Information as at 18 August 2026

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Moving to Tambasasayama City

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

A town of the Sasayama basin in the middle east of Hyogo Prefecture, bordering Kyoto Prefecture to the east and Osaka Prefecture to the south. The city describes itself as "within an hour of Osaka and Kobe". It covers 377.59 square kilometres with a population of 36,654, and in the middle of it stands a castle town that is a national Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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

From JR Sasayamaguchi Station to Osaka Station it is 1 hr 9 min, ¥1,170, with 0 changes on the Tambaji Rapid, or 52 min at best on the Kounotori limited express. Sannomiya is 1 hr 27 min and ¥1,520 with one change at Amagasaki. Some services start from Sasayamaguchi.

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

SUUMO has 15 second-hand detached houses, from ¥2,500,000 to ¥68,000,000, median ¥11,880,000. 7 are at ¥10,000,000 or less. Separately the city's akiya bank has 25 — 13 houses from ¥2,300,000 and 12 plots from ¥500,000.

Q: Are summers hot and winters cold in Tambasasayama?

The August daily high is 32.6°C with 10.3 days a year above 35°C, hotter by day than Tokyo — and yet there are only 6.0 tropical nights a year (Tokyo 17.8). In winter there are 61.9 frost days a year, but only 0.1 days below freezing all day.

Q: What are healthcare and schools like in Tambasasayama?

Sundays and public holidays are covered by Sasayama Medical Centre (reception 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00), and children at night by the Tamba area paediatric emergency telephone advice line. There are 14 primary and 5 lower secondary schools, and only Ajima Primary School (600 pupils) has three classes per year group.

Q: What do water and sewerage cost in Tambasasayama?

Worked from the unit rates the city publishes, it comes to ¥7,733 including tax for 20 cubic metres in a month, that is ¥15,466 for 40 cubic metres over two months. The water standing charge on a 13 mm connection is ¥1,793 and the sewerage (general wastewater) standing charge ¥990. The meter is read every two months but the bill comes every month.

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

In the official land prices (Reiwa 8) residential land is ¥26,700/m², ±0.0% on the year — flat, and not falling. But with only 15 reaching the market at all, selling means allowing time for a buyer to appear.

Q: What is happening to Tambasasayama's population?

36,654 people in 15,559 households (1 June Reiwa 8). Over the latest month, 110 moved in and 117 moved out — near enough in balance — and almost all of the fall is natural decrease, from 9 births and 55 deaths.

A town of the Sasayama basin in the middle east of Hyogo Prefecture, bordering Kyoto and Osaka prefectures. The city describes itself like this: "with the opening of the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway and the doubling of the JR Fukuchiyama Line, the time-distance from Osaka and Kobe in the Kansai economic area has been greatly shortened, bringing us within the one-hour zone". And so it is: from JR Sasayamaguchi Station to Osaka Station it is 69 min and ¥1,170 on the Tambaji Rapid with no change, or 52 min at best on the Kounotori limited express. The population is 36,654. In the middle of the town is a castle town chosen as a national Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, and to the south, in Konda-cho, is the home of Tamba ware, one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. There are 15 second-hand detached houses on the market now (from ¥2,500,000, median ¥11,880,000). Separately, the city's akiya bank has 25 — 13 houses from ¥2,300,000 and 12 plots from ¥500,000. And — the chance of shaking of Shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 1.4%. The figures bear out what the city writes: "natural disasters are also comparatively few".

Osaka Sta.,

69 min

Tambaji Rapid, no change

Homes for sale

15 listings

¥2,500,000– / median ¥11,880,000

Akiya bank

25 listings

13 houses plus 12 plots

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

1.4%

At the city hall, sandy-gravel plateau

Population

36,654 people

15,559 households, Reiwa 8 (2026), 6/1

Residential land price

¥26,700/m²

Reiwa 8, ±0.0% on the year

City area

377.59km²

Density 104.9 people/km²

Summer (August daily high)

32.6℃

Kaibara, 1.3°C higher than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

-0.7℃

Kaibara, 1.9°C lower than Tokyo

🏛 Traditional streetscapes2 ♨ Hot springs and day baths2 🚐 RV parks

Traditional streetscapes: Sasayama, Tambasasayama City (castle town, designated Heisei 16.12.10) and Fukusumi, Tambasasayama City (post town and farming village, designated Heisei 24.12.28) / Hot springs and day baths: Honsen Yume-konda, Kusayama Onsen / RV parks: RV Park Tambasasayama
Sources: traditional streetscapes from Agency for Cultural Affairs, "List of Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings" (verified 2026-08-21) / hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20) / RV parks from Japan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma Tabi" RV parks (verified 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what is present is shown — a town without a given item is not inferior for it.

Last verified 2026-08-18

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Tambasasayama is

The middle east of Hyogo Prefecture. Kyoto Prefecture lies to the east, and Osaka Prefecture and Sanda City to the south. A population of 36,654 in 377.59 square kilometres (104.9 people per square kilometre). The city hall stands at 205 metres — the floor of the Sasayama basin. The listings on the market sit at 188 to 270 metres, and the town and the hamlets alike lie in basins and valleys ringed by mountains.

"Within an hour of Osaka and Kobe", in the city's own wordsThe city puts it like this — "with the opening of the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway and the doubling of the JR Fukuchiyama Line, the time-distance from Osaka and Kobe in the Kansai economic area has been greatly shortened, bringing us within the one-hour zone". Looked up in the JR West timetable, it is indeed 69 min from Sasayamaguchi to Osaka on the Tambaji Rapid, with 0 changes, or 52 min at best on the Kounotori limited express (§3). For the expressway there is the Tannan-Sasayamaguchi interchange on the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway.

A castle town and a pottery village, in the same cityIn the Sasayama basin, near the middle of the city, stand Sasayama Castle (built in Keicho 14, 1609, by Matsudaira Yasushige) and its castle town, of which about 40.2 hectares is a national Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Along the old highway to the east is the post town of Fukusumi (about 25.2 hectares), and to the south in Konda-cho is the home of Tamba ware (Tamba-Tachikui ware), one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. Farming is the city's core industry, and its specialities are Tambasasayama black soybeans (black edamame), yama-no-imo yam, Tamba chestnuts, Tamba matsutake, Tamba tea, Tamba ware and Tamba cotton.

