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Motobu Town, Kunigami County 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)
¥16k/m²
Transactions in 2025
66

What the data says

A shrinking population

The population fell 5.6% between 2020 and 2025 (+0.1% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025.

Lower earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 13% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (22% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

Living in Motobu Town, Kunigami County: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
11,825
-5.6% since 2020
Okinawa: +0.1%
Net moves in 2025
+21
+1.78 per 1,000 residents
Okinawa: -0.38
Strong earthquake risk
12.7%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Okinawa: 22.2%
Official land price 2026
¥18k/m²
+9.0% in a year · – in 5 years
Okinawa: ¥120k/m²

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 Motobu Town, Kunigami 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 Q2

¥15.0M

¥176k/m²

  • Aza Okayo
  • Land 640 m² · floor 85 m²
  • Built 1977 (49 yrs) · RC
Typical2026 Q2

¥28.0M

¥175k/m²

  • Aza Urasaki
  • Land 510 m² · floor 160 m²
  • Built 1983 (43 yrs)
Higher-priced2025 Q3

¥75.0M

¥625k/m²

  • Aza Bise
  • Land 1100 m² · floor 120 m²
  • Built 1981 (44 yrs) · RC
Median price per m² by year
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YearLand
2008¥14k/m²
2009¥11k/m²
2010¥11k/m²
2011¥9k/m²
2012¥15k/m²
2015¥15k/m²
2016¥13k/m²
2017¥14k/m²
2018¥17k/m²
2019¥20k/m²
2021¥14k/m²
2022¥18k/m²
2023¥20k/m²
2024¥25k/m²
2025¥16k/m²

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.