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1927 Pre-War Survivor in Shibuya’s Uehara

≈ $282,461 (¥45,000,000)

Illustration of 1927 Pre-War Survivor in Shibuya's Uehara — akiya for sale in Uehara 3-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Location
Uehara 3-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Land size
79.87 m2
Building size
66.93 m2 (timber, 2 storeys)
Year built
January 1927
Condition
Occupied (居住中), not vacant. Not rebuildable — the lot fronts no road at all (非接道). Registered floor area differs from actual. Approx. 3 m level difference with the north neighbour, bringing it under Tokyo Safety Ordinance Art. 6 cliff-top restrictions. No official document certifying the north retaining wall is safe. Sewer runs through the neighbour's private road under a verbal agreement only.
Access
Odakyu Odawara Line, Higashi-Kitazawa 8 min walk; Yoyogi-Uehara (Odakyu / Tokyo Metro Chiyoda) 11 min
Source
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Built January 1927 and still standing: 66.93 m2 of timber over two floors on 79.87 m2 of land in Uehara, eight minutes from Higashi-Kitazawa and eleven from Yoyogi-Uehara. It is ninety-nine years old and currently occupied. Pre-war timber houses are genuinely rare in central Tokyo — most of what stood in 1927 burned in 1945 or was replaced during the…

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