29k deaths in 2011.

It's beautiful & so inexpensive ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉

I’ll put it this way: the average home in North America is about ¥73,153,150, adjusted for conversion. Even with the risk of earthquakes, the dream of owning a home is a reality with properties like this.

There is also risk of living.

We have earthquakes all the time. Thankfully no tsunamis though.

Similar situation in europe . Some houses are abandoned and you get them for free from the townhall with the only catch to take care and renovate the house up to new codes of safety. And still plenty just abandoned just because of remote locations or expensive renovation needed

My country would sell a wooden shack made of plywood for more than this house in a high crime area. Housing is so overpriced anything decent is priced like mansions. At least they knock off the price 😢

Thank you for that insight.

​@@daniarocio5001well those houses you saw are only in the sounthern part of italy which is pretty rough to live in, you will struggle to even find a job let alone have facilities and decent infrastructure, southern Italy is nothing like the modern and rich north. There is a reason why they were abandoned in the first place

So owners got the bill to retrofit and decided to abandon the house instead.

For Americans , 30k for just the land is probably a steak too

The same house (size wise and condition) where I currently live would easily be $500k. Rebuilding foundation on an existing house and doing a bit of construction to make it safe and livable is easily within the budget if the house itself is that cheap. My brother found one of similar size in our area that was $500k where similar houses around it were $800k, he found out that the entire foundation needed redone and it would end up costing about $300k to fix it, meaning it would be less of a headache to just buy one of the neighboring houses and still cost the same. I’ll take this one that’s reasonably priced and has ocean views, thanks.

@@winry2357 Residential tax and house tax is too expesive in Japan think of it first when u buy it especially in country side areas taxes are more than big cities

@@kodamasharmaneelam5651 sure, but it’s probably still more affordable than where I’m at now.

@@kodamasharmaneelam5651 really ?

So, could you purchase and would you then own the land it is on? So could you theoretically knock down the house and rebuild a new one on this plot? Apologies if you’re unsure, just genuinely curious 😊 Thanks for the info! X

@@vtriksta2858 I actually talked to a couple of Japanese ladies about this yesterday. Their take on this: If I wanted the house, I could probably have the realtor knock a million yen off the asking price. Since the land comes with the house, it shouldn't be too hard to knock down the house and build a new one that meets current standards in its place.

@@KevSm-li8yy that’s really helpful thank you so much for responding I really appreciate it

@@vtriksta2858 Some possible reasons why the house is so cheap Old house Parking space is rented Kind of far from elementary school Everything is uphill coming home Atami had a horrific landslide 3 years ago

Parking is about $20 per month? Not bad

What a shame..

@bearbryant Could I ask you how you managed to get real estate in Japan? I thought it was nigh on impossible to even stay in Japan for any period of time unless you get married to a local or similar, even more so when it comes to buying houses. I would be interested to buy and renovate a house in Japan in the future but I feel like there are many hurdles, I'm from Sweden if that matters with visas and stuff.

@@felixandersen3815 My wife is Japanese and my daughter was born here. They definitely have made it damn near impossible to have a decent life here. Lots of hassles and hurdles but if you “make your own rules” and don’t break any laws you can make a go of it here. Make sure you have plenty of income without needing to work for a Japanese company and never under any circumstances fall into the teacher trap. The best way is if you work for an international company in a field such as law but I do know of some recruiters and skilled workers who have good lives here as well. I worked for about 10-12 years in the legal dept. of one of Japanese top medical companies before switching over to an international firm. Even then I was denied loans and such. I paid cash or had my wife take out the loan and paid it off that way. Now I am retired from any sort of office work and my visa is always a mess. This last time I lost my self sponsorship (no reason given) and was forced to have my wife as my sponsor. The most they have ever given me is 3 years and constantly try to force me to naturalize or leave. I refuse to do either.

@@felixandersen3815 asian broads cabt resist white men brah.

i would steelframe and use that wood for luxury remade!!! steelframe would have extra safety against wood!!

It would only be trashed if squatters took up residence.

How stupid comment...

​@@gabe608teenagers would fuck it up too. They'd use it as a drinking/smoking den then set it on fire after a while.