Source:Tambasasayama City, "An outline of Tambasasayama City" (updated 20 June 2025; area 377.59 km² / city hall at 35°4'N, 135°13'E, elevation 205 m / density 104.9 people, ageing rate 35.8%, employment by industry / specialities / the one-hour zone) / population and households fromHyogo Prefecture, Planning Department, Statistics Division, "Hyogo Prefecture estimated population" (as of 1 June Reiwa 8) / the castle town and Fukusumi fromthe same, "Sasayama Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings (the castle town)",the same, "Fukusumi Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings"/ Verified 2026-08-18

Map of Tambasasayama City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Tambasasayama City Hall (just north of Sasayama Castle). To the south-west (lower left) are Sasayamaguchi station on the JR Fukuchiyama Line and the Tannan-Sasayamaguchi interchange, and south of them Konda-cho, the home of Tamba ware. Kyoto Prefecture begins immediately to the east (right).
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

A town with two "Japan Heritage" designations

Tambasasayama City has two Japan Heritage designations from the state. The first, from FY Heisei 27, is "Tambasasayama Dekansho-bushi — memories of home, sung on in folk song". The city explains that the land, its people, its sights and its produce have been sung on through "a Dekansho-bushi that now runs to as many as 300 verses". The second, from FY Heisei 29, is "You Will Surely Fall for the Six Ancient Kilns — pottery born and raised in Japan". Of the six — Bizen, Echizen, Seto, Tokoname, Shigaraki and Tamba — Tamba is Tachikui in Konda-cho, Tambasasayama City. The city describes it as "a landscape ringed by beautiful mountains and paddy fields, with flames rising from the kilns in the valleys".

Source:Tambasasayama City, "Congratulations! Tamba ware and the Six Ancient Kilns are Japan Heritage" (two designations, FY Heisei 27 and FY Heisei 29 / the six kilns / the Tachikui district) / verified 2026-08-18

What should I know first about moving to Tambasasayama?

A town of the Sasayama basin in the middle east of Hyogo Prefecture, bordering Kyoto Prefecture to the east and Osaka Prefecture to the south. The city describes itself as "within an hour of Osaka and Kobe". It covers 377.59 square kilometres with a population of 36,654, and in the middle of it stands a castle town that is a national Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

CHAPTER 02Four areas, and life in each

Choosing an area in Tambasasayama comes down to the hill near the station, the castle town, or a hamlet. Eight of the 15 listings on the market are gathered on the hills around Sasayamaguchi station, and houses in the hamlets scarcely reach the market at all. The hamlet houses are on the akiya bank side — that is how to read property in this town.

The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima) — for anyone whose life turns on the commute8 listings (¥9,600,000 to ¥68,000,000, median ¥13,190,000, 3 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Elevation 198 to 244 m. The nearest station is Tamba-Oyama for 5 and Sasayamaguchi for 3. The median year of construction is 1995, the newest part of the city. Ajima Primary School, the only school in the city with three classes per year group (600 pupils), is here too (§7).
Suits — anyone commuting by train to Osaka or Kobe, or minding how many classmates their children will have
Worth knowing — the dearest part of the city. Only 3 of the 8 are at ¥10,000,000 or less

The castle town and east of it (Inuishin-machi, Higashiokaya, Nonaka, Yakamiuchi) — living in the middle of the history4 listings (¥2,500,000 to ¥19,990,000, median ¥13,450,000, 2 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Elevation 204 to 214 m, and flat. The city hall, the Sasayama Castle site and the preservation-district streets are all here.
Suits — anyone who wants the paperwork and the shopping within walking distance, or to live among old streets
🔴 Worth knowing — inside the preservation district, work that changes the exterior needs permission from the city and the board of education. That covers not only new building, extension and demolition but repairs that change the appearance, signs, solar panels, ground works and felling trees (purely internal work is exempt). In return there are grants for repair and for restoring the appearance (§4)

Konda-cho (the home of Tamba ware) — a valley of kilns and terraced fields2 listings (¥7,500,000 to ¥12,800,000, median ¥10,150,000). Elevation 188 to 223 m. The nearest stations are Aino and Aimoto — the Sanda side rather than Sasayamaguchi. Konda-cho has the most akiya bank entries, 8 (plots from ¥500,000).
Suits — anyone who wants to live near where things are made, or to start from a plot of land
Worth knowing — at the October pottery fair, people and cars fill this valley (§11). Everyday shopping assumes a car

The north and Oyama (north of Tamba-Oyama station) — the highest ground1 listing (¥8,000,000). At 270 m, the highest point of any listing in the city. The akiya bank also has entries in the north, at Sakamoto, Sonodabun and Kawasaka.
Suits — anyone who puts space and quiet above all
Worth knowing — very little reaches the market here in the first place. Rather than wait for a listing, it is more realistic to register with the akiya bank and wait for something to come up (§4)

Prices, counts, elevations and years of construction are fromSUUMOlisted15 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 (all 15 with their own coordinates ). On permissions in the preservation district, seeTambasasayama City, "Sasayama Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings (the castle town)"/ Verified 2026-08-18

Which part of Tambasasayama should I live in?

Eight of the 15 listings on the market are gathered on the hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima). Inside the castle town is a preservation district where work that changes the exterior needs permission from the city and the board of education, and houses in the hamlets scarcely reach the market, being on the akiya bank side instead.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

The railway in Tambasasayama is a single line, the JR Fukuchiyama Line (the JR Takarazuka Line). From Sasayamaguchi Station to Osaka Station it is 69 min and ¥1,170 on the Tambaji Rapid, with no change. The Kounotori limited express takes 52 min at best. The stations in the city are Sasayamaguchi, Tamba-Oyama, Furuichi and Minamiyashiro, with Aino and Aimoto just over the boundary in Sanda City to the south.

Destination	Time (departing in the 8 o'clock hour)	Fare	Changes
Osaka	1 hr 9 min (Tambaji Rapid) The Kounotori limited express takes 52 min at best	¥1,170 (66.1km)	0
Shin-Osaka	1 hr 19 min	¥1,170	1 (at Osaka)
Sannomiya	1 hr 27 min	¥1,520	1 (at Amagasaki)

The fares are the basic ticket only (half for children). Taking the Kounotori limited express adds the limited express supplement.

"No change to Osaka" rests on this one lineSome Tambaji Rapid services start from Sasayamaguchi Station, and they run in the morning peak too. Counting the JR West timetable from Sasayamaguchi towards Osaka gives 44 trains a day (revision of 14 March 2026, weekdays). Having a terminus where you can get a seat is a large condition for anyone who spends an hour on the train every day.

For nearly every house, getting to the station assumes a carOf the 15 listings, only the 8 in Sumiyoshidai and Ajima and part of Konda-cho are given as a walk from the station; the rest are given as "◯ km by car". All 25 akiya bank entries are given as "◯ min by car" — scattered from 10 to 32 min by car from Sasayamaguchi Station. Decide whether it is one car or two before you choose where to live.

Sources: times, fares and changes fromJR West's official "My Daiya" , searched for a departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026 / the Kounotori times and frequencies fromthe same, "Sasayamaguchi Station timetable (towards Sanda and Takarazuka)" (revision of 14 March 2026) / the expressway fromTambasasayama City, "An outline of Tambasasayama City" / the breakdown of nearest stations is tallied from the 15 SUUMO listings and the 25 akiya bank entries below / verified 2026-08-18

✈ Airports

The nearest is Osaka International Airport (a hub airport under company management), about 36.6 km in a straight line. Next is Kobe Airport (about 48.0 km in a straight line). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are not road distances or journey times — check each operator's timetable for how you would actually travel.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 1 entry and exit point (interchange or junction).
Kinki Expressway Tsuruga Route = Tannan-Sasayamaguchi

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 Tambasasayama to Osaka?

