{"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":"Making Your Way in Fukuoka, ft. Carlos Gutierrez","slug":"making-your-way-in-fukuoka-ft-carlos-gutierrez","published_at":"2026-05-08T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/making-your-way-in-fukuoka-ft-carlos-gutierrez","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/vQeBQWlP","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69fdabd4ca67e55f9c8d89ca/size/1116523922/video-files/64a21cee4dc8ef27ad81de5d/51d7c552-76f9-4aeb-9734-9887d9c457c5.mp4","summary":"In this episode, Take and Joey sit down in Fukuoka with Carlos, who recently relocated from Los Angeles on a Business Manager Visa. He breaks down the full process: which visa to apply for, why Fukuoka's immigration bureau is faster than Tokyo, how to find an apartment as a foreigner when 80% of landlords say no, and what the first couple months on the ground actually look like. If you're thinking about moving to Japan, this is the episode for you. Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/akiyamart] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@AkiyaMa]! Buying a House in Japan is a production of AkiyaMart. Find your Japan dream home at akiya-mart.com [https://akiya-mart.com/]. Questions? Email podcast@akiya-mart.com Hosts are Take Kurosawa and Joey Stockermans. The AkiyaMart Production Team is Carlos Gutierrez, Devin Silvernail, and Lukas Fotty.","meta_description":"In this episode, Take and Joey sit down in Fukuoka with Carlos, who recently relocated from Los Angeles on a Business Manager Visa. He breaks down the ful…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/episodes/making-your-way-in-fukuoka-ft-carlos-gutierrez/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/making-your-way-in-fukuoka-ft-carlos-gutierrez.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}