Information as of 2026-08-20

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Moving to Saga

Q: What kind of town is Saga City?

A prefectural capital in the middle of the Saga Plain, facing the Ariake Sea. Population 224,104, area 431.81 square kilometres. 🔴 Being 37 minutes from Hakata by limited express is the biggest condition of all. The city contains the World Cultural Heritage Mietsu Naval Dock site and the Ramsar wetland of the Higashiyoka tidal flat, and Kyushu Saga International Airport as well. The mergers of Heisei 17 and 19 gave it its present boundaries.

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

It divides into six, by the former municipalities that came together in the Heisei mergers. The medians run 2.5 times over, from ¥10,200,000 in Morodomi to ¥25,000,000 in the south (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo). 🔴 Almost the whole city stands at about 3 metres; the one exception is Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse in the north (median 14.8 metres, 100.0 at the highest). The most properties are the 22 in Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota.

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

🔴 37 minutes on the Midori limited express (Relay Kamome) (measured on the 7:18 departure, arriving 7:55). There are 15 limited expresses a day to Hakata (9 Midori plus 6 Kamome), and the ticket is the online-only “Kyushu Net Ticket” at ¥1,300. There are also 12 Midori limited expresses to Sasebo, 15 services to Nishi-Karatsu on the Karatsu Line and 15 local trains to Tosu. 89 trains a day call at Saga Station.

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

SUUMO lists 97, and all of them were retrieved. ¥2,500,000 to ¥64,800,000, median ¥17,980,000, with 18 (19%) under ¥10,000,000. Median land is 242 square metres and building 120. 🔴 Median year built is 1987, with 39 (40%) from 1981 or earlier — in the centre alone, 59%. The akiya bank has just one registration.

Q: Is the earthquake risk high in Saga City?

🔴 It is on the low side. At the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 9.2%, and of 6-upper or above 1.5%, and it is not designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures. But the surface ground has an AVS30 of 172.6 m/s and the landform is delta and coastal lowland, so it shakes readily. The median elevation of the 97 houses for sale is 3.6 metres, the lowest 0.4 — what really needs looking at in this town is water (storm surge from the Ariake Sea, the Chikugo River, the creeks).

Q: Are summers hot and winters cold in Saga City?

🔴 Both are plain enough. Days above 35℃ number 13.5 a year, 2.8 times Tokyo’s 4.8, and nights below 0℃ number 19.6, more than Tokyo’s 15.2. Total annual snowfall is 4 centimetres and the deepest snow 3, so some years it settles. Facing the sea though it does, the climate of the Saga Plain is an inland one. Annual rainfall is 1,951.3 mm, concentrated in June to August.

Q: Where is the centre of daily life in Saga City?

JR Saga Station and the town centre to its south. Along with that, the south (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo) is newer commercial land, and Saga University (Honjo campus) is in the same part. 🔴 The city publishes its monthly population in four Excel files — by school catchment, by town and block, by age, and by age within school catchment — so you can check the age profile of a candidate catchment for yourself.

Q: What do water and sewerage cost in Saga City?

For 40 cubic metres over two months it is ¥13,376 now (water ¥7,040 plus sewerage ¥6,336, tax included), and ¥14,278 after the revision. 🔴 The sewerage charge was revised on 1 July of Reiwa 8, but the city is using a national grant to waive the increase for six months, writing that “in practice you will begin paying the new charge from the bill for the fourth month of Reiwa 9”. Water charges are unchanged.

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

🔴 Land prices are plainly rising. Residential land is ¥50,100/m², up 4.6% on the year, and commercial land ¥135,100/m², up 10.9% — double-digit growth, well above Saga Prefecture as a whole (¥36,800/m², +2.9%). But the market is thin: 97 on SUUMO plus 1 on the akiya bank makes one for every 2,310 people. Little to choose from when you buy; little competition when you sell.

Q: What is happening to Saga City's population?

224,104 people in 106,027 households (end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8). 106,157 men and 117,947 women, 11,790 more women, and 2.11 people per household — larger than Beppu’s 1.75 or Miyazaki’s 1.91 on this site. At the Reiwa 2 national census it was 233,466, so it has lost a little over 9,000 people in about six years.

A town in the middle of the Saga Plain, facing the Ariake Sea. Population 224,104, area 431.81 square kilometres. 🔴 The condition that tells most is that Hakata is 37 minutes away by limited express. From JR Saga Station there are 15 limited expresses a day to Hakata on the Midori and Kamome services and 12 to Sasebo on the Midori. Kyushu Saga International Airport is in the city too. And the earthquake probability is low. At the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 9.2%, and it is not designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures — among the Kyushu towns on this site, the lowest after Sasebo (0.7%). The median elevation of the 97 houses for sale is 3.6 metres. Land that is flat through and through — which is a strength, and also a risk from water.

To Hakata

37 min

Limited express, 15 a day (Midori / Kamome)

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

9.2%

Outside the Nankai Trough promotion area

City area

431.81km²

After the Heisei 19 merger

World Cultural Heritage

The Mietsu Naval Dock site

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution

Homes for sale

97 listings

¥2,500,000– / median ¥17,980,000

Population

224,104 people

106,027 households, end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8

Summer (August daily high)

32.9℃

Saga — 1.6℃ higher than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

1.8℃

Saga — 0.6℃ higher than Tokyo

🚗 Roadside stations ♨ Hot springs and day baths10 🚐 RV parks2

Roadside stations: Yamato / Hot springs and day baths: the Kumanokawa hot spring village, the Furuyu hot spring village, Honjo-no-Yu, Kumanokawa Onsen, Tosenkyo Onsenkan, Mitsuse Onsen, Ganbanyoku Sakura, Ryutoen, Saga Yamato Onsen Hotel Amandi / RV parks: RV Park smart Saga-no-Yudokoro KOMOREBI, Machinaka RV Park Ishi-no-Kura
Sources: roadside stations from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism list of “michi-no-eki” (checked 2026-08-21); hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-20); RV parks from Japan RV Association, list of certified “Kurumatabi” RV parks (checked 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only the things a town has are listed — it does not mean that a town without them is worse.

Last verified 2026-08-20

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Saga is

The prefectural capital of Saga Prefecture. Population 224,104 in 106,027 households (end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8), area 431.81 square kilometres. The city was formed when Saga City, Morodomi-cho, Yamato-cho, Fuji-cho and Mitsuse-mura merged on 1 October of Heisei 17, and Kawasoe-machi, Higashiyoka-cho and Kubota-cho on 1 October of Heisei 19. The Sefuri range to the north, the Ariake Sea to the south — and the houses for sale run from 0.4 metres to 100.0 metres above sea level, with a median of just 3.6.

37 minutes to Hakata. That is where this town standsFrom JR Saga Station it is 37 minutes to Hakata on the Midori limited express (Relay Kamome) (measured on the 7:18 departure, arriving 7:55). There are 15 limited expresses a day to Hakata (9 Midori plus 6 Kamome), as well as 12 Midori services to Sasebo and 3 Kamome services to Takeo-Onsen (connecting to the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen). Tickets are ¥1,300 between Hakata and Saga on the online-only “Kyushu Net Ticket”. ¥1,300 one way and 37 minutes is a distance that can fairly be called within commuting range of the Fukuoka metropolitan area. Land prices are ¥50,100/m² for residential land in Saga City (§9) — far cheaper than Fukuoka City, and 37 minutes from Hakata. That combination is what this town is built on.

This is a town with a low earthquake probabilityAt the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 9.2%, and of 6-upper or above 1.5%. And it is not designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures (§5). Compared with the Kyushu towns on this site: Sasebo 0.7% < Saga 9.2% < Beppu 19.2% < Kirishima 26.3% < Miyazaki 43.3%. “Kyushu means earthquakes” is not so. It differs plainly by prefecture and by city. That said, the surface ground has an AVS30 of 172.6 m/s and the landform is delta and coastal lowland, so it is ground that shakes readily. The probability is low, but the shaking is amplified when it comes — know both.

