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Taishi Town, Ibo County Housing Market Report 2025

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

Key figures for 2025

Median house price (land + building)
¥24.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥45k/m²
+15.4% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
73
#20 of 41 areas in Hyogo by price per m²

What the data says

A long, slow decline

House prices per m² have been falling for a decade, by about 2.9% a year recently. Prices are low, but resale values are likely to keep easing, so buy here to live, not as an investment.

Lagging Hyogo

Per m², houses here are 43% below the Hyogo average. Ten years ago the gap was 25%, so Taishi Town, Ibo County has been falling behind the rest of Hyogo.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 13% on the previous three years. Fewer sales mean less choice and slower resale, so allow more time to sell later.

What a typical purchase costs

Half of all house sales last year were between ¥16.0M and ¥35.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 2.6% between 2020 and 2025 (−2.6% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025. Households still grew 3.4% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Typical vacancy

9.3% of homes were empty in 2023 (13.8% for the wider area), and 6.2% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. The level of abandoned homes is around the national norm.

Lower earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 16% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (33% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

Official land prices are edging up

On the government's fixed benchmark sites, which are valued the same way every year, residential land prices changed +1% in the year to January 2026 and +2% over five years. Because these sites don't change, this is the cleanest measure of land value trends.

Some flood or landslide exposure

Of the official land-price benchmark sites here, which sit in typical neighbourhoods, 100% are inside the worst-case flood zone. Most worst-case flood zones are shallow (under 0.5 m) at the edges, so depth matters as much as the share. Check the hazard map for any specific address before buying.

Living in Taishi Town, Ibo County: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
32,612
-2.6% since 2020
Hyogo: -2.6%
Net moves in 2025
+3
+0.09 per 1,000 residents
Hyogo: -0.39
Vacant homes (2023)
9.3%
6.2% empty and not for rent or sale
Hyogo: 13.8%
Median rent (2023)
¥54k
per month, all rented homes
Hyogo: ¥57k
Strong earthquake risk
16.3%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Hyogo: 33.0%
Official land price 2026
¥60k/m²
+0.9% in a year · +1.6% in 5 years
Hyogo: ¥102k/m²
Flood exposure
100.0%
of 5 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Hyogo: 46.1%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 5 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Hyogo: 4.3%

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 Taishi Town, Ibo County

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-priced2026 Q1

¥8.0M

¥64k/m²

  • Ikaruga
  • Aboshi
  • Land 140 m² · floor 125 m²
  • Built 1975 (51 yrs) · Light steel
Typical2025 Q4

¥20.0M

¥91k/m²

  • Tonan
  • Aboshi
  • Land 330 m² · floor 220 m²
  • Built 2001 (24 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2025 Q4

¥37.0M

¥70k/m²

  • Sayooka
  • Aboshi
  • Land 1200 m² · floor 530 m²
  • Built 1989 (36 yrs) · Steel
Median transaction price by yearA jump driven by what sold — The median house price rose 336% between 2023 and 2025. Per m², prices rose only 132%, so most of the jump comes from larger or higher-end properties changing hands, not from the same homes getting that much more expensive. With only 41 house sales in 2025, a handful of expensive deals can move the median a lot.
¥0¥10.0M¥20.0M¥30.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007¥15.0M
2008¥20.0M
2009¥19.0M
2010¥14.5M
2011¥22.0M
2012¥20.0M
2013¥19.0M
2014¥19.0M
2015¥18.0M
2016¥20.0M
2017¥19.5M
2018¥22.0M
2019¥17.0M
2020¥16.0M
2021¥19.0M
2022¥12.5M
2023¥5.5M
2024¥12.0M
2025¥24.0M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k¥150k¥200k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007¥187k/m²¥30k/m²
2008¥174k/m²¥51k/m²
2009¥160k/m²¥56k/m²
2010¥125k/m²¥60k/m²
2011¥195k/m²¥44k/m²
2012¥137k/m²¥57k/m²
2013¥111k/m²¥35k/m²
2014¥181k/m²¥25k/m²
2015¥127k/m²¥45k/m²
2016¥180k/m²¥39k/m²
2017¥120k/m²¥45k/m²
2018¥140k/m²¥35k/m²
2019¥108k/m²¥26k/m²
2020¥147k/m²¥39k/m²
2021¥164k/m²¥48k/m²
2022¥136k/m²¥21k/m²
2023¥60k/m²¥21k/m²
2024¥83k/m²¥46k/m²
2025¥138k/m²¥45k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k¥400k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥302k/m²
50¥47k/m²

Prices near train stations in Taishi Town, Ibo County

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Aboshi (網干)––¥20.0M2091

How much does a house cost in Taishi Town, Ibo County?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥24.0M in 2025 across 41 sales.

Are property prices in Taishi Town, Ibo County going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed +15.4%.

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.