準備中 · One moment
One moment, the house is unlocking…
準備中 · One moment
One moment, the house is unlocking…
準備中 · One moment
Polishing the door handles…
The archive
8 episodes and counting. Catch up on the full back catalogue or pick the one that scratches the itch.
We tour a 120-year-old kominka with a hand-cut hinoki frame, talk through the renovation budget line by line, and ask whether snow country is really for you.
How Japan's empty-house registries actually work, why some listings are essentially free, and the paperwork no one warns you about.
A look at the narrow townhouses of Kyoto — what makes them special, what they cost to restore, and what the city won't let you change.
An interview with a couple who moved their family to a depopulated mountain hamlet — the friendships, the freedom, the fiber internet.
A wooden farmhouse in Tokushima for ¥850,000. Theo walks Mei through the inspection, the red flags, and the surprise upside.
A frank conversation with a Tokyo mortgage broker about which banks lend to non-residents, what rates to expect, and how to avoid the worst pitfalls.
When is an old house worth saving and when should you start over? Architect Hana Mori joins us with the framework she uses with her clients.
Title transfers, the hanko, the juminhyo, the chimei, and every other form you'll meet on the way to owning a Japanese home.