I bought a house in Japan for less than $45,000. I live in the peaceful countryside close to every convenience, and everything's cheaper here.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ned Watson about his experience living in a once-abandoned home, called ...
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Japan is trying to lure people into rural areas by selling $500 homes, but it's not enough to fix the country's 'ghost town' problem
Related stories For many of those who do want to move to the countryside, buying a pre-owned home is unappealing. "The Japanese definitely like to have their own house — preferably a newly built ...
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What are Akiya houses? Why does Japan have so many empty homes?
The number of vacant houses in Japan has topped nine million. Government figures released on Tuesday show the number of empty houses, as of October 2023, was up by more than half a million since ...
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‘Welcome to the Village’: Tradition takes a twisted turn in the countryside
The ancient tradition of “murahachibu,” ostracizing community members as punishment, gets a contemporary twist in Hideo ...
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Why I Moved: For a Life in a Misty Mountain Town in Rural Japan
Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...
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Get paid £25,000 to relocate to Japan this year
"There are hundreds of traditional Japanese countryside houses offering amazing locations, space, and architecture that are just going to waste right now." Mills sees this as an unmissable chance ...
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Digital Nomad? Retiring? Affordable, Charming Vintage Houses Are Widely Available In Japan
Hannah Kirshner owns Japanese Kominka houses in Yamanaka, Ishikawa Prefecture. While she lived in a rented apartment for the first few years, an empty old house nearby caught her eye. It took ...