Information as at 18 August 2026

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Moving to Takarazuka City

Q: What should you know first about moving to Takarazuka?

A town in the southeast of Hyogo Prefecture, between Osaka and Kobe. The city describes itself as “about 30 minutes by train from the town centre to either Osaka or Kobe”. It covers 101.89 square kilometres, long from north to south, and is made up of the built-up south and the Nishitani area in the north.

Q: Whereabouts in Takarazuka is best to live?

It comes down to which station, and what height. The medians by district spread 5.9 times over, from ¥7,800,000 in Nishitani in the north to ¥45,800,000 around Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin, and elevations from 20 metres to 349.

Q: How long does it take from Takarazuka to Osaka?

From JR Takarazuka Station to Osaka Station it is 28 minutes and ¥340, with 0 changes. Hankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin — the starting point — of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line, and an express reaches Osaka-Umeda in 35 minutes. Sannomiya is 43 minutes and ¥750 by JR (one change at Amagasaki).

Q: How cheaply can you buy a house in Takarazuka?

SUUMO lists 507. ¥1,990,000 to ¥410,000,000, median ¥35,800,000, with 35 (7%) under ¥10,000,000. Median land is 152 square metres, median year built 1996, and 73 (14%) are from 1981 or earlier.

Q: Is summer hot in Takarazuka? Is winter cold?

Summer is plainly hot — the August daily high is 33.8℃, days above 35℃ number 16.3 a year (Tokyo 4.8) and tropical nights 29.6. In winter the January daily low is 0.7℃ and days that stay below freezing come to 0.0 a year; no preparation for snow is needed.

Q: What are medical care and schools like in Takarazuka?

Children’s medical costs carry nothing to pay for either outpatient or inpatient care from birth to the third year of junior high school, with no income test. Schools number 23 primary and 12 junior high, and what marks them out is the range of size: Takarazuka Daiichi Elementary has 1,032 pupils against Nishitani Elementary’s 31.

Q: What do water and sewerage cost in Takarazuka?

On the city’s quick reference table it is ¥9,460 (tax included) for 40 cubic metres over two months on a 13 mm connection (water ¥5,764 plus sewerage ¥3,696). On a 20 mm connection, ¥10,010. Both reading and billing are once every two months.

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

In the Reiwa 8 land price publication, residential land is ¥165,200/m², up 2.6% on the year, and all uses are up 2.8%. It is a thick market too, with 507 on offer. But the medians by district range from ¥7,800,000 to ¥45,800,000.

Q: What is happening to Takarazuka’s population?

218,796 people in 98,066 households (1 August of Reiwa 8, estimated population), and −207 over the past month. By age, 11.6% are 0 to 14, 58.9% are 15 to 64 and 29.5% are 65 or over, and what marks it out is that there are 19,456 more women than men.

In the southeast of Hyogo Prefecture, between Osaka and Kobe. The city describes itself as “about 30 minutes by train from the town centre to either Osaka or Kobe”, and in fact JR Takarazuka Station to Osaka Station is 28 minutes and ¥340 on the Tambaji Rapid, with no change. Hankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin — the starting point — of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line, and an express reaches Osaka-Umeda in 35 minutes. The population is 218,796. The city is long from north to south, made up of the built-up south, where the housing spreads, and the Nishitani area in the north, where hill country and farmland remain. The Takarazuka Grand Theater, the Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum, Nakayamadera, Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji, and Takarazuka Onsen, first opened more than 800 years ago — 8,770,000 people visit each year. There are 507 second-hand detached houses on the market. All 507 were counted. ¥1,990,000 to ¥410,000,000, median ¥35,800,000, and by district the medians spread from ¥7,800,000 to ¥45,800,000.

Osaka Sta.,

28 min

JR, no change / ¥340

Homes for sale

507 listings

¥1,990,000– / median ¥35,800,000

Osaka-Umeda to

35 min

Hankyu express, Takarazuka is the origin

Population

218,796 people

98,066 households, Reiwa 8 (2026), 8/1

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

15.6%

At the city hall site; an alluvial fan

City area

101.89km²

12.8 km east to west, 21.1 km north to south

Summer (August daily high)

33.8℃

Toyonaka, 2.5°C warmer than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

0.7℃

Toyonaka, 0.5°C cooler than Tokyo

⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs and day baths2

National and quasi-national parks: Setonaikai National Park / Hot springs and day baths: Takara-no-Yu, Nature Spa Takarazuka
Sources: national and quasi-national parks judged from Ministry of the Environment boundary data and the like (details of sources in §17) (checked 2026-08-21); hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (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 2026-08-18

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Takarazuka is

Southeast Hyogo Prefecture. It covers 101.89 square kilometres and is long from north to south, 12.8 km east to west and 21.1 km north to south. The city describes itself as “made up of the built-up south, where the housing spreads, and the rural north, surrounded by rich nature”. The houses for sale stand at 20 to 349 metres above sea level — which means the same city holds a flat station forecourt, housing up a mountain, and hill-country hamlets.

“About 30 minutes by train to Osaka or Kobe”, in the city’s own wordsThe city puts it exactly so: “about 30 minutes by train from the town centre to either Osaka or Kobe”. Looked up in JR West’s timetable, JR Takarazuka to Osaka is 28 minutes and ¥340, with 0 changes (§3). Hankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line, and the morning express leaves Takarazuka and reaches Osaka-Umeda in 35 minutes. Being a starting point matters to a daily commuter almost as much as the journey time itself.

The revue, the hot spring — and nursery gardensThe city writes that 8,770,000 visitors a year come to “the town of the revue and the hot spring”. The Takarazuka Grand Theater (6 minutes on foot from the Hankyu and JR Takarazuka stations), the Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum (8 minutes; Tezuka Osamu spent about 20 years in Takarazuka, from the age of 5 to 24), Nakayamadera for safe childbirth, Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji for the god of the kitchen stove, and Takarazuka Onsen, first opened more than 800 years ago. And the nursery-garden trade at Yamamoto goes back several hundred years, and is known across the country as a traditional centre of the industry.

Source:Takarazuka City, “An outline of Takarazuka City”(updated 29 July 2025; area 101.89 km²; 135°21′36″ east, 34°47′58″ north; 12.8 km east to west, 21.1 km north to south; the built-up south and the rural north; about 30 minutes by train to Osaka or Kobe; 8,770,000 visitors; the nursery-garden trade at Yamamoto) /the same, “An overview of Takarazuka City”(incorporated as a city on 1 April of Showa 29). Population and households fromthe same, “Statistical surveys”(estimated population, as of 1 August of Reiwa 8). Places to visit fromthe same, “I am staying a night in Takarazuka. What is there to see?”/ Verified 2026-08-18

Map of Takarazuka City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Takarazuka city hall. The south (bottom) is the built-up part, where the Hankyu Takarazuka and Imazu Lines and the JR Takarazuka Line come together. Stretching away to the north (top) is the hill country of the Nishitani area, around JR Takedao Station.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What should you know first about moving to Takarazuka?

