba and Kisarazu come from the same sources as on those pages of this site. Schools and pupil numbers fromthe same, “Introduction to the primary and junior high schools in Miura City”(updated 22 April 2025; “the pupil and student numbers below are from the Reiwa 5 School Basic Survey (as of 1 May of Reiwa 5)”; Misaki Elementary 98, Koyo Elementary 172, Nako Elementary 140, Minamishitaura Elementary 79, Kamimiyada Elementary 219, Asahi Elementary 136, Hasse Elementary 415; Misaki Junior High 241, Minamishitaura Junior High 302, Hasse Junior High 209). School reorganisation and ocean education fromthe same, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (PDF)(“to secure appropriate school sizes, we will proceed step by step with a review of the school structure”; indicator “Misaki district primary schools: hearings with those connected to the schools / decision on school reorganisation, Reiwa 8”; “in cooperation with the relevant bodies, ocean education lessons conscious of ‘the sea industry’ and ‘the SDGs’ in every primary and junior high school in the city”; “delivery of lessons using ocean education materials: all primary and junior high schools”). The local studies texts fromibid., "Primary and lower secondary schools". Facilities fromthe same, “About Miura City”’s chronology (Heisei 30, the Miura City cold-storage wholesale market is completed; Heisei 31 (Reiwa 1), the Miura Citizens’ Exchange Centre (Ninaite) opens; Reiwa 6, the Miura City rental housing for families with children (Chel-Sea Miura) is completed). Checked 2026-08-22

What are summer and winter like in Miura?

🔴 This is the climate with the most of its edges taken off anywhere on this site. On the Meteorological Agency’s normals for the Miura station (1991–2020), mean annual temperature 16.1℃ and annual rainfall 1,573.9 mm. 🔴 Days above 35℃ number 0.3 a year — barely one in three years (Tokyo 4.8, Kisarazu 2.1, Tsukuba 4.1). 🔴 Nights below 0℃ come to 5.4 a year and days that stay below freezing to 0.0 (Tokyo 15.2, Tsukuba 80.3). The January daily high is 10.6℃ and low 2.7℃; the August daily high 30.6℃ and low 23.8℃. With sea on three sides, summer never quite climbs and winter never quite falls. But tropical nights come to 13.7 a year. For rain, October at 211.4 mm and September at 205.5 are the wettest, and August at 102.8 the driest month.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Miura City’s property tax is 1.4% and its city planning tax 0.3% (the cap in full), so 1.7% together in an urbanisation promotion area. The exemption thresholds are ¥300,000 for land, ¥200,000 for buildings and ¥1,500,000 for depreciable assets, and payment falls 4 times a year (May, July, December, February). Water and sewerage come to ¥17,584 for 45 cubic metres over two months (water ¥9,245 plus sewerage ¥8,339). But that is for a house the public sewer reaches. The city writes: “at present, parts of Kamimiyada, Kikuna and Kaneda in Minamishitaura-machi and of Shimomiyada in Hasse-machi are the areas where the public sewer can be used”. Everywhere else is on a septic tank.

Water and sewerage (domestic use, two months, including consumption tax; calculated by this site from the city’s formula)

Volume (2 months)	Water	Sewerage	Total
20 cubic metres	¥2,970	¥2,679	¥5,649
30 cubic metres	¥5,412	¥4,879	¥10,291
45 cubic metres	¥9,245	¥8,339	¥17,584
60 cubic metres	¥13,420	¥12,117	¥25,537

Only a small part of the city has sewerageThe city’s note, as it stands: “at present, parts of Kamimiyada, Kikuna and Kaneda in Minamishitaura-machi and of Shimomiyada in Hasse-machi are the areas where the public sewer can be used”. In the terms of §2 that is only parts of Minamishitaura-machi and Hasse-machi — neither the town of Misaki nor Koajiro and Moroiso is in the public sewer area. So most houses are on a septic tank. In place of the sewerage charge in the table above come the costs of servicing, cleaning and the statutory inspection of the tank. Before you sign, make sure whether the house you like is in the sewer area. This is the cost most easily missed in Miura.

Sewerage charges went up 16% in July 2026The city explains: “our public sewerage business has been working towards better management, including the introduction of a concession scheme from the Reiwa 5 financial year. However, with sewerage charge income falling as the population declines, and maintenance and other costs expected to rise on recent price increases, we must ask for a 16% increase from 1 July of Reiwa 8”. It adds: “this revision makes no change to water charges”. The table above was calculated by this site from the formula after that revision (from 1 July of Reiwa 8). Water charges are unchanged since the revision of 1 April of Reiwa 6. Billing is every two months, and where a house is connected to the sewer it is combined with the water charge.

A flat ¥80,000 for renovation — but it goes to a ballotThe Miura City housing renovation grant. In the city’s words: “with the aim of stimulating the local economy and improving residents’ living environment, we grant support towards renovation work on houses and flats (rentals excluded) carried out by residents through contractors in the city”. A flat ¥80,000 towards eligible work costing ¥200,000 or more (excluding consumption tax). 120 awards are planned a year (60 in the first round, 40 in the second, 20 in the third), and “if applications exceed the planned number, in principle a ballot”. For the Reiwa 8 year the first round (May) and second (July) have closed, and the third runs 1 to 26 October. The conditions are that you live in the city and are registered as a resident, that you are not in arrears on city taxes, that the house is in the city, owned by you and lived in by you, and that the work is done by a contractor in the city. Anyone who received a grant in the Reiwa 5 year or earlier may apply again.

We could not find a relocation grant for people moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo on the city’s siteWe looked at the city’s official site on 22 August 2026 and could not find a page describing the relocation support payment for those moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo (the regional revitalisation relocation support scheme). What the city does set out in its comprehensive plan is “running a relocation advice desk, holding events such as relocation seminars and courses, publicity through relocation booklets and the like, grants towards renovation work, and subsidies for seismic diagnosis and retrofitting of wooden houses”. And the target figures are honest — “households that relocated through the relocation and settlement promotion scheme” were 9 in the Reiwa 4 year, 10 in Reiwa 5 and 9 in Reiwa 6, and the target for Reiwa 8 to 12 is 10 households a year. Ask the city’s desk directly whether anything applies to you.

