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Abandoned akiya homes in Japan ripe for renovation
Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With ...
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A Gen X couple bought an abandoned house in Japan for $23,000. They're restoring it as part of their retirement plan.
An akiya bank is a database maintained by the ... I was chased by one inside the house, so that was really scary — even though it makes a funny story now," Deborah said. The language barrier ...
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Japan has millions of empty houses. Want to buy one for $25,000?
“In rural areas, there is a long history of ancestral owners of akiya living ... Named Chiiori, or House of the Flute, the thatched-roof aerie is about 300 years old. Inside, it’s a shadowy ...
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Japan is trying to lure people into rural areas by selling $500 homes, but it's not enough to fix the country's 'ghost town' problem
"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 ...
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City in Toyama pushes sales of ‘akiya’ houses for 100 yen
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 ...