A town in the southeast of Hyogo Prefecture, between Osaka and Kobe. The city describes itself as “about 30 minutes by train from the town centre to either Osaka or Kobe”. It covers 101.89 square kilometres, long from north to south, and is made up of the built-up south and the Nishitani area in the north.

CHAPTER 02Six areas, and life in each

Choosing an area in Takarazuka means choosing which station, and what height. Sorting all 507 listings by address gives six parts, and the medians spread 5.9 times over, from ¥7,800,000 to ¥45,800,000, with elevations from 20 metres to 349.

Sakasegawa and Obayashi (the hillside along the Imazu Line) — the hillside with an easy run to Nishinomiya-kitaguchi99 (¥3,900,000 to ¥120,000,000, median ¥32,800,000, 8 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 20 to 190 m. Nearest stations: Sakasegawa 59, Obayashi 18, Nigawa 17. Median year built 1997, median land 156 m².
Suits = anyone taking the Hankyu Imazu Line to Nishinomiya-kitaguchi and on towards Kobe
Worth knowing = Sakasedai and Hikarigaoka are housing up a hill. From the station it is a bus, or a climb on foot

Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin (the centre, and along the Muko River) — the theatre and the hot spring on foot. The highest median in the city94 (¥8,000,000 to ¥410,000,000, median ¥45,800,000, the highest in the city, 3 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 20 to 158 m. Nearest stations: Takarazuka 36, Kiyoshikojin 18, Takarazuka-minamiguchi 16. The two Takarazuka stations, JR and Hankyu, the Takarazuka Grand Theater, the Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum and Takarazuka Onsen are all in this part.
Suits = anyone who wants a seat on the train (Hankyu Takarazuka is a starting point), or to live without a car
🔴 Worth knowing = it was near Hankyu Takarazuka Station and thereabouts that shindo 7 was recorded in the Great Hanshin earthquake (§5). Always check the ground and the age of the building

The flat land in the south (Kohama and Akura) — the flattest, and the smallest plots54 (¥7,500,000 to ¥59,800,000, median ¥27,490,000, 2 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 24 to 42 m, the flattest in the city. Nearest stations: Nakayamadera 20, Takarazuka 17, Kiyoshikojin 10. Kohama was a post town in the Edo period, and the Kohama-shuku festival is still held in early April (§11).
Suits = anyone who does not want to walk up hills, or who gets about by bicycle
Worth knowing = at a median of 100 m², the plots are the smallest of the six. Flat land here is cut into small pieces

Nakayama and Mefu (the new towns on the hillside) — the widest range of elevations93 (¥1,990,000 to ¥298,000,000, median ¥35,900,000, 3 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 44 to 349 m, the widest range in the city. Nearest stations: Nakayama-kannon 48, Mefu-jinja 40. At a median of 113 m², the buildings are the largest of the six.
Suits = anyone who wants a large house and a view
Worth knowing = Nakayama-sakuradai and Nakayama-satsukidai are high ground, 230 to 350 m up. Look at the climb to the station, and at the slope on a winter morning

East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens) — the most properties162 (¥2,800,000 to ¥138,000,000, median ¥39,490,000, 15 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 29 to 280 m. Nearest stations: Yamamoto 106, Hibarigaoka-hanayashiki 39, Kawanishi-noseguchi 12. 32% of the city’s houses for sale are here. Yamamoto has grown nursery stock for several hundred years, and the Takarazuka nursery-garden festival is held in April and October (§11).
Suits = anyone taking the Hankyu Takarazuka Line to Umeda, or who likes gardening
Worth knowing = prices run all the way from ¥2,800,000 to ¥138,000,000, and at a median of 176 m² the plots are on the large side for this city. Within the same “east”, what you get differs entirely

North: Nishitani (along Takedao) — hill country within the same city5 (¥4,800,000 to ¥14,500,000, median ¥7,800,000, 4 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 224 to 241 m, median land 264 m². Nearest station: JR Takedao, 4. Farming country, with the Takarazuka Dahlia Garden (Kami-sasori) and the prefectural Takarazuka Nishitani-no-Mori Park.
Suits = anyone who wants to live in hill country without putting the city hall or Osaka out of reach
🔴 Worth knowing = Nishitani Elementary has 31 pupils (3 combined classes) and Nishitani Junior High 27 students (§7). It is another world entirely from the south of the city

Prices, counts, elevations and years of construction are fromSUUMOlisted507 listingsall, grouped by address. Elevations come from the map coordinates on each SUUMO listing page, each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (504 of the 507 have per-property coordinates) / Verified 2026-08-19

Whereabouts in Takarazuka is best to live?

It comes down to which station, and what height. The medians by district spread 5.9 times over, from ¥7,800,000 in Nishitani in the north to ¥45,800,000 around Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin, and elevations from 20 metres to 349.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Takarazuka is served by the JR Takarazuka Line (the Fukuchiyama Line) and the Hankyu Takarazuka Main and Imazu Lines, and Takarazuka has both a JR and a Hankyu station. By JR it is 28 minutes and ¥340 to Osaka with no change. Hankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin — the starting point — of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line, and an express reaches Osaka-Umeda in 35 minutes.

Destination	Time	Fare	Changes
Osaka (JR)	28 min (Tambaji Rapid)	¥340 (25.5km)	0
Osaka-Umeda (Hankyu)	35 min (express, dep. 6:49 → arr. 7:24)	Please check with Hankyu’s fare search	0
Sannomiya (JR)	43 min	¥750	1 (at Amagasaki)

JR journey times and fares are the result of a search for departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026 (ticket only; half fare for children). The Hankyu figure is one actual service from the company’s official single-train timetable.

“Having a starting point” means being able to sit down on the way inHankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line. The morning express leaves Takarazuka and calls at Kiyoshikojin, Mefu-jinja, Nakayama-kannon, Yamamoto, Hibarigaoka-hanayashiki, Kawanishi-noseguchi, Ikeda, Ishibashi-handaimae, Hotarugaike, Toyonaka and Juso, reaching Osaka-Umeda in 35 minutes. Even on a stretch that fills up further down the line, at a starting point you queue and you get a seat. An hour standing and being jolted about, and 35 minutes sitting with a book, are quite different hours.

