{"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":"Navigating Japan's Unwritten Rules, ft. Erik Buhrow","slug":"navigating-japan-s-unwritten-rules-ft-erik-buhrow","published_at":"2026-04-03T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/navigating-japan-s-unwritten-rules-ft-erik-buhrow","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/fDWNeCsW","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69ce4e68c9799e7e1ddd5588/size/1113180683/video-files/64a21cee4dc8ef27ad81de5d/fae39ee7-5b90-407b-88f5-0a48a49a1ef4.mp4","summary":"This week, Take and Joey are joined at Tama base camp by Erik, an early AkiyaMart customer and current AkiyaMart Direct Sales Manager, who has purchased three akiya in Japan, including the viral $69 home he is currently rehabbing as a traveler-friendly Snoopy-themed stay. The group covers some of the unwritten rules that lead to headaches during car registration, home buying or renovation, and the realities of navigating daily life in Japan. 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":"This week, Take and Joey are joined at Tama base camp by Erik, an early AkiyaMart customer and current AkiyaMart Direct Sales Manager, who has purchased t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2571,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/episodes/navigating-japan-s-unwritten-rules-ft-erik-buhrow/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/navigating-japan-s-unwritten-rules-ft-erik-buhrow.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}