{"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":"We Mapped 100+ Years of Earthquake Data to Create a New Akiya Search Tool, ft. Keita","slug":"we-mapped-100-years-of-earthquake-data-to-create-a-new-akiya-search-tool-ft-keita","published_at":"2026-03-13T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/we-mapped-100-years-of-earthquake-data-to-create-a-new-akiya-search-tool-ft-keita","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/_IOUYI9Q","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69b171b93544ea9418f45652/size/531923323/video-files/64a21cee4dc8ef27ad81de5d/845253ce-667e-43f6-90ec-583703f55fe4.mp4","summary":"Want to buy an akiya in Japan but the idea of earthquakes keeping you up at night? We get it. Japan shakes, so we made a tool to help you figure out where to look. This week, Joey and Take catch up with university friend Keita, the geospatial software engineer who built AkiyaMart's new earthquake overlay filter. He explains how it works, why Shindo (felt intensity) matters more than magnitude for property buyers, and the key limitations of 100–120 years of historical data. 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. Chapters: 00:00 Japan Quake Reality Check 00:31 Meet Keita From Yakushima 02:21 Why Move Off Tokyo 03:31 Avocado Farm Dream 04:49 Earthquake Overlay Launch 06:33 How The Map Is Built 09:05 Testing Famous Quakes 11:13 Data Limits And Controversy 14:44 Shindo Vs Magnitude 16:45 ICU Tokyo Example 18:07 Wrap Up And Where To Find Keita 19:53 Podcast Outro And Links","meta_description":"Want to buy an akiya in Japan but the idea of earthquakes keeping you up at night? We get it. Japan shakes, so we made a tool to help you figure out where…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1234,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buying-a-house-in-japan-6670744/episodes/we-mapped-100-years-of-earthquake-data-to-create-a-new-akiya-search-tool-ft-keita/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/we-mapped-100-years-of-earthquake-data-to-create-a-new-akiya-search-tool-ft-keita.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}