What can my budget buy in Japan?
With $100,000 (about ¥15.6M), Wakayama is where the largest share of houses sold for that or less: 72% of 831 sales in Jan 2025 – Jun 2026. Change the budget below — the table re-ranks all 47 prefectures using real sale prices, not listings.
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= ¥15.6M at ¥156.39 per dollar
| Prefecture | Sold at or below budget | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Wakayama | 72% | 831 |
| Shimane | 68% | 387 |
| Akita | 66% | 569 |
| Tottori | 66% | 346 |
| Toyama | 64% | 705 |
| Nagasaki | 64% | 731 |
| Mie | 62% | 1,525 |
| Yamaguchi | 62% | 968 |
| Ehime | 62% | 803 |
| Kagoshima | 62% | 1,184 |
| Hokkaido | 60% | 4,856 |
| Aomori | 60% | 797 |
| Fukui | 60% | 506 |
| Gifu | 60% | 1,435 |
| Tokushima | 60% | 385 |
| Kochi | 60% | 331 |
| Iwate | 58% | 618 |
| Niigata | 58% | 1,293 |
| Yamanashi | 58% | 736 |
| Kagawa | 58% | 643 |
| Yamagata | 56% | 583 |
| Gunma | 56% | 1,880 |
| Miyazaki | 56% | 829 |
| Ibaraki | 54% | 2,359 |
| Ishikawa | 52% | 1,081 |
| Oita | 52% | 735 |
| Fukushima | 50% | 1,309 |
| Nagano | 50% | 1,665 |
| Okayama | 50% | 1,190 |
| Shizuoka | 48% | 3,185 |
| Saga | 48% | 546 |
| Tochigi | 46% | 1,676 |
| Nara | 46% | 1,257 |
| Kumamoto | 46% | 1,077 |
| Hiroshima | 44% | 2,023 |
| Shiga | 42% | 1,269 |
| Kyoto | 40% | 2,560 |
| Hyogo | 40% | 4,585 |
| Osaka | 38% | 6,907 |
| Fukuoka | 36% | 3,579 |
| Chiba | 34% | 6,262 |
| Miyagi | 32% | 1,929 |
| Saitama | 26% | 7,199 |
| Aichi | 18% | 5,293 |
| Kanagawa | 12% | 7,996 |
| Okinawa | 10% | 544 |
| Tokyo | 6% | 7,705 |
Share = estimated from the distribution of actual sale prices in each prefecture (Jan 2025 – Jun 2026). “—” = fewer than 20 sales of that type.
Prices are what buyers paid for the property itself. Taxes, agent fees and repair costs are not included.
Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Real Estate Information Library (https://www.reinfolib.mlit.go.jp/) — real estate transaction price information, aggregated and processed by Japan Home Prices. Not created by the Government of Japan. US dollar figures use the Sep 2026 average of European Central Bank (ECB) euro reference rates, cross-calculated to USD/JPY by Japan Home Prices (1 USD = ¥156.39). Excludes sales with special circumstances (auctions, related parties, private roads, etc.). Medians, not averages.
Prices are past transactions reported to Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) through its survey, processed so that individual properties cannot be identified. They are not listings or appraisals, and a single property can differ a lot because of land shape, road access, building age and condition. US dollar figures use a monthly average exchange rate and are approximate. This site does not give investment, legal or tax advice.