2026 Official Land Prices (Kitakyushu): Commercial +3.1%, Residential +1.2%, Gains Smaller than a Year EarlierLand prices in Kitakyushu (January 2026): land for stores and buildings up 3.1%
In the 2026 (Reiwa 8) Official Land Prices compiled by Kitakyushu City (as of January 1, 2026; 233 standard locations), the city average change was +2.1% for all uses, +1.2% for residential, +3.1% for commercial and +5.3% for industrial land. Residential and commercial gains were smaller than a year earlier (residential 1.6%, commercial 3.9%). By ward, commercial land in Yahatahigashi (八幡東) was highest at 5.3% and Wakamatsu (若松) was 0.0%.
Key points
- 233 standard locations (residential 143, commercial 74, industrial 15, potential residential land 1). Average prices: residential JPY 57,900/sq m, commercial JPY 171,500/sq m, industrial JPY 34,100/sq m (all uses JPY 92,300/sq m, up from JPY 89,600)
- Average change: all uses 2.1%, residential 1.2%, commercial 3.1%, industrial 5.3%, potential residential land 1.6%
- Commercial land by ward in 2026: Yahatahigashi 5.3%, Tobata 4.1%, Kokurakita 3.9%, Yahatanishi 3.6%, Kokuraminami 2.3%, Moji 1.6%, Wakamatsu 0.0%. Kokurakita narrowed from 5.1% a year earlier
- The highest-priced commercial location is in Kyomachi, Kokurakita Ward, at JPY 1,200,000/sq m (change 3.4%)
What to do in practice
- Check prices of standard locations near your land or rental properties on the city page or the national Official Land Prices site
- Look at the July Prefectural Land Price Survey (separate article) together to grasp movements by ward
Every year the national government checks land prices as of January 1 and announces them. In 2026 in Kitakyushu, land for homes rose 1.2%, land for stores and buildings 3.1% and land for factories 5.3%. But the rises were smaller than last year (homes 1.6%, stores and buildings 3.9%).
Points
- Land for homes rose 1.2% on average and land for stores and buildings 3.1%
- It differs by ward: land for stores and buildings rose most in Yahatahigashi Ward (5.3%) and was 0.0% in Wakamatsu Ward
- Compared with last year, both kinds of land rose by less
What the words mean
- Official Land Prices
- A yearly announcement by the national government of land prices at chosen places as of January 1
- Rate of change
- How many percent the land price changed compared with the year before
- City of Kitakyushu: City of Kitakyushu: Land price information (Official Land Prices), 2026 results for Kitakyushu
- City of Kitakyushu: City of Kitakyushu: Overview of the 2026 Official Land Prices in Kitakyushu
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