From JR Sasayamaguchi Station to Osaka Station it is 1 hr 9 min, ¥1,170, with 0 changes on the Tambaji Rapid, or 52 min at best on the Kounotori limited express. Sannomiya is 1 hr 27 min and ¥1,520 with one change at Amagasaki. Some services start from Sasayamaguchi.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

15 listings, ¥2,500,000 to ¥68,000,000, median ¥11,880,000. 7 are at ¥10,000,000 or less. The median year of construction is 1996, and only 2 predate 1981. The median plot is 234 square metres (about 71 tsubo) — close to twice what you get in a city.

Sort

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

Yakamiuchi main district¥2,500,000The castle town and east of it (Inuishin-machi, Higashiokaya, Nonaka, Yakamiuchi)Elev. approx. 210 m / Land 172 m² (52 tsubo) / Building 128 m² (39 tsubo) / built 1977 / Sasayamaguchi Sta., 7.5km1 photos →

Konda-cho Kamitachikui¥7,500,000Konda-cho (the home of Tamba ware)Elev. approx. 220 m / Land 234 m² (71 tsubo) / Building 98 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1997 / Aino Sta. bus 18 min+6 min walk10 photos →

Sakamoto¥8,000,000The north and Oyama (north of Tamba-Oyama station)Elev. approx. 270 m / Land 427 m² (129 tsubo) / Building 133 m² (40 tsubo) / built 1984 / Tamba-Oyama Sta. 98 min walk8 photos →

Ajimaminami¥9,600,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 220 m / Land 533 m² (161 tsubo) / Building 163 m² (49 tsubo) / built 1989 / Sasayamaguchi Sta. 24 min walk10 photos →

Sumiyoshidai¥9,800,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 240 m / Land 209 m² (63 tsubo) / Building 119 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1996 / Tamba-Oyama Sta. 16 min walk9 photos →

Sumiyoshidai¥9,800,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 240 m / Land 210 m² (64 tsubo) / Building 125 m² (38 tsubo) / built 1994 / Tamba-Oyama Sta. 15 min walk10 photos →

Nonaka main district¥9,900,000The castle town and east of it (Inuishin-machi, Higashiokaya, Nonaka, Yakamiuchi)Elev. approx. 210 m / Land 150 m² (45 tsubo) / Building 99 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1996 / Sasayamaguchi Sta., 4.0km9 photos →

Sumiyoshidai¥11,880,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 240 m / Land 210 m² (64 tsubo) / Building 114 m² (35 tsubo) / built 1991 / Sasayamaguchi Sta. 15 min walk10 photos →

Konda-cho Shimotachikui¥12,800,000Konda-cho (the home of Tamba ware)Elev. approx. 190 m / Land 162 m² (49 tsubo) / Building 104 m² (31 tsubo) / built 2001 / Aimoto Sta. 54 min walk9 photos →

Sumiyoshidai 37-5¥14,500,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 230 m / Land 250 m² (76 tsubo) / Building 155 m² (47 tsubo) / built 1996 / Tamba-Oyama Sta. 11 min walk10 photos →

Sumiyoshidai¥14,500,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 240 m / Land 250 m² (76 tsubo) / Building 155 m² (47 tsubo) / built 1996 / Tamba-Oyama Sta. 11 min walk9 photos →

Inuishin-machi main district property photo

Inuishin-machi main district¥17,000,000The castle town and east of it (Inuishin-machi, Higashiokaya, Nonaka, Yakamiuchi)Elev. approx. 210 m / Land 241 m² (73 tsubo) / Building 369 m² (112 tsubo) / built 1981 / Sasayamaguchi Sta., 4.1km10 photos →

Sumiyoshidai main district property photo

Sumiyoshidai main district¥18,900,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 240 m / Land 236 m² (71 tsubo) / Building 125 m² (38 tsubo) / built 1993 / Tamba-Oyama Sta. 13 min walk9 photos →

Higashiokaya 486-8¥19,990,000The castle town and east of it (Inuishin-machi, Higashiokaya, Nonaka, Yakamiuchi)Elev. approx. 200 m / Land 150 m² (45 tsubo) / Building 160 m² (48 tsubo) / built 2002 / Higashiokaya 西 bus stop 8 min walk10 photos →

Ajimashin¥68,000,000The hills around Sasayamaguchi station (Sumiyoshidai and Ajima)Elev. approx. 200 m / Land 1025 m² (310 tsubo) / Building 141 m² (43 tsubo) / built 2004 / Sasayamaguchi Sta. 13 min walk10 photos →

The photographs are the images carried on SUUMO. They disappear once a listing ends. Check the real condition of a property on site.

See all 15 on SUUMO →

How to read this list

With so few, plan on waitingIn a city of 36,000 people there are 15 second-hand detached houses for sale. Within the same one-hour-from-Osaka belt, Nara City has 80 and Nabari City 79. This is not a city where there is always something if you look. That makes registering with the akiya bank and waiting for something to come up the realistic way to go about it (below).

Newer buildings, larger plotsThe median year of construction is 1996, and 2 predate 1981. The earthquake code changed in June 1981, so anything older should be approached on the basis of a seismic survey. The city offers a free simple seismic survey for wooden detached houses and grants towards seismic work (up to ¥1,150,000, or up to ¥600,000 for simplified work).

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Tambasasayama City" (15 listings in total, all retrieved , as at 2026-08-18). Prices, years of construction, addresses and nearest stations are as given on each listing page; elevations are the map coordinates on the listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's elevation API.Listings change from day to day.Check the latest on each listing page. The seismic grants are fromTambasasayama Living Information Centre, "Settlement support" (housing seismic upgrading scheme; seismic work on a detached house up to ¥1,150,000 / simplified seismic work up to ¥600,000 / the simple seismic survey is free for wooden detached houses) / verified 2026-08-18

The 25 akiya bank entries, and the renovation grants

Tambasasayama City's akiya bank currently has 25 entries: 13 houses for sale (¥2,300,000 to ¥12,000,000, median ¥4,500,000) and 12 plots for sale (¥500,000 to ¥10,600,000, median ¥1,150,000). The median plot with a house is 452 square metres (about 137 tsubo), close to twice that of the SUUMO listings. The district with the most is Konda-cho, with 8. The desk the city runs is the "Tambasasayama Living Information Centre" (Kuroka 191, Tambasasayama City, inside the Tambasasayama Citizens' Centre), and you can book a relocation consultation over Zoom. Buy or rent one of these akiya bank properties and renovate it, and you can use the Tambasasayama Living settlement housing grant [akiya bank renovation type] — half the cost of the work, up to ¥300,000. 🔴 This type alone carries no condition of "being 40 or under, or having a child of lower secondary age or below". If you are moving from outside the city or the prefecture, the Hyogo Prefecture akiya utilisation support scheme is larger: a third of eligible costs up to ¥1,000,000 for the housing type, or half up to ¥1,500,000 for young, child-raising or U/J/I-turn households. The condition is using it as a home or business premises for 10 years or more.

