Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, Okayama
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Tsuyama 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)
¥9.6M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥31k/m²
+45.2% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
149
#9 of 14 areas in Okayama by price per m²

What the data says

Price growth is speeding up

House values per m² have risen about 6.8% a year over the past five years, faster than the 1.6% 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 Okayama

Per m², houses here are 36% below the Okayama average. The discount has shrunk from 47% ten years ago, so Tsuyama City is catching up with its surroundings.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 11% 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 ¥4.5M and ¥22.3M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 7.3% between 2020 and 2025 (−4.2% for the wider area). More people moved out than in during 2025 (about 5.4 per 1,000 residents), which weakens long-term housing demand.

Many abandoned homes

20.1% of homes were empty in 2023 (16.4% for the wider area), and 12.3% 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 3% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (34% 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 -1% in the year to January 2026 and -4% over five years. Because these sites don't change, this is the cleanest measure of land value trends.

Significant flood risk

Of the official land-price benchmark sites here, which sit in typical neighbourhoods, 33% are inside the worst-case flood zone (25% with expected depths of 3 m or more). 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 Tsuyama City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
92,611
-7.3% since 2020
Okayama: -4.2%
Net moves in 2025
-503
-5.43 per 1,000 residents
Okayama: -3.09
Vacant homes (2023)
20.1%
12.3% empty and not for rent or sale
Okayama: 16.4%
Median rent (2023)
¥45k
per month, all rented homes
Okayama: ¥50k
Strong earthquake risk
2.8%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Okayama: 33.5%
Official land price 2026
¥14k/m²
-0.7% in a year · -4.4% in 5 years
Okayama: ¥37k/m²
Flood exposure
33.3%
of 12 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (25.0% 3 m or deeper)
Okayama: 69.1%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 12 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Okayama: 5.8%

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 Tsuyama 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

¥2.9M

¥64k/m²

  • Obara
  • Tsuyama
  • Land 430 m² · floor 45 m²
  • Built 1978 (47 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q3

¥7.0M

¥45k/m²

  • Kamochokuwabara
  • Mimasaka Kamo · 9 min walk
  • Land 1400 m² · floor 155 m²
  • Built 2005 (20 yrs) · Steel
Higher-priced2026 Q2

¥21.0M

¥117k/m²

  • Odanaka
  • Tsuyama · 25 min walk
  • Land 530 m² · floor 180 m²
  • Built 1978 (48 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by year2026 so far: treat with caution — The 2026 figure (shaded) is 32% below 2025, but it covers only part of the year and 22 house sales so far. Early-year numbers are often revised and are easily skewed by a few large deals.
¥0¥5.0M¥10.0M¥15.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007¥11.5M
2008¥10.0M
2009¥11.5M
2010¥11.0M
2011¥11.0M
2012¥9.4M
2013¥7.5M
2014¥12.0M
2015¥10.0M
2016¥9.2M
2017¥10.0M
2018¥8.3M
2019¥11.0M
2020¥10.0M
2021¥12.0M
2022¥8.0M
2023¥8.9M
2024¥8.0M
2025¥9.6M
2026 (partial)¥6.5M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007¥66k/m²¥17k/m²
2008¥70k/m²¥13k/m²
2009¥84k/m²¥18k/m²
2010¥79k/m²¥21k/m²
2011¥70k/m²¥24k/m²
2012¥72k/m²¥23k/m²
2013¥68k/m²¥17k/m²
2014¥75k/m²¥16k/m²
2015¥53k/m²¥10k/m²
2016¥65k/m²¥19k/m²
2017¥69k/m²¥17k/m²
2018¥68k/m²¥15k/m²
2019¥62k/m²¥20k/m²
2020¥56k/m²¥21k/m²
2021¥85k/m²¥18k/m²
2022¥53k/m²¥24k/m²
2023¥65k/m²¥21k/m²
2024¥80k/m²¥23k/m²
2025¥84k/m²¥31k/m²
2026 (partial)¥47k/m²–
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥265k/m²
1¥250k/m²
35¥89k/m²
41¥46k/m²
47¥35k/m²
50¥34k/m²

Prices near train stations in Tsuyama City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Tsuyama (津山)––¥9.0M18120
Takano(Okayama) (高野(岡山))––¥12.0M1626
Higashi Tsuyama (東津山)––¥24.0M1825
Innosho (院庄)––¥8.3M1412
Tsuyamaguchi (津山口)––¥23.0M1911

How much does a house cost in Tsuyama City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥9.6M in 2025 across 76 sales.

Are property prices in Tsuyama City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed +45.2%.

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.