Historic cobblestone onsen village, foot-accessible hot springs & steep powder runs. Browse chalets, mountain cabins and akiya within ~15 km of the Nozawa Onsen lifts, with English listings, live asking prices and freehold foreign ownership.
Measured from active listings within ~15 km of the resort centre, refreshed hourly. Land plots are excluded from these figures — a vacant plot has no building, floor area or build year.
29 houses · 1 condos
¥11M
5th to 95th percentile of asking prices
Typically built 1978
The most recently listed properties inside the Nozawa Onsen search radius, newest first, each with its straight-line distance from the resort centre. 30 homes are listed in the area in total — search the map to see every one.
Showing 1–24 of 30 within ~15 km of Nozawa Onsen.
Kijimadaira Village, Nagano Prefecture
Kijimadaira Village, Nagano Prefecture
Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Mizuho-Toyo, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Terisato, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Toyoda, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Teruoka, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Tomikura, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Yomase, Yamanouchi-machi, Shimotakai-gun, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Kotobuki, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Tokiwa, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Oaza Teruoka, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture
Shizuma, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Municipal hubs in the Nozawa Onsen area, with every listing we track.
The closest curated ski valleys, by distance from Nozawa Onsen.
All 16 Japanese ski valleysAcross the 30 homes for sale within ~15 km of Nozawa Onsen, the median asking price is ¥11M (about $72k). Most of the market sits between ¥1.2M and ¥45M, with the upper end driven by ski-in/ski-out and new-build chalets. Figures are asking prices from live listings and are refreshed hourly.
Yes. Japan places no citizenship, visa, or residency restriction on buying land or buildings, so a non-resident purchaser in Nagano receives the same freehold title, registered with the Legal Affairs Bureau, as a Japanese citizen. Nozawa Onsen sits in Nozawa Onsen Village, and the municipality publishes the local zoning, building and vacant-house information that governs what you can do with a property once you own it.
Nozawa Onsen averages 10–12m / season. Historic cobblestone onsen village, foot-accessible hot springs & steep powder runs. Season length and snow depth vary year to year — the Japan Meteorological Agency publishes the official station records for Nagano if you want to check a specific winter before committing to an area.
Yes. Under Japan's Private Lodging Business Act (minpaku / 住宅宿泊事業法) a residential property can be let short-term for up to 180 nights a year after registering locally. Operating year-round without that cap requires a hotel/inn licence under the Ryokan Business Act, which depends on the zoning of the specific plot — check with Nozawa Onsen Village before you budget on rental income.