Sources: counts, prices and locations tallied fromTambasasayama City akiya bank (At Home akiya bank) , the 25 listings shown (as at 2026-08-18) / the grants fromTambasasayama City, "Tambasasayama Living settlement housing grant"andthe same, grant information leaflet (PDF) (akiya bank renovation type = half the eligible cost or ¥300,000, whichever is lower, rounded down to the nearest thousand yen / of the common requirements, the ¥1,000,000 minimum project cost and the age requirement do not apply to the akiya bank type) / the prefectural scheme fromTambasasayama Living Information Centre, "Settlement support" (Hyogo Prefecture akiya utilisation support scheme; housing type a third, up to ¥1,000,000 / young, child-raising or U/J/I-turn half, up to ¥1,500,000 / used for 10 years or more) / the desk fromthe same, "Contact us" (Tambasasayama Living Information Centre 079-552-4141, 10:00–17:00, Zoom consultations available) / verified 2026-08-18

Akiya bank — 13 listings

All 13 houses on the market that are registered on the At Home municipal akiya bank (as verified on 18 August 2026). They are listed cheapest first. There are also 12 entries for land only. For 1 of them the floor area is not published, so the floor plan button does not appear.

Tambasasayama City Okuhata¥2,300,000

Land 731 m² (221 tsubo) / Building 56 m² (17 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 4DK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car15 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Inuishin-machi exterior

Tambasasayama City Inuishin-machi¥2,800,000

Land 99 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 6K
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car10 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Shimosasami¥3,500,000

Land 521 m² (157 tsubo) / Building 136 m² (41 tsubo) /built 1987／7DK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car30 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Washio¥4,000,000

Land 347 m² (105 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 5LDK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car20 min / The building size is not published (stated in the documents on the listing page)Akiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Ichiindani¥4,500,000

Land 452 m² (137 tsubo) / Building 52 m² (16 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 5DK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car10 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Nonogaki¥4,500,000

Land 506 m² (153 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 8K
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car20 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Hongo¥4,500,000

Land 440 m² (133 tsubo) / Building 102 m² (31 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 4K
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car25 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Fujisaka¥5,000,000

Land 858 m² (259 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 3K
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car30 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Shimoitai¥6,000,000

Land 275 m² (83 tsubo) / Building 151 m² (46 tsubo) /built 1968／6DK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Tamba-Oyama Sta. / by car6 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Miyashiro¥7,770,000

Land 401 m² (121 tsubo) / Building 108 m² (33 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 7DK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car30 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Hioki¥11,000,000

Land 599 m² (181 tsubo) / Building 84 m² (25 tsubo) / Year built unknown / layout unknown
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car12 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Oyamashin¥11,800,000

Land 181 m² (55 tsubo) / Building 92 m² (28 tsubo) /built 1999／4LDK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Tamba-Oyama Sta. / by car8 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Tambasasayama City Nishi-machi¥12,000,000

Land 552 m² (167 tsubo) / Building 347 m² (105 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 7LDK
JR the Fukuchiyama Line Sasayamaguchi Sta. / by car10 minAkiya bank of View listing →

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Tambasasayama?

SUUMO has 15 second-hand detached houses, from ¥2,500,000 to ¥68,000,000, median ¥11,880,000. 7 are at ¥10,000,000 or less. Separately the city's akiya bank has 25 — 13 houses from ¥2,300,000 and 12 plots from ¥500,000.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Tambasasayama City is not designated under the Nankai Trough disaster management promotion area. In the 250-metre square the city hall stands in, the chance of Shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 1.4%, and 0.2% for 6-upper or above. The ground is gravelly terrace with an AVS30 of 485.66 m/s — particularly low figures among anything covered on this site.

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

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

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	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	1.4% (0.2% for Shindo 6-upper or above) At Tambasasayama City Hall. Surface ground AVS30 486 m/s, gravelly terrace

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Tambasasayama City town hall stands onsandy-gravel plateau (AVS30 486 m/s), and the 1.4% above is the figure for that point. Within Tambasasayama itself it varies a great deal between the low ground along the rivers and the terraces. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area／Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area／Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area ) / probability and surface ground from theNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS earthquake hazard information API (2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes), queried at the city hall coordinates / verified 2026-08-18

What this number means, and what you do next

The city's words and the national figures agreeOn its relocation page the city writes "natural disasters are also comparatively few, and it is a place where you can live at ease and unhurried". The national probability points the same way, at 1.4% for Shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years. For comparison, within the same one-hour-from-Osaka belt, Nabari City is 19.1% and Nara City 64.3% (each at their city hall). Being an inland basin, away from the sea and from the belts where active faults concentrate, is what shows in this figure.

But small shaking and "water and landslides" are different questionsBeing a basin, flooding of the Sasayamagawa and the Momiigawa and landslides along the valleys have to be checked separately. In fact, 1 of the 15 listings on the market now says [landslide warning zone] in the property name itself. Three things to look at first — 1. put the address into the Tambasasayama City disaster map, web edition; 2. overlay flood, landslide and earthquake on the overlay hazard map; 3. look up how shakeable that particular address is on J-SHIS.

Sources: the designation under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area from the Cabinet Office (Disaster Management) list of designated municipalities; the probability and the ground from National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS (the 250 m mesh containing the city hall at 35.07562 / 135.21944) / the city's words fromTambasasayama City, "Tambasasayama Living settlement housing grant" / the disaster map fromthe same, "Tambasasayama City disaster map, web edition" / the Nabari and Nara probabilities used for comparison are the same J-SHIS figures as on their own pages on this site / verified 2026-08-18

Is the disaster risk high in Tambasasayama?

It is not designated under the Nankai Trough disaster management promotion area. At the city hall, Shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 1.4% and 6-upper or above 0.2%, on gravelly terrace with an AVS30 of 485.66 m/s. But this is a basin, so check flooding and landslides separately on the city's disaster map.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

An annual mean of 14.6°C and 1,616.7 mm of rain a year. What marks this place out is that the days are hotter than Tokyo while the nights come down. The August daily high is 32.6°C (Tokyo 31.3°C) with 10.3 days a year above 35°C (Tokyo 4.8) — and yet there are only 6.0 tropical nights a year (Tokyo 17.8). In exchange, the winter mornings are properly cold (61.9 frost days against Tokyo's 15.2).

Item	Tambasasayama, Kaibara (long-term averages)	What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature	14.6℃	Mean daily high 20.0°C / mean daily low 10.1°C
Summer (August daily high)	32.6℃	10.3 days above 35°C, 61.2 days above 30°C, and 6.0 tropical nights a year (Tokyo 17.8)
Winter (January daily low)	-0.7℃	61.9 frost days (Tokyo 15.2) and 0.1 days below freezing all day — days that stay below zero are all but unknown
Annual rainfall	1,616.7mm	July is the wettest at 220.2 mm. The Shitsukawa AMeDAS within the city records 1,657.2 mm a year

"Hot by day, cool by night" is the shape of this basinDays above 35°C are more than twice Tokyo's, yet tropical nights are a third of Tokyo's. A basin traps the heat by day and loses it fast to the night sky. About six nights a year when you need cooling to sleep — that is what living in a basin at around 200 m means. This swing is also said to be what makes Tambasasayama black soybeans and yama-no-imo taste as they do.