Sources: property tax and city planning tax from Miura City, “About property tax”(updated 2 May 2023; “rates: property tax 1.4 per 100, city planning tax 0.3 per 100”; exemption thresholds ¥300,000 for land, ¥200,000 for buildings, ¥1,500,000 for depreciable assets; payment in the first period May, second July, third December, fourth February). The water and sewerage formula fromthe same, “[From 1 July of Reiwa 8] Quick reference table for water and sewerage charges (two months)”(updated 9 February 2026; domestic water charge = base charge (up to 20 m³) 2,700 × 1.1; 21–40 m³ (222 × volume used − 1,740) × 1.1; 41–60 m³ (253 × volume used − 2,980) × 1.1. Domestic sewerage charge = base charge (up to 20 m³) 2,436 × 1.1; 21–40 m³ (200 × volume used − 1,564) × 1.1; 41–60 m³ (229 × volume used − 2,724) × 1.1. Fractions of a yen are dropped in each case.)The amounts in the table were calculated by this site from that formula. The sewerage revision and the area covered fromthe same, “[From 1 July of Reiwa 8] On the revision of sewerage charges”(updated 9 February 2026; “our public sewerage business has been working towards better management, including the introduction of a concession scheme from the Reiwa 5 financial year. However, with sewerage charge income falling as the population declines, and maintenance and other costs expected to rise on recent price increases, we must ask for a 16% increase from 1 July of Reiwa 8”; “note: this revision makes no change to water charges”; “(note) at present, parts of Kamimiyada, Kikuna and Kaneda in Minamishitaura-machi and of Shimomiyada in Hasse-machi are the areas where the public sewer can be used”), andthe same, “About water and sewerage charges”(“the base charge and the volume charge in the table below are added together, the equivalent of consumption tax and local consumption tax is added, and the total is billed every two months”). The renovation grant fromthe same, “Guide to the Miura City housing renovation grant”(updated 6 August 2026; “with the aim of stimulating the local economy and improving residents’ living environment, we grant support towards renovation work on houses and flats (rentals excluded) carried out by residents through contractors in the city”; a flat ¥80,000 towards eligible work costing ¥200,000 or more (excluding consumption tax); 120 awards planned a year (60 in the first round, 40 in the second, 20 in the third); “if applications exceed the planned number, in principle a ballot”; the third round runs 1 to 26 October). Relocation support fromthe same, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (PDF)’s priority measure 23, “Promoting relocation and settlement” (“we will run a relocation advice desk, hold events such as relocation seminars and courses, publicise through relocation booklets and the like, grant support towards renovation work, and subsidise seismic diagnosis and retrofitting of wooden houses”; KPI “households that relocated through the relocation and settlement promotion scheme” R4 = 9, R5 = 10, R6 = 9, with a target of 10 households in each of R8 to R12; the R8 targets “enquiries at the relocation advice desk: 130; events held: 4”). We could not find any mention of a relocation support payment for those moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo. Checked 2026-08-22

What is Miura City like for raising and educating children?

🔴 Children’s medical costs carry no out-of-pocket charge, in hospital or out, from birth to the age of a third-year high-school student. In the city’s words, “by showing the child medical certificate and the insurance card at a medical institution, the patient’s share of insured treatment becomes free” (for high-school ages, treatment on or after 1 October of Reiwa 5; health checks, vaccinations, meal charges during a hospital stay and anything else outside insurance are excluded). Schools are 7 municipal primary schools (1,259 pupils) and 3 junior high schools (752 students) (as of 1 May of Reiwa 5). 🔴 But the 5th comprehensive plan carries the indicator “Misaki district primary schools: hearings with those connected to the schools / decision on school reorganisation, Reiwa 8”. Misaki Elementary has 98 pupils and Minamishitaura Elementary 79 — small schools — so if you plan to send a child to school in the Misaki district, ask the city board of education directly what lies ahead for it. Every primary and junior high school in the city teaches ocean education conscious of “the sea industry” and the SDGs.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

Residential land in Miura is ¥63,900/m², up 1.5% on the year. That is 29% of the Kanagawa average (¥221,100/m², +3.4%). Commercial land is ¥76,300/m², +1.4%, prospective residential land ¥15,000/m² and all uses together ¥62,400/m², +1.5%. Set beside the rest of the prefecture — Fujisawa ¥229,600, Yamato ¥228,700, Hiratsuka ¥149,400, Atsugi ¥129,100, Isehara ¥118,600, Odawara ¥102,400, Hadano ¥82,600 — Miura is ¥63,900, among the cheapest in Kanagawa alongside Minamiashigara (¥63,000). And even so it is rising, by 1.5%.

Use	Miura City	Kanagawa Average	City / prefecture
Residential	¥63,900/m² (+1.5%)	¥221,100/m² (+3.4%)	29%
Commercial	¥76,300/m² (+1.4%)	¥720,800/m² (+7.3%)	11%
Prospective housing land	¥15,000/m²	¥70,800/m² (+1.0%)	21%
All uses	¥62,400/m² (+1.5%)	¥322,500/m² (+4.4%)	19%

“29% of the prefectural average, and 53 minutes to Yokohama” is where this town standsThe Kanagawa average for residential land is ¥221,100/m². Miura is ¥63,900/m², or 29% of it. A fifth cheaper than Hadano at ¥82,600, and six-tenths of Odawara at ¥102,400. And yet Yokohama is 53 minutes and ¥566 away with no change of train. Of all the towns this site has looked at, it is one of those where the gap between “time to a big city” and “the price of land” is widest. As §2 shows, the median plot in Minamishitaura-machi is 407 square metres — under an hour from Yokohama, on 123 tsubo of land, is a real option here.

