{"podcast":{"title":"Buying a House in Japan","slug":"buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","podcast_index_feed_id":6670744,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting/QyNVYebX.rss","website_url":"https://www.akiya-mart.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/08049de9-c7a0-4423-b733-7406389293dd/e3d25a10-5efe-4641-8d7c-635199d9d669.png","author":"Mokomoko Productions","episode_count":144,"summary":"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 Serious about buying? Let’s chat! https://www.akiya-mart.com/how-to-buy/ 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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T20:18:02.599294+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744"},"episode":{"title":"Dear Diary Series: This Is What Happens When We Leave!","slug":"dear-diary-series-this-is-what-happens-when-we-leave","published_at":"2025-06-06T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/dear-diary-series-this-is-what-happens-when-we-leave","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/62LpmGE_","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/86d8fd9e44c8d65d9360b1431e0d4008d79969fca47c9926da765c19e8866f7d/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI2NGIwNjNiNC02ZGE4LTQ4YTktYmNlZS1kODMxYThkM2MwZjMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIwODA0OWRlOS1jN2EwLTQ0MjMtYjczMy03NDA2Mzg5MjkzZGQiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWZjZDM1YzI5NWEwMmRlYzczYjg0OTgiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy8wODA0OWRlOS1jN2EwLTQ0MjMtYjczMy03NDA2Mzg5MjkzZGQvZXBpc29kZXMvNjRiMDYzYjQtNmRhOC00OGE5LWJjZWUtZDgzMWE4ZDNjMGYzLzc5ZTY5MDcwLTY3Y2EtNGZmOS05MDgzLTllNTU5Mjg1Yjc5My5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"While celebrating Take's bachelor party in Indonesia, the work never stops. A key part of the AkiyaMart website goes down, and a mysterious series of notes is left inside one of their properties. 00:32 Introduction - On a beach in Indonesia 01:44 Debugging the AkiyaMart website on Indonesian internet 03:27 Our properties - Finally making money! 07:44 The return of Sato-san 11:39 Myoko - Struggles with a new build 14:49 Updates on the Nagasaki house 18:48 Our eyes are on Otaru 21:49 Reflecting back on our journey","meta_description":"While celebrating Take's bachelor party in Indonesia, the work never stops. A key part of the AkiyaMart website goes down, and a mysterious series of note…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1509,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/episodes/dear-diary-series-this-is-what-happens-when-we-leave/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/dear-diary-series-this-is-what-happens-when-we-leave.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}