The cold of the winter mornings is real61.9 frost days a year (a minimum below 0°C), four times Tokyo's. But days below freezing all day come to 0.1, so days that stay below zero are all but unknown. The temperatures and day counts are from the station at Kaibara in neighbouring Tamba City (the Shitsukawa AMeDAS within the city records rainfall only). Kaibara stands lower than the Sasayama basin, so it is safer to assume the mornings here are colder still. Look at the windows and frames, and at frost protection for the hot-water pipes, when you view.

Sources: temperatures and day counts fromJMA, "Kaibara (long-term averages, 1991–2020)" (Tamba City; the Shitsukawa AMeDAS within Tambasasayama records rainfall only) / rainfall within the city fromthe same, "Shitsukawa (long-term averages)" / the Tokyo figures fromthe same, "Tokyo (normals)" (17.8 tropical nights, 15.2 frost days, 4.8 days above 35°C, August daily high 31.3°C) / verified 2026-08-18

Are summers hot and winters cold in Tambasasayama?

The August daily high is 32.6°C with 10.3 days a year above 35°C, hotter by day than Tokyo — and yet there are only 6.0 tropical nights a year (Tokyo 17.8). In winter there are 61.9 frost days a year, but only 0.1 days below freezing all day.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

For sudden illness on Sundays and public holidays there is Sasayama Medical Centre (reception 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00). For children at night, the Tamba area paediatric emergency telephone advice line takes the call. Children's medical costs are subsidised to the equivalent of the final year of upper secondary school, with no income limit. There are 14 primary and 5 lower secondary schools, and only Ajima Primary School has three classes per year group.

How to use emergency care

On holidays, go to Sasayama Medical CentreThe city's guidance is that Sunday and national holiday cover is provided by Sasayama Medical Centre (Kuroka 5, Tambasasayama City; 079-552-1181), with reception from 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00. From July Reiwa 8 the location moved here from Nishiki Memorial Hospital. The city asks people to telephone before attending.

For children at night, telephone advice firstThe Tamba area paediatric emergency telephone advice line (0795-78-9290) answers from 17:30 to 8:00 the next morning on weekdays, and 24 hours on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. There is no secondary paediatric emergency care within the city, so admission means transfer to a hospital elsewhere in the Tamba area. Families with children should check this before they go to view a house.

Source:Tambasasayama City, "On holiday surgery" (updated 1 August 2026; from July Reiwa 8 cover moved to Sasayama Medical Centre / reception 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00 / Sundays and public holidays / paediatric emergency telephone advice 0795-78-9290) / verified 2026-08-18

Children's medical costs, to the equivalent of the final year of upper secondary school

Tambasasayama City's children's medical cost subsidy covers from year 4 of primary school to the equivalent of the final year of upper secondary school (the first 31 March after turning 18), and the income limit was removed on 1 July Reiwa 7. As to what you pay: inpatient care under insurance is free. Outpatient care under insurance is free to the end of lower secondary school, and for upper secondary age it is capped at ¥800 per medical institution per day, twice a month (that is, ¥1,600 a month). The outpatient subsidy for upper secondary pupils began on 1 October Reiwa 7, and you simply show the certificate at the surgery.

Source:Tambasasayama City, "Children's medical cost subsidy scheme" (updated 19 June 2026; income limit removed 1 July Reiwa 7) /the same, "Medical cost subsidy scheme for upper secondary pupils" (partial outpatient subsidy began 1 October Reiwa 7) / verified 2026-08-18

Schools differ completely depending on where you live

The city runs 14 primary schools (1,823 pupils) and 5 lower secondary schools (992 pupils). There is one figure anyone thinking of moving here should know first — only Ajima Primary School has three classes per year group (600 pupils, 18 classes), and the other 13 all have a single class per year group. Nishiki-kita Primary School in the north has 26 pupils and combined classes (there are 5 combined classes in the city). Among the lower secondary schools, against Tannan with 394 and Sasayama with 332, Konda has 50. "How many classmates do I want my child to have" all but decides which district you live in. There are upper secondary schools in the city, and pupils travelling more than 10 km each way to one of them get a long-distance travel grant (¥25,000 for 10 km or more, ¥50,000 for 15 km or more, ¥100,000 for 20 km or more; a flat ¥100,000 for Shitsukawa, Nishiki-kita and Konda, which lie beyond passes; once only while enrolled).

Source:Tambasasayama City, "Pupil numbers at schools and kindergartens, FY Reiwa 7"ofReiwa 8 (2026), 2/1as of (PDF) (14 primary schools, 1,823 pupils, 91 classes plus special needs / 5 lower secondary schools, 992 pupils / Ajima Primary 600 pupils, 18 classes / Nishiki-kita Primary 26 pupils / 5 combined classes / Konda Lower Secondary 50 pupils) /the same, "Upper secondary long-distance travel grant"/ Verified 2026-08-18

What are healthcare and schools like in Tambasasayama?

Sundays and public holidays are covered by Sasayama Medical Centre (reception 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00), and children at night by the Tamba area paediatric emergency telephone advice line. There are 14 primary and 5 lower secondary schools, and only Ajima Primary School (600 pupils) has three classes per year group.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Worked from the unit rates the city publishes, water and sewerage come to ¥7,733 including tax for 20 cubic metres in a month, that is ¥15,466 for 40 cubic metres over two months. In Tambasasayama the meter is read every two months but the bill comes every month (the two months' usage is halved and billed monthly).

Item	Standing charge	Excess rate 1	Excess rate 2
Water (13 mm)	¥1,793 (10㎥ to )	¥297.00/㎥ (11–20㎥)	¥390.50/m³ (21 m³ and above)
Sewerage (general wastewater)	¥990 (8㎥ to )	¥165.0/㎥ (9–20㎥)	¥176.0/㎥ (21–40㎥)

All are the rates the city publishes per month, including tax. Using 20 m³ gives water 1,793 + 297.00 × 10 = ¥4,763 and sewerage 990 + 165.0 × 12 = ¥2,970, or ¥7,733 together. For 40 m³ over two months that is ¥15,466. On a 20 mm connection the standing charge is ¥2,145, which adds ¥352 a month.

The cost of a car is unavoidableWhether on the market or on the akiya bank, only part of the area around Sasayamaguchi Station is within walking distance of a station (§3). All 25 akiya bank entries are given as "◯ min by car from the station". One car or two makes a large difference to the yearly cost. When you view, always check how many parking spaces there are, and whether the slope freezes on a winter morning.