The rise is gentle (+1.5%)The +1.5% change in residential land is gentle beside the prefectural average (+3.4%) or Fujisawa (+5.4%). Among the other towns on this site, Tsukuba is +5.8%, Kisarazu +3.2%, Hadano +1.0% and Mito ±0.0%. Commercial land at ¥76,300/m² is 11% of the prefectural average — which is also a measure of the strength of commerce in the town. As §1 shows, the population is down 29% from its 1995 peak. A market where a buyer can buy cheap and a seller need not hurry — from either side, this is not a price movement to rush at.

When you sell, think of it as a market of only 59As §4 shows, 59 are on the market now. Few buyers and few sellers. The word “going rate” means little here, so a price is set by the particular conditions: distance from a station, elevation, the size of the land, and whether there is sewerage. Check those four for yourself when you buy. Whether the house is in the sewer area (§8) in particular will be asked when you come to sell in ten years. Find out now and it becomes your paperwork later.

Source:Land Information Center“[Land price publication] (Reiwa 8) Average prices and year-on-year average rates of change by prefecture and municipality and by use” (prepared 27 April of Reiwa 8), the Kanagawa Prefecture page (Miura City: residential land ¥63,900/m², +1.5%; prospective residential land ¥15,000/m²; commercial land ¥76,300/m², +1.4%; all uses ¥62,400/m², +1.5%. Kanagawa Prefecture: residential land ¥221,100/m², +3.4%; prospective residential land ¥70,800/m², +1.0%; commercial land ¥720,800/m², +7.3%; industrial land ¥160,700/m², +6.0%; all uses ¥322,500/m², +4.4%. Fujisawa ¥229,600, Yamato ¥228,700, Hiratsuka ¥149,400, Atsugi ¥129,100, Isehara ¥118,600, Odawara ¥102,400, Hadano ¥82,600, Minamiashigara ¥63,000 — all residential land). The residential land figures for Tsukuba, Kisarazu and Mito come from the same source as on those pages of this site. Checked 2026-08-22

What are property tax, city planning tax and water and sewerage like in Miura City?

Property tax is 1.4% and city planning tax 0.3% (the cap in full), so 1.7% together in an urbanisation promotion area. The exemption thresholds are ¥300,000 for land, ¥200,000 for buildings and ¥1,500,000 for depreciable assets, and payment falls 4 times a year (May, July, December, February). Water and sewerage come to ¥17,584 for 45 cubic metres over two months (water ¥9,245 plus sewerage ¥8,339; domestic use, tax included; calculated by this site from the city’s formula). 🔴 But that is for a house the public sewer reaches. The city writes that “at present, parts of Kamimiyada, Kikuna and Kaneda in Minamishitaura-machi and of Shimomiyada in Hasse-machi are the areas where the public sewer can be used” — neither the town of Misaki nor Koajiro and Moroiso is in the public sewer area (they are on septic tanks). 🔴 Sewerage charges rose 16% from 1 July of Reiwa 8 (because charge income is falling with the population and prices have risen).

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

38,393 people in 17,112 households (1 August 2026, estimate). By district, Misaki district 14,809 people (6,914 households), Minamishitaura-machi 14,170 (6,558) and Hasse-machi 9,414 (3,640). The population peaked at 54,318 in 1995 (Heisei 7) and has fallen by about 16,000, or 29%, since. From 20,780 in Taisho 9 (1920) it rose right through the Showa and Heisei eras, and turned in 1995 — a town that took 75 years to grow and 30 to come back down. The city’s comprehensive plan writes about it squarely.

Year	Population	What happened
1920 (Taisho 9 (1920))	20,780 people	The first national census
1955 (Showa 30 (1955))	35,450 people	Misaki-machi, Minamishitaura-machi and Hasse-mura merge into Miura City
1970 (Showa 45 (1970))	45,532 people	After Miurakaigan Station opened (1966)
1995 (Heisei 7 (1995))	54,318 people	The highest year
2020 (Reiwa 2 (2020))	42,308 people	The “Zero Carbon City Miura” declaration
2026-08-01	38,393 people	17,112 households, 2.24 people each

What the mayor writes in the introduction, set down as it standsFrom the opening of the 5th Miura City comprehensive plan (third month of Reiwa 8) — “with a falling birth rate and an ageing population, Miura City’s population is expected to keep declining, with a marked contraction in the younger generation who will support the city in future, and there is concern that new problems will arise and present ones grow more serious”. What follows is this town’s answer: “even with so many effects to be concerned about, for Miura City to go on fulfilling its role as a basic local authority, and for our residents to go on living here with confidence into the future, I feel strongly that we must draw on Miura City’s strengths to the full, listen to your voices more than ever, and build the town together with you”. It was to “express that recognition straight” that the vision in §14 was chosen.

One month’s movement shows the shape of the townFrom the city’s monthly statistics (movement during the seventh month of Reiwa 8) — natural change −51 (6 births, 57 deaths), social change −15 (88 moving in, 103 moving out), −66 in all. Households were −16. Six children born in a month is the most direct of those figures. On the other side, 88 people moved in — close to 90 people move to this town every month. As §8 shows, the city’s target for “households that relocated through the relocation and settlement promotion scheme” is 10 a year, but in practice far more people than that are moving.

The three districts are near enough evenly balancedMisaki district 14,809 (38.6%), Minamishitaura-machi 14,170 (36.9%), Hasse-machi 9,414 (24.5%). As §2 shows, the stations are in Minamishitaura-machi (Miurakaigan) and Hasse-machi (Misakiguchi), and the Misaki district has none. That the Misaki district still has the largest population is because it grew up first, as a harbour town (§1). The city hall is in the Misaki district too (Shiroyama-cho). “The side with the station” and “the side with the harbour” are separate places — and that is the biggest fork in the road when choosing where to live in Miura.

