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Living in Otemachi, Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku: rent, safety & local area

Overall score
77
AGreat fit
Livability: top 3% in Fukuoka
🧺 Convenience top 7%🧒 Childcare top 9%🤫 Quietness top 1%
Safety
80
Convenience
59
Childcare
68
Quietness
100

Nearest station Minami-Kokura 15 min walk

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Scored from police, municipal and OpenStreetMap open data — the same formula for every neighborhood.

Otemachi is a neighborhood in Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku, Japan, with 44 everyday amenities within walking distance. Nearest station: Minami-Kokura (15 min walk). Rent for one or two people averages ¥48K–¥70K. On sonar you can check whether it fits your commute and budget.

Around 6,272 residents; 0.7% are non-Japanese.

Getting around

Minami-Kokura Sta.15 min walkJR Hitahikosan Line

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Rent

Single / couple (Studio–1LDK)avg. ¥48K–¥70K
Family (2LDK–3LDK)avg. ¥60K–¥130K

Safety in Otemachi (crime data)

80pts
0.23 per 100 people/yr福岡県警察 2024年
CautionArea avgSafe
Snatching / Bike theft10
infoViolent crime isn't disclosed at the neighborhood level, so it isn't reflected in this score.

Violent crime (robbery, arson, etc.) was 0 in the latest year; most reports are theft (bicycle theft, shoplifting and the like). Annual counts per neighborhood from National Police Agency open data. Counts run higher where daytime foot traffic is heavy, so for a per-resident view see sonar's safety score (population-normalized).

Local amenities

59pts

Within walking distance: day-to-day shopping covered, good access to clinics.

For families: 3 nurseries/kindergartens, 8 schools, 5 parks nearby.

Within walking distance

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Supermarket1
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Convenience3
💊
Pharmacy6
🌳
Park5
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Hospital14
🍴
Dining1

Disaster risk (hazard map)

flood
Flood
3.0〜5.0m
tsunami
Tsunami
None
landslide
Landslide
None
waves
Storm surge
0.5〜1.0m

Terrain of Otemachi (slopes & elevation)

Elevation / relief9m/Gentle slopes

Gentle slopes (about 4 m of relief). Walking times can feel a little longer than on flat ground.

FlatSteep

Quiet

100pts

No major road or railway noise sources nearby — a calm residential setting.

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Sources: OpenStreetMap, National Police Agency open data, MLIT hazard maps, and the Real Estate Information Library, aggregated per neighborhood. May differ from current conditions. See something wrong? Email hello@sonar.place