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Weekly Featured Property: Modern Urban Home in Historic Noda

Steel-Framed 4LDK with Built-In Garage, Walkable to 3 Stations

Renovated Interior, South-Facing Balcony & Excellent Transit Access

Quiet Residential Pocket with Downtown Convenience

JR Loop Line, Subway & Hanshin Access Within 10 Minutes

PRICE DROP! ¥38.8M / ~$246,000 USD as of Jan 2026

¥39.8M / ~$254,000 USD as of Jan 2026

Located in Noda 5-chome, Fukushima Ward, this well-kept 4LDK steel-frame home offers a rare blend of central Osaka convenience, solid construction, and neighborhood character. Built in 2005 and recently refreshed with interior updates, the home sits in a calm residential lane just minutes from JR Noda Station, with multiple rail lines connecting you effortlessly across Osaka and beyond.

With three floors of efficiently planned living space, a built-in garage, and strong everyday functionality, this is a practical, city-centered home suited to long-term living, whether for a family base, a professional household, or buyers seeking ownership close to Umeda without sacrificing comfort or quiet.

✨ What Makes This One So Special?

🏡 Solid Steel Construction & Practical 4LDK Layout

This steel-framed, three-story home offers durability, peace of mind, and excellent use of space. The 4LDK layout balances shared living areas with private rooms, making it easy to adapt for family life, home offices, or guest use. All rooms feature wood flooring, creating a cohesive, low-maintenance interior well suited to urban living.

The home includes two toilets, a full-size bathroom with window and auto-bath function, and a bright living-dining area designed for everyday comfort. A south-facing balcony brings in natural light and supports good airflow throughout the house.

🛠️ Recently Refreshed, Ready to Move In

Interior updates were completed in July 2025, including wall finishes and key equipment replacements such as the water heater and washstand. The system kitchen, modern bath, and high-function toilets make the home comfortable as-is, while still leaving room for personalization over time.

This is a property that avoids the pressure of immediate renovation and supports a smooth transition into city life.

🚗 Built-In Garage & Urban Convenience

A built-in garage accommodates a high-roof vehicle, a valuable feature in this central location. The surrounding area is largely flat, making walking and cycling easy, and everyday essentials are close at hand, with supermarkets, shops, schools, and medical facilities all within a short walk.

Despite its proximity to major transport and commercial zones, the home sits in a quiet residential pocket, offering a sense of retreat from the city’s pace.

📍 Living in Noda

Noda is exceptionally well connected. From JR Noda Station, just a 7-minute walk from the property, the Osaka Loop Line places you only two stops (about 3 minutes) from Osaka Station. Tennoji Station is reachable in roughly 14 minutes, opening access to southern Osaka.

Additional options include Osaka Metro Tamagawa Station (Sennichimae Line) within a 9-minute walk, providing fast access to Namba in about 8 minutes, and Hanshin Noda Station, also within walking distance, offering direct rail access to Kobe. With three stations and multiple lines nearby, commuting, shopping, and weekend outings are all remarkably efficient.

For cyclists, Osaka Station is reachable in around 10 minutes, and the area supports a car-free lifestyle for most daily needs.

🌸 Welcome to Noda

Noda is one of those rare Osaka neighborhoods where deep history and everyday livability coexist. Having escaped wartime destruction, the area retains narrow lanes, older homes, and a strong downtown (shitamachi) atmosphere, especially just beyond the main streets.

The neighborhood is closely tied to Osaka’s culinary heritage through the Osaka Central Wholesale Market, one of western Japan’s largest, located about a 10-minute walk south of the station. While the wholesale auctions are not open to the public, residents enjoy access to excellent sushi shops, bakeries, and food businesses that thrive around the market. Daily life is supported by a strong network of shopping streets, including the covered Noda Shinbashi Shopping Arcade, connecting JR and Hanshin stations. With over 100 small shops, fresh food vendors, cafés, and long-running local businesses, it’s easy to shop on foot while staying connected to the community. Seasonal events, night markets, and festivals add rhythm and familiarity to life here.

Medical care is also excellent, with clinics and hospitals clustered near the station, including long-established general hospitals within walking distance. Despite being just minutes from Umeda, Noda consistently ranks as one of Osaka’s safer central neighborhoods, with low crime rates and active community-based safety measures.

Noda is also famous for Nodafuji (wild wisteria), once celebrated alongside Yoshino’s cherry blossoms and Takao’s autumn leaves as one of Japan’s great seasonal sights. Nearly lost during the war, Nodafuji was revived through local community efforts and is now the official flower of Fukushima Ward, with wisteria trellises scattered throughout the neighborhood. Parks such as Yoshinocho Park and Ekoe Park are within five minutes on foot, while larger green spaces like Shimo-Fukushima Park offer sports facilities and a jogging loop lined with ginkgo trees.

🗺️ Quick Property Snapshot

• 🏠 4LDK, steel-frame 3-story home

• 📐 85.49 sqm building / 39.12 sqm land

• 📅 Built September 2005 (approx. 20 years old)

• 🛠️ Interior refresh completed July 2025

• 🚗 Built-in high-roof garage

• 🛁 Auto-bath with window, 2 toilets

• 🍳 System kitchen

• ☀️ South-facing balcony, good ventilation

• 🚉 7-min walk to JR Noda Station (Osaka Loop Line)

• 🚇 Walkable access to Metro & Hanshin lines

• 🏪 Supermarkets, schools, parks & hospitals nearby

• 💴 ¥38.8M / ~$246,000 USD (as of Jan 2026)

🔍 Why This One’s Worth a Look

Central Osaka homes with steel construction, garage parking, and walkable access to three rail lines are increasingly hard to find, especially in neighborhoods that still feel lived-in and human-scaled.

This Noda property offers a compelling balance of location, structure, and readiness, ideal for buyers who value mobility, daily convenience, and long-term practicality.

🌆 Make Noda Your Osaka Base

Noda delivers what many buyers seek in Osaka: fast access to the city’s core, strong everyday infrastructure, and a neighborhood with real history and character. This home offers a stable foothold in one of the city’s most livable central districts.

For those looking to live in the city, not just near it, this property is well worth closer attention.

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