Plenty of stations, but the height you live at changes how you get thereThe nearest stations of the 507 are Yamamoto 106, Sakasegawa 59, Nakayama-kannon 48, Mefu-jinja 40, Hibarigaoka-hanayashiki 39, Takarazuka 36, Obayashi 18, Kiyoshikojin 18, Takarazuka-minamiguchi 16 — spread across 9 stations. But with elevations running from 20 to 349 m (§2), the same “x minutes on foot” feels quite different with a hill in it. The Nishitani area in the north is JR Takedao Station, and there a car is assumed.

Sources: JR journey times, fares and number of changes fromJR West's official "My Daiya"(searched for departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026). Hankyu journey times and stops fromHankyu Railway official, “[Express] Takarazuka to Osaka-Umeda (Hankyu), single-train timetable”(Takarazuka dep. 6:49 → Osaka-Umeda arr. 7:24). For Hankyu fares, seeHankyu Railway official, “Calculating ordinary ticket fares”. The breakdown of nearest stations is from the 507 SUUMO listings below. Checked 2026-08-18

✈ Airports

The nearest is Osaka International Airport (a hub airport under company management), about 12.7 km as the crow flies. Next is Kobe Airport (about 28.0 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 2 entrances and exits (interchanges and junctions).
Chugoku Expressway = Takarazuka
Kinki Expressway Nagoya-Kobe Route = Takarazuka-kita SIC

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 Takarazuka to Osaka?

From JR Takarazuka Station to Osaka Station it is 28 minutes and ¥340, with 0 changes. Hankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin — the starting point — of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line, and an express reaches Osaka-Umeda in 35 minutes. Sannomiya is 43 minutes and ¥750 by JR (one change at Amagasaki).

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 507. Taking all 507, it runs ¥1,990,000 to ¥410,000,000, median ¥35,800,000. 35 (7%) are under ¥10,000,000 and 95 under ¥20,000,000. Median land is 152 square metres (about 46 tsubo) and building 105. Median year built is 1996, with 73 (14%) from 1981 or earlier — one in seven built under the old seismic code.

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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.

Maitani 1¥1,990,000Nakayama and Mefu (the new towns on the hillside)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 37 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 45 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1971 / Kiyoshikojin Sta. 10 min walk9 photos →

Hanayashiki-matsugaoka¥2,800,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 80 m / Land 36 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 44 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1972 / Kawanishi-noseguchi Sta. bus 13 min+6 min walk2 photos →

Hanayashiki-soen 3¥2,900,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 90 m / Land 54 m² (16 tsubo) / Building 48 m² (15 tsubo) / built 1966 / Kawanishi-noseguchi Sta. 14 min walk9 photos →

Hanayashiki-soen 1-15-9¥3,300,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 120 m / Land 110 m² (33 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1964 / Kawanishi-noseguchi Sta. 10 min walk7 photos →

Nakano-cho¥3,900,000Sakasegawa and Obayashi (the hillside along the Imazu Line)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 53 m² (16 tsubo) / Building 50 m² (15 tsubo) / built 1971 / Obayashi Sta. 8 min walk10 photos →

Takatsukasa 1¥4,500,000Sakasegawa and Obayashi (the hillside along the Imazu Line)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 41 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 50 m² (15 tsubo) / built 1973 / Obayashi Sta. 15 min walk2 photos →

Oharano 南穴虫¥4,800,000North: Nishitani (along Takedao)Elev. approx. 220 m / Land 211 m² (64 tsubo) / Building 91 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1976 / Takedao Sta. bus 18 min+2 min walk10 photos →

Tamase 大岩谷¥5,800,000North: Nishitani (along Takedao)Elev. approx. 240 m / Land 264 m² (80 tsubo) / Building 103 m² (31 tsubo) / built 1985 / Takedao Sta. bus 5 min+5 min walk6 photos →

Nogami 5¥6,500,000Sakasegawa and Obayashi (the hillside along the Imazu Line)Elev. approx. 110 m / Land 83 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 71 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1996 / Sakasegawa Sta. bus 7 min+3 min walk9 photos →

Hikarigaoka 1¥6,800,000Sakasegawa and Obayashi (the hillside along the Imazu Line)Elev. approx. 190 m / Land 160 m² (48 tsubo) / Building 98 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1974 / Sakasegawa Sta. bus 12 min+6 min walk10 photos →

Hikarigaoka 1¥6,800,000Sakasegawa and Obayashi (the hillside along the Imazu Line)Elev. approx. 190 m / Land 160 m² (48 tsubo) / Building 98 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1974 / Takarazuka-minamiguchi Sta. 23 min walk10 photos →

Hoshinoso¥6,800,000Nakayama and Mefu (the new towns on the hillside)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 104 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 78 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1968 / Mefu-jinja Sta. 11 min walk3 photos →

Hanayashiki-soen 2¥6,900,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 170 m / Land 72 m² (22 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1970 / Hibarigaoka-hanayashiki Sta. 20 min walk10 photos →

Hanayashiki-soen 2-7-1¥6,900,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 170 m / Land 87 m² (26 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1970 / Kawanishi-noseguchi Sta. 19 min walk9 photos →

Hanayashiki-soen 2¥6,900,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 170 m / Land 87 m² (26 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1970 / Kawanishi-noseguchi Sta. 20 min walk4 photos →

Hanayashiki-soen 2¥6,900,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 100 m / Land 87 m² (26 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1970 / Hibarigaoka-hanayashiki Sta. 20 min walk10 photos →

Yamamotodai 2¥7,000,000East: Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka (the home of nursery gardens)Elev. approx. 100 m / Land 192 m² (58 tsubo) / Building 75 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1963 / Yamamoto Sta. 15 min walk4 photos →

安倉西４¥7,500,000The flat land in the south (Kohama and Akura)Elevation about 30 m ／ land 50 m² (15 tsubo) ／ building 83 m² (25 tsubo) ／ built 1973 ／ Takarazuka Sta., 15 min by bus + 2 min on footSee 9 photographs →

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 507 on SUUMO →

How to read this list

Look at the year built firstThe median year built is 1996, and 73 are from 1981 or earlier (14% of the 507). The seismic standards changed in June 1981, and Takarazuka is a town where about 13,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged in the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 (§5). If you buy a house built under the old code, put the cost of a seismic diagnosis and retrofitting into the budget from the start. The city has a grant scheme for retrofitting.

