{"podcast":{"title":"Buying a House in Japan","slug":"buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","podcast_index_feed_id":6670744,"rss_url":"https://feeds.zencastr.com/f/jROqWpX2.rss","website_url":"https://www.akiya-mart.com/","image_url":"https://media.zencastr.com/image-files/64a21cee4dc8ef27ad81de5d/fc070ac1-3f5f-4978-91f0-fdf5a85ceea5.png","author":"t1kurosawa@gmail.com","episode_count":136,"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 [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","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T00:19:19.382828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744"},"episode":{"title":"Finishing the Japan Speedrun at Kochi Airport","slug":"finishing-the-japan-speedrun-at-kochi-airport","published_at":"2025-12-19T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/finishing-the-japan-speedrun-at-kochi-airport","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/Z4xuthWh","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69443e8005129e3bfcfe4c90/size/762734523/video-files/64a21cee4dc8ef27ad81de5d/29665ba9-ddbd-425f-8c29-8b00ef577585.mp4","summary":"After 3 weeks, several ferries, and a lot driving all over Japan, from Niigata to southern Shikoku, Take and Joey sit down to recap their journey. This time, they're coming to you from the parking lot at Kochi Airport, mere minutes before Take was set to fly back to California. They recap all that has gone down in these three weeks, from the prospect of setting up tiny homes, to visiting the coin laundry in Tama, to the prospects of areas like Kochi and Kaifu. They also touch on some recent news and talk about their hopes for an upcoming trip back to Japan early next year. Buying a House in Japan is a production of AkiyaMart. Find your Japan dream home at akiya-mart.com [https://akiya-mart.com/]. Wanna get in touch? Drop us a line at podcast@akiya-mart.com. 01:01 Podcast Welcome 13:36 Surfing in Japan: Is It Worth It? 15:15 Tiny Homes vs. Renovating AKI: Pros and Cons 19:59 Bear Attacks in Japan: A Growing Concern 22:49 Travel Tips and Favorite Moments 26:01 Upcoming Trips and Future Plans 28:17 Conclusion and Contact Information","meta_description":"After 3 weeks, several ferries, and a lot driving all over Japan, from Niigata to southern Shikoku, Take and Joey sit down to recap their journey. This ti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1768,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/episodes/finishing-the-japan-speedrun-at-kochi-airport/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/finishing-the-japan-speedrun-at-kochi-airport.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}