@@gabe608 Spoken as someone who's never lived by a recently abandoned house. People keep a lookout for that shit and immediately move in, they literally have lookouts and informants to let squatters know where the "free housing" pops up as soon as it's abandoned. Once it's abandoned it ain't lasting long in the US before it's stolen by squatters or completely trashed in a few weeks and because of all the ridiculous squatters rights and laws it ain't even worth kicking them out half the time with an expensive and lengthy legal battle...

Yeah it would be trashed, all the wiring and pipes ripped out of the wall, half the place burned to the ground, the squatters still living in it and trashing it, and they'd still want half a million USD as-is. Mother of god Canada and the US are absolute fucking jokes.

不便で高齢者だと車を手放すので購入はしないと思います。　若いと貯蓄がありません。

The price actually goes down because you have to demolish it first before you can build something new.

良くご存知ですね。　その通りです。　団塊の世代がいなくなるとごっそり空き家が増えるでしょう。　この時代の人間はバブルを味わっており裕福でしたから。

Well you can offer as much as you want. As long as you don’t offer any proper jobs and infrastructure in that area, it will be worthless.

It's perfect for introverts or hikikomori though.

Yeah, hard to find jobs, relationship, open business, and everything, sadly lot of southeast Asian trying to reduce population by not married and child free, in hope there lot of jobs available, their stupid brains didn't grasp when population reduced, the business is reduced too, cause lack of buyer and investors, in the end it's still hard to find job.

I guess it’s time to move to rural Japan. How much are the taxes each year?

The entire country is in tsunami range…

👀👀👀👀👀👁️👁️

@@poohbear01x48 NO， i still dont get it . but I just saw the earthquake map of Japan a few months ago. Only the eastern region near the Pacific Ocean experiences crazy earthquakes. There are very few earthquakes on the side closer to China and South Korea. Even in some areas, the number of earthquakes is 0. It is impossible for a tsunami to occur. But I don’t know why there are no big cities in these areas, but the largest cities in Japan are all within the scope of the tsunami. Don't understand why they don't move to a safe place

@@lx051225 probably the same reason you have swathes of idiots in the USA who live in a region called TORNADO ALLEY. I have sympathy, but it is hard for me to feel bad when the last 200+ years of weather history in the midwest USA essentially tells us humans ‘dont live here broh’

@@lx051225 Yes, Fukushima is on the Mid to Northern Honshu Island north of Tokyo. That doesn't mean there can't be a large Earthquake on the Western side of Honshu (Japan) also. What's there to get? The whole Island can have earthquakes, only certain places have so far, but that can change.

Earhquakes are a high risk there and it's not far away from the ocean, which means a high risk of tsunamis too. Also the water is radioactice from the last accident of Fukushima.

⁠@@calimero600dude. atami is nowhere close to fukishima

@@samlin8089😂

Young Japanese are moving abroad, family dies, youth don't want the house.. hints, abandoned

Its rural. The young just move to tokyo. The old dies out. The family house just get abandoned because nobody want to stay at rural area anymore. More and more store close down. Nothing fun to do apart from the local bar. There some youtuber and documentation on this issue for years. Their birth rate is poor. The young not inter3sted in marriage anymore. And when they do, most of them have 1 or 2 kids max. The population wont grow as you need 3 kids per family to offset the parent dying so as to grow the total population. When kid grow up, they go to tokyo or big city to look for job. And settle there. Eventually, when their parent passed away,this kid dont bother to come back to their old hometown since he was an only child and nobody else is there. And japanese law is a big hassle that they rather abandoned the house than take ownership from their deceased parent. Some village even dwindled down so bad they disappear completely. Some village have to send their kid to next village's school because there are too less children in a single village. This kind of house is good for those who love nature and just want to retire in peace. You can go to the city via the station occasionally when you bored. Dont expect any mall or cinema or entertainment centre there.

Screw the temperature, the fact that it is located in Ruzzia is a dealbreaker enough

@@TheSteve_1992 Yeah, you'll have the NKVD come knocking on your door demanding your grain and any food, ransack your home and take all your valuables and come back when you're 87 pounds and barely hanging on to watch your last breaths.

Couldn't pay me enough to live there.

Why are yhe ukrin bots so angry here Are they losing the war again

Only the strongest survive

There goes the good deal. Ya all are right. Even with the extra costs, that's a great deal. Now the question is can foreigners buy property in Japan.

