Spacious Traditional Japanese Home with Private Onsen in Ibusuki
This charming single-story house, built in 1993, offers a generous 149.12 square meters of living space on a large 395.04 square meter corner plot in a quiet residential area of Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The property is a vacant house (akiya) available for purchase at 19.8 million yen. Its layout is a spacious 5SDK, providing five rooms plus separate dining and kitchen areas, ideal for multi-generational living.
The home is filled with traditional Japanese elements, including a Japanese-style room of eight tatami mats or larger, an engawa (veranda), and a private onsen (hot spring) facility. The equipment list is comprehensive: shower, separate bath and toilet rooms, toilet, bath, window in the bathroom, separate men's and women's toilets, electricity, water supply, sewerage, propane gas, Japanese-style room, engawa, onsen, storage space, storage room, garden, partial flooring, and two air conditioning units. A special note regarding the zoning: the property straddles both a Category I Exclusive Residential Zone and a Neighborhood Commercial Zone.
Located just a 3-minute drive from JR Ibusuki Station on the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line, the area provides excellent access. Ibusuki is famous for its natural sand baths and hot springs, offering a unique and relaxing lifestyle. A major landmark nearby is the stunning Ibusuki Sunamushi Kaikan, where visitors can experience the traditional sand baths heated by natural geothermal springs, a practice unique to this region.
