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Omachi City 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)
¥6.6M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥5k/m²
+66.7% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
64
#21 of 24 areas in Nagano by price per m²

What the data says

Price growth is speeding up

House values per m² have risen about 7.7% a year over the past five years, faster than the 0.5% a year of the five years before. Buyers waiting for a dip have so far been paying more each year, and that has not yet changed.

Outperforming Nagano

Per m², houses here are 58% below the Nagano average. The discount has shrunk from 64% ten years ago, so Omachi City is catching up with its surroundings.

What a typical purchase costs

Half of all house sales last year were between ¥2.5M and ¥14.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 8% between 2020 and 2025 (−4.5% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025.

Many abandoned homes

20.3% of homes were empty in 2023 (20.1% for the wider area), and 12.5% 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 14% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (20% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

Some flood or landslide exposure

Of the official land-price benchmark sites here, which sit in typical neighbourhoods, 60% 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 Omachi City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
23,950
-8.0% since 2020
Nagano: -4.5%
Net moves in 2025
+10
+0.42 per 1,000 residents
Nagano: -0.72
Vacant homes (2023)
20.3%
12.5% empty and not for rent or sale
Nagano: 20.1%
Median rent (2023)
¥32k
per month, all rented homes
Nagano: ¥49k
Strong earthquake risk
14.5%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Nagano: 19.8%
Official land price 2026
¥16k/m²
-0.6% in a year · – in 5 years
Nagano: ¥30k/m²
Flood exposure
60.0%
of 5 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Nagano: 55.7%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 5 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Nagano: 7.5%

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 Omachi 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-priced2026 Q2

¥2.0M

¥8k/m²

  • Miasa
  • Kita Omachi
  • Land 720 m² · floor 250 m²
  • Built 1975 (51 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q3

¥6.6M

¥63k/m²

  • Omachi
  • Kita Omachi · 16 min walk
  • Land 460 m² · floor 105 m²
  • Built 1999 (26 yrs)
Higher-priced2026 Q1

¥18.0M

¥212k/m²

  • Omachi
  • Kita Omachi · 11 min walk
  • Land 260 m² · floor 85 m²
  • Built 2002 (24 yrs)
Median transaction price by yearA sharp recent rise — The median house price rose 32% between 2023 and 2025. Prices per m² rose 61% too, so this is a genuine like-for-like increase, not just bigger homes selling. With only 29 house sales in 2025, a handful of expensive deals can move the median a lot.
¥0¥2.0M¥4.0M¥6.0M¥8.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007–
2008–
2009¥5.0M
2010¥7.0M
2011¥7.1M
2012¥6.6M
2013¥4.0M
2014¥5.7M
2015¥4.4M
2016¥7.5M
2017¥4.5M
2018–
2019¥6.2M
2020¥6.3M
2021¥4.9M
2022¥5.2M
2023¥5.0M
2024¥5.5M
2025¥6.6M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥20k¥40k¥60k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007–¥9k/m²
2008–¥10k/m²
2009¥30k/m²¥11k/m²
2010¥56k/m²¥11k/m²
2011¥42k/m²¥8k/m²
2012¥26k/m²¥11k/m²
2013¥42k/m²¥8k/m²
2014¥35k/m²¥9k/m²
2015¥37k/m²¥5k/m²
2016¥37k/m²¥7k/m²
2017¥42k/m²¥5k/m²
2018–¥5k/m²
2019¥27k/m²¥7k/m²
2020¥43k/m²¥3k/m²
2021¥44k/m²¥5k/m²
2022¥37k/m²¥5k/m²
2023¥37k/m²¥7k/m²
2024¥42k/m²¥6k/m²
2025¥59k/m²¥5k/m²

Prices near train stations in Omachi City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Shinano Omachi (信濃大町)––¥5.3M1524
Kita Omachi (北大町)––¥5.2M1721
Shinano Tokiwa (信濃常盤)––¥14.0M1215
Shinano Kizaki (信濃木崎)––¥5.7M1212

How much does a house cost in Omachi City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥6.6M in 2025 across 29 sales.

Are property prices in Omachi City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed +66.7%.

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.