There is a World Heritage site and a Ramsar wetlandThe city describes itself this way: “in May of Heisei 27 the ‘Higashiyoka tidal flat’, which boasts the largest number of migrating waders and plovers in Japan and where the ‘shichimenso’ glasswort grows wild and turns red, was registered as a Ramsar wetland; and in July of Heisei 27 the ‘Mietsu Naval Dock site’, where Japan’s first practical steamship the ‘Ryofu Maru’ was built, was inscribed as World Cultural Heritage as one of the ‘Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining’”. The city also lists the Hizen provincial government site, the Nagasaki Kaido, the Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum, the Chikugogawa Shokai Bridge, the creeks of the Saga Plain and the Ariake Sea. The city’s vision is “a town where everyone looks up, in Saga’s own way”.

Sources: population and households from Saga City, “Population of Saga City (as of the end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8)”(106,027 households; 106,157 men, 117,947 women, 224,104 in all). The area, the history of the mergers, the World Heritage site, the Ramsar wetland and the quoted vision fromthe same site, “City Profile”(1 October of Heisei 17, Saga City, Morodomi-cho, Yamato-cho, Fuji-cho and Mitsuse-mura; 1 October of Heisei 19, Kawasoe-machi, Higashiyoka-cho and Kubota-cho; area 431.81 km², population 233,466 at the Reiwa 2 national census). JR journey times and frequencies as in §3; earthquakes as in §5; elevations from the coordinates of the same 97 SUUMO listings as §2. Checked 2026-08-20

Map of Saga City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Saga city hall. The JR Nagasaki Main Line runs east to west through the middle, with the town around it. Go south through Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota and you reach the Ariake Sea; go north through Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse and you reach the Sefuri range. To the east is Morodomi, along the Chikugo River.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What kind of town is Saga City?

A prefectural capital in the middle of the Saga Plain, facing the Ariake Sea. Population 224,104, area 431.81 square kilometres. 🔴 Being 37 minutes from Hakata by limited express is the biggest condition of all. The city contains the World Cultural Heritage Mietsu Naval Dock site and the Ramsar wetland of the Higashiyoka tidal flat, and Kyushu Saga International Airport as well. The mergers of Heisei 17 and 19 gave it its present boundaries.

CHAPTER 02Six areas, and life in each

We divide the city into six, following the former municipalities that came together in the Heisei mergers. All 97 SUUMO listings were retrieved and counted. The medians run 2.5 times over, from ¥10,200,000 in Morodomi to ¥25,000,000 in the south (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo). Almost the whole city stands at about 3 metres; the one exception is Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse in the north (median 14.8 metres, 100.0 at the highest).

Areas	Listings	median	Median elevation	What defines it
Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)	22 listings	¥13,740,000	2.5m	8 under ¥10,000,000 (36%); the airport and tidal-flat side
The housing in the north (Takakise, Kinryu, Kuboizumi, Nabeshima)	21 listings	¥18,000,000	6.0m	Median year built 1978; 52% from 1981 or earlier
Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (the foot of the Sefuri range, north)	19 listings	¥23,900,000	14.8m	Up to 100.0 m; median year built 1995, on the newer side
Central (Saga Sta., Saga Castle, Otakara, Mizugae)	17 listings	¥19,800,000	3.4m	59% from 1981 or earlier — the oldest
South (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo)	12 listings	¥25,000,000	3.0m	None under ¥10,000,000; buildings largest at 131 m²
Morodomi (along the Chikugo River, east)	6 listings	¥10,200,000	3.1m	Wide: 314 m² of land, 139 m² of building

Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south) — the most properties, and the easiest to afford22 (¥3,490,000 to ¥35,000,000, median ¥13,740,000, 8 under ¥10,000,000 = 36%). Elevation 1.7 to 3.2 metres (median 2.5). Median land 246 m², building 115 m², median year built 1983, with 10 (45%) from 1981 or earlier. Kyushu Saga International Airport and the Higashiyoka tidal flat (a Ramsar wetland) are in this part. These are the three towns that became part of Saga City in Heisei 19 (§1).
Suits = anyone keeping the budget down, using the airport often, or fond of the tidal flat and the Ariake Sea
Worth knowing = a median elevation of 2.5 metres. Storm surge from the Ariake Sea, and the creeks (waterways) overflowing — always check the hazard map for the address

The housing in the north (Takakise, Kinryu, Kuboizumi, Nabeshima) — plenty of old houses21 (¥2,500,000 to ¥38,800,000, median ¥18,000,000, 4 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2.7 to 21.6 metres (median 6.0). Median land 251 m², building 118 m². Median year built 1978, with 11 (52%) from 1981 or earlier — the second oldest after the centre. The city’s cheapest property at ¥2,500,000 is here too. This is also the side nearest the Saga-Yamato interchange on the Nagasaki Expressway.
Suits = anyone buying cheap on the assumption of doing the place up, or often taking the motorway
Worth knowing = half of them are under the old seismic code. Budget for a seismic diagnosis and retrofitting from the start

Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (the foot of the Sefuri range, north) — the only part with any height19 (¥8,500,000 to ¥49,500,000, median ¥23,900,000, 1 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 10.5 to 100.0 metres (median 14.8) — the only one of the six with any real height. Median year built 1995, with 4 (21%) from 1981 or earlier, so on the newer side. These are the former Yamato-cho, Fuji-cho and Mitsuse-mura, which became part of Saga City in Heisei 17, and the city describes them as “the woodland and clear streams of the mountain foot”, “sightseeing apple orchards and hot springs”. From Mitsuse you can drive over the Mitsuse pass to Fukuoka City.
Suits = anyone wanting to reduce the risk from water, or life in the hills
Worth knowing = this is the expensive side. And it is a long way from the town

Central (Saga Sta., Saga Castle, Otakara, Mizugae) — the oldest17 (¥8,490,000 to ¥38,800,000, median ¥19,800,000, 2 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2.7 to 4.3 metres (median 3.4). Median land 196 m², the smallest, and building 118 m². Median year built 1979, with 10 (59%) from 1981 or earlier — the oldest of the six. JR Saga Station, Saga Castle Park, the Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum and the Nagasaki Kaido are within walking or cycling distance.
Suits = anyone commuting to Hakata by limited express (37 minutes, §3), or wanting to live without a car
Worth knowing = six in ten are under the old seismic code, and the plots are small. In exchange, commercial land is up sharply, by 10.9% (§9) — there is also the option of looking at the land on the assumption of rebuilding

South (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo) — the dearest and the newest12 (¥11,980,000 to ¥64,800,000, median ¥25,000,000, the highest of the six, none under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 0.4 to 4.9 metres (median 3.0). At a median of 131 m², the buildings are the largest of the six, and with a median year built of 1994, only 1 (8%) dates from 1981 or earlier. Saga University (Honjo campus) and the new commercial land at Hyogo-machi are here. The city’s dearest property, at ¥64,800,000, is here too.
Suits = anyone after a new, large house, or wanting to live near the university and the shops
Worth knowing = there is a property at 0.4 metres above sea level. This is also the lowest part of the city (§5)

Morodomi (along the Chikugo River, east) — the cheapest and the widest6 (¥7,800,000 to ¥29,800,000, median ¥10,200,000, the lowest of the six, 3 under ¥10,000,000 = 50%). At a median of 314 m² of land and 139 m² of building, both are the largest of the six. Elevation 2.8 to 3.9 metres. This is the former Morodomi-cho, which became part of Saga City in Heisei 17, and it has the Chikugogawa Shokai Bridge, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. It adjoins Fukuoka Prefecture (Okawa City) across the Chikugo River.
Suits = anyone after wide land cheaply, or with business on the Fukuoka side
Worth knowing = there are only 6 properties. And you will be looking at hazard maps for both the Chikugo River and the Ariake Sea

Prices, counts, elevation, year built and plot size come from the listings below,SUUMOlisted97 listings (all), divided into six by town name and counted. The divisions follow the former municipalities that came together in the mergers of Heisei 17 and Heisei 19 (§1). Elevations were taken from the map coordinates on each property page through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API (96 of the 97 have per-property coordinates). The description of the mountain foot, the sightseeing apple orchards and hot springs, and the Chikugogawa Shokai Bridge, fromSaga City, “An overview of the city”. Retrieved 20 August 2026. Checked 2026-08-20

Which part of Saga City should I live in?

