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Hida City Housing Market Report 2025

Data updated 2026-11-10 · Source: MLIT transaction price survey, 2005 Q3–2026 Q2

Key figures for 2025

Residential land per m² (sales)
¥9k/m²
-56.9% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
33

What the data says

A shrinking population

The population fell 9.1% between 2020 and 2025 (−4.4% for the wider area). More people moved out than in during 2025 (about 8.3 per 1,000 residents), which weakens long-term housing demand.

Many abandoned homes

17% of homes were empty in 2023 (16.1% for the wider area), and 11.2% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. That is a high share of truly abandoned homes (akiya), a sign of weak demand. Cheap houses are easy to find, but resale can be slow.

Lower earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 2% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (29% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

Official land prices are still falling

On the government's fixed benchmark sites, which are valued the same way every year, residential land prices changed -3% in the year to January 2026 and -15% over five years. Because these sites don't change, this is the cleanest measure of land value trends.

Living in Hida City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
20,481
-9.1% since 2020
Gifu: -4.4%
Net moves in 2025
-171
-8.35 per 1,000 residents
Gifu: -2.39
Vacant homes (2023)
17.0%
11.2% empty and not for rent or sale
Gifu: 16.1%
Median rent (2023)
¥34k
per month, all rented homes
Gifu: ¥48k
Strong earthquake risk
2.0%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Gifu: 28.6%
Official land price 2026
¥28k/m²
-2.9% in a year · -15.0% in 5 years
Gifu: ¥39k/m²
Flood exposure
0.0%
of 3 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Gifu: 62.5%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 3 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Gifu: 3.4%

Check flood, landslide and tsunami zones for a specific address on the government hazard map ↗

Sources: 2025 Census (preliminary), 2025 Internal Migration Report, 2023 Housing and Land Survey (Statistics Bureau of Japan); J-SHIS seismic hazard model (NIED, 2024); Land Price Publication (MLIT). Earthquake probability is measured at the municipal center.

Example sales in Hida City

Real transactions from the last four quarters, picked near the lower (20th percentile), middle and upper (80th percentile) price points. Locations are shown at district level, as published by MLIT.

House

Lower-priced2025 Q4

¥800k

¥4k/m²

  • Kamiokachomorimo
  • Sugisaki
  • Land 1000 m² · floor 210 m²
  • Built 1965 (60 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q4

¥1.9M

¥21k/m²

  • Kamiokachosakatomicho
  • Sugisaki
  • Land 125 m² · floor 90 m²
  • Built 1959 (66 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2026 Q2

¥8.0M

¥15k/m²

  • Kamiokachofunatsu
  • Sugisaki
  • Land 480 m² · floor 530 m²
  • Built 1976 (50 yrs) · Steel
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥2.0M¥4.0M¥6.0M¥8.0M2006200820102012201420162018202020222024
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YearHouse
2006¥6.0M
2007–
2008–
2009–
2010–
2011–
2012–
2013–
2014–
2015¥5.6M
2017¥4.0M
2020–
2021–
2022–
2023¥3.5M
2024¥7.4M
2025–
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥10k¥20k¥30k¥40k2006200820102012201420162018202020222024
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YearHouseLand
2006¥35k/m²¥11k/m²
2007–¥17k/m²
2008–¥25k/m²
2009–¥18k/m²
2010–¥20k/m²
2011–¥14k/m²
2012–¥25k/m²
2013–¥20k/m²
2014–¥15k/m²
2015¥36k/m²¥11k/m²
2017¥26k/m²–
2020–¥21k/m²
2021–¥13k/m²
2022–¥7k/m²
2023¥27k/m²–
2024¥40k/m²–
2025–¥9k/m²

Prices near train stations in Hida City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Hida Furukawa (飛騨古川)––¥6.5M932
Sugisaki (杉崎)––¥2.4M1022

Are property prices in Hida City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed -56.9%.

About this data

Figures are medians of real transactions reported to Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) through its quarterly price survey. House prices per m² divide the total price (land and building) by the floor area. Medians based on fewer than 20 sales are not shown. The latest quarters are preliminary and are revised as more survey responses arrive.

Information only, not investment advice.