The medians differ 5.9 times over between districtsNishitani in the north ¥7,800,000 / the flat land in the south ¥27,490,000 / Sakasegawa and Obayashi ¥32,800,000 / Nakayama and Mefu ¥35,900,000 / Yamamoto and Hibarigaoka in the east ¥39,490,000 / Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin ¥45,800,000 (§2). The dearest is within walking distance of Takarazuka Station, and Nishitani in the north is the cheapest. Flat Kohama and Akura are the cheapest in the south because their median plot, at 100 m², is the most finely divided in the city (Nishitani is 264 m²).

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Takarazuka City" (All 507 listed were retrieved, as of 2026-08-19). Prices, year built, address and nearest station are as given on each listing page; elevation is the map coordinates on the listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API.Listings change from day to day.. Check each property page for the latest. The retrofitting grant fromTakarazuka City, “Seismic retrofitting”/ Verified 2026-08-18

The akiya bank exists, but has nothing registered at present

Takarazuka City has an akiya bank too (launched on 1 October of Reiwa 1, in cooperation with the Hanshin-kita branch of the Hyogo Prefecture Real Estate Association). But the city writes on the page: “there have been several registrations on the akiya bank in the past, but they came to a sale relatively quickly, and at present there are no registered properties”. Nor does it appear on the national akiya banks (At Home / LIFULL HOME’S). So in Takarazuka, rather than waiting for a cheap empty house, the practical thing is to look in the ordinary second-hand market of the 507 above. Buyers and renters need no user registration, so the way to use it is to look in on the city’s page from time to time, so as to see a registration the moment one appears.

Source:Takarazuka City "Takarazuka City Akiya bank"(updated 1 April 2024; launched 1 October of Reiwa 1; in cooperation with the Hanshin-kita branch of the Real Estate Association; no user registration needed for buyers and renters; at present there are no registered properties). Checked 2026-08-18

Akiya bank

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

How cheaply can you buy a house in Takarazuka?

SUUMO lists 507. ¥1,990,000 to ¥410,000,000, median ¥35,800,000, with 35 (7%) under ¥10,000,000. Median land is 152 square metres, median year built 1996, and 73 (14%) are from 1981 or earlier.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

If you are considering Takarazuka, do not skip this. The city writes for itself: “the Great Hanshin earthquake of 17 January 1995 brought immense damage to our town. Shindo 7 was recorded near Hankyu Takarazuka Station and thereabouts. Some 13,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged, and 119 precious lives were lost”. At the city hall site, the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 15.6%, and of 6-upper or above 2.3%. The ground is an alluvial fan, with an AVS30 of 309.03 m/s. It is also designated an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures.

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

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

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	15.6% (shindo 6-upper or above, 2.3%) At the Takarazuka city hall site. Surface ground AVS30 309 m/s, alluvial fan

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Takarazuka City town hall stands onalluvial fan(AVS30 309 m/s), and the 15.6% above is the figure for that point. Within Takarazuka 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 2026-08-18

What this number means, and what you do next

The weight of “it has already happened once”A 30-year probability of 15.6% is 11 times that of, say, Tamba-Sasayama City (1.4%), and lower than Nabari City (19.1%). But in Takarazuka’s case what matters is not the probability but the record of actually having taken shindo 7. Read that memory together with the figure that 14% of the houses for sale (73 of the 507) date from 1981 or earlier (§4).

Four things to look at first① Put the address into the Takarazuka disaster prevention map (web version) (you can see flood, landslide and active-fault risk separately). ② Look at the designated landslide special warning zones (red) and warning zones (yellow) (essential if you are choosing housing up a hill). ③ Overlay the Muko River inundation assumptions on the Overlay Hazard Map. ④ Look at how the ground shakes at that address on J-SHIS. On an alluvial fan the ground changes from place to place. Check it address by address

Sources: the earthquake damage fromTakarazuka City, “An outline of Takarazuka City”(shindo 7 near Hankyu Takarazuka Station and thereabouts; some 13,000 houses destroyed or badly damaged; 119 lives lost). The probability and the ground fromNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS(the 250-metre mesh square containing the city hall at 34.80000 / 135.36028). The designation as an area for the promotion of Nankai Trough earthquake disaster measures from the Cabinet Office (Disaster Management) list of designated municipalities. The disaster prevention map fromthe same, “Takarazuka disaster prevention map”. The probabilities compared for Tamba-Sasayama City and Nabari City are the same J-SHIS values as on those pages of this site. Checked 2026-08-18

Is the disaster risk high in Takarazuka?

The city sets down the damage of the Great Hanshin earthquake explicitly: “shindo 7 was recorded near Hankyu Takarazuka Station and thereabouts. Some 13,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged, and 119 lives were lost”. The chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 15.6% and of 6-upper or above 2.3%, and the ground is an alluvial fan with an AVS30 of 309.03 m/s.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Mean annual temperature 16.4℃, annual rainfall 1,326.3 mm. Winter is milder than Tokyo (the January daily low of 0.7℃ is much the same as Tokyo’s 1.2℃, and days that stay below freezing come to 0.0 a year), and summer is distinctly hotter than Tokyo (the August daily high is 33.8℃ against Tokyo’s 31.3℃, and days above 35℃ number 16.3 a year, more than three times Tokyo’s). Tropical nights number 29.6 a year.

Item	Takarazuka / Toyonaka (normals)	What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature	16.4℃	Mean daily high 21.3°C／mean daily low 11.9°C
Summer (August daily high)	33.8℃	16.3 extremely hot days (Tokyo 4.8), 76.6 hot days and 29.6 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8)
Winter (January daily low)	0.7℃	32.5 days below freezing and 0.0 days that stay below freezing — no day is below zero right through
Annual rainfall	1,326.3mm	June brings 180.1 mm and July 182.6 mm, and winter is drier (44.4 mm in January)

The heat of summer is a number to steel yourself for16.3 days above 35℃ a year is more than three times Tokyo’s 4.8, and tropical nights come to 29.6. This is a town on the inland side of the Osaka plain, so take it that summer is plainly hot. How well the air conditioning works, and the insulation, are things to look at when you view. That said, the Nishitani area in the north stands 224 to 241 m up (§2), and summer nights feel different there within the same city.

Winter needs no preparation for snowDays that stay below freezing come to 0.0 a year, and nights below 0℃ to 32.5 — no day freezes right through. January rainfall is a light 44.4 mm, and this is not a place where you need to buy a snow shovel. The temperatures and day counts are from the observatory in neighbouring Toyonaka City (there is no AMeDAS temperature station within Takarazuka City). Takarazuka is further inland and higher up than Toyonaka, so it is safer to assume the morning cold is a little sharper than these figures.

