{"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":"Renting an apartment in Japan is harder than we thought, ft. Ryan Kubozono","slug":"renting-an-apartment-in-japan-is-harder-than-we-thought-ft-ryan-kubozono","published_at":"2026-04-10T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/renting-an-apartment-in-japan-is-harder-than-we-thought-ft-ryan-kubozono","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/_gPiIaTg","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69d7c3c2e3da48217124a88c/size/1186731106/video-files/64a21cee4dc8ef27ad81de5d/e684b9db-e6d9-4754-9a14-4daa3784514f.mp4","summary":"This week, Joey and Take are joined by Ryan, AkiyaMart's representative director in Japan to talk about Joey's recent move to Ishigaki, and to cover just how hard it can be for a foreigner to rent in Japan. It might be easier just to buy a place after all. Find out why. 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, Joey and Take are joined by Ryan, AkiyaMart's representative director in Japan to talk about Joey's recent move to Ishigaki, and to cover just…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2743,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/episodes/renting-an-apartment-in-japan-is-harder-than-we-thought-ft-ryan-kubozono/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/renting-an-apartment-in-japan-is-harder-than-we-thought-ft-ryan-kubozono.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}