It divides into six, by the former municipalities that came together in the Heisei mergers. The medians run 2.5 times over, from ¥10,200,000 in Morodomi to ¥25,000,000 in the south (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo). 🔴 Almost the whole city stands at about 3 metres; the one exception is Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse in the north (median 14.8 metres, 100.0 at the highest). The most properties are the 22 in Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Saga’s biggest condition is that Hakata is 37 minutes away by limited express. 89 trains a day leave JR Saga Station: 15 limited expresses to Hakata (9 Midori, 6 Kamome), 12 Midori limited expresses to Sasebo, 3 Kamome to Takeo-Onsen (connecting to the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen), and among the local trains 15 to Tosu and 15 to Nishi-Karatsu. Kyushu Saga International Airport is in the city as well.

JR (from Saga Station)

Destination	Time	Ticket	Service and frequency (20 August 2026)
Hakata	37 min	¥1,300	Midori limited express (Relay Kamome), no change (measured on the 7:18 departure, arriving 7:55). 15 limited expresses a day to Hakata (9 Midori plus 6 Kamome). The ticket is the online-only “Kyushu Net Ticket” at ¥1,300
Sasebo	approx. 1 hr 5 min	—	12 Midori limited expresses a day. This is the train that connects it to Sasebo City on this site
Nagasaki	—	¥4,380	3 Kamome (Relay Kamome) to Takeo-Onsen, then across the same platform onto the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen. The ticket is the “Kamome Net Ticket”, ¥4,380 from Saga to Urakami or Nagasaki
Karatsu	—	—	15 services a day to Nishi-Karatsu on the Karatsu Line. Saga Station is where the Nagasaki Main Line, the Sasebo Line and the Karatsu Line come together
Tosu	—	—	15 local trains a day. At Tosu you can change to the Kagoshima Main Line

This is “a prefectural capital you can commute to Fukuoka from”37 minutes to Hakata, ¥1,300 on a net ticket. And 15 a day. That is a distance at which commuting into the Fukuoka metropolitan area genuinely works. In land prices, residential land in Saga City is ¥50,100/m² (§9). Much the same level as Miyazaki City on this site (¥50,000/m²), with 37 minutes to Hakata attached. And commercial land is up sharply, by 10.9% (§9) — the market is beginning to price this position in. If you are weighing up “work in Fukuoka, live in Saga”, this town is a strong candidate.

Three lines come together hereSaga Station is the junction of the Nagasaki Main Line, the Sasebo Line and the Karatsu Line. With Hakata (15), Sasebo (12), Karatsu (15), Tosu (15) and Nagasaki (3 plus a connection), you can reach anywhere in northern Kyushu. The Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen does not run through Saga City, but you can change across the same platform at Takeo-Onsen, so Nagasaki is reachable on the Kamome Net Ticket at ¥4,380. Sasebo City, also on this site, is 1 hr 5 min away on the Midori limited express.

An airport, and flat roadsKyushu Saga International Airport is in the south of the city (the Kawasoe area, §2). The city puts the airport in the photographs on its “overview of the city”. And then the Saga Plain. The median elevation of the 97 houses for sale is 3.6 metres, and the town is flat almost through and through (§4). A bicycle works as a tool of daily life. Only Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (median elevation 14.8 metres, 100.0 at the highest) are on the mountain side, and over the Mitsuse pass you can drive to Fukuoka City (§2).

Sources: times and frequencies fromJR Kyushu, “Station timetable, Saga Station”(all services on Thursday 20 August 2026, counted: 89 in all; Midori limited express, 12 to Sasebo and 9 to Hakata; Kamome, 6 to Hakata and 3 to Takeo-Onsen; local, 15 to Tosu, 15 to Nishi-Karatsu, 8 to Hizen-Hama, 7 to Kohoku, 3 to Hizen-Kashima) and the detailed times for the service (Midori (Relay Kamome) no. 2, Saga 7:18 → Hakata 7:55). Tickets fromJR Kyushu, "Fare revision guidebook" (PDF)(Kyushu Net Ticket, Hakata to Saga ¥1,300; Kamome Net Ticket, Saga to Urakami or Nagasaki ¥4,380; one adult, reserved ordinary seat). The journey time to Sasebo is as on this site’s Sasebo pagethe guide to the Umikaze-no-Kuni tourism zone. The airport fromSaga City, “An overview of the city” / the land prices are as in §9 / checked 20 August 2026

✈ Airports

Saga Airport is within this area (a regionally managed airport). The nearest is Fukuoka Airport (a hub airport under national management), about 35.5 km as the crow flies. Next is Fukuoka Airport (Nata district) (about 42.6 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

This area has 1 entrance and exit (interchange or junction).
Kyushu Odan Expressway Nagasaki-Oita Route = Saga-Yamato

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 Saga to Hakata?

🔴 37 minutes on the Midori limited express (Relay Kamome) (measured on the 7:18 departure, arriving 7:55). There are 15 limited expresses a day to Hakata (9 Midori plus 6 Kamome), and the ticket is the online-only “Kyushu Net Ticket” at ¥1,300. There are also 12 Midori limited expresses to Sasebo, 15 services to Nishi-Karatsu on the Karatsu Line and 15 local trains to Tosu. 89 trains a day call at Saga Station.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 97. All 97 were taken in and counted. ¥2,500,000 to ¥64,800,000, median ¥17,980,000. 18 (19%) are under ¥10,000,000. Median land is 242 square metres (about 73 tsubo) and building 120. Median year built is 1987, with 39 (40%) from 1981 or earlier. And the median elevation is 3.6 metres.

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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.

Photograph of the property at Kinryu-machi Kinryu

Kinryu-machi Kinryu¥2,500,000The housing in the north (Takakise, Kinryu, Kuboizumi, Nabeshima)Elevation about 20m ／ land 181 m² (55 tsubo) ／ building 67 m² (20 tsubo) ／ built 1973 ／開拓入口 1 min on footSee 5 photographs →

Nishiyoka-machi Imazu¥3,490,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 145 m² (44 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1965 / Nabeshima Sta. 11 min walk5 photos →

Kinryu-machi Chifu¥5,800,000The housing in the north (Takakise, Kinryu, Kuboizumi, Nabeshima)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 141 m² (43 tsubo) / Building 118 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1971 / Saga Sta. to 6.1km9 photos →

Kawasoe-machi Inuido¥5,990,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 217 m² (66 tsubo) / Building 109 m² (33 tsubo) / built 1969 / Inuido bus stop 14 min walk10 photos →

Photograph of the property at Kita-Kawasoe-machi Mitsunori

Kita-Kawasoe-machi Mitsunori¥7,000,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elevation about 0m ／ land 249 m² (75 tsubo) ／ building 80 m² (24 tsubo) ／ built 1973 ／山領北 23 min on footSee 3 photographs →

Wakakusu 3¥7,500,000The housing in the north (Takakise, Kinryu, Kuboizumi, Nabeshima)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 167 m² (51 tsubo) / Building 101 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1970 / Saga Sta. 31 min walk7 photos →

Photograph of the property at Higashiyoka-cho Shimokoga Shimokoga

Higashiyoka-cho Shimokoga Shimokoga¥7,800,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elevation about 0m ／ land 265 m² (80 tsubo) ／ building 139 m² (42 tsubo) ／ built 1978 ／作出 10 min on footSee 7 photographs →

Morodomi-cho Tokudomi 2043-5 property photo

Morodomi-cho Tokudomi 2043-5¥7,800,000Morodomi (along the Chikugo River, east)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 242 m² (73 tsubo) / Building 164 m² (50 tsubo) / built 1987 / 諸富新村 bus stop 3 min walk10 photos →

Kawasoe-machi Fukudomi¥7,800,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 506 m² (153 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1972 / Saga Sta. to 8.9km8 photos →

Tenyu 1¥8,490,000Central (Saga Sta., Saga Castle, Otakara, Mizugae)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 199 m² (60 tsubo) / Building 108 m² (33 tsubo) / built 1979 / Saga Sta. 26 min walk4 photos →

Photograph of the property at Kawasoe-machi Inuido

Kawasoe-machi Inuido¥8,500,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elevation about 0m ／ land 252 m² (76 tsubo) ／ building 154 m² (47 tsubo) ／ built 1976 ／咾分 8 min on footSee 9 photographs →

