What’s it really like to buy land in Japan’s rural areas? Join me as I share my journey to owning a plot in Nikko, Japan. From managing real estate surprises to envisioning a countryside lifestyle, ...

The ancient tradition of “murahachibu,” ostracizing community members as punishment, gets a contemporary twist in Hideo ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

The number of vacant houses in Japan has topped nine million. Government figures released on Tuesday show the number of empty houses, as of October 2023, was up by more than half a million since ...

More than a century ago, visitors to the countryside of what was a largely agrarian Japan remarked upon what we remark upon now: Its small, elegantly proportioned, sparsely furnished homes.

The negatives are that it costs a lot of money to refurbish an old house in Japan, even though the initial cost of buying was cheap. Summers are also hot and humid, although the countryside is ...

"There are hundreds of traditional Japanese countryside houses offering amazing locations, space, and architecture that are just going to waste right now." Mills sees this as an unmissable chance ...

"There are hundreds of traditional Japanese countryside houses offering amazing locations, space, and architecture that are just going to waste right now. "This is the perfect opportunity to snap ...

The central government will soon make it easier for people to rent out “minpaku,” which are vacant apartments or rooms in houses ... as private lodging in the countryside, yet many areas ...

Literally translated “kominka” means old traditional Japanese house, but think massive wooden ... plans to rejuvenate kominka in the Japanese countryside for use as “minpaku” private ...