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Kominka for sale in Niigata

12 listings in Niigata (Chubu), from ¥800K with a median asking price of ¥7.3M. Every price is the seller's asking price; we don't mark it up, and our concierge fee is flat and separate.

Kominka are regional buildings before they are anything else. Roof pitch, snow loading, floor plan and timber species all follow local climate, so a farmhouse here is not built like one three prefectures away. That also decides who can work on it: the trades who know the local form are the ones worth hiring, and they are not evenly distributed.

Budget for the taxes and fees on top of any price here: work them out with the closing cost calculator. On cheap property they are a much larger share of the price than the usual rules of thumb suggest.

Who this suits

Buyers restoring rather than renovating, who want the timber frame and are willing to fund the specialist trades that keep it standing.

What to watch for

Seismic standard. Anything built before the 1981 code revision was designed to a materially weaker earthquake specification, and reinforcing a traditional frame without ruining it is expert work.

Vacant kominka in the mountains
Kominka

Sanjo City, Niigata

As-is

Live listing · At Home akiya bank

Vacant kominka in the mountains

$6,400· ¥1,000,000
655 m² land162 m² floor
LowHazard report
9.0 kmStation
Grand kominka more than 90 years old
Kominka

Sanjo City, Niigata

As-is

Live listing · At Home akiya bank

Grand kominka more than 90 years old

$64,000· ¥10,000,000
5000 m² land658 m² floorBuilt 1933
ElevatedHazard report
≈29 minStation