Yamato-cho Kuchii¥8,500,000Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (the foot of the Sefuri range, north)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 97 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1979 / Igaya Sta. 77 min walk4 photos →

Kinryu-machi Chifu¥8,990,000The housing in the north (Takakise, Kinryu, Kuboizumi, Nabeshima)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 728 m² (220 tsubo) / Building 155 m² (47 tsubo) / built 1974 / Igaya Sta. 56 min walk4 photos →

Morodomi-cho Yamaryo¥9,400,000Morodomi (along the Chikugo River, east)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 389 m² (118 tsubo) / Building 124 m² (38 tsubo) / built 1978 / Yamaryo bus stop 9 min walk4 photos →

Tafuse 4¥9,800,000Central (Saga Sta., Saga Castle, Otakara, Mizugae)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 175 m² (53 tsubo) / Building 93 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1981 / Saga Sta. 18 min walk6 photos →

Photograph of the property at Kawasoe-machi Kanoe

Kawasoe-machi Kanoe¥9,800,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elevation about 0m ／ land 345 m² (104 tsubo) ／ building 133 m² (40 tsubo) ／ built 1991 ／鋤崎（１） 8 min on footSee 9 photographs →

Morodomi-cho Tokudomi¥9,900,000Morodomi (along the Chikugo River, east)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 261 m² (79 tsubo) / Building 132 m² (40 tsubo) / built 1977 / 諸富新村 bus stop 3 min walk4 photos →

Photograph of the property at Morodomi-cho Tameshige

Morodomi-cho Tameshige¥10,500,000Morodomi (along the Chikugo River, east)Elevation about 0m ／ land 331 m² (100 tsubo) ／ building 143 m² (43 tsubo) ／ built 1992 ／浮盃 5 min on footSee 10 photographs →

Kawasoe-machi Fukudomi¥11,000,000Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (along the Ariake Sea, south)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 202 m² (61 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / built 1974 / Mitsunori 6 min walk4 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 97 on SUUMO →

Sort by elevation and almost nothing movesThe 97 run from 0.4 metres to 100.0, with a median of 3.6. But the 100.0 metres is a single property in Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse, and five of the six areas have a median elevation between 2.5 and 6.0 metres (§2). Which is to say that “choose somewhere high” is barely an escape route in this city. It is another landform entirely from Beppu (median elevation 70.5 metres) or Sasebo (45.8) on this site. Which is exactly why storm surge from the Ariake Sea, flooding of the Chikugo River and the creeks overflowing have to be checked address by address in this town (§5).

Read the year built against 1987The median year built is 1987, with 39 (40%) from 1981 or earlier. By district the highest share is the centre at 59%, then the housing in the north at 52% and Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota at 45% (§2). The lowest is the south at 8%, then Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse at 21%. The cheap parts are old and the dear parts are new — the correspondence is plain. The probability of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 9.2% (§5), which is low, but the ground is soft (AVS30 172.6 m/s). If you buy a house from 1981 or earlier, take a seismic diagnosis as given.

What 97 means97 for 224,104 people — one for every 2,310. A quarter the density of Miyazaki (one per 547) on this site, and half that of Kirishima (one per 1,183). For a prefectural capital, a thin market. And the akiya bank has one listing (below). The way in is all but the private market alone. Looking here means assuming you will wait, so it is realistic not to narrow the conditions too far. By district there are parts in single or low double figures — 6 in Morodomi, 12 in the south (§2).

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Saga City" (All 97 listed were retrieved , as of 2026-08-20). Price, year built, address and nearest station are as stated on each listing page; elevation is the value obtained by putting each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API.Listings change from day to day.. Check each property page for the latest. The figures compared for other cities were counted in the same way as on those pages of this site. Population as in §10. Checked 2026-08-20

Do not expect too much of the akiya bank

Saga City appears in the Saga Prefecture list of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism “national akiya and vacant land bank” (At Home), but as of 20 August 2026 there was just 1 registration (¥2,250,000). Within Saga Prefecture, Taku City has 65, Imari City 45, Takeo City 18 and Ogi City 13, so by the standards of the prefecture Saga City is on the low side. What the city does describe separately is a “hilly and mountainous area akiya bank scheme”. It covers the mountain-side districts such as Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (§2), and is not a way of finding an empty house in the town. To look in the town, the private market is the way.

Akiya bank — 1 listings

All 1 home for sale registered on the municipal akiya bank on At Home (as verified on 20 August 2026). Ordered cheapest first.

Saga City Higashiyoka-cho Shimokoga exterior

Saga City Higashiyoka-cho Shimokoga¥2,250,000

Land 421 m² (127 tsubo) / Building 177 m² (54 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 7SK
JR Nagasaki Main Line, Saga Sta. / Hiroe line, 西船津 5 min to the stop, 22 min ridingAkiya bank of View listing →

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Saga City?

SUUMO lists 97, and all of them were retrieved. ¥2,500,000 to ¥64,800,000, median ¥17,980,000, with 18 (19%) under ¥10,000,000. Median land is 242 square metres and building 120. 🔴 Median year built is 1987, with 39 (40%) from 1981 or earlier — in the centre alone, 59%. The akiya bank has just one registration.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

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

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not applicable (the whole of Saga Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not applicable (the whole of Saga Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not applicable (the whole of Saga Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	9.2% (shindo 6-upper or above, 1.5%) At the Saga city hall site. Surface ground AVS30 173 m/s, delta and coastal lowland

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Saga City town hall stands ondelta and coastal lowland(AVS30 173 m/s), and the 9.2% above is the figure for that point. Within Saga 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 2026-08-20

The earthquake probability is low. What to look at instead is the water

At the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 9.2%, and of 6-upper or above 1.5%. It is not designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures — among the Kyushu towns on this site, the lowest after Sasebo (0.7%). But the surface ground has an AVS30 of 172.6 m/s and the landform is delta and coastal lowland, so it is ground that shakes readily. The probability is low, but the ground is soft — if you buy a house from 1981 or earlier (39 of the 97, §4), checking the seismic work cannot be skipped. And on top of that, what really needs looking at in this town is water. The median elevation of the 97 houses for sale is 3.6 metres, and the lowest 0.4.

Open the hazard map by street address before you view. the south (median elevation 3.0 metres, lowest 0.4) and Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (2.5 metres) on the Ariake Sea side、 Morodomi (3.1 metres) on the Chikugo River side、the centre (3.4 metres) both of those, and the creeks(§2). The only escape upward is Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse in the north (median 14.8 metres)。 The Ariake Sea has the largest tidal range in Japan, and so it is the water level during a storm surge that matters. The elevation of each property can be seen at a glance by sorting this list “lowest first / highest first” (§4). On top of that,always check the address against the city’s disaster information and hazard maps.

Disaster prevention and safety (Saga City) → Look up an address on J-SHIS →

Sources: probability and surface ground fromNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS(the 250-metre mesh square containing the city hall at 33.26351 / 130.30089). The Nankai Trough designation from the Cabinet Office"Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Areas"(Saga Prefecture is not included in the promotion area). The description of the creeks fromSaga City, “An overview of the city”. Elevations from the coordinates of the same 97 SUUMO listings as §2. Checked 2026-08-20

Is the earthquake risk high in Saga City?

🔴 It is on the low side. At the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 9.2%, and of 6-upper or above 1.5%, and it is not designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures. But the surface ground has an AVS30 of 172.6 m/s and the landform is delta and coastal lowland, so it shakes readily. The median elevation of the 97 houses for sale is 3.6 metres, the lowest 0.4 — what really needs looking at in this town is water (storm surge from the Ariake Sea, the Chikugo River, the creeks).

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Saga has an inland climate. 13.5 days above 35℃ a year — 2.8 times Tokyo’s (4.8) and 3.9 times Sasebo’s (3.5) on this site. And 19.6 nights below 0℃ a year, more than Tokyo’s 15.2. Hot in summer and cold in winter — facing the sea though it does, the climate of the Saga Plain is an inland one. That is worth setting down plainly.