Sources: temperatures, day counts and rainfall from Japan Meteorological Agency, "Toyonaka (normals, 1991–2020)"(there being no AMeDAS station measuring temperature within Takarazuka City, the observatory in neighbouring Toyonaka City is used). The Tokyo figures fromthe same, "Tokyo (normals)"(17.8 tropical nights, 4.8 days above 35℃, August daily high 31.3℃, January daily low 1.2℃). Checked 2026-08-18

Is summer hot in Takarazuka? Is winter cold?

Summer is plainly hot — the August daily high is 33.8℃, days above 35℃ number 16.3 a year (Tokyo 4.8) and tropical nights 29.6. In winter the January daily low is 0.7℃ and days that stay below freezing come to 0.0 a year; no preparation for snow is needed.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

Children’s medical costs are free of any out-of-pocket charge, outpatient and inpatient, from birth to the third year of junior high school, with no income test (from 1 January of Reiwa 6). For adults taken ill on a Sunday or public holiday there is the municipal holiday emergency clinic, and for children the Hanshin-kita Regional Children’s Emergency Center (Itami City). Schools number 23 primary and 12 junior high, and Takarazuka Daiichi Elementary has 1,032 pupils against Nishitani Elementary’s 31 — a 33-fold difference within one city.

Children’s medical costs are entirely free to the third year of junior high school

Takarazuka City’s subsidy is the “infant medical cost subsidy” from birth to the third year of primary school, and the “child medical cost subsidy” from the fourth year of primary school to the third year of junior high. Under both, there is nothing to pay for either outpatient or inpatient care covered by health insurance. With the extension of 1 January of Reiwa 6, it is available regardless of income (no income test). For high-school-age children there is a separate scheme covering inpatient costs.

Source:Takarazuka City, “Infant medical cost subsidy and child medical cost subsidy”(updated 16 June 2026; birth to the third year of primary school under infant medical care, fourth year of primary to third year of junior high under child medical care; nothing to pay for outpatient or inpatient care; no income test from 1 January of Reiwa 6) /the same, “Inpatient medical cost subsidy for high-school-age children”/ Verified 2026-08-18

How to use emergency care

For adults at the weekend, the municipal holiday emergency clinicThe Takarazuka City holiday emergency clinic (4-4-1 Kohama, Takarazuka City, inside the Takarazuka City Health Centre / 0797-81-0003). The specialty is internal medicine (15 and over), and consultations run 10:00 to 13:00 (reception until 12:30). If you are unsure whether to call an ambulance, dial #7119 (the Hyogo emergency advice centre).

For a child taken ill, the regional centre in Itami CityPaediatric emergencies go to the Hanshin-kita Regional Children’s Emergency Center (2-10 Koya, Itami City / 072-770-9981). It is not handled within Takarazuka City; a regional centre outside the city takes it on. Check the route and journey time from Takarazuka to Itami at least once before you move.

Source:Takarazuka City, “Emergency care on holidays and over the New Year”／the same, “Takarazuka City holiday emergency clinic”(4-4-1 Kohama; internal medicine, 15 and over; 10:00 to 13:00, reception until 12:30). For children, the Hanshin-kita Regional Children’s Emergency Center given on the same page (2-10 Koya, Itami City, 072-770-9981). Checked 2026-08-18

The size of the schools differs entirely with the district

There are 23 municipal primary schools (10,830 pupils) and 12 junior high schools (5,226 students) (as of 1 May of Reiwa 8). What anyone thinking of moving here should know first is the range in the size of the schools. The largest primary school, Takarazuka Daiichi Elementary, has 1,032 pupils in 32 ordinary classes; the smallest, Nishitani Elementary, has 31 pupils in 3 ordinary classes (combined) — a 33-fold difference. Among the junior high schools, Takarazuka Junior High has 592 against Nishitani Junior High’s 27. “How many classmates do you want your child to have” all but decides which district you live in. Before you settle on a property, check the school catchment.

Source:Takarazuka City, “Numbers of children, pupils and students”ofReiwa 8 (2026), 5/1as of (PDF)(23 primary schools, 10,830 pupils, 356 ordinary classes; 12 junior high schools, 5,226 students, 153 ordinary classes; Takarazuka Daiichi Elementary 1,032 pupils, 32 ordinary classes; Nishitani Elementary 31 pupils, 3 combined; Takarazuka Junior High 592; Nishitani Junior High 27). Catchments fromthe same, “Table of primary and junior high school catchments”/ Verified 2026-08-18

What are medical care and schools like in Takarazuka?

Children’s medical costs carry nothing to pay for either outpatient or inpatient care from birth to the third year of junior high school, with no income test. Schools number 23 primary and 12 junior high, and what marks them out is the range of size: Takarazuka Daiichi Elementary has 1,032 pupils against Nishitani Elementary’s 31.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

On the city’s published quick reference table, water and sewerage come to ¥9,460 (tax included) for 40 cubic metres over two months on a 13 mm connection (water ¥5,764 plus sewerage ¥3,696). On a 20 mm connection it is ¥10,010. Both reading and billing are once every two months.

Use over two months	Water supply	Sewerage	Total (tax included)
20㎥	¥2,464	¥1,716	¥4,180
40㎥	¥5,764	¥3,696	¥9,460
50㎥	¥7,799	¥4,906	¥12,705

All are for a 13 mm meter, domestic use, over two months, and include the equivalent of consumption tax (straight from the city’s quick reference table). On a 20 mm connection, 40 m³ comes to ¥10,010.

If you live up a hill, allow for the cost of a carTakarazuka has properties spread across nine stations (§3), but elevations run from 20 to 349 m (§2). On housing up a hill such as Sakasedai, Hikarigaoka, Nakayama-sakuradai, Nakayama-satsukidai and Yamatedai, a bus or a car to the station is assumed. One car or two makes a large difference to the yearly cost. View the house on a wet day and in the morning if you can.

For an older house, put seismic work and insulation in the budgetOf the 507, 73 date from 1981 or earlier (§4). Takarazuka is a town that took shindo 7 (§5). If you choose a house built under the old code, it is realistic to reckon on the cost of a seismic diagnosis and retrofitting from the start. And with a summer of 16.3 days above 35℃ and 29.6 tropical nights (§6), insulation and how well the air conditioning works bear directly on the bills.