Heating, and in a hamlet the neighbourhood association's costsThere are 61.9 frost days a year (§6). Days that stay below zero are all but unknown, but the mornings are cold on four times as many days as in Tokyo. Most houses are from around 1996 (§4), so the state of the windows, frames and insulation decides the fuel bill. On the hamlet side, add the neighbourhood association subscription and turns at road repair, grass cutting and the like. The amounts and how often the turns come round differ by association, so ask a local officer directly before you sign (§11).

Source:Tambasasayama City, "Water and sewerage rates and how they are calculated" (updated 17 June 2026; water 13 mm standing charge ¥1,793 / 11 to 20 m³ ¥297.00, 21 m³ and above ¥390.50 / 20 mm standing charge ¥2,145 / sewerage general wastewater standing charge ¥990, 9 to 20 m³ ¥165.0, 21 to 40 m³ ¥176.0 / all including tax / meter read every two months, billed monthly). The figures for 20 m³ are worked from these rates / verified 2026-08-18

What do water and sewerage cost in Tambasasayama?

Worked from the unit rates the city publishes, it comes to ¥7,733 including tax for 20 cubic metres in a month, that is ¥15,466 for 40 cubic metres over two months. The water standing charge on a 13 mm connection is ¥1,793 and the sewerage (general wastewater) standing charge ¥990. The meter is read every two months but the bill comes every month.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

In the official land prices (Reiwa 8), residential land in Tambasasayama City averages ¥26,700/m², ±0.0% on the year. Commercial land is ¥52,500/m² (±0.0%) and all uses together ¥35,300/m² (±0.0%). All three are flat: none of them has fallen — whereas in the same Tamba area, neighbouring Tamba City is at −1.2% for residential land.

Use	Average price	Year-on-year change
Residential	¥26,700/m²	±0.0%
Commercial land	¥52,500/m²	±0.0%
All uses	¥35,300/m²	±0.0%

"Flat" is a strong figure for a town of this sizeThe residential average of ¥26,700/m² is about a quarter of Nara City's (¥106,000/m²) and about a 3.6th of Ikoma City's (¥97,500/m²). Even 100 tsubo (330 m²) comes to about ¥8,800,000 for the land. A large house and garden are realistically affordable because of that land price — and the price has not moved from the year before.

What tells at the exit is distance from the station, and whether it is in the preservation districtThe median of the listings runs from Konda-cho's ¥10,150,000 to ¥13,450,000 for the castle town and east of it (§2). Only 15 reach the market at all, so when you sell you have to allow time for a buyer to appear. A house in the preservation district has a narrower pool of buyers, since work that changes the exterior needs permission, but in exchange the streetscape is protected, so there is little risk of the view around you changing suddenly.

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 Tambasasayama City and Tamba City rows (compiled by the Land Information Center) / the medians are the same tally of 15 SUUMO listings as in §2 / the Nara and Ikoma land prices used for comparison are rows in the same PDF / verified 2026-08-18

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

In the official land prices (Reiwa 8) residential land is ¥26,700/m², ±0.0% on the year — flat, and not falling. But with only 15 reaching the market at all, selling means allowing time for a buyer to appear.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

36,654 people in 15,559 households (1 June Reiwa 8, Hyogo Prefecture estimated population). That is 2.36 people per household, larger than in the cities. The ageing rate is 35.8% (Reiwa 2 Census). The population has been falling since the 39,611 of the Reiwa 2 Census. Note that the "share of foreign residents" below this chapter uses the 38,525 of the resident register (1 January Reiwa 8) as its denominator. The two differ because the prefecture's estimated population was rebased from the May Reiwa 8 release to reflect the preliminary Reiwa 7 Census.

Population

36,654 people

1 June Reiwa 8, Hyogo Prefecture estimated population

Households

15,559 households

1 households 2.36 people

Men and women

17,564／19,090

Men / women

Ageing rate

35.8%

2020 Census

One month's movement, just as it standsIn the single month of May Reiwa 8 there were 9 births and 55 deaths (natural change −46) and 110 people moving in and 117 moving out (social change −7), −53 together. Arrivals and departures are near enough in balance, and almost all of the fall is natural decrease. This is not "a town people are leaving" but "a town where more people die than are born" — and for someone moving in, that is a different thing, even at the same rate of decline.

Which is why the city makes its "live here, come home" campaign its first priorityThe city writes that it "will press the Furusato Tambasasayama live-here-come-home campaign forward with the city and its residents as one, and take on population decline as its most important task", and has designated 8 districts as settlement promotion priority districts (Hata, Hioki, Shitsukawa, Kumobe, Fukusumi, Murakumo, Oku and Nishiki-kita), with grants towards building, renovating or buying a house there (§14). What a city with a falling population has actually put in place — the material for judging is all here.

Source:Hyogo Prefecture, Planning Department, Statistics Division, "Hyogo Prefecture estimated population" (as of 1 June Reiwa 8, the Tambasasayama City row / during May: 9 births, 55 deaths, 110 arrivals, 117 departures. Rebased from the May Reiwa 8 release to reflect the preliminary Reiwa 7 Census) / the ageing rate and the Reiwa 2 Census population fromTambasasayama City, "An outline of Tambasasayama City" / the priority districts fromthe same, "The Tambasasayama live-here-come-home campaign"(2026-04-08updated) / Verified 2026-08-18

Share of foreign residents

2.87%national average 3.26%

Of the 38,525 people living in Tambasasayama City, 1,104 are foreign residents. That is below the national average of 3.26%.
Nationally, foreign residents make up 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 out of 123,767,642). There are 34 municipalities in the country where the share is over 10%.

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

What is happening to Tambasasayama's population?

36,654 people in 15,559 households (1 June Reiwa 8). Over the latest month, 110 moved in and 117 moved out — near enough in balance — and almost all of the fall is natural decrease, from 9 births and 55 deaths.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

The year in Tambasasayama turns on the Dekansho Festival on 15 and 16 August, the flavour festival month in October (when the black edamame goes on sale) and the Tamba ware pottery fair in October. Depending on where you live, these are either things you go and see or things you help run.

When	Event	Where
month 8 15, 16 days	The Dekansho Festival (these same two days every year; dancing in yukata, the Dekansho ondo from the tower, and fireworks)	The Sasayama Castle site, Sannomaru plaza and elsewhere
month 10	Tambasasayama flavour festival month (Tambasasayama black edamame goes on sale = 10 October for the Reiwa 7 crop) / The Tamba ware pottery fair, "Autumn round of the villages" (the 49th runs 9 to 18 October 2026)	The castle town district / Tachikui, Konda-cho
month 11–	The Tambasasayama yama-no-imo fair (from 22 November) and the Tamba chestnut fair	Various places in the city
All year	The preservation-district streets (the castle town and Fukusumi) and a round of the Tamba ware kilns	The castle town / Fukusumi / Konda-cho

In October, people and cars gather in the middle of townThe city itself says that "the Sasayama castle town district becomes very congested, particularly at weekends and on public holidays", imposes pedestrian-only traffic restrictions, and recommends a diversion from the Tannan-Sasayamaguchi interchange to the castle town. That is what living inside the castle town on an October weekend means. If it is quiet you want, that points to the north or to the hamlets in the east.

