# Buying a House in Japan Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744.md RSS feed: https://feeds.zencastr.com/f/jROqWpX2.rss Official site: https://www.akiya-mart.com/ Author: t1kurosawa@gmail.com Episodes: 136 ## Resource We’re Joey & Take - two friends who dreamed of owning a cheap home in Japan. So we bought one...and then five more! Dreaming of owning property in Japan? We cover everything you need to know and more. Highlights include: * Pros and cons of purchasing in Japan * The complexities of Japan’s real estate market * Challenges for foreign buyers * Interviews with locals, expats, and experts * All the mistakes we’ve made (so you can avoid them!) Find your Japanese dream home: www.akiya-mart.com [https://www.akiya-mart.com/?utm_source=podcast] Serious about buying? Let’s chat! https://www.akiya-mart.com/how-to-buy/ [https://www.akiya-mart.com/how-to-buy/?utm_source=podcast] Take a video tour of our Beppu Akiya: https://youtu.be/M7Hb6ENxm_0 Take a video tour of our Tokyo Akiya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ils4PSA8kqg Take video tour of our Nagasaki Akiya: https://youtu.be/Snd_KXz7VBw Drop us a line! podcast@akiya-mart.com ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744.md ## Episodes - [Answering Your Top 10 Japan Home Buying Questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/answering-your-top-10-japan-home-buying-questions) — 2026-06-05T12:00:00+00:00 - [What's Next for AkiyaMart + Spring 2026 Recap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/what-s-next-for-akiyamart-spring-2026-recap) — 2026-05-29T12:00:00+00:00 - [Linda's Journey from Europe to Western Tokyo](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/linda-s-journey-from-europe-to-western-tokyo) — 2026-05-22T12:00:00+00:00 - [Kristian's Journey from Melbourne Real Estate to Fukuoka Language School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/kristian-s-journey-from-melbourne-real-estate-to-fukuoka-language-school) — 2026-05-15T12:00:00+00:00 - [Making Your Way in Fukuoka, ft. Carlos Gutierrez](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/making-your-way-in-fukuoka-ft-carlos-gutierrez) — 2026-05-08T12:00:00+00:00 - [Why Aren't Akiya More Attractive to Japanese Buyers? ft. Tomoa Ishihara](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/why-aren-t-akiya-more-attractive-to-japanese-buyers-ft-tomoa-ishihara) — 2026-05-01T12:00:00+00:00 - [Dear Diary Series: We finished work on Jissoji Lux](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/dear-diary-series-we-finished-work-on-jissoji-lux) — 2026-04-24T12:00:00+00:00 - [How Joey Qualified for the Highly Skilled Professional Visa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/how-joey-qualified-for-the-highly-skilled-professional-visa) — 2026-04-17T12:00:00+00:00 - [Renting an apartment in Japan is harder than we thought, ft. Ryan Kubozono](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/renting-an-apartment-in-japan-is-harder-than-we-thought-ft-ryan-kubozono) — 2026-04-10T12:00:00+00:00 - [Navigating Japan's Unwritten Rules, ft. Erik Buhrow](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/navigating-japan-s-unwritten-rules-ft-erik-buhrow) — 2026-04-03T10:00:00+00:00 - [A Canadian's Real Take on Rural Hokkaido, ft. AMD Consultant Lukas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/a-canadian-s-real-take-on-rural-hokkaido-ft-amd-consultant-lukas) — 2026-03-27T13:00:00+00:00 - [Dear Diary Series: Back in Japan + Selling Jissoji Lux](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/dear-diary-series-back-in-japan-selling-jissoji-lux) — 2026-03-20T13:00:00+00:00 - [We Mapped 100+ Years of Earthquake Data to Create a New Akiya Search Tool, ft. Keita](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/we-mapped-100-years-of-earthquake-data-to-create-a-new-akiya-search-tool-ft-keita) — 2026-03-13T13:00:00+00:00 - [Ryo's Advice for Running an Airbnb from Abroad](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/ryo-s-advice-for-running-an-airbnb-from-abroad) — 2026-03-06T13:00:00+00:00 - [Cathy & Ron's Leap: Moving Family from Nova Scotia to Shizuoka](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/cathy-ron-s-leap-moving-family-from-nova-scotia-to-shizuoka) — 2026-02-27T14:00:00+00:00 - [Dear Diary Series: College Stories + Our AkiyaMart Services](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/dear-diary-series-college-stories-our-akiyamart-services) — 2026-02-20T13:00:00+00:00 - [Danny Wilson's Tokyo Comedy Journey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/danny-wilson-s-tokyo-comedy-journey) — 2026-02-13T13:00:00+00:00 - [Akiya Doers & Dreamers: Anton Wormann is Building Something Special](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/akiya-doers-dreamers-anton-wormann-is-building-something-special) — 2026-02-06T13:00:00+00:00 - [AkiyaMart Direct Agent Interview: Hideo Niimi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/akiyamart-direct-agent-interview-hideo-niimi) — 2026-01-30T11:45:00+00:00 - [AkiyaMart Direct Buyers Club: Devin's Kanazawa Detour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/akiyamart-direct-buyers-club-devin-s-kanazawa-detour) — 2026-01-23T13:00:52+00:00 - [AkiyaMart Direct Agent Interview: Aya Yamaguchi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/akiyamart-direct-agent-interview-aya-yamaguchi) — 2026-01-16T13:00:00+00:00 - [Buying a Business Series: Tough Luck with the Tama Coin Laundry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/buying-a-business-series-tough-luck-with-the-tama-coin-laundry) — 2026-01-09T13:00:00+00:00 - [Welcome Back to Our House in the Tokyo Suburbs: Tama Base Camp Update](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/welcome-back-to-our-house-in-the-tokyo-suburbs-tama-base-camp-update) — 2026-01-02T13:00:00+00:00 - [2025 Wrapped: What We Missed, What We Got Right, & What's Next](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/2025-wrapped-what-we-missed-what-we-got-right-what-s-next) — 2025-12-26T13:00:00+00:00 - [Finishing the Japan Speedrun at Kochi Airport](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/finishing-the-japan-speedrun-at-kochi-airport) — 2025-12-19T13:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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