Modern Family Home in Kobe's Fujiwaradai Nakamachi
This spacious and well-designed two-story house in Fujiwaradai Nakamachi 2-chome, Kobe City, offers a harmonious blend of modern aesthetics and functional living. The property features a calm color palette and linear design, creating a sense of quality and security. The layout is thoughtfully connected with generous circulation paths, with Japanese-style rooms and wet areas balanced to provide a relaxing environment for family life.
The property is equipped with a highly efficient kitchen on the first floor, designed with short movement paths and all necessary appliances within easy reach. It includes a built-in oven that enhances cooking efficiency, safety, and overall usability. The balance of capacity, workflow, and cleanliness significantly reduces daily household chores. The home also boasts a bright, independent washroom with a white theme, soft natural light, a wide counter, and a large mirror, creating a clean and open atmosphere for getting ready.
On the second floor, you'll find a bathroom with wood-grain walls and soft lighting that fosters tranquility. The bathtub shape is comfortable for long soaks, allowing for a quiet, relaxing escape. The home includes ample storage, with large closets that open wide to neatly organize shoes and daily necessities. The rooms feature matching wood grain on the floors, fittings, and storage, minimizing visual noise and making it easy to blend any furniture. A Japanese-style room offers the soft texture of tatami and gentle light, creating a peaceful space with plenty of storage and subdued colors to forget the daily hustle.
Key equipment and features include a system kitchen, counter kitchen, IH cooktop, gas cooktop, bath reheating function, bathroom dryer, washbasin with shower, washlet toilet, walk-in closet, storage in all rooms, TV monitor doorphone, and floor heating. The property is also equipped with public water supply, city gas, sewer, dedicated bath, gas cooktop, system kitchen, hot water supply, balcony, independent washroom, dishwasher/dryer, closet, regular shaped lot, and two or more toilets. Notable features include the potential for two-family living, a south-facing orientation, and attached parking.
The house underwent comprehensive renovations in February 2025, including the washroom, water heater, interior wall coverings, tatami and fusuma paper replacement, and exterior walls. It is a short 7-minute walk from Okaba Station on the Kobe Electric Railway Sanda Line. The area is part of Kobe's Kita Ward, known for its residential hillside neighborhoods. An interesting local fact is that the nearby Rokko Mountain range offers famous hiking trails and the Rokko Garden Terrace, a popular scenic spot with panoramic views of Osaka Bay. The closest major tourist attraction is the historic Arima Onsen, one of Japan's oldest hot spring resorts, located a short train ride away.