If it’s under $100k USD, after its all said and done, thats still a good deal, especially being close (hopefully not too close) to the beach.

​@@BreakfastCroissantshell, even 150k nowadays would still be a pretty good deal. Prices are insane here in the USA.

Lol. Basic houses in Australia are $600,000.... The good deal is there for us if we have to knock it down and rebuild from scratch.

100k$ dont buy you a parking lot here. Not talkin about a house this close to the sea would go for 4million$ easy.

Still a bargain overall; especially if you already have the resources to rennovate or demolish & replace the house 🤔

What visa and job does foreigner have? Rural Japan doesnt need eikaiwa teacher!

​@jimtaylor294 They can't demolish the house as several laws in japan prevent them from being demolished thats why peple renovate which in cases can cost more than a new house thats why some buildings in japan can be just given out

@@0v249 bro, im in rural japan. You are getting mixed up. 1) there are few jobs in the rural areas with a higher cost of living. 2) if you own the house/land, you are free to knock it down. The main reason i find when enquiring about nearby properties is either the family havent settled their estate and the property is empty for years or the owner is alive but has been sent to a carehome. Once the estate is settled disused houses get knocked down quick, the wood gets recycled and the plot is sold on, however the demolishion costs money which some wont want to commit to as there isnt a penalty for letting a @0v249 bro, im in rural japan. You are getting mixed up. 1) there are few jobs in the rural areas with a higher cost of living. 2) if you own the house/land, you are free to knock it down. The main reason i find when enquiring about nearby properties is either the family havent settled their estate and the property is empty for years or the owner is alive but has been sent to a carehome. Once the estate is settled disused houses get knocked down quick, the wood gets recycled and the plot is sold on, however the demolishion costs money which some wont want to commit to as there isnt a penalty for letting a worthless property sit vacant.

yeah it come with evil sprit haunting the house too...but eh nobody cares

Exactly. There’s a reason nobody else is offering to pay more

You'd probably have to rebuilt some of the structural supports and beams, even our wooden buildings over here in North America where we don't have the same earthquake issues still often have issues like leaks, cracks from the house settling, and rotting wood that needs replacing. The difference is, a rotten dilapidated abandoned house like this in the US or Canada would be absolutely ruined by junkies, teenagers, and squatters, you'd have a lengthy legal battle to get the squatters out, AND the bank/old owners would still want half a million USD for it.

@@somethingsomething404 Japanese just don't like used houses and everyone wants to live in the cities

​@@somethingsomething404everyone moved to the big cities. Rural regions of Japan have a huge population decline.

82 m² = 883 ft² (rounding up). So really small.

Good luck with that

​@@rockssocks201Give it 15 years

There's reason for this... Unless you want to live in a ghost town.. All over the country side...

@@cetujavu3466 yeah, but at least from Google Maps doesn't seem too small neighborhood... and there's larger neighborhoods nearby.

While Japan is quite xenophobic, it's still a capitalistic country with a fairly free market. So the fact that this house has such a low asking price and yet no one wants it suggests that there are other factors that make it undesirable...

@@a-b0t633 cold, badly-built, backwater, no jobs not cozy

I've always craved this level of respect for all things and others around. I have such a deep love and admiration for Japanese culture and it's not at all just for the 'anime'. I just wish that westerners shared this level of respect and duty with all things. How amazing America would be. It's a real shame. The whole world would be quite beautiful honestly if all cultures around the world had the level of decent, respect and thoughtfulness that the Japanese do in their do to day lives. Minus the suicide rates...

@flashrslashr4527 yes the Japanese culture is quite respectful. It's all based upon honor. But it used to backed up with total control. If violated the honor code you were put to death. This is how that society came about. Now they control the people with shame. Once you are austracised, that's it. No one speaks or does business with you. I believe and so does alot of other government officials and philosophy people that to bring a country to an understanding you must use force. In America this kind of a society won't work because America started out being free. Well at least for white people, but the Natives and blacks got a raw deal. But now days the blacks are equal but yet the Natives still live on the reservations ( POW camps). Yes they can leave bit look at it from their perspective. Why would you want to live around the same people that their ancestors raped, murdered and tried to poison them to death. Then you have to buy land that God had obviously given to them. It makes no sense to buy what was stolen especially when there are laws that say you can't own anything stolen! Until America not only recognizes and makes amends for their lawlessness this country and it's reputation will stay tarnished until the end of time. America has no credibility in the eyes of the world. We are just the biggest bullies on the playground of earth.