Item	Saga	Tokyo	Sasebo	How to read it
Days above 35°C	13.5 days	4.8 days	3.5 days	2.8 times Tokyo. Days above 30℃ come to 72.2. Among the hotter places on this site.
Frost days (minimum below 0°C)	19.6 days	15.2 days	5.0 days	More than Tokyo. A town that gets cold, even in Kyushu. But days that stay below freezing come to 0.0
Total snowfall a year	4cm	8cm	0cm	Deepest snow 3 cm. Safer to reckon that some years it settles
Tropical nights (minimum 25°C or above)	27.1 days	17.8 days	36.8 days	1.5 times Tokyo. The days being hot, the nights fall further than in Sasebo
Annual rainfall	1,951.3mm	1,598.2mm	1,989.0mm	1.22 times Tokyo. Concentrated in June and July.
Annual sunshine hours	1,970.5 hr	1,926.7	—	Only 44 hours more than Tokyo. Not on the scale of Miyazaki (2,121.7 hours)

“Kyushu means mild” does not hold for Saga19.6 nights below 0℃ a year, more than Tokyo’s 15.2. Even within Kyushu, against Sasebo’s 5.0 and Kagoshima’s 1.7, Saga is plainly colder. The Saga Plain is inland in character, and radiative cooling tells. Total annual snowfall 4 centimetres, deepest snow 3 centimetres — unlike Miyazaki (0) or Sasebo (0), some years it settles. Do not plan on going without winter tyres. That said, days that stay below freezing come to 0.0, so no day stays below zero.

Summer is plainly hot13.5 days above 35℃ is 2.8 times Tokyo, and days above 30℃ come to 72.2. The August daily high is 32.9℃. The landform — a plain ringed by mountains — shows itself directly. In exchange, tropical nights number 27.1, fewer than Sasebo’s 36.8. Hot by day, but the night falls somewhat — an inland summer. In daily terms, reckon on more cooling by day and rather less by night. Insulation and shading from the sun tell here. If you buy a second-hand house, check how the windows perform.

The rain comes in June and JulyAnnual rainfall of 1,951.3 mm is 1.22 times Tokyo. Including 252.4 mm in August, it is concentrated in June to August. This is a plain 3.6 metres above sea level (§4) laced with creeks (§5). The rain in this season translates straight into the risk from water. Check the roof, the gutters and the rainwater sumps before June each year. And check the hazard maps not just once before you move but at every update afterwards — that is how one lives on the Saga Plain.

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, "Saga (normals, 1991–2020)"(monthly rainfall, temperature and sunshine from the main elements; day counts from view=a2; snow from view=a4). The comparedTokyo,Sasebo,Kagoshima,Miyazakiare from the same Japan Meteorological Agency normals. Checked 2026-08-20

Are summers hot and winters cold in Saga City?

🔴 Both are plain enough. Days above 35℃ number 13.5 a year, 2.8 times Tokyo’s 4.8, and nights below 0℃ number 19.6, more than Tokyo’s 15.2. Total annual snowfall is 4 centimetres and the deepest snow 3, so some years it settles. Facing the sea though it does, the climate of the Saga Plain is an inland one. Annual rainfall is 1,951.3 mm, concentrated in June to August.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

Saga City is a prefectural capital of 224,104 people in 106,027 households, with the prefectural office, Saga University (Honjo campus) and the prefecture’s core hospitals all in the city. The centre of shopping and daily life is JR Saga Station and the town centre to its south. The city publishes its population every month in four Excel files — by school catchment, by town and block, by age, and by age within school catchment — so anyone can check the population of a given catchment.

The population of every school catchment is published monthlySaga City publishes its monthly population in four Excel files: “by school catchment”, “by town, block and oaza”, “by age” and “by age within school catchment”. Which means anyone can check the population and age profile of each primary school catchment. When you are deciding where to move, that is a genuinely useful document. “How many children are in that catchment” and “how far the ageing has gone” can be checked for yourself in the city’s own primary data. Once you have narrowed the properties down, look up the catchment for that address.

Shopping is by the station, and in the commercial area to the southThe centre is JR Saga Station and its surroundings, and the south (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo) (§2). The area around Hyogo-machi is newer commercial land, and the houses for sale there have the highest median in the city at ¥25,000,000, with none under ¥10,000,000. That commercial land is up 10.9% (§9) reflects the same movement. On the mountain side to the north, such as Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse, and in the outlying parts such as Morodomi, Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota, each former town has its shops and its branch office at its own centre.

Working and studyingSaga University (Honjo campus) is in the south. On work, the city cites Saga Prefecture’s employment site “Saga Job Navi” as a condition of its relocation support (§14), and applying for a job listed there and taking it up qualifies you for the relocation support payment. The city also describes separately support with repaying student loans for those who have graduated and taken work at a company in the city, and recruits for the regional revitalisation cooperation corps (fiscal-year appointed staff). How you find work and the support schemes are linked, so it is worth looking at both together.

Sources: the published population files (by school catchment, by town and block, by age, by age within school catchment) fromSaga City, “Population of Saga City (as of the end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8)”. Saga University and the commercial land fromthe same site, “City Profile”and the counts in §2 and §9. Saga Job Navi, the student-loan repayment support and the regional revitalisation cooperation corps fromthe same, “Relocation and settlement”/ Verified 2026-08-20

Where is the centre of daily life in Saga City?

JR Saga Station and the town centre to its south. Along with that, the south (Honjo, Kita-Kawasoe, Hyogo) is newer commercial land, and Saga University (Honjo campus) is in the same part. 🔴 The city publishes its monthly population in four Excel files — by school catchment, by town and block, by age, and by age within school catchment — so you can check the age profile of a candidate catchment for yourself.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Saga City’s sewerage charge was revised on 1 July of Reiwa 8. But the city is using the national “emergency grant for regional revitalisation in response to price rises” to waive the increase for six months, and writes that “in practice you will begin paying the new charge from the bill for the fourth month of Reiwa 9”. Water charges are unchanged. For 40 cubic metres over two months it goes from ¥13,376 now to ¥14,278 after the revision.

Use over two months	Water	Sewerage (current)	Sewerage (after revision)	Total (current → after revision)
20 m³ (a rough guide for 1–2 people)	¥2,860	¥2,420	¥2,838	¥5,280 → ¥5,698
40 m³ (a rough guide for 3–4 people)	¥7,040	¥6,336	¥7,238	¥13,376 → ¥14,278
60㎥	¥11,220	¥10,494	¥11,770	¥21,714 → ¥22,990

The increase is waived for six monthsThe city explains: “the new charge applies from the period whose first day falls on or after the effective date (1 July of Reiwa 8), but we are using the national ‘emergency grant for regional revitalisation in response to price rises’ to waive the increase for six months, so in practice you will begin paying the new charge from the bill for the fourth month of Reiwa 9 (public bodies excepted)”. For Kawasoe-machi, because of the meter-reading and billing dates, it is from the bill for the third month of Reiwa 9. Which means even if you move now, you will be paying the current rate for a while.

Compared with the other cities on this site, it is on the high sideSet out as the total for 40 m³ over two months, Saga after the revision is ¥14,278. That is second only to Sasebo’s ¥14,787, and above Matsuyama ¥13,110, Miyazaki ¥12,294, Beppu ¥12,132, Kochi ¥11,470 and Tokushima ¥11,020. The city gives its reason: “the circumstances around sewerage at present are very hard — income from charges is falling while costs rise on price increases — and we have come to this revision so that you can go on using the sewerage system reliably”. Water charges have been unchanged since 1 April of Heisei 23.

Other things that tellAlways check property by property whether it is connected to the sewer. The city’s charge covers the public sewer and rural community wastewater treatment facilities; anything else is on a septic tank. With a septic tank, servicing and the statutory inspection cost extra. Heating and cooling both cost money in this city — 13.5 days above 35℃ (2.8 times Tokyo) and 19.6 nights below 0℃ (more than Tokyo) (§6). “It is Kyushu, so no heating needed” does not hold for Saga. If you buy a second-hand house, look at the insulation and

Sources: the content of the revision, the waiver and the quotations fromSaga City Water and Sewerage Bureau, “About sewerage charges”(the new charge takes effect on 1 July of Reiwa 8; the increase is waived for six months, so the real burden begins with the bill for the fourth month of Reiwa 9, or the third month of Reiwa 9 for Kawasoe-machi; water charges remain as they are). The amounts are from the same page’s“Quick reference table of water and sewerage charges (domestic, two months)” (PDF, current)andthe same (after revision), the relevant rows (all tax included, domestic, two months). The amounts compared for other cities are on the same terms as on those pages of this site (40 m³ over two months). The climate as in §6. Checked 2026-08-20

What do water and sewerage cost in Saga City?

