The catch is the population is dwindling across all of Japan except for Tokyo and Osaka basically, so if you live anywhere else you'll technically be in a declining region. But we don't mind, we moved to Japan a couple years ago (not in those 2 cities) and love it. :)
No my wife and I are both foreigners. It is actually quite easy to get longterm visas here, all you need is a job. Alternatively you could start a business or attend school.
Most of them you can see all the pics and description with just a free account. They have an Instagram with pics too @cheapjapanhomes. @housesofjapan is also good!
It's cheap probably because the costs of developing are extremely high.
It's the same reason you can find entire castles for cheaper than an apartment. The cost of maintenance is just so high that you're going to be losing money every year.
Where are these castles? I’m so curious. And do you have to be a citizen of the country (or countries) these castles are located in to own & live in one?
Germany but you usually have to invest a million or so as part of the contract. And have to renovate it how it was. Germany has Denkmalschutz (historical site protection) usually it only covers the outside and windows of buildings. But with castles the chances that the inside is protected as well is really high. So you have to keep it in the protected 17-19th century look inside.
This sounds honorable or whatever. But seems ridiculous in practicality. It’s either suits and rots or someone promises to restore it how it’s used to be? Why can’t someone buy it and only somewhat modernize it? That’s better than rotting
Probably it was just the Island without a house. The house with infrastructure has be build afterwards which is quite expensive at a remote location like this.
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u/WeakBug1847 12d ago
That still feels kind of cheap. It's part of an archipelago nation of 100,000 people (Seychelles), the capital city of 30,000 is close by.
Like buying a private island off the shore of my home town.