Thats for sure if you never thought about that you're not ready too go there but my question would be if you get accepted by the locals if you are fully accept and adept there Culture etc. or are they staying at the point not born here nothing worth? And the Point of the Political side where only older People are focused because there are so many and young People must deal with it thats special hard for foreigner. The working mentality is also complety diffrent from the west. I mean here in europe 40-50 maybe 60 hours maximal what people work. In Japan i can think its diffrent.

@pain3337 yeah Japan has a very peculiar work ethics. Let's say you've been at your job and you have vacation time coming. In Japan you have to notify your team ahead of time before you go on vacation because they will have to take up your work. And not only that, it's customary to buy your co-workers a gift from where ever you are going to show appreciation for them for doing your job. And yes they do work alot of hours at work. It's hard for foreigners to adjust to their cultural system. Here's another example. Try to find a trash can to throw away your trash. You won't find one. In Japan they recycle everything. If it can be used again they won't throw it away. Their trash bags are clear so they can see what you are throwing away. There is a person from the neighborhood that monitors the trash. Every month a different person does that job from the neighborhood. If you are caught throwing something away that can be recycled, they tell everyone in the neighborhood about what you did. The neighbors will look down upon you. If you are sick, you automatically wear a mask. Plus they don't like perfume or cologne. You take a bath twice a day. Before going to bed and when you get up. Married people don't sleep in the same bed. They only do that to make baby. Notice that I typed baby. Only one. If you have more than one than you have to pay for everything for your babies. Schooling and everything. They have very strict rules. Everything there is based upon the honor system. No breaking customary rules or especially the law. Prostitution is legal there. But not on the streets. But if you're a foreigner you won't be allowed to about 90 percent of those establishments. This is the one that I got a kick out of. They love vending machines. You can get cigarettes in a vending machine. You can get beer in a vending machine. You can buy adult magazines and other things in a vending machine. You can even get a date in a vending machine. Not a girl, but you get a phone number and you have to schedule a time and place. You don't make eye contact with anyone on the subway or busses. You don't even make a sound from your mouth or phone.

Love cultures that expect to have their way of life embraced, but won't for others.

That's a much needed explanation - thank you!

Thank you; this was a very informative comment, providing more nuance to what always seems like a “too good to be true” video.

I don’t think this is the case. Sounds plausible, but it’s not. It’s just simply that the Japanese are aging and there’s less people than there is housing. Supply and demand is true, but it’s not because of the materials, it’s just because there’s less people.

@@morrishbs do some quick research first, search for why Japanese houses last 20 years. It has been like this during the population boom period as well. Japanese housing is not cheap, just houses age and lose value faster.

how do they value steel frame houses??

Thanks for watching!

I've seen plenty of evidence to the contrary. You shouldn't believe everything you see online

Especially if you're non whyte

Their swords are hidden somewhere you don’t see. Be ware of their smiles.

@@duosbabymama what does that mean?

no, they're not. The house in question is not up to modern safety standarts and is not likely that it will survive an earthquake (which is a pretty big deal in Japan). That's why the price is so low

It's so good!

But how does it work for immigration, as US citizen or European what kind of visa do you have to stay there 3 years?

Be careful, like a true shady sell person, he conveniently did not mention the reason behind the low low prices... Those houses do not meet safety standards, especially regarding earthquakes.

Love to hear that!

If you act respectfully is it all area friendly? You are a guest soo its on You, not the locals.

Cant picture Japanese being hostile to civilized people. I know they "rightfully" cant stand blacks

​@@Rhamirezz85oh it is the locals. Clearly you haven't been to Japan.

@@Rhamirezz85not a guest if you buy a house and live there.

For 32k you Can Afford It 🤪🤑🤑🤑

Not as expensive as a Rolex

Me also! Love the country, the people, the food, the culture, and traditions. I could easily live out the rest of my life there ❤

how much is your life worth? this house is not earthquake rated and is built near the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, one of the 2 most active and violent fault lines in the country. A quake WILL happen and you will die. Look elsewhere for a home you'll live long enough to enjoy

Find an online job that allows you to work remotely. It’s so affordable in Japan now if you’re earning a salary in USD.