Sources: population, households, districts and the month’s change fromMiura City, “Miura City monthly statistical report”’s issue for the eighth month of Reiwa 8 (Excel, no. 663, Digital Division, Policy Department, Miura City; as of 1 August of Reiwa 8, population 38,393 (18,313 male, 20,080 female), households 17,112; by district, Misaki district 6,914 households and 14,809 people, Minamishitaura-machi 6,558 households and 14,170 people, Hasse-machi 3,640 households and 9,414 people; change during the seventh month of Reiwa 8: natural change −51 (6 births, 57 deaths), social change −15 (88 in, 103 out), −66 in all, households −16). The population trend fromthe same, “Population trend, population by sex”’s “Population trend” (Excel; Taisho 9, 20,780; 1 January of Showa 30, 35,450; Showa 45, 45,532; Heisei 7, 54,318; Reiwa 2, 42,308; Reiwa 7, 39,386). People per household were calculated by this site from the population and household figures in the monthly statistics. The mayor’s words and the vision fromthe same, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (third month of Reiwa 8, PDF)’s “Introduction”. The merger and the Zero Carbon City declaration fromthe same, “About Miura City”’s chronology. Checked 2026-08-22

Share of foreign residents

1.68%national average 3.26%

Of the 39,311 people living in Miura City, 659 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). There are 34 municipalities in the country where they exceed one in ten.

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

Are there relocation grants for Miura City?

🔴 We looked at the city’s official site on 22 August 2026 and could not find any mention of a relocation support payment for those moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo. What the city sets out in its comprehensive plan is “running a relocation advice desk, holding events such as relocation seminars and courses, publicity through relocation booklets and the like, grants towards renovation work, and subsidies for seismic diagnosis and retrofitting of wooden houses”. 🔴 The target figures are honest too: “households that relocated through the relocation and settlement promotion scheme” were 9 in the Reiwa 4 year, 10 in Reiwa 5 and 9 in Reiwa 6, and the target for Reiwa 8 to 12 is 10 households a year. For the Reiwa 8 year the target is 130 enquiries at the relocation advice desk and 4 events. The scheme you can actually use is chiefly the housing renovation grant (a flat ¥80,000), so ask the city desk (Policy Division, Policy Department) directly.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

Miura has an item of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. “Chakkirako” — the city’s chronology records “Heisei 21 (2009), Chakkirako is inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage” (re-inscribed in 2022 as one of the “Furyu-odori”). It is a dance performed by women and girls at the Little New Year, handed down in Nakasaki, Hanagure and Miyagawa-cho in Misaki. And as a town of food known for “Misaki tuna”, it has taken the word “umigyo”, the sea industry, which began in Miura City, all the way into national policy (§12).

“Umigyo” is a word this town coinedFrom the 5th Miura City comprehensive plan — “on ‘umigyo’, the concept originating in Miura City for the cluster of industries and trades that make the sea’s many values and latent capacities the object of economic activity, we will draw in private investment, invigorate every industry involved, and work with the state, the prefecture and other bodies towards a town that thrives on ‘umigyo’”. The city’s chronology records “Reiwa 4 (2022), ‘umigyo’, proposed by Miura City, is written into the Basic Plan for Fisheries and the Long-term Plan for Fishing Port and Ground Development”. A word one city began using has become a term in national policy — and the city sets itself the goal of “building the country’s foremost umigyo town”. As §7 shows, every primary and junior high school in the city teaches ocean education conscious of “umigyo”.

There are three sister and friendship citiesSister-city ties with Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, in Showa 49 (1974) and Warrnambool, Australia, in Heisei 4 (1992). In Heisei 16 (2004) came a friendship-city declaration with Honolulu, in the United States. In Heisei 18 (2006) the city opened a Tokyo branch shop, “Nagomima Senka”, in Chiyoda City, Tokyo — a city with its own shop in the centre of the capital is an unusual undertaking. In Heisei 24 (2012) Kanagawa Prefecture designated it a “new core of tourism”, and in the same year the local character “Miura Tsunanosuke” was born, followed in Heisei 27 (2015) by “Miuran” for Miurakaigan.

Places for residents to gather have been builtThe Miura Citizens’ Exchange Centre (Ninaite) opened in Heisei 31 (Reiwa 1), and the Miura City rental housing for families with children (Chel-Sea Miura) was completed in Reiwa 6 (2024). Chel-Sea Miura houses the Minamishitaura Community Centre, and the citizens’ workshops for drawing up the 5th comprehensive plan (31 May and 7 June of Reiwa 7) were held here too, in the multipurpose room on the second floor. In Reiwa 5 (2023) the comedian Emiko Kawamura was appointed a “Miura tourism ambassador”.

There is an advice desk for people relocatingThe city makes “promoting relocation and settlement” a priority measure in its comprehensive plan, and runs a relocation advice desk, holds events such as relocation seminars and courses (the target for the Reiwa 8 year is 4 a year) and publicises through relocation booklets and the like. The target for the Reiwa 8 year is 130 enquiries. And the description of the priority measure reads: “we will support the forming of sound, self-reliant communities among local residents and the development of people to lead the communities so formed”. Not only “come and live here” but “become someone who builds the place”. That is what moving to a town of under 40,000 at the tip of a peninsula means here.

Sources: Chakkirako, the sister cities, the characters, the facilities and the tourism ambassador fromMiura City, “About Miura City”’s chronology (Showa 49, sister-city tie with Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture; Heisei 4, sister-city tie with Warrnambool, Australia; Heisei 16, friendship-city declaration with Honolulu, United States; Heisei 18, the Tokyo branch shop “Nagomima Senka” opens in Chiyoda City, Tokyo; Heisei 21, Chakkirako is inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage; Heisei 24, designated a new core of tourism by Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Miura local character “Miura Tsunanosuke” is born; Heisei 27, the Miurakaigan local character “Miuran” is born; Heisei 31 (Reiwa 1), the Miura Citizens’ Exchange Centre (Ninaite) opens; Reiwa 4, “umigyo”, proposed by Miura City, is written into the Basic Plan for Fisheries and the Long-term Plan for Fishing Port and Ground Development; Reiwa 5, Emiko Kawamura is appointed a “Miura tourism ambassador”; Reiwa 6, the Miura City rental housing for families with children (Chel-Sea Miura) is completed), andthe same, “Sister cities (Warrnambool, Australia, and Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture)”. Umigyo and relocation and settlement fromthe same, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (PDF)(“on ‘umigyo’, the concept originating in Miura City for the cluster of industries and trades that make the sea’s many values and latent capacities the object of economic activity, we will draw in private investment, invigorate every industry involved, and work with the state, the prefecture and other bodies towards a town that thrives on ‘umigyo’”; “we will promote the multipurpose use of fishing port facilities and the like through PPP (public-private partnership), and pursue measures aimed at building the country’s foremost umigyo town”; priority measure 23, “Promoting relocation and settlement” = “running a relocation advice desk”, “we will support the forming of sound, self-reliant communities among local residents and the development of people to lead the communities so formed”; the R8 targets “enquiries at the relocation advice desk: 130; events held: 4”; the citizens’ workshops were held on 31 May and 7 June of Reiwa 7 in multipurpose room 1 on the second floor of the Minamishitaura Community Centre (Chel-Sea Miura)). Dates and content change from year to year — check with the organisers before you set out. Checked 2026-08-22