Community life weighs differently in a hamlet and on a housing estateThe city has a neighbourhood association for each district, and they are used as the unit of daily life to the point that the three-generation grant turns on "whether it is within the same association" (§14). Housing areas such as Sumiyoshidai and Ajima and the 8 hamlets designated as settlement promotion priority districts differ in the turns you take and in how the events are run. Ask an officer of that district directly, before you sign, what the subscription is and what turns come round in a year.

Sources: the Dekansho Festival fromTambasasayama City, "The Dekansho Festival" (15 and 16 August every year) / the black edamame release date, the flavour festival month and the traffic restrictions fromthe same, "The Reiwa 7 crop of Tambasasayama black edamame went on sale on 10 October" (the yama-no-imo fair runs from 22 November) / the pottery fair fromTambasasayama City official tourism site "Gururi! Tambasasayama", "The 49th Tamba ware pottery fair, autumn round of the villages"(2026-10-09–18 days) / Verified 2026-08-18

What events does Tambasasayama have?

The Dekansho Festival on 15 and 16 August, October's Tambasasayama flavour festival month (when the black edamame goes on sale) and the Tamba ware pottery fair, "Autumn round of the villages" (the 49th runs 9 to 18 October 2026) are the axis of the year. Traffic restrictions come into force in the castle town district in October.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

What sets prices in Tambasasayama is three things: 1. being a place you reach from Osaka without changing trains; 2. how little reaches the market; and 3. the "you cannot change it" rules of the preservation district. Residential land averages ¥26,700/m² (±0.0% on the year) — inexpensive, and not falling.

1. "No change to Osaka" is the foundationThe location the city itself describes as "within an hour of Osaka and Kobe" (§1). That the JR Fukuchiyama Line was doubled and that the Tambaji Rapid starts from Sasayamaguchi is what makes this town a commuter town. Having only one line is both its strength and its weakness.

2. Very little reaches the market in the first place15 second-hand detached houses on SUUMO and 25 on the akiya bank. Even for a city of 36,000, that is not much to choose from. For a buyer it is a market of looking and waiting; for a seller, of waiting for a buyer. 7 are at ¥10,000,000 or less (§4), while anything on good terms moves quickly.

3. In the preservation district you cannot change the exterior at will40.2 hectares of the castle town and 25.2 hectares of Fukusumi are national Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Building, extending or demolishing, repairs that change the appearance, signs, solar panels, ground works and felling trees all need permission from the city and the board of education. Always check before you buy whether that particular address is inside the district. It is a burden — and at the same time it is that control which keeps the streetscape, and with it the tourism and the land prices. That is the structure of this town.

Sources: land prices as in §9, the official land prices (Reiwa 8) / the counts as in §4, from SUUMO andTambasasayama City Akiya bank / the preservation district areas and the acts requiring permission fromTambasasayama City, "Sasayama Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings (the castle town)",the same, "Fukusumi Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings"/ Verified 2026-08-18

What this land earns from

The city states plainly that "farming is the city's core industry". The shares of employment are 11.3% primary, 27.4% secondary and 61.3% tertiary (Reiwa 2 Census) — a distinctly high primary share by national standards. On top of that sits tourism, built on the two Japan Heritage designations and on the preservation districts of the castle town and Fukusumi together with Tamba ware. In October the black edamame and the pottery fair bring in enough people to require traffic restrictions in the middle of town (§11). And then commuting — 69 min to Osaka without a change makes it possible to choose either working in the city or travelling to Osaka and Kobe.

Source:Tambasasayama City, "An outline of Tambasasayama City" (farming as the core industry / employment by industry, 11.3% primary, 27.4% secondary, 61.3% tertiary, from the Reiwa 2 Census) / verified 2026-08-18

What decides land prices in Tambasasayama?

Three things: 1. being a place you reach from Osaka without changing trains; 2. how little reaches the market (15 on SUUMO plus 25 on the akiya bank); and 3. the rules of the preservation district. Residential land averages ¥26,700/m², unmoved from the year before.

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.

¥618,380,000

Hometown tax receipts for FY Reiwa 7 (24,748 donations).
508th of the 1,788 municipalities in the country, and 14th 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 Tambasasayama earn its living from?

The city states plainly that "farming is the core industry", with employment at 11.3% primary, 27.4% secondary and 61.3% tertiary. On top of that sit tourism built on two Japan Heritage designations (Dekansho-bushi and the Six Ancient Kilns) and commuting to Osaka and Kobe.

CHAPTER 14A message from Tambasasayama City

Tambasasayama City makes the "Furusato Tambasasayama live-here-come-home campaign" its most important task, and keeps its relocation desk, the "Tambasasayama Living Information Centre", inside the Citizens' Centre. What follows is what the city writes in its own words.

How the city introduces itself

The city puts it like this — "In Tambasasayama City, the residents work as one on settlement promotion, the 'Furusato Tambasasayama live-here-come-home campaign'. It is also a convenient place, about an hour from Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, natural disasters are comparatively few, and you can live here at ease and unhurried. There is nowhere better than Tambasasayama. From here on, it is the age of Tambasasayama!" And on the population it writes: "We will press the Furusato Tambasasayama live-here-come-home campaign forward with the city and its residents as one, and take on population decline as our most important task."

What is there for people moving in

Scheme	What it is
Tambasasayama Living settlement housing grant [akiya bank renovation type]	For anyone who buys or rents an akiya bank property and renovates it, half the eligible cost or ¥300,000, whichever is lower. This type alone carries no age condition and no "work costing ¥1,000,000 or more" condition
The same [settlement promotion priority district type]	In the 8 districts of Hata, Hioki, Shitsukawa, Kumobe, Fukusumi, Murakumo, Oku and Nishiki-kita, ¥100,000 to ¥500,000 for renovation costing ¥1,000,000 or more, or for buying a house (¥500,000 for a new build of ¥9,000,000 or ¥10,000,000 and above). It is for people aged 40 or under with a spouse, or supporting a child of lower secondary age or below
The same [local builder type]	¥100,000 to ¥300,000 for work by a builder whose main office is in the city. Using timber from Tambasasayama adds an amount equivalent to the purchase price (up to ¥60,000)
The same [three-generation type]	¥100,000 to ¥200,000 for anyone within 3 years of starting to live with, or near (within the same neighbourhood association), three generations of the family, with ¥200,000 added if all three generations have moved in from outside the city
(Common to all four types)	The types can be combined, but ¥1,000,000 is the ceiling in total. They cannot be combined with the city's other schemes or with prefectural and other grant schemes. Apply at least a month before the work starts / for a purchase, at least 10 days before moving in
Hyogo Prefecture akiya utilisation support scheme	For renovating an akiya in the city and using it as a home or business premises for 10 years or more. Housing type a third, up to ¥1,000,000 / young, child-raising or U/J/I-turn half, up to ¥1,500,000 / business type a third, up to ¥1,500,000 (U/J/I-turn half, up to ¥2,250,000)
Tambasasayama City relocation grant	For people who lived or worked in the 23 wards of Tokyo. ¥600,000 for a single person, ¥1,000,000 for a household of two or more, with up to ¥1,000,000 more per household member under 18. Apply between 3 months and a year after moving in
Tambasasayama Living Information Centre	The relocation enquiry desk (Kuroka 191, Tambasasayama City, inside the Tambasasayama Citizens' Centre / 079-552-4141 / 10:00–17:00, except over the new year). Consultations over Zoom can be booked too
Upper secondary long-distance travel grant	For the parents of pupils travelling more than 10 km each way to an upper secondary school in the city. ¥25,000 for 10 km or more, ¥50,000 for 15 km or more, ¥100,000 for 20 km or more. Shitsukawa, Nishiki-kita and Konda, which lie beyond passes, get a flat ¥100,000 regardless of distance (once only while enrolled)