Source:Takarazuka City, “Calculating water charges”(updated 12 December 2025; meters read every two months; the sewerage charge is on the same payment slip), and the tables placed there,quick reference table, 13 mm connection (PDF, from 1 April of Reiwa 7),the same, 20 mm connection (PDF), the relevant rows. Checked 2026-08-18

What do water and sewerage cost in Takarazuka?

On the city’s quick reference table it is ¥9,460 (tax included) for 40 cubic metres over two months on a 13 mm connection (water ¥5,764 plus sewerage ¥3,696). On a 20 mm connection, ¥10,010. Both reading and billing are once every two months.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

In the Reiwa 8 land price publication, residential land in Takarazuka City averages ¥165,200/m², up 2.6% on the year. Commercial land is ¥311,000/m² (+4.0%), industrial land ¥134,500/m² (+5.3%) and all uses ¥184,200/m² (+2.8%). All four are rising.

Use	Average price	Year-on-year change
Residential	¥165,200/m²	+2.6%
Commercial land	¥311,000/m²	+4.0%
Industrial land	¥134,500/m²	+5.3%
All uses	¥184,200/m²	+2.8%

Residential land here is expensive even for the Kansai regionAt ¥165,200/m², the residential land average is about 1.6 times Nara City’s (¥106,000/m²) and about 1.7 times Ikoma City’s (¥97,500/m²). On 100 tsubo (330 m²), the land alone would come to about ¥54,500,000. That the median plot among the houses for sale stays at 152 m² (about 46 tsubo) is because of these land prices.

Land that is rising is land whose exit is easy to readResidential land +2.6%, all uses +2.8%. It is also a thick market, with 507 on offer (§4). But the differences between districts are large, the medians running from ¥7,800,000 (Nishitani) to ¥45,800,000 (Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin) (§2). The conditions that told when you bought — the station, flat ground, the school catchment — will tell again when you sell.

Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF)the Takarazuka City row (compiled by the Land Information Center). The land prices compared for Nara City and Ikoma City are rows in the same PDF. The medians are from the same 507 SUUMO listings as §2. Checked 2026-08-18

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

In the Reiwa 8 land price publication, residential land is ¥165,200/m², up 2.6% on the year, and all uses are up 2.8%. It is a thick market too, with 507 on offer. But the medians by district range from ¥7,800,000 to ¥45,800,000.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

218,796 people in 98,066 households (1 August of Reiwa 8, the city’s estimated population), 2.23 people per household. By age, 11.6% are 0 to 14, 58.9% are 15 to 64 and 29.5% are 65 or over (Basic Resident Register, end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8). There are 19,456 more women than men — the most striking thing about this town’s population.

Population

218,796 people

1 August Reiwa 8, estimated population

Households

98,066 households

1 households 2.23 people

Men and women

99,670／119,126

Men / women

Aged 65 and over

29.5%

11.6% are aged 0 to 14

There are two figures because they come from different placesThe city publishes both an estimated population (218,796, 1 August of Reiwa 8) and a Basic Resident Register population (225,825, end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8). The city explains that the estimated population is projected from the most recent national census using the movements in the Basic Resident Register, while the Basic Resident Register figure is the registration as it stands. This page uses the estimated population for the total and the Basic Resident Register for the age breakdown.

It is falling gently, but it is still a large cityThe movement over the past month was −207 people and −49 households. A population of 218,000 is on the large side among the places this site has covered, and it is what lies behind 23 primary and 12 junior high schools (§7) and 507 houses for sale (§4). Having plenty of choice is itself a condition worth having in a place to move to.

Source:Takarazuka City, “Statistical surveys”(updated 13 August 2026; estimated population as of 1 August of Reiwa 8, 218,796 in 98,066 households; −207 people and −49 households on the previous month; Basic Resident Register at the end of the seventh month of Reiwa 8, 225,825; 0 to 14 11.6%, 15 to 64 58.9%, 65 and over 29.5%). Checked 2026-08-18

Share of foreign residents

1.54%national average 3.26%

Of the 226,617 people living in Takarazuka City, 3,497 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 Takarazuka’s population?

218,796 people in 98,066 households (1 August of Reiwa 8, estimated population), and −207 over the past month. By age, 11.6% are 0 to 14, 58.9% are 15 to 64 and 29.5% are 65 or over, and what marks it out is that there are 19,456 more women than men.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

The year in Takarazuka turns on the grand festivals at the temples and shrines, the Grade 1 races at the racecourse, the nursery-garden festivals and the dahlia garden. The city publishes its annual events with dates, so they are set out here as they stand.

When	Event	Where
month 1 27, 28 days	The first Sanpo Kojin grand festival	Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji
month 2, month 3	Hoshi-matsuri Setsubun rite (on Setsubun itself) / plum festival (the first Sunday in March)	Nakayamadera
Early April	Takarazuka nursery-garden festival / Kohama-shuku festival / the Oka Sho	Yamamoto Shin-ike Park and Ai-Ai Park / Kohama-shuku / Hanshin Racecourse
month 4 27, 28 days	Spring Sanpo Kojin grand festival	Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji
Late June	The Takarazuka Kinen	JRA Hanshin Racecourse
7–month 8	Takarazuka Dahlia Garden, summer opening (mid-July to early August) / Takarazuka International Chamber Chorus Competition (late July) / Hoshikudari Taie rite (9 August) / Takarazuka Summer Festa (mid-August)	Nishitani, Kami-sasori / Vega Hall / Nakayamadera / across the city
month 10	Takarazuka Dahlia Garden, autumn opening (early October to early November) / Takarazuka nursery-garden festival (early in the month) / Dahlia Flower Festival (the third Saturday and Sunday)	Nishitani, Kami-sasori / Yamamoto Shin-ike Park
11–month 12	Takarazuka Film Festival (early November) / Rokko traverse (mid-November) / Takarazuka City art exhibition and Takarazuka arts exhibition (November) / Nishitani harvest festival (early December) / Takarazuka half marathon (late December)	Cine Pipia / Suma to Takarazuka / the Cultural Arts Center / Nishitani Fureai Yume Plaza

“The events of Takarazuka” change with the district you live inIn the built-up south it is the grand festivals at Kiyoshikojin and Nakayamadera, the Grade 1 races at Hanshin Racecourse, and the Takarazuka Summer Festa. At Yamamoto in the east, the nursery-garden festival. In Nishitani in the north, the dahlia garden and the harvest festival. Within one city, what you can walk to is entirely different. Going once to an event in the district you are interested in is the surest way to look the place over.