Go for it!

Me too! Presently loving in Southern California. But the changes and corruption which has infected America, makes me want to leave!! I just retired and need a big change! 32K is low enough for me to pay off immediately. No more exorbitant rent or loan payments. Tempting for sure

How do we as Americans buy something in Japan? What are the rules? Thank you sir! ​@shumatsuopost

@@shumatsuopost32k dollars is about 1 years of rent. In my area.

You’ll be spending substantially more than 32k to bring this building up to code. It’s been abandoned because it doesn’t meet safety standards for earthquakes anymore.

Agreed. Just like the older houses/apts in California will have trouble with standing an earthquake, it’s the same for Japan. It wouldn’t bother me any more or less.

Pretty bad. Add an order of magnitude for frequency and... magnitude.

Close to the ocean, think tsunami. Plus there are taxes....

If its been standing for 40 years I am sure it will be ok 😂

If the big earthquakes don't scare you, maybe you should think of tsunamis

The Durability against Elements increases massively when you use Stones or/and Concrete (made by educated Professionals) instead of Cardboard for building Houses😅

This house isnt that. It's actually the opposite. In Japan Earthquakes are THE #1 threat and houses MUST meet the safety criteria or be renovated. It cost alot more to essentially bulldoze the house and rebuild than it is to just let the propery sit. The more you know!

It looks like it definitely has more than 882sqft/82sqm of living space

@@jonslg240 Not counting the second story probably.

They aren't. The reason this house is abandoned and maintained by squatters (or at least kids hanging around) is because it'd be cheaper to tear it down and build a new one instead of getting this one up to current building standards in Japan.

agree otherwise, except that ain't an Eames chair

Both of you just wanted to saw the word Eames, that most people and at least one of you don’t truly understand. Hahaha! Ohh the internet. 😂

Naw I'd turn that into a game room lol

Check and see if that chair is an original!

Far from an Eames chair.

耐震工事は１００万円以内で出来そうですよ。

4 major disasters every year for years. The island is getting smaller. Look at the before and after pictures 80 years ago. Sad. They need a new island

@@margretblair5389 How does an island get smaller?

Because they’re not stupid like United States and California were you a pair arm and a leg to even try to meet the mortgage

Yes Same

Building and renovating aren’t the same in Japan as in California.

It is very much NOT cheap. My friends visit Japan every year or more, but they have told me they wouldn't bother getting a house

@@aazhie what is 30k on a house though.. if u can sell it for a bit less.. still better then paying 5k rent a month in acity..

CA. Earthquake? 😅😂 I lived in CA for 8 years and it’s barely moving

I agree!

Really ? Thanks for info.

Are there no portable electrical heaters that you can use to heat up the house?

@@RealMe-sd9nm You know how expensive electricity is?

@@HermanWillems Just install solar panels, once for all.

Goo goo gaa gaa

That is what i was thinking it is cheap for a reason. . VERY CLOSE to the ocean . If you survive the earthquake you definitely wont survive the TSUNAMI .

@@AbdennasserFodil Really pretty but I’d be looking at structural engineering and earthquake protection and insulation can you purchase that in Japan?

Japan been hit by multiple tsuname. And million earthquake. And this house built on 1972, I think the house will outlast you if you take care of it. ​@@AbdennasserFodil

Obvious from the video that said home is elevated. Built in the 70s and structurally sound... if it hasn't suffered any damage in 50 some odd years I'm pretty sure it's fine. Lol

I think that the price is reasonable as Japanese. As you can see,the sea is little far.At least it’s no problem for tsunami. it’s good for second life house.

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I guess you think your preference with a bottomless wallet is "required"

You forgot to add your taxes and duties... 😎... You might as well build a bamboo hut in the forest... 😅😂

I agree with insulation and plumbing, but not central air. That’s not needed, just a hot/cold unit in each room is fine as well as a heated table. Those simple things are enough for heating. Other than that, this house needs almost no work (shown) minus the toilet. The floors can be cleaned, tatami replaced with new tatami.

They don’t sell for much because of a population decrease exasperated by no jobs in the area.

