A new addition to the JMRA’s minka bank this month - a 200 year old minka in Yamanashi-ken. The details listed include the push-up roof, and central columns of nearly 400mm (twice the size of ours).
This is one serious minka, and we hope to be taken over by someone with love for a sympathetic reform, including keeping the thatch roof...
Relocating to Japan 🇯🇵 is quickly becoming a future reality for me due to the rising real estate prices around the world. This video by Shu Matsuo Post who offers great advice on how to buy a home (especially Akiya or abandoned homes) in Japan 🇯🇵.
This interesting property in Japan is available for free. It’s located on a small island where the population has dwindled to less than 200. The listing describes the property as perfect for someone who can be satisfied with ”nothing”. You can sustain yourself with abundant seafood from the ocean and vegetables which you can grow yourself on a garden plot which comes with the property. There’s an old fashioned storehouse as well. The listing describes the property as move-in ready with a little cleanup. This may not the best place to bring a family as all the schools are now closed on the island, though it might be nice for a recluse loner, maybe a writer, looking for an inspiring location to escape the “world” and live a life of peaceful, quiet independence. #Akiya #Inaka #japan https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9R0tVp9nZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Taken up in the mountains of Tokushima prefecture near Miyoshi and the Iya Valley.
Akiya, abandoned homes, are a problem in Japan, especially in the more rural areas. I was surprised at how many abandoned homes I saw when I traveled around Shikoku. This building may have been a business as well as someone’s home. On the right side of the house in the bushes a sign can be made out. I honestly…