The fireworks display is suspended at presentThe city writes: “the fireworks display we have held until now is suspended, owing to changes in the surroundings of the launch site and various other circumstances”. It says it will announce a resumption on the website and in the city bulletin. If you come expecting “Takarazuka = the fireworks display”, it is not being held at present.

Source:Takarazuka City, “What events are there through the year?”(updated 9 May 2025; the annual list of events with dates). The fireworks display fromthe same, “When is the Takarazuka fireworks display held?”/ Verified 2026-08-18

What events are there in Takarazuka?

The first Sanpo Kojin grand festival on 27 and 28 January (Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji), the Takarazuka nursery-garden festival in April and October, the Takarazuka Kinen in late June, the Takarazuka Summer Festa in mid-August, and the dahlia garden and harvest festival at Nishitani, among others. The fireworks display is suspended at present.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things set prices in Takarazuka: ① being 30 minutes from both Osaka and Kobe, ② having a station where trains start, and ③ the station and the size of the plot. Residential land averages ¥165,200/m² (+2.6%) — expensive even for Kansai, and still rising.

① A position that reaches “either one”As the city writes, “about 30 minutes by train to either Osaka or Kobe” (§1) — not one of them but both is where Takarazuka stands. Osaka in 28 minutes on the JR Takarazuka Line; Kobe by the Hankyu Imazu Line via Nishinomiya-kitaguchi. You need not move house when your workplace changes — and that is what holds land prices up.

② A starting point changes the quality of the commuteHankyu Takarazuka Station is the origin of both the Takarazuka Main Line and the Imazu Line (§3). Queue and you travel sitting down — a condition no intermediate station can offer. For anyone who chooses not only on “how many minutes to Osaka” but on “can I get a seat”, the area around Takarazuka Station is a strong option.

③ What sets the price is not the height but “the station and the size of the plot”The houses for sale run from 20 to 349 m above sea level. The dearest is Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin at ¥45,800,000 (median elevation 62 m), followed by Nakayama and Mefu on the hillside at ¥35,900,000 (118 m). Meanwhile the flattest part, Kohama and Akura, is ¥27,490,000 — because at a median of 100 m² its plots are the most finely divided in the city (§2). Whether there is a hill tells less on the price than on getting to the station and on winter mornings. Do not choose on budget alone; walk the slope yourself.

Sources: land prices from the same land price publication as §9 (Reiwa 8). The position as in §1Takarazuka City, “An outline of Takarazuka City”. The starting point and journey times as in §3Hankyu Railway official single-train timetable. Elevations and medians from the same 507 SUUMO listings as §2. Checked 2026-08-18

What this land earns from

Takarazuka is a residential city that grew as a place to live. Onto that are laid tourism, with 8,770,000 visitors a year (the Takarazuka Revue, the Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum, Nakayamadera, Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji, Takarazuka Onsen and Takedao Onsen), and the nursery-garden trade at Yamamoto — a centre the city describes as “several hundred years old, known across the country as a traditional area of nursery-garden production”. And in Nishitani in the north there is farming, centred on the Takarazuka Dahlia Garden (Kami-sasori), along with the prefectural Takarazuka Nishitani-no-Mori Park and Takarazuka Nature House. Within commuting range of Osaka, and still with farmland inside the city — that is the shape of this town.

Source:Takarazuka City, “An outline of Takarazuka City”(8,770,000 visitors; the nursery-garden trade at Yamamoto). Nishitani fromthe same, “On relocating and settling in the Nishitani area”(updated 21 November 2025; the prefectural Takarazuka Nishitani-no-Mori Park, Takarazuka Nature House, Takarazuka Dahlia Garden and Nagatani Peony Garden). Checked 2026-08-18

What sets the price of land in Takarazuka?

Three things: ① being 30 minutes from both Osaka and Kobe, ② that Hankyu Takarazuka is a starting point, so you travel sitting down, and ③ the station and the size of the plot. It is ③ that opens the gap from ¥45,800,000 around Takarazuka Station and Kiyoshikojin to ¥7,800,000 in Nishitani in the north.

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.

¥331,520,000

Hometown tax receipts for the Reiwa 7 financial year (6,828 donations).
788th of the country’s 1,788 municipalities, and 23rd within Hyogo Prefecture

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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 Takarazuka earn its living by?

A residential city is the base, and onto it are laid tourism with 8,770,000 visitors a year (the Takarazuka Revue, the Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum, Nakayamadera, Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji and Takarazuka Onsen), the nursery-garden trade at Yamamoto, which the city describes as “several hundred years old”, and farming in Nishitani in the north.

CHAPTER 14A message from Takarazuka City

First, the most important thing. Takarazuka City is not running a relocation support payment for the Reiwa 8 year (and Takarazuka City is excluded from the Hyogo Prefecture relocation support scheme as well). Takarazuka is not a town that calls people in with grants. What it has instead is medical care entirely free to the third year of junior high school, 30 minutes to both Osaka and Kobe, and a seat on the train from a starting point — it has been chosen on the conditions themselves.

How the city introduces itself

The city puts it this way: “Do you know what kind of town Takarazuka is? The town of the revue, the town of the hot spring, a residential city … and not only that. Takarazuka City shines with many other qualities and characters of its own”. And of the earthquake it writes: “the Great Hanshin earthquake of 17 January 1995 brought immense damage to our town. Shindo 7 was recorded near Hankyu Takarazuka Station and thereabouts. Some 13,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged, and 119 precious lives were lost. We have carried through recovery projects in each district in turn, and are working towards a town that is safe, comfortable and more appealing than before”.

What is there for people moving here, and what is not

Scheme	What it is
Migration support grant	Not being run for the Reiwa 8 year. Takarazuka City is also excluded from the Hyogo Prefecture relocation support scheme (the payment for moving from the Greater Tokyo area)
Children’s medical cost subsidy	From birth to the third year of junior high school, nothing to pay for either outpatient or inpatient care, with no income test (from 1 January of Reiwa 6). High-school-age children get help with inpatient costs (§7)
Akiya bank	The scheme exists (launched 1 October of Reiwa 1, in cooperation with the Hanshin-kita branch of the Real Estate Association). But the city states plainly that “they came to a sale relatively quickly, and at present there are no registered properties”. Buyers and renters need no user registration (§4)
Relocation advice for the Nishitani area	In the Nishitani area in the north, the Nishitani District Community Development Council has set up a relocation advice desk, publishes through the relocation site “Takarazuka Nishitani SMOCCA”, runs a survey of empty houses with the Nishitani Residents’ Association Federation, and matches people who want to move with owners of empty houses. Enquiries to nishi1234@iris.eonet.ne.jp (the city’s desk is the Northern Area Development Planning Division, 0797-91-1111)
Seismic retrofit subsidy	The city has a support scheme for seismic retrofitting of houses. 14% of the houses for sale (73 of the 507) date from 1981 or earlier (§4), so check this first if you are considering a house built under the old code
Decarbonisation grants	For the Reiwa 8 year there is a grant for the regional transition to decarbonisation and the promotion of renewable energy (for houses and business premises, towards solar generation and energy-saving equipment)