For 40 cubic metres over two months it is ¥13,376 now (water ¥7,040 plus sewerage ¥6,336, tax included), and ¥14,278 after the revision. 🔴 The sewerage charge was revised on 1 July of Reiwa 8, but the city is using a national grant to waive the increase for six months, writing that “in practice you will begin paying the new charge from the bill for the fourth month of Reiwa 9”. Water charges are unchanged.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

Land prices in Saga City are plainly rising. Residential land is ¥50,100/m², up 4.6% on the year, and commercial land ¥135,100/m², up 10.9% — double-digit growth. Well above Saga Prefecture as a whole (¥36,800/m², +2.9%). Among the towns on this site, the rise in commercial land is at the very top.

What to look at	Saga City in practice
Land price (residential)	¥50,100/m², up 4.6% on the year. Saga Prefecture as a whole is ¥36,800/m², +2.9% — the city is at 1.4 times the prefecture’s level, and rising faster
Land price (commercial)	¥135,100/m², +10.9%. Double-digit growth, with all uses at ¥82,000/m² (+6.9%). Among the highest rises on this site.
How thin the market is	97 on SUUMO plus 1 on the akiya bank. One for every 2,310 people. For a prefectural capital, a thin market
Price band	¥2,500,000 to ¥64,800,000, median ¥17,980,000 (all 97). 18 (19%) are under ¥10,000,000
Year built	Median year built 1987, with 39 (40%) from 1981 or earlier. In the centre, 59% — many will be judged on the land, not the building
The pool of buyers	224,104 people. And 37 minutes to Hakata (§3). A market in which buyers from the Fukuoka metropolitan area come into view.

What double-digit growth in commercial land meansCommercial land at +10.9% stands out among everything this site has looked at (Sasebo +2.4%, Miyazaki +2.1%, Beppu +5.7%, Kirishima −0.2%). Residential land at +4.6% is high too. It can be read as the market beginning to price in the condition of 37 minutes and ¥1,300 to Hakata (§3). The opening of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen (with the change at Takeo-Onsen) and the activity around Saga Station lie behind it too. Not a following wind when you buy, but a following wind when you sell — if you buy and live here now, the exit

But the market is thin97 plus one on the akiya bank makes one for every 2,310 people. A quarter the density of Miyazaki on this site (one per 547). Little to choose from when you buy; little competition when you sell. And 40% date from 1981 or earlier (59% in the centre) (§4). An old house takes the benefit of rising land prices “only as land”. Either choose a house whose building still holds value (8% pre-1981 in the south, 21% in Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse), or buy an old house on well-placed land and rebuild — in this town those are the two realistic strategies.

Sources: land prices fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF), the Saga Prefecture and Saga City rows (compiled by the Land Information Center). The counts and medians are the same 97 SUUMO listings as §4 plus the single akiya bank listing. Population as in §10. The land prices compared for other cities come from the same sources as on those pages of this site. Checked 2026-08-20

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

🔴 Land prices are plainly rising. Residential land is ¥50,100/m², up 4.6% on the year, and commercial land ¥135,100/m², up 10.9% — double-digit growth, well above Saga Prefecture as a whole (¥36,800/m², +2.9%). But the market is thin: 97 on SUUMO plus 1 on the akiya bank makes one for every 2,310 people. Little to choose from when you buy; little competition when you sell.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

Saga City has 224,104 people in 106,027 households (end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8). 106,157 men and 117,947 women, so 11,790 more women. That is 2.11 people per household. At the Reiwa 2 national census it was 233,466, so it has lost a little over 9,000 people in about six years.

2.11 people

People per household (224,104 ÷ 106,027). Close to Sasebo’s 2.19 on this site, and larger than Beppu’s 1.75 or Miyazaki’s 1.91

The households here are comparatively large2.11 people per household. Compared across this site, Sasebo 2.19 > Saga 2.11 > Miyazaki 1.91 > Beppu 1.75. It can be read as a low share of single-person households for a prefectural capital. It shows in the houses for sale too: the median building is 120 square metres (§4), wider than Miyazaki’s 110, Sasebo’s 110 or Beppu’s 107 on this site. A market whose centre is the family house.

The population is falling233,466 at the Reiwa 2 national census, 224,104 at the end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8. A fall of a little over 9,000 in about six years. Meanwhile land prices are rising — residential +4.6%, commercial +10.9% (§9). Fewer people, and dearer land. It can be read as concentration into the city centre and a reappraisal of a position 37 minutes from Hakata happening at the same time. If you are looking at it as a place to move to, know about this double structure.

Even the age profile of each catchment is publishedThe city publishes its monthly population in four Excel files: “by school catchment”, “by town, block and oaza”, “by age” and “by age within school catchment” (§7). Going as far as “by age within school catchment” is unusual among the cities this site has looked at. For a family with children, you can check in the city’s own primary data how many children of what age are in a candidate catchment. Once you have narrowed the properties down, open this table for the catchment of that address. Both the size of the school and the age profile of the neighbourhood show up there.

Sources: population and households from Saga City, “Population of Saga City (as of the end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8)”(106,027 households; 106,157 men, 117,947 women, 224,104 in all; the Excel files by school catchment, by town and block, by age and by age within school catchment are published on the same page). The 233,466 of the Reiwa 2 national census fromthe same site, “City Profile”. The people per household and building areas compared for other cities come from the same sources as on those pages of this site. Checked 2026-08-20

Share of foreign residents

1.50%national average 3.26%

Of the 225,361 people living in Saga City, 3,379 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

What is happening to Saga City's population?

224,104 people in 106,027 households (end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8). 106,157 men and 117,947 women, 11,790 more women, and 2.11 people per household — larger than Beppu’s 1.75 or Miyazaki’s 1.91 on this site. At the Reiwa 2 national census it was 233,466, so it has lost a little over 9,000 people in about six years.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

Saga City has both a World Cultural Heritage site (the Mietsu Naval Dock site) and a Ramsar wetland (the Higashiyoka tidal flat), and both are along the Ariake Sea to the south. The city also lists the Hizen provincial government site, the Nagasaki Kaido, the Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum, the Chikugogawa Shokai Bridge and Kashii Shrine, describing itself as “a town of varied appeal — sightseeing apple orchards and hot springs in the hills, and the distinctive plants and animals of the tidal flats along the coast”.

The tidal flat is the heart of this town’s natureIn the city’s words: “the ‘Higashiyoka tidal flat’, which boasts the largest number of migrating waders and plovers in Japan and where the ‘shichimenso’ glasswort grows wild and turns red, was registered as a Ramsar wetland” (May of Heisei 27). The Ariake Sea has the largest tidal range in Japan, and the flats hold creatures found nowhere else — the mudskipper among them. The Higashiyoka tidal flat is in the Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota area (§2), which also has the most houses for sale in the city, at 22.

The World Heritage site is within daily reachThe Mietsu Naval Dock site was inscribed as World Cultural Heritage in July of Heisei 27 as a component of the “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining”. It is where Japan’s first practical steamship, the “Ryofu Maru”, was built. The city also writes that it presents “‘Saga at the end of the Edo period and the Restoration’, which led Japan’s modernisation” at the Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum. The Saga domain of the late Edo period was among the first in Japan to build a reverberatory furnace and a steamship.

Community life differs by former municipalityThe centre (17 properties) is town; the south (12) is newer housing and commercial land; Kawasoe, Higashiyoka and Kubota (22), Morodomi (6) and Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (19) are former towns and villages that came together in the Heisei mergers (§2). How close-knit the residents’ association is, what the events are and what duties come round all differ. Before you buy, ask an officer of that district’s residents’ association directly about the fees and the rota. Especially where there are creeks (waterways), managing and cleaning them

Sources: the Higashiyoka tidal flat (a Ramsar wetland, registered May of Heisei 27; the largest number of migrating waders and plovers in Japan; the shichimenso glasswort), the Mietsu Naval Dock site (World Cultural Heritage, registered July of Heisei 27; Japan’s first practical steamship the “Ryofu Maru”), and the descriptions of the Hizen provincial government site, the Nagasaki Kaido, the Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum, the Chikugogawa Shokai Bridge, Kashii Shrine, the sightseeing apple orchards and the hot springs, fromSaga City, “An overview of the city”. The counts by district are the same 97 SUUMO listings as §2. Checked 2026-08-20

What events and what nature are there in Saga City?