Is the price of land in Miura going up?

🔴 Gently, yes. Residential land is ¥63,900/m², up 1.5% on the year (Reiwa 8 land price publication). That is 29% of the Kanagawa average (¥221,100/m², +3.4%), a fifth cheaper than Hadano at ¥82,600 and six-tenths of Odawara at ¥102,400. Within the prefecture it is among the cheapest, alongside Minamiashigara (¥63,000). Commercial land is ¥76,300/m² (+1.4%), prospective residential land ¥15,000/m² and all uses ¥62,400/m² (+1.5%). 🔴 “29% of the prefectural average, and 53 minutes to Yokohama for ¥566 with no change” — it is one of the towns on this site where the gap between time to a big city and the price of land is widest.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

What tells on land in Miura is the two Keikyu stations, and the sea. As §3 shows, Misakiguchi is 53 minutes from Yokohama and 1 hr 16 min from Shinagawa, both without a change. And what the city is putting its whole weight behind is “umigyo” — a word that began in Miura City and was written into the national Basic Plan for Fisheries in Reiwa 4, with the city setting out to “build the country’s foremost umigyo town”. The means are “the multipurpose use of fishing port facilities and the like through PPP (public-private partnership)” and “the strategic use of PRE (public real estate) through PPP, to create new business and employment by attracting companies”. Public land and public buildings, used together with private partners — that is this town’s design for growth.

The sewerage is already run privatelyThe city’s chronology records “Reiwa 5 (2023), the Miura City public sewerage (eastern treatment district) operating business begins (concession scheme)”. Under a concession scheme the city keeps ownership of the facilities and hands operation to a private partner. As §8 shows, even so sewerage charges rose 16% from 1 July of Reiwa 8. The city’s explanation: “with sewerage charge income falling as the population declines, and maintenance and other costs expected to rise on recent price increases”. When the population falls, infrastructure costs more per person. Miura is a town that explains that plainly, with the figures and the reasons.

The pull of tourism supports the people who live here tooIn Heisei 24 (2012) Kanagawa Prefecture designated the city a “new core of tourism”, and in Heisei 25 (2013) the Michelin Green Guide Japon gave Jogashima two stars. In Heisei 26 (2014) the Koajiro forest was opened to the public. The 5th comprehensive plan writes: “through publicising the area’s appeal, developing and offering circuit routes, and measures to increase the number of residents taking part in hospitality activities, we will strengthen our capacity to receive varied tourism from home and abroad”. “Residents taking part in hospitality activities” — a town where tourism has become residents’ work and residents’ role.

Farming and fishing are both pillars of the cityPolicy outline 3 of the 5th comprehensive plan is “a city where the bounty of the place and the strengths of its people create tomorrow’s work”. The policies are “to invigorate the fisheries and fishing industry, we will support measures that help regenerate the fishing grounds, and strengthen the function of facilities for the stable supply of safe, reliable seafood” and “through the development and maintenance of good farmland, measures on successors and new entrants to farming, and support for brand development of produce, we will maintain and raise agricultural production while keeping farm businesses going”. “New entrants to farming” is written in by name. As §13 shows, Miura daikon, watermelon, cabbage and pumpkin are all among the prefecture’s 100 famous products. For anyone moving here to farm, Miura has the conditions in place.

The Miura Peninsula is defended by four cities and one town togetherFrom the 5th comprehensive plan — “on the Miura Peninsula, which could be isolated by a large-scale wide-area disaster, four cities and one town working together”. Yokosuka, Kamakura, Zushi and Miura cities and the town of Hayama are the peninsula’s municipalities. As §5 shows, Miura is an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures. The tip of a peninsula buys its quiet at the price of a risk of being cut off. That the city writes this into its plan is, if anything, a reason for confidence. Whether an authority has prepared shows in places like this.

Sources: umigyo, PPP, PRE, tourism, farming and fishing, and the four cities and one town fromMiura City, “5th Miura City comprehensive plan” (third month of Reiwa 8, PDF)(policy outline 3, “a city where the bounty of the place and the strengths of its people create tomorrow’s work”; “on ‘umigyo’, the concept originating in Miura City for the cluster of industries and trades that make the sea’s many values and latent capacities the object of economic activity …”; “we will promote the multipurpose use of fishing port facilities and the like through PPP (public-private partnership), and pursue measures aimed at building the country’s foremost umigyo town”, “through the strategic use of PRE (public real estate) by PPP (public-private partnership), we will create new business and employment by attracting companies”; “to invigorate the fisheries and fishing industry, we will support measures that help regenerate the fishing grounds, and strengthen the function of facilities for the stable supply of safe, reliable seafood”, “through the development and maintenance of good farmland, measures on successors and new entrants to farming, and support for brand development of produce, we will maintain and raise agricultural production while keeping farm businesses going”, “through publicising the area’s appeal, developing and offering circuit routes, and measures to increase the number of residents taking part in hospitality activities, we will strengthen our capacity to receive varied tourism from home and abroad”; “on the Miura Peninsula, which could be isolated by a large-scale wide-area disaster, four cities and one town working together”). The concession and the tourism designation fromthe same, “About Miura City”’s chronology (Heisei 24, designated a new core of tourism by Kanagawa Prefecture; Heisei 25, Jogashima is given two stars in the Michelin Green Guide Japon; Heisei 26, the Koajiro forest opens to the public; Reiwa 5, the Miura City public sewerage (eastern treatment district) operating business begins (concession scheme)). The reason for the sewerage revision is as in §8; land prices as in §9. Checked 2026-08-22

Is Miura City’s population falling?