Sources: whether the relocation support payment is being run fromHyogo Prefecture, “On the Hyogo Prefecture relocation support scheme and matching support scheme”(covering 34 municipalities in the prefecture;“excluding Kobe City, Amagasaki City, Akashi City, Ashiya City, Itami City, Takarazuka City, Kato City and parts of Nishinomiya City.”stated explicitly). The city’s own words fromTakarazuka City, “An outline of Takarazuka City”. Medical costs fromthe same, “Infant medical cost subsidy and child medical cost subsidy” / the akiya bank from the same, “Takarazuka City akiya bank”. Nishitani fromthe same, “On relocating and settling in the Nishitani area”. Seismic retrofitting and decarbonisation fromthe same, “Support schemes and grants for acquiring a home / other reference information”(2026-03-30updated) / Verified 2026-08-18

Does Takarazuka take in people moving from elsewhere? Is there any support?

🔴 There is no relocation support payment for the Reiwa 8 year (Takarazuka City is also excluded from the Hyogo Prefecture relocation support scheme). What there is instead is medical care entirely free to the third year of junior high school, and in the north the Nishitani District Community Development Council, which gives relocation advice and matches people with empty houses.

CHAPTER 15The year in Takarazuka

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

Month	Takarazuka that month
1–month 2	Mean daily low 0.7℃, with 32.5 nights below 0℃ a year. Days that stay below freezing come to 0.0, so no snow shovel is needed. 27 and 28 January bring the first Sanpo Kojin grand festival at Kiyoshikojin, and Setsubun the Hoshi-matsuri Setsubun rite at Nakayamadera. 17 January is the anniversary of the Great Hanshin earthquake.
3–month 4	The plum festival at Nakayamadera (the first Sunday in March). Early April brings the Takarazuka nursery-garden festival and the Kohama-shuku festival, and the Oka Sho at Hanshin Racecourse. 27 and 28 April are the spring Sanpo Kojin grand festival
5–month 6	The rain builds (180.1 mm in June). Late June brings the Takarazuka Kinen — people come in from outside the town to Hanshin Racecourse
7–month 8	The wettest (182.6 mm in July) and the hottest time of year. Mean daily high 33.8℃, 16.3 days above 35℃, 29.6 tropical nights. The Takarazuka Dahlia Garden opens for the summer (Nishitani) and there is the Takarazuka Summer Festa (mid-August). The fireworks display is suspended
9–month 10	The Takarazuka Dahlia Garden opens for the autumn from early October, and the third Saturday and Sunday bring the Dahlia Flower Festival (Nishitani, Kami-sasori). Early October is the second Takarazuka nursery-garden festival
11–month 12	The Takarazuka Film Festival, the Rokko traverse (Suma to Takarazuka) and the Takarazuka City art exhibition. Early December brings the Nishitani harvest festival, and late December the Takarazuka half marathon. The population statistics are updated in the middle of each month

Sources: the climate as in §6, the events as in §11 and the population updates as in §10, from the same primary sources. Checked 2026-08-18

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 Takarazuka like to live?

Winter has 0.0 days that stay below freezing, so no snow to clear, and summer is properly hot with 16.3 days above 35℃ and 29.6 tropical nights. The year starts with the grand festival on 27 and 28 January and turns on the Takarazuka Kinen in late June, the Summer Festa in August and the Nishitani harvest festival in early December.

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 Takarazuka City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, what I (an AI) could find by following the official site was 6 of the 6 below. The mayor of Takarazuka City is Mori Rintaro (confirmed on the city’s introduction page).

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	The mayor’s office	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Policy statement	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of assembly members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Assembly broadcasts and recordings	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Search of the minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Takarazuka City comprehensive plan council	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Takarazuka CityMori Rintaro. The page carrying that name was last updated2026-08-10.
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Takarazuka 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 Takarazuka City,Takarazuka City comprehensive plan council. 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.Takarazuka City comprehensive plan council →

🔴 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 (Takarazuka 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 Takarazuka City now?

The mayor of Takarazuka City is Mori Rintaro (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 Takarazuka and the places family and friends can stay. This is a town with Setonaikai National Park. The area currently has 2 hot spring and day bath facilities. 🔴 Every count is the number registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may well be more.

What	Number counted, and names
⛰ National and quasi-national parks	Setonaikai National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Takara-no-Yu, Nature Spa Takarazuka (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	the Tessai Museum, the Takarazuka City Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum, the Takarazuka City Cultural Arts Center, the Kohama-shuku Museum, and the Takarazuka City Museum of History and Folklore in the former Wada residence (5)
⛩ Shrines and temples	23 shrines, 26 temples. Those with a Wikipedia entry are Tenma Shrine, Heirin-ji, Takarazuka Shrine, Kotai Shrine, Yasaka Shrine, Matsuo Shrine, Hosen-ji and Manganji
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	Takarazuka-kita SA (⛽ petrol station 🔌 EV charging)

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	4
🏠 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)	Not found in the map data

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

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

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

This is a town with Setonaikai National Park. 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 and 4 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 Takarazuka City, and the total was 42 (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	5 / 20	Has a relocation and settlement page, has an enquiry desk (department, telephone, opening hours)
Housing	0 / 15	Not found
The money side of living here	9 / 15	Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information	17 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; the year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated; and 2 more
Industry and local produce	3 / 10	Hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	2 / 10	There is a community bus timetable
Can an AI read it?	6 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; statistics are published as Excel or CSV; open data is published

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Relocation and settlement　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 2 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
2 of the department, phone number and opening hours were given　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 0 / 4　There is an akiya bank
Not found 0 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
There is no property data this site can take in 0 / 4　Completed deals are organised
As above 0 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
Not found 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 5 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age　Go and see → 3 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Both the rates and the amounts are 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
17 documents by district　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 3 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
The flood inundation zone map for the Muko River main channel was published in June of Heisei 30　Go and see → 1 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
A page only　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 → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Not found　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Commerce and industry promotion　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 → 0 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
Not found 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
It was a Google custom search　Go and see → 2 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
　Go and see → 1 / 1　Open data is published
　Go and see →

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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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