🔴 A World Cultural Heritage site and a Ramsar wetland, both along the Ariake Sea to the south. The Mietsu Naval Dock site is a component of the “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” (registered July of Heisei 27), where Japan’s first practical steamship, the “Ryofu Maru”, was built. The Higashiyoka tidal flat boasts “the largest number of migrating waders and plovers in Japan”, and the shichimenso glasswort turns red there (registered May of Heisei 27).

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things tell on the price of land in Saga: ① a position 37 minutes from Hakata, ② a landform flat through and through, and ③ a low earthquake probability. Residential land is ¥50,100/m² (+4.6%) and commercial land ¥135,100/m² (+10.9%) — both rising sharply (§9).

① 37 minutes to Hakata is beginning to be priced in37 minutes by limited express, ¥1,300 on a net ticket, 15 a day (§3). That can fairly be called within commuting range of the Fukuoka metropolitan area. It shows in the figures: commercial land +10.9%, residential +4.6% (§9). The population is falling (a little over 9,000 in six years, §10) and yet the land is rising — it can be read as a reappraisal of the place as “a prefectural capital close to Fukuoka”. Buy now and you are buying part-way through that movement.

② Being flat is both a strength and a riskThe median elevation of the 97 houses for sale is 3.6 metres, and five of the six areas fall between 2.5 and 6.0 (§2, §4). The strength — a bicycle works as a tool of daily life — comes from the same landform as the risk of storm surge from the Ariake Sea, flooding of the Chikugo River and the creeks overflowing (§5). The only escape upward is Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse in the north (median 14.8 metres). Which is also why that is the dearest part (median ¥23,900,000)

③ The earthquake probability is low for Kyushu9.2% for shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years, and no designation as an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures (§5). Set out across the Kyushu towns on this site: Sasebo 0.7% < Saga 9.2% < Beppu 19.2% < Kirishima 26.3% < Miyazaki 43.3%. In choosing where to move, that is a plain difference. But the ground is soft, at AVS30 172.6 m/s, so “the probability is low” and “it is safe when it does shake” are two different things. And 40% of the houses date from 1981 or earlier (59% in the centre) (§4). If you buy an old house, the probability

The sewerage charge is going upRevised on 1 July of Reiwa 8, with the increase waived for six months, so the real burden begins with the bill for the fourth month of Reiwa 9 (§8). For 40 cubic metres over two months, ¥13,376 → ¥14,278. That is on the high side for this site (second only to Sasebo’s ¥14,787). In a city where land is rising (+4.6%), the annual costs are rising too — put both in the budget. The city gives as its reason “income from charges is falling while costs rise on price increases”

Sources: land prices fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), the Saga Prefecture and Saga City rows. Rail journey times and tickets as in §3; earthquakes as in §5; elevations and the counts by district from the same 97 SUUMO listings as §2; the sewerage charge as in §8the Saga City Water and Sewerage Bureau notice. The figures compared for other cities come from the same sources as on those pages of this site. Checked 2026-08-20

What decides land prices in Saga City?

① A position 37 minutes and ¥1,300 from Hakata, 15 times a day — which shows in the figures of commercial land +10.9% and residential land +4.6%. ② A landform flat through and through (median elevation 3.6 metres) — a strength, and also the risk from water. ③ A low earthquake probability (9.2% for shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years, and outside the Nankai Trough promotion area). The population is falling and yet the land is rising.

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.

¥925,940,000

Hometown tax receipts for the Reiwa 7 financial year (45,016 donations).
365th of the country’s 1,788 municipalities, and 16th within Saga Prefecture

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

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

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

What does Saga City earn its living from?

Its functions as a prefectural capital are the base. The city describes itself as a town of “the creeks and farmland spreading across the Saga Plain, and the Ariake Sea, called a sea of abundance”, and also lists the sightseeing apple orchards and hot springs in the hills and the tidal flats on the coast. Kyushu Saga International Airport and Saga University are in the city too. Hometown tax receipts were ¥925,940,000 from 45,016 donations, 365th nationally and 16th within Saga Prefecture.

CHAPTER 14A message from Saga City

The most important thing about relocation support in Saga City is that it need not be from the Greater Tokyo area. Most municipalities’ relocation payments are for people moving from Greater Tokyo, but Saga City has the “Saga relocation support grant for the future”, under which moving from anywhere outside Saga Prefecture qualifies for ¥600,000 for a single person or ¥1,000,000 for a household.

Scheme	Amount	Main conditions
Relocation support payment (from Greater Tokyo)	¥600,000 single ¥1,000,000 household (plus ¥1,000,000 per child under 18, up to ¥2,000,000)	In the 10 years before moving your resident registration to Saga City, 5 years or more in total and 1 continuous year or more immediately before living in the 23 wards of Tokyo, or living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, excluding designated disadvantaged areas) and commuting into the 23 wards. Starting a business or taking a job is a condition
Saga relocation support grant for the future (from outside Saga Prefecture)	¥600,000 single ¥1,000,000 household	For moving from outside Saga Prefecture. Counting back from the day before you move in, 5 years or more in total over 10 years and 1 continuous year or more living outside Saga Prefecture / apply within 1 year of moving in / an intention to live here 5 years or more / for a single person, or a household with no child under 18, “aged 59 or under on the day of moving in” / open to those who meet the conditions by 31 December of Reiwa 8
Support with repaying student loans	—	For those who have graduated and taken work at a company in the city. The city describes it as “before applications open”
the Community-Reactivating Cooperator Squad	—	Recruiting members for the Reiwa 8 year (fiscal-year appointed staff of Saga City)

What “it need not be from Greater Tokyo” means. The national relocation payment is basically formoving from Greater Tokyo, and most of the cities this site has looked at follow that. Saga City lays over ita wider frame, “from outside Saga Prefecture” —from Osaka, from Nagoya, even from neighbouring Fukuoka Prefecture: ¥600,000 for a single person, ¥1,000,000 for a household. Butfor a single person, or a household with no child under 18, the condition “aged 59 or under on the day of moving in”applies, andthe conditions must be met by 31 December of Reiwa 8. The employment condition includestaking a job advertised on Saga Prefecture’s employment site “Saga Job Navi”, as well as“conditions relating to putting an empty house to use” are also available. How you decide on work and how you decide on a home are both tied to the conditions of the payment.Talk to the city first.

Relocation and settlement (Saga City) → Saga relocation support grant for the future → Relocation support payment (Greater Tokyo) →

Do not get the order wrongBoth schemes require “applying within 1 year of moving in”, and both carry a condition of employment (or of starting a business, or of putting an empty house to use). The employment condition in particular is detailed: “applied while the post was listed on Saga Job Navi and took it up”, “the start date is on or after the day three months before you moved in”, “an open-ended contract of 20 hours a week or more”, “not holding a post in a business run by a relative within the third degree”. Do not judge it yourself; talk to the city first.

Support with housing is limitedThe akiya bank has 1 listing on At Home (§4), and the city’s own scheme is the hilly and mountainous area akiya bank — which covers the mountain-side districts such as Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse. There is at present no scheme for finding a cheap empty house in the town. In exchange, the employment condition of the relocation payment includes “conditions relating to putting an empty house to use”, so if you have a plan to buy an empty house and make something of it, you may qualify even without a job

The amounts and conditions change every yearThe figures on this page are what we confirmed on the city’s official pages on 20 August 2026. Both schemes were updated on 1 June 2026. The Saga relocation support grant for the future states plainly that it is “open to those who meet the conditions by 31 December of Reiwa 8”. The city also advertises a stand at the “Furusato Kaiki Fair 2026” in Tokyo. If you would first like to hear about it, going in through something like that is one way.