🔴 Yes. It peaked at 54,318 in 1995 (Heisei 7) and now stands at 38,393 (1 August 2026, estimate) — down about 16,000, or 29%. From 20,780 in Taisho 9 it rose right through the Showa and Heisei eras, and turned in 1995. By district it is Misaki district 14,809, Minamishitaura-machi 14,170 and Hasse-machi 9,414. 🔴 The mayor writes about it squarely in the introduction to the comprehensive plan — “with a falling birth rate and an ageing population, Miura City’s population is expected to keep declining, with a marked contraction in the younger generation who will support the city in future, and there is concern that new problems will arise and present ones grow more serious”. And it goes on: “we must draw on Miura City’s strengths to the full, listen to your voices more than ever, and build the town together with you”. During the seventh month of Reiwa 8, 88 people moved in.

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.

¥643,760,000

Hometown tax receipts for the Reiwa 7 financial year (27,513 donations).
493rd of the country’s 1,788 municipalities, and 13th within Kanagawa Prefecture

What this town names as its own products

Miura City’s crest is “two tuna and two daikon”. The city explains it as “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon. It symbolises Miura as a city of production” — a town whose coat of arms shows directly what it catches and what it grows. The city writes that “Miura City has all manner of famous products, beginning with farm and marine produce such as its nationally known tuna and daikon”, and notes that in the Heisei 30 financial year, Kanagawa Prefecture’s selection of the “100 famous products of Kanagawa” included 20 items connected with Miura City: 1 craft, 8 processed foods and 11 items of farm, forest and marine produce. Misaki tuna (100 famous products of Kanagawa, farm and marine produce. As §1 shows, its history runs from an Edo-period harbour town to a deep-sea fishing base, and there are the Miura City Misaki local wholesale fish market and the Miura City cold-storage wholesale market, completed in Heisei 30)・Miura daikon (100 famous products of Kanagawa, farm and marine produce. This is the two daikon drawn on the city crest)・Miura watermelon (100 famous products of Kanagawa, farm and marine produce)・Miura and Yokosuka cabbage / Miura and Yokosuka pumpkin (both 100 famous products of Kanagawa, farm and marine produce)・Miura splendid alfonsino / Matsuwa mackerel (100 famous products of Kanagawa, farm and marine produce. Matsuwa is a place name in Minamishitaura-machi, §2)・Miura Peninsula and Odawara turban shell and abalone / Shonan whitebait (raw) / Sagami Bay horse mackerel / Kanagawa spiny lobster (all 100 famous products of Kanagawa, farm and marine produce)・Misaki tuna in miso, tuna in sake lees, tuna kakuni / Misaki toroman / Misaki port tuna toro chimaki / Misaki tuna ramen (100 famous products of Kanagawa, processed foods. 4 items are processed tuna alone)・Miura lightly pickled takuan / Miura Peninsula and Yokohama wakame / Yokosuka and Miura hijiki / Sagami Bay dried fish (all 100 famous products of Kanagawa, processed foods)・The Misaki big-catch flag (the craft among the 100 famous products of Kanagawa. It is the only craft connected with Miura City).

Source:Miura City, “Famous products of Miura City — from the ‘100 famous products of Kanagawa’” (updated 22 December 2022; “Miura City has all manner of famous products, beginning with farm and marine produce such as its nationally known tuna and daikon”, “in the Heisei 30 financial year Kanagawa Prefecture selected the new ‘100 famous products of Kanagawa’, and 1 craft, 8 processed foods and 11 items of farm, forest and marine produce were chosen, which we introduce here”; craft = the Misaki big-catch flag; processed foods = Misaki tuna in miso, tuna in sake lees and tuna kakuni, Misaki toroman, Misaki port tuna toro chimaki, Miura lightly pickled takuan, Miura Peninsula and Yokohama wakame, Yokosuka and Miura hijiki, Sagami Bay dried fish, Misaki tuna ramen; farm, forest and marine produce = Miura splendid alfonsino, Misaki tuna, Matsuwa mackerel, Miura Peninsula and Odawara turban shell and abalone, Shonan whitebait (raw), Sagami Bay horse mackerel, Kanagawa spiny lobster, Miura daikon, Miura watermelon, Miura and Yokosuka cabbage, Miura and Yokosuka pumpkin; Hospitality Division, Economic Affairs Department)／the same, “About Miura City” (updated 29 November 2024; city crest (adopted 20 January of Showa 31) “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon. It symbolises Miura as a city of production”; “in the Edo period it flourished as a port town, and its gradual development as a fishing harbour laid the foundations of the city that grew up in recent years as a base for deep-sea fishing”; Heisei 30, the Miura City cold-storage wholesale market is completed)／the same, “Famous products of Miura” (tourism and specialities)/ 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 Miura City through hometown tax →

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 Miura?

🔴 Miura has an item of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. “Chakkirako” — inscribed in Heisei 21 (2009), it is a Little New Year dance handed down in Misaki. The city has the Miura Citizens’ Exchange Centre (Ninaite) (opened Reiwa 1) and Chel-Sea Miura (completed Reiwa 6, housing the Minamishitaura Community Centre), and the citizens’ workshops for the comprehensive plan were held at Chel-Sea Miura too. Its sister cities are Suzaka in Nagano Prefecture (Showa 49) and Warrnambool in Australia (Heisei 4), and its friendship city Honolulu in the United States (Heisei 16). 🔴 And in describing its relocation measures the comprehensive plan writes “we will support the forming of sound, self-reliant communities among local residents and the development of people to lead the communities so formed” — a way of saying “we would like those who come to build it with us”.

