One thing ive been think about, how easy/hard would it be to buy an abandoned commercial building in Japan ? Sort of interested in getting a building and using it for something, maybe growing specialty crops in it by using hydroponics. Edit: I got interested in it after a Japanese dude bought an abandoned school and started using it as a hostel/coffee roastery

14:47 "It's hard to imagine" To be fair, id expect a platform as scummy and crap as Twitter/Xitter to have such activities. Just look at how filled it is with bot accounts, Elon Muskrat is sure doing a "fine jobe" dealing with all that (just as good as KZbin is dealing with scams and malware filled ads)

Arigato gozaimashita, awesome video on kiseru

Nice vid , thanks for the view .

Lots of solid, akiya in fair condition in Chichibu, Saitama...which is an awesome traditional town that has a comfortable 90 minute express train to Tokyo

My gods this makes me want one so badly

interesting stuff

I would add any house built on landfill. Avoid neighborhoods that have names with kanji like 池 (pond)etc, which no longer has an apparent pond present. Landfill plots move MUCH more in an earthquake.

can you help me buy an akiya?

I l like the style of this house.

めちゃ普通の日本人が正しい英語でまともな話してる！とても良いですね！👍

Protect this man at all cost. He is singlehandedly keeping Japan safe from gentrification 😂

house for free is one thing but then u actually have to keep it and maintain it. there are media like water, electricity, heating etc. apart from obvious land fee or property fee. these properties had their pipes unused for decades so the installations in these buildings as as bad as they can be. probably u would have to replace most of them. the fact that u cannot stay there without the visa for longer than 90 days also doesn't help. it's a clever move from japanese government to fix the problem which instead they would have to deal with (at some point these buildings will be a threat that they can collapse and i assume japan has it's laws that the prefecture or some other official institution is obligated to demolish/dismantle a building regarding this threat).

not connected to sewage and beside a river seems icky

I wonder how hard it would be to westernize a home like this?

Just wondering 11:24 is there a reason you shouldn't zoom in to the dolls?

Wakayama, should be safe, yes?

First video I’ve seen from your channel, glanced at the other videos and instantly subscribed. I hope your channel grows 🙏 Thank you!

Nah that bathroom and toilet bro!

Very informative content indeed and your voice sound like Tokyo Llama youtube channel he lives in Tokyo Japan as well originally from Australia Very clear and understandable

Thanks for sharing but won't lie, everything looks depressing. I mean literally feel sad, watching entire vid. but do like your calm warm demeanor, it's pleasant.

Kanazawa and Toyama... didn't age very well, lol

The self deprecation, "you can ignore..." made me laugh harder than it should have but, it gave definite cassandra vibes.

I do wonder how they get permissions to live in Japan like this. I would have thought you'd need a work visa, relevant job, etc.

Interesting that Okayama or Hiroshima are completely left off as options for your recommendation. My wifes family is in okayama and I think it seems like a nice area. They are on the coast and seem to be relacitely isolated from most od the disasters except earthquake. But i lived in Nara and I definitely like Kansai more. Of course that area is just as earthquake prone. Sad the see rhe rate of population decline in South Nara and Wakayama, but its not totally unexpected.

if you buy the Akiya house, does it include the land or just the house?

😂 Don’t be fooled into this . If only you know how much it cost to do renovations in Japan, you will think twice

Since when are centipedes worse than cockroaches? But on a serious note, thank you… this video was extremely informative.

What a drop-dead gorgeous house! I just love that green colour on the walls. It is nice that you kept many of the original items that were once loved and used by the original owners.

Thank you so much for this video

Thanks for sharing, I have seen many akiya in Kyotango when searching online to get more insight as to what is available and the prices, I would love to know what they paid for this property and more details on the purchase etc, do you plan to include more details in future videos ?

Thanks for sharing. I'm sure this family has quite the interesting story.

Hi, I am a Japanese native of Tango and with an Italian wife. We have recently bought a renovated traditional Japanese house in Kobe and would love to get in touch with this Italian family. Is there any way of doing so?

Lovely house!

Is there any ways to stay permanently in Japan for foreigners who do not speak japanese?

I’m looking for a kominka in Miyazaki prefecture with a thatched roof if you want a new client 😊.

Italian family that lived in the Boston, moved to Indonesia and bought house in Japan. There is definitely was good story for telling

So cool!

Thank you so much for sharing this. My wife is Japanese and we’ve been married for 15 years. Although we reside in Japan, I’m currently working in the US saving money to buy an akiya or kominka.

Last night I harvested from my garden to make pasta sauce. I would love to taste her sauce and get her recipe; I bet it's amazing.

Where have you been I've been waiting for you to make new videos it doesn't have to be on entirely about renovations and stuff like that I'm interested and I'm so many other people are interested where are the good deals for simple renovation homes in Japan so keep up the good😊😊😊

Wow. Italian family living in Indonesia with a holiday home in Japan. Sounds like an interesting story... Too bad we couldn't hear more about it.

So that house is 160.000 USD? 😮 Did not think it would be that expensive.

With a budget of 300000 USD (could go a bit over) what kind of building in a relatively remote area could you buy? Do you think you could find some places that you could turn into small hotels that can generate a net profit reliably of 2000$+ a month if family managed?

Thank you for sharing your interest in Akiya houses. This one on hazard areas affected by natural disasters is very useful, including the depopulation areas when considering buying a home in Japan. I wished to know more about home insurance which is related to this subject and how do a typical Japanese homeowner deal with it in general. Hope you can make a video on this subject. Thank you.

Hi Steven, can I hv yr advice on whether Kashiwazaki City is a viable place to stay?

Thanks!

this needs to be demolished...

Thank you, really appreciate you taking the time to make this video.