The house is basically at the end of its life. They're built for a life of 30-35 years. You're mostly paying for the land, the house is almost worthless.

@@patta8388 No. A Japanese house built in 1960 is probably just as good as it was in 1960. The difference is that kitchens will be far too small, bathtubs too small, squat toilets, not enough electrical outlets, single-pane windows, etc. etc. etc. As for the value of the land that the house sits on, you're wrong again. The house is a detriment because demolishing the house is going to cost a lot.

Probably cost 10 times as much to get it up to code, which is still dirt cheap for people living in developed western economy.

@@TheShrededward nah, those houses are trashed. I have a place there, and a place in the US- the wife and I toured in/around Chiba, and Kyoto at 40k you're getting something with unlevel floors, leaks, mold. the moisture destroys everything.

Well said!

Me too, but for one important downside. I only know about a dozen words of Japanese. The possible seismic activity problem would not be the deal breaker. USA style tornado damage, guaranteed EVERY year, is a much more terrifying prospect. Probably not relevant here!

@@johnboluski-zl1qn as someone living in Iowa, I am 100x more terrified of earthquakes and Tsunamis. In my eyes, you can get lucky and swerve a tornado. Earthquakes seem to hit anyone everywhere, but I haven’t experienced one myself, so I shouldn’t judge haha

@@johnboluski-zl1qn 　最初は翻訳アプリ等を使ってアニメでも動画でも見て日本語を勉強してください。

Sounds great!

​@@shumatsuopostsounds pretty sad actually.

@@nurfuerverrueckte ppl see through different lenses which we view life ig. I hope ur doin well, u got this!

Or a BnB since Atami and parts of Izu Peninsula are pretty touristic area (mostly domestic ones).

This house is crazy expensive u can get it for 5k or less. It's empty cuz it's abandant

If you took off the wood paneling it’d automatically be even nicer.

@@xiaoka I strongly disagree. The wood paneling is at least making an effort to look like something other than prefab housing. Most Japanese houses from this era area have very industrial, mass produced looking exteriors. Objectively though it is a dated 70s design, which I personally don't have a problem with.

Exactly

There is a big catch. this house does not meet code, it would be illegal to live in it.

🧢

Then let it clean itself via earthquakes shaking the rocks, debris and ocean water off of it now and again.

Until WEF invaders show up

​@@user-mc5pl6xk9xso you got banned for being a douche so you make scummy accounts to "TrOLL" because you can't realize your worthless life

tsunami next to ocean how bout $5000.00?

Ahhhh.. man that’s really upsetting. Can’t imagine. Hopefully all of your hard work will be rewarded in some way. Good luck!

Most of those really cheap or free homes are for people willing to live in those rural areas for at least 5yrs , trying to slow the exodus of young people to the cities. Problem is you'll need to find a job in those areas and have a visa to let you live in Japan for that period. Business visas require a considerable amount of money to allow you to work long period, people with that kind of money can afford to live in the city

So sorry. That fine print and devil hiding in the details gets us every time!!!

You don't want the freaking Chinese to buy up everything

@@mrsheabutter This guy won't tell you that.

It's still standing tho...

Yeah but there are probably some black mold laying somewhere in the house

@@jakubgrzybek6181 this comment 😂😂😂 like saying a computer running windows 98 is still running so why would you upgrade?

@@Zei33 funny thing in Poland trains schedules for one station were operated by computer from '70 until 2010, so yea if it runs why replace it.

@@jakubgrzybek6181 oh I don’t know. How about poor insulation? Bad electrical? Aging materials? Ancient and outdated faciltiies? Probably termites. Houses perform many functions and just existing isn’t a good enough reason.

Yup ..that easy. And these videos are totally real....there's no catch. 🙄

You're not Japanese... You never will be... I have a white friend who was born in Japan but never fully accepted. The embrace might be majestic because of the architecture, landscape and food, but it certainly won't be loving. You'll be a token foreign friend at best, and not by everyone.

It is almost impossible to migrate to Japan. Even spouses of Japanese are not given permanent residency. They still need to leave every year and reapply. Maybe things have gotten easier.

You are buying the land. The house is a tear down. 200k to bring to code or more.