CHAPTER 14A message from Miura City

Miura City’s comprehensive plan was finished only in March 2026. The 5th Miura City comprehensive plan runs ten years, from the Reiwa 8 financial year to Reiwa 17, and was passed at the full sitting of the city assembly on 18 December of Reiwa 7. The vision is “Building it together: a city of sea and green where the circle of mutual support widens — the new Miura”. The policy outlines are four — “people”, “town”, “work”, “nature” — in the city’s words “we took Miura City’s strengths just as our residents commonly understand them, and made them the four policy outlines for realising the vision”.

Item	In the city's words
The vision	“Building it together: a city of sea and green where the circle of mutual support widens — the new Miura”
Plan period	Ten years, from the Reiwa 8 financial year to Reiwa 17 (the first-period implementation plan covers Reiwa 8 to 12)
Policy outlines (four)	“People”, “town”, “work”, “nature” — “Miura City’s strengths just as our residents commonly understand them”
Basic goals (the overall strategy)	1 Forming a rich living environment where people can live with confidence, wrapped in nature and supporting one another / 2 An appealing town where bustle and vitality are created / 3 Becoming a town people choose, where they can live the life they hope for
How it was made	Resident survey (third month of Reiwa 7) → citizens’ workshops (fifth and sixth months of Reiwa 7) → public comment (ninth month of Reiwa 7) → comprehensive plan council → city assembly

“To express it straight” — the mayor’s own wordsFrom the plan’s introduction, the reason the vision was chosen, as it stands: “to express straight that this plan was drawn up on that recognition, we set out ‘Building it together: a city of sea and green where the circle of mutual support widens — the new Miura’ as the vision for ten years from now”. “That recognition” is the one quoted in §10: “the population is expected to keep declining, with a marked contraction in the younger generation who will support the city in future”. Acknowledging the decline, and then writing “building it together”. This may be the single most important piece of information for someone moving here — this town expects those who come to build it with it.

The third basic goal is about relocationBasic goal 3 of the first-period implementation plan (the Miura City regional revitalisation overall strategy) is “becoming a town people choose, where they can live the life they hope for”. It is explained as “building on basic goals 1 and 2, we will increase the number of people living in the city through relocation and settlement measures suited to their life stage and lifestyle, and through effective communication”. As §8 shows, the concrete KPI is “households that relocated through the relocation and settlement promotion scheme”, 10 a year. A modest number — but by the same token a scale at which each person can be dealt with individually. The city runs a relocation advice desk, and the target for the Reiwa 8 year is 130 enquiries.

Where to ask, and where this page standsRelocation and settlement are handled by the Policy Division, Policy Department (046-882-1111, ext. 206, 208, 209, 212, 213). The housing renovation grant is with the Property Management Division (ext. 251, 254), children’s medical costs with the Children’s Division, Health and Welfare Department (ext. 365–367), water and sewerage with the Water and Sewerage Department, and disaster prevention with the Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Office. The city hall is at 1-1 Shiroyama-cho, Miura City, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. This site gathers the city’s official information with its sources; it does not speak for the city. Schemes, prices and charges change — especially the sewerage charge and the renovation grant ballot in §8. Always check the city’s latest pages and its desks. And as §8 shows, only a small part of the city has public sewerage. Before you sign, make sure whether the house you like is in that area.

Source:Miura City, “About the 5th Miura City comprehensive plan”(updated 22 May 2026; “Miura City has drawn up its 5th comprehensive plan — the basic concept and basic plan (Reiwa 8 to Reiwa 17 financial years) and the first-period implementation plan (the overall strategy) (Reiwa 8 to Reiwa 12) — the highest-ranking of its administrative plans”; “after deliberation by the Miura City special committee for examining the comprehensive plan on 11 December of Reiwa 7, it was passed at the full sitting on 18 December”; the drafting process = resident survey (third month of Reiwa 7), citizens’ workshops (31 May and 7 June of Reiwa 7), public comment (1 to 30 September of Reiwa 7, 1 opinion from 1 person), comprehensive plan council) and the text of the plan itself (PDF, third month of Reiwa 8) (vision “Building it together: a city of sea and green where the circle of mutual support widens — the new Miura”; “to express straight that this plan was drawn up on that recognition … we set it out as the vision for ten years from now, and took ‘people’, ‘town’, ‘work’ and ‘nature’, Miura City’s strengths just as our residents commonly understand them, as the four policy outlines for realising the vision”; basic goal 3, “becoming a town people choose, where they can live the life they hope for” = “building on basic goals 1 and 2, we will increase the number of people living in the city through relocation and settlement measures suited to their life stage and lifestyle, and through effective communication”). The contact desks come from the “enquiries about this article” box on each page. Checked 2026-08-22

What kind of town does Miura City aim to be?

🔴 The comprehensive plan was finished only in March 2026. The 5th Miura City comprehensive plan (ten years, the Reiwa 8 to Reiwa 17 financial years; passed at the full sitting of the city assembly on 18 December of Reiwa 7). The vision is “Building it together: a city of sea and green where the circle of mutual support widens — the new Miura”, and the policy outlines are four — “people”, “town”, “work”, “nature” — in the city’s words “we took Miura City’s strengths just as our residents commonly understand them, and made them the four policy outlines for realising the vision”. 🔴 The reason the vision was chosen is published too — the mayor writes that the words were chosen “to express straight” the recognition that the population is falling. So is how it was made: resident survey (third month of Reiwa 7) → citizens’ workshops (fifth and sixth months of Reiwa 7) → public comment (ninth month of Reiwa 7) → comprehensive plan council → city assembly.

CHAPTER 15The year in Miura

The year in Miura passes without ever quite becoming hot or cold. On the Meteorological Agency’s normals for the Miura station, days above 35℃ number 0.3 a year, nights below 0℃ 5.4, and days that stay below freezing 0.0. Even the January daily low is 2.7℃, and even the August daily high 30.6℃. As the city song has it — “the island in its endless spring, the shore where the double narcissus blooms” — the narcissus on Jogashima flowers in winter. For events there is Chakkirako at the Little New Year (UNESCO intangible cultural heritage), and sea bathing in summer. For rain, October at 211.4 mm and September at 205.5 are the wettest and August at 102.8 the driest month.

