It was in Mitocho, a small town near Masuda city, where they found the perfect akiya — a traditional Japanese house constructed in 1868, during the Meiji era. Masuda city is about a two-hour ...

Swedish national Anton Wormann learned about an “akiya” abandoned vacant home in Tokyo and immediately requested a viewing. The wooden house showed clear signs it had been empty and ...

I purchased an akiya in Japan this year. I closed on it in July, and I did everything remotely over the course of three months. I did not visit Japan to see the house or do anything. I worked with ...

"The akiya at the beginning of the move looked a little bit like a haunted house," Uchiyama, now in his mid-40s, admitted (he declined to share how much they bought it for). "But we changed the ...

Buyers must move into the house with at least another occupant, intend to live for a long time and meet other conditions. Akiya owners receive the city’s help to unload unused properties that ...

and there are three different categories of Akiya. One is Kominka. There is no strict definition but generally speaking, Kominka (an old house) is a residential house over 50 years old with ...

“We decided to come to Japan mainly because the house prices in Melbourne were way beyond our budget. I'd heard about ‘akiya’, so we decided to move to my wife's hometown and find a cheaper ...