@@alwayslearningtech 　その場合は地域の活動に積極的に参加してください。　特に奉仕活動を皆と同じにやれば信頼を勝ち取れるでしょう。　後自治体があれば安く済む趣味のクラブ等に入ると良いと思います。

Except the toilet. How do I play sudoku there?

@@uranblut true. I'd throw that out immediatly. But I love the other type of japanese toilet though. You know the technology type with the fountain and stuff.

@@electricpaisy6045 hehe, yes

😂😂😂😂..it would have been if every administration had not wasted $trillions on wars over decades. 😊

@@4evertrue830 I wish we could audit the government

It happens anywhere if there is an annually dwindling population . Converse if the population is increasing

Go check out Gary, Indiana.

@@hashimrahman51 🤣 hell no

Do you know the language? Are you willing to seriously put in the effort to learn? Because if you don't know Japanese, prepare to be socially ostracized by everyone around you. We tend to forget that Japan is a nationalist ethno state. They aren't too fond of foreigners. Good luck!

I have been to Okinawa and the island 🏝️ is very beautiful.The people are very kind .

How do you plan to get a visa to live there?

Don’t forget that you need a visa to stay in Japan if you are not japanese. And in order to obtain a working visa you need a university degree 😊

@@LETNWyou need a working visa from what I remember. Or, basically proof that you can contribute to the country’s economy. If you have a university degree you can get a job here teaching or something.

wood-framed 1 or 2 level structures do very well in earthquakes connecting to the foundation is the main point, with some corner beef-ups next in priority (we have an 1891 house on 1928 foundation in Seattle)

Problems Atami. Shosuko. A Tatami room 2 of them even are u crazy. Toilet squatting style u will have to think why am I here every time u have a crap Izo taca station sounds like another problem globalization is causing all this

i used to do seismic upgrades during renovations, it's not that difficult. It is more than the average person can do, but it's not like youre rebuilding half the house. Straps in corners, HTT4 hold downs on the studs to foundation, coil rods in corners, it's not the biggest issue but it can be more than a home owner can do for themselves. Yes it probably costs a lot, but that's all construction.

Sadako Yamamura can only emerge from a vintage tube tv. The did not keep up with technology so they don't know how to come out of an led flat panel tv.

That’s why areas are trying to get more people in the area. Fewer houses means the remaining people need to pay more taxes to keep a city going. The more people that move in the lower the taxes per person.

Japanese is extremely hard to learn

But what happens when there’s more of them

@@tbird5791 pretty sure Japan in on top of this

Japanese people aren't a hivemind. 99.9% of them will just ignore you unless you're loud and annoying.

which is why I leave the windows open and walk around butt naked.. I also do kareoke or show tunes naked.

Reminds me of a certain red-rice scene from a certain popular anime . 🥶

There are other reasons behind that it's so cheap. Japanese people don't want to buy it because of good reasons, maybe earthquakes, tsunamis or rafioactivity in this area ( Fukushima)

The catch is that you better have a remote job or retired with wealth. You won't be able to get a job nearby. Also, you better drive. This will be in a small town. Things you will need for western standards exist mainly in bigger towns. You also will never be a Japanese citizen. So constantly dealing with immigration. Last but not least, you probably don't be accepted into the local community (unless you're Japanese). Not even going to go into the age demographics in such town. All elders. No youth.

if it’s stood since ‘72 it will continue to stand

​@@kirstenhouten5524yep. It's built to last unlike the foam covered popsicle sticks we call houses in the USA.

good point, a little bit up in the mountains you will be ok though

Would you have the same consideration if a person wants to buy a house in South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oaklahoma or Texas (aka tornado alley) ?

​@@yellfire Well, if home insurance is taking after buying the house, the home owner can still sleep well afterwards. 😂😅😊

Good idea..💡👍

Exactly. Comparing apples and oranges is a fun internet game but it’s often misleading about the full facts.

Yep. A fun question to ask (not that you will get a straight answer is "Why are you selling?" Or in this case, "why was it abandoned"?

How would you know?! Why the comment. Maybe bc you have issues with people who aren't White. Open your mind.

that is a problem

I am.used to not being wanted

As a westerner no problem😅 everyone we've let in hates us

I disagree, Japanese people do like you if you try to learn their language a little and be nice to them and listen to them. Really just like anywhere. It's not like it was in the 50's, there are new generations and they aren't as stuffy as their grandparents.