Season	What there is
Winter (December to February)	The January daily high is 10.6℃ and the daily low 2.7℃. Nights below 0℃ come to 5.4 a year and days below freezing to 0.0 — it drops below freezing only 5 days a year (Tokyo 15.2, Tsukuba 80.3). Rainfall is light too, at 61.3 mm in January and 67.9 in December. This is the season of the narcissus on Jogashima and of Chakkirako at the Little New Year (inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in Heisei 21, a dance handed down in Nakasaki, Hanagure and Miyagawa-cho in Misaki). As §13 shows, Miura daikon and cabbage come in at this time too
Spring (March to May)	Daily highs are 14.0℃ in March, 18.5℃ in April and 22.4℃ in May. The season when the Koajiro forest (open to the public since Heisei 26) turns green. Planting of Miura watermelon begins
Rainy season (June to July)	179.6 mm in June and 166.4 in July. Daily highs are 24.9℃ in June and 28.5℃ in July. Being beside the sea, the wind blows hard. As §5 shows, the city also has a page on storm-surge inundation zones
Summer (August)	The August daily high is 30.6℃ and the daily low 23.8℃. Days above 35℃ number 0.3 a year — barely one in three years (Tokyo 4.8). Days above 30℃ come to 41.1, more than a tenth fewer than Tokyo’s 52.1. At 102.8 mm this is the driest month of the year. The beaches at Miurakaigan, Wada, Oura and elsewhere open. But tropical nights number 13.7 a year
Autumn (September to November)	The wettest month of the year is October at 211.4 mm, then September at 205.5. Daily highs are 27.4℃ in September, 22.2℃ in October and 17.4℃ in November. This is typhoon season. The doorway into the winter of Misaki tuna and Miura daikon — the daikon harvest begins in November

Sources: the climate as in §6 (Japan Meteorological Agency, normals for “Miura”, 1991–2020). Chakkirako and the Koajiro forest fromMiura City, “About Miura City”’s chronology (Heisei 21, Chakkirako is inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage; Heisei 26, the Koajiro forest opens to the public); the city song (adopted 28 May of Showa 60) is on the same page. Specialities as in §13. Dates and content change from year to year — check with the organisers before you set out. Checked 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 Miura’s specialities?

🔴 The city crest is “two tuna and two daikon” — the city explains it as “the ‘mi’ of ‘Miura’ rendered as two tuna and two daikon. It symbolises Miura as a city of production”. The “100 famous products of Kanagawa” selected in the Heisei 30 financial year include 20 items connected with Miura City: 1 craft, 8 processed foods and 11 items of farm, forest and marine produce. The produce is Misaki tuna, Miura daikon, Miura watermelon, Miura and Yokosuka cabbage, Miura and Yokosuka pumpkin, Miura splendid alfonsino, Matsuwa mackerel, turban shell and abalone, Shonan whitebait, Sagami Bay horse mackerel and Kanagawa spiny lobster. The processed foods include Misaki tuna in miso, in sake lees and as kakuni; Misaki toroman; Misaki port tuna toro chimaki; Misaki tuna ramen; and Miura lightly pickled takuan. The craft is a single item, the Misaki big-catch flag.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking about moving, who is running this town at the moment, and where they are taking it, is something the person about to live here wants to know more than the person already living here. This chapter sets out, with sources, only what Miura City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, what I (an AI) could find by following the official site was 5 of the 6 below. The mayor of Miura City is Deguchi Kaichi (confirmed on the 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 statement to the first regular session of the Reiwa 8 Miura City assembly (Reiwa 8, second	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of members, committees and parliamentary groups	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Assembly broadcast on the internet	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	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Miura CityDeguchi Kaichi. The page carrying that name was last updated2025-06-29.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Miura 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 Miura City,Comprehensive plan. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.Comprehensive plan →

🔴 What I will not do in this chapter1. I will not guess gender or age from a name. Only what is published appears here. 2. I will not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I will not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (2026-08-22), and reopens the original page each time to confirm by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has nonetheless gone out of date, please let us know.

Source: allofficial site (Miura 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 Miura City now?

The mayor of Miura City is Deguchi Kaichi (confirmed on the city’s introduction page on 22 August 2026). What this site looks for is six things: a profile of 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. 🔴 We make no judgement of good or bad. Only whether something is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

What never shows up in the numbers of a house search, yet tells directly on how content you are once you live there, is the day off. This chapter counts, on the same yardstick for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Miura and the places family and friends can stay. This area currently has 2 hot spring and day bath facilities and 1 RV park. 🔴 Every count is 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	Spa Resort / Kua Park, Kua’s Misaki (2 facilities)
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Not found in the map data
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	澤田痴陶人美術館 and the Hakushu Memorial Hall (2)
⛩ Shrines and temples	51 shrines, 33 temples
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	8
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	Not found in the map data
⛺ 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 Miura

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, we found 2 hot spring and day bath facilities, 8 hotels and inns and 1 RV park. Facilities that are not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may well be more (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. We measured the official site of Miura City, and the total was 48.3 (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	4 / 15	There is an akiya bank
The money side of living here	10 / 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; and 1 more
Disaster information	13.3 / 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	8 / 10	A list of local speciality products is on the official site; hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	2 / 10	There is a community bus timetable
Can an AI read it?	5 / 10	Each page carries an update date; there is a sitemap.xml

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
moving　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
There is a municipal akiya bank 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 → 3 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
Grants are described　Go and see → 1 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
There is a tax page　Go and see → 2 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
　Go and see → 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
7 documents by district　Go and see → 3.3 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　Go and see → 2 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
It appears to be a scanned-image PDF　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / social media / disaster radio / TV and radio　Go and see → 5 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
9 items (on the city's official site)　Go and see → 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Not found　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Commerce and industry　Go and see → 2 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
There is a page　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 → 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 → 0 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
Not found 0 / 1　Open data is published
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