Source:Tambasasayama City, "Tambasasayama Living settlement housing grant"(2024-06-07updated) andthe same, grant information leaflet (PDF) (the amounts for the four types, ¥1,000,000 as the combined ceiling, no combining with other schemes, application deadlines) /the same, "Tambasasayama City relocation grant" (¥600,000 single, ¥1,000,000 for two or more, up to ¥1,000,000 more per member under 18, apply 3 months to a year after moving in) /the same, "The Tambasasayama live-here-come-home campaign" / the prefectural scheme and the desk fromTambasasayama Living Information Centre, "Settlement support",the same, "Contact us"／the same, "Upper secondary long-distance travel grant"/ Verified 2026-08-18

Does Tambasasayama welcome newcomers? Is there any support?

🔴 Renovate an akiya bank property and you get half the eligible cost, up to ¥300,000 (this type alone carries no age condition). The prefectural scheme goes up to ¥1,000,000, or ¥1,500,000 for young, child-raising or U/J/I-turn households. Moving from the 23 wards of Tokyo also brings a relocation grant of ¥600,000 for a single person and ¥1,000,000 for two or more.

CHAPTER 15A year in Tambasasayama

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

Month	Tambasasayama that month
1–month 2	A mean daily low of -0.7°C. There are 61.9 frost days a year, four times Tokyo's, and the mornings are properly cold. But days below freezing all day come to 0.1, so days that stay below zero are all but unknown
3–month 4	Cherry blossom at the Sasayama Castle site. Grants must be applied for "at least a month before the work starts", so the order of things is to settle on a property in spring and start work in early summer
5–month 6	Of the 1,616.7 mm a year, this is when the rain builds towards the rainy season (June 185.6 mm). Water goes into the paddies and the basin turns green
7–month 8	July is the wettest at 220.2 mm. The mean daily high is 32.6°C with 10.3 days above 35°C, hot by day — and yet 6.0 tropical nights a year. The Dekansho Festival falls on 15 and 16 August
9–month 10	The two months when the town is busiest. Tambasasayama black edamame goes on sale (10 October for the Reiwa 7 crop) along with the flavour festival month and the Tamba ware pottery fair (the 49th runs 9 to 18 October). Traffic restrictions come into force in the castle town district
11–month 12	The yama-no-imo fair (from 22 November) and Tamba chestnuts. The population statistics are updated as of the 1st of each month. Over the new year (29 December to 3 January) the city hall and the Living Information Centre are both closed

Sources: the climate as in §6, the events as in §11, and the grant deadlines from the same primary sources as §4 and §14 / verified 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 Tambasasayama like?

In winter there are 61.9 days a year with a cold morning; in summer, even with 10.3 days above 35°C, there are only 6.0 tropical nights. The Dekansho Festival falls on 15 and 16 August, and September and October, with the black edamame and the pottery fair, are when the town is busiest. Grants must be applied for at least a month before the work starts.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking about moving, who is running this town and where they are taking it is, I think, something people about to move want to know even more than those already living there. This chapter sets out only what Tambasasayama City publishes itself, with sources. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (the AI) could find 3 of the 6 items below.

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	Publication of the minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	The comprehensive plan and financial management	How many years ahead this town has decided

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Tambasasayama CityI followed 104 pages of Tambasasayama City's official site, butcould not take the name from anywhere I could say with certainty was the page introducing the current mayor。That does not mean there is none, or that it is not published.Guessing at a name would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is recorded. 🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL of the introduction page and we will put it here with a source and the date it was checked.Get in touch here →

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 Tambasasayama City,The comprehensive plan and financial management. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.The comprehensive plan and financial management →

🔴 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 (Tambasasayama 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 Tambasasayama City now?

🔴 I (the AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Tambasasayama City on the official site (verified 22 August 2026). Guessing would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is given. What this site looks for is six things: the mayor's profile, the policy address, the list of council members, broadcasts of the council, a minutes search, and the comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is being made. Only whether each is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

It never shows up in the numbers you use to find a house, yet it bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there: days off. This chapter counts, on the same measure for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Tambasasayama and the places friends and family can stay when they visit. The area currently has 2 hot spring and day bath facilities and 1 RV park. 🔴 All the counts are the number registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may well be more.

What	Number counted, and names
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Honsen Yume-konda, Kusayama Onsen / Kannon-yu (2 facilities)
🏯 Castles and castle sites	The Yakami Castle site, the Sasayama Castle site and the Amabiki-Takayama Castle site (3 places)
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Not found in the map data
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	The Tamba-Tachikui Ware Traditional Industry Hall, the Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum, the Sasayama Children's Museum, the Okachimachi samurai houses, the Kawara-machi merchant houses, the Sasayama Castle Great Hall, the Tambasasayama City Museum of History and Art, and the Tambasasayama Dekansho Hall and 14 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	16 shrines and 14 temples. The ones with a Wikipedia entry are Kasuga Shrine, Daikokuji and Sogenji
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	Nishiki SA (northbound) / Nishiki SA (southbound) (🍽 restaurant)

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

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	6
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	1
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	Tamba Sasayama campsite
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park Tambasasayama

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, there are 2 hot spring and day bath facilities, 6 hotels and inns, 1 RV park and 1 campsite. Anything not on the map is not counted, so in reality there may well be more (details in §17).

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

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, measuring how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured is the official website of Tambasasayama City, and the total was 60 points (measured 20 August 2026).

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

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	14 / 20	There is a relocation and settlement page / an advice desk (department, phone number, opening hours) / support schemes give amounts and conditions, and 1 more
Housing	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	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	10 / 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
Settlement promotion section　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 5 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Both amounts and conditions　Go and see → 3 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
(within the relocation page)　Go and see → 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 4 / 4　There is an akiya bank
Akiya bank registration reward, neighbourhood association registration reward, neighbourhood association completion reward　Go and see → 1 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
3 of 25 (12%) have all four items　Go and see → 4 / 4　Completed deals are organised
No completed deals appear in the list　Go and see → 3 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
　Go and see → 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 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 1 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
There is a page　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 → 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 / 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
Business start-up grant　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
15 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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