Sources: the relocation support payment (Greater Tokyo) fromSaga City, “A relocation support payment for those moving to Saga City from Greater Tokyo”(updated 1 June 2026; ¥600,000 single, ¥1,000,000 household, plus ¥1,000,000 per child under 18 up to ¥2,000,000; 5 years or more in total over the previous 10 and 1 continuous year immediately before, living in the 23 wards of Tokyo, or living in Greater Tokyo and commuting into the 23 wards). The Saga relocation support grant for the future fromthe same, “A Saga relocation support grant for the future for those moving to Saga City from outside Saga Prefecture”(updated 1 June 2026; ¥600,000 single, ¥1,000,000 household; open to those who meet the conditions by 31 December of Reiwa 8; counting back from the day before moving in, 5 years or more in total over 10 years and 1 continuous year outside Saga Prefecture; apply within 1 year of moving in; an intention to live here 5 years or more; for a single person or a household with no child under 18, aged 59 or under on the day of moving in; the employment condition covers taking a job listed on Saga Job Navi, an open-ended contract of 20 hours a week or more, conditions relating to putting an empty house to use, and the like). The hilly and mountainous area akiya bank, the student-loan repayment support and the regional revitalisation cooperation corps fromthe same, “Relocation and settlement”/ Verified 2026-08-20

How much is the relocation payment if you move to Saga City?

🔴 You qualify even if you are not coming from Greater Tokyo. The relocation support payment (from Greater Tokyo) is ¥600,000 for a single person or ¥1,000,000 for a household (plus ¥1,000,000 per child under 18, up to ¥2,000,000). On top of that, the Saga relocation support grant for the future gives ¥600,000 single or ¥1,000,000 household for moving from anywhere outside Saga Prefecture. But for a single person, or a household with no child under 18, you must be 59 or under on the day of moving in, and it is open to those who meet the conditions by 31 December of Reiwa 8.

CHAPTER 15A year in Saga

In Saga’s year, both the heat of summer and the cold of winter are plain. 13.5 days above 35℃ is 2.8 times Tokyo, and 19.6 nights below 0℃ is more than Tokyo. Annual rainfall of 1,951.3 mm is concentrated in June to August. Take it as an inland climate and prepare accordingly.

Season	The climate figures	Everyday life
Winter (December to February)	January daily low 1.8℃ 19.6 nights below 0℃, 4 cm of snow	A town with more nights below 0℃ than Tokyo. Days that stay below freezing come to 0.0, but some years 4 centimetres settles. “It is Kyushu, so no heating needed” does not apply (§6)
Spring (March to May)	—	The season of the shichimenso on the flats and the migrating birds (§11). Check the gutters and rainwater sumps before June
Rainy season (June to July)	The peak of the 1,951.3 mm a year	This is a plain 3.6 metres above sea level laced with creeks (§5). At this season the information on the Ariake Sea, the Chikugo River and the waterways matters most
Summer (August)	August daily high 32.9℃ 13.5 days above 35℃, 252.4 mm of rain	2.8 times Tokyo’s days above 35℃. This is summer on a plain ringed by mountains. Insulation and shading from the sun tell (§6)
Autumn (September to November)	—	Once the typhoons pass, the easiest season of the year. The shichimenso on the Higashiyoka tidal flat turns red (§11)

To sum up: 37 minutes and ¥1,300 to Hakata; an earthquake probability low for Kyushu (9.2%); land rising, residential +4.6% and commercial +10.9%. In exchange, summer is 2.8 times hotter than Tokyo in days above 35℃, winter colder than Tokyo, the land is flat at 3.6 metres, and the sewerage charge rises from the fourth month of Reiwa 9 — that is Saga City in figures. The strength is the position; the weaknesses are water and heat. Both come from the same condition of being “in the middle of the Saga Plain”. Before you decide, look at the hazard maps for the address you are considering.

Sources: the climate fromJapan Meteorological Agency, "Saga (normals, 1991–2020)". The position, land prices, earthquakes and the sewerage charge as in §3, §9, §5 and §8. Checked 2026-08-20

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

What is a year in Saga City like?

Both the heat of summer and the cold of winter are plain. 13.5 days above 35℃ is 2.8 times Tokyo, 19.6 nights below 0℃ is more than Tokyo, and some years 4 centimetres of snow settles. The rain, 1,951.3 mm a year, is concentrated in June to August, and since this is a plain 3.6 metres above sea level laced with creeks, the information on water at that season matters most.

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 Saga City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, what I (an AI) could find by following the official site was 1 of the 6 below. The mayor of Saga City is Sakai Hidetaka (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	Could not find one	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	Could not find one	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Could not find one	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Could not find one	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Could not find one	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Saga CitySakai Hidetaka. The page carrying that name was last updated2026-06-01.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Saga 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.

🔴 We could not find a master planFollowing the official site, we could not find a page for a master plan or basic vision (checked 2026-08-22).That does not mean there is none.🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL and we will put it here.Get in touch here →

🔴 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 (Saga 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 Saga City now?

The mayor of Saga City is Sakai Hidetaka (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 Saga and the places family and friends can stay. The area currently has 10 hot spring and day bath facilities, 2 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums and 1 roadside station. 🔴 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	The Kumanokawa hot spring village, the Furuyu hot spring village, Honjo-no-Yu, Kumanokawa Onsen / Chidori-no-Yu, Tosenkyo Onsenkan / Yushoka, Mitsuse Onsen / Yamabiko-no-Yu, Ganbanyoku Sakura, Ryutoen and 10 in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Saga Castle
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Mitsuse Le Vert Farm Donguri Mura and the children’s amusement park (2)
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	the Saga City Cultural Properties Museum, the Jofuku Choju Hall, the Saga Balloon Museum, the Higashimyo Jomon Museum, Higasasu, the Tateishi Harumi Memorial Art Museum, the Saga University Art Museum and the Saga Prefectural Museum and 17 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	180 shrines, 220 temples. Those with a Wikipedia entry are Yoka Shrine, Ushijima Tenmangu, the worship hall of Saga Shrine, Manju-ji, Saga Prefectural Gokoku Shrine, Koden-ji, Yodohime Shrine and Nannyo Shrine
🚗 Roadside stations	Yamato
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	Kinryu SA (up) (⛽ petrol station) / Kinryu SA (down) (⛽ petrol station)

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	24
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	3
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	Hokuzan Campground and 3 in all
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park smart Saga-no-Yudokoro KOMOREBI, Machinaka RV Park Ishi-no-Kura

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

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations / expressway service and parking areas, and the shops inside them, also from OpenStreetMap (judged by machine on whether they fall within the site outline) / verified 2026-08-20

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 10 hot spring and day bath facilities, 2 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums, 1 roadside station and 24 hotels and inns. 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 Saga City, and the total was 63 (measured 20 August 2026).

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

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	14 / 20	Has a relocation and settlement page, has a dedicated relocation site, has an enquiry desk (department, telephone, opening hours), and 1 more
Housing	12 / 15	Has an akiya bank, listings carry photo, price, year built and floor area, sold listings are cleared away, and 1 more
The money side of living here	5 / 15	Support for raising children is set out with amounts and scope; there are explanations of the national health insurance levy and property tax
Disaster information	17 / 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	2 / 10	There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	7 / 10	There is a community bus timetable; fares are stated
Can an AI read it?	6 / 10	Every page shows an update date / there is a sitemap.xml / statistics are published as Excel or CSV

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Relocation and settlement　Go and see → 3 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Home – Sagashi Yamagurashi, Saga City’s relocation support for hilly and mountainous areas　Go and see → 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 5 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Both amounts and conditions　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
About registering as an akiya bank user　Go and see → 1 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
0 of 1 (0%) had all four items　Go and see → 4 / 4　Completed deals are organised
No completed deals appear in the list　Go and see → 3 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
　Go and see → 0 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
Not found 3 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
Grants are described　Go and see → 2 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Either the rate or the amount is stated　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
10 documents by district　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　Go and see → 4 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
Viewable in a map system　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / disaster app / social media / municipal loudspeakers / TV and radio　Go and see → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 0 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Not found 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Support for management and starting a business　Go and see → 4 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
　Go and see → 3 / 3　Fares are stated
　Go and see → 0 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
20 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 2 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
　Go and see → 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
We could not find a search form　Go and see → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 0 / 1　Open data is published
Not found

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

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