Abandoned Japanese Home TURNED into a Thriving Business! Akiya Tour
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Tour a renovated Akiya or abandoned Japanese home and learn how Evan and Dani Benton of @bentonhomestead got their business visas in Japan and created a profitable business. They currently own 2 previously abandoned Japanese Homes or akiya. They’ve renovated one into a profitable guest house while growing a garden and starting their bee keeping business to raise organic honey in Japan.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:36 What is Akiya, Where is Omishima?
3:07 Tour of Traditional Japanese Tatami Room
7:47 A Very Special Thing
10:09 A Unique Aspect of Japanese Homes
12:03 How Much Did They Pay for The House?
14:33 Tour of Kitchen
16:07 Tour of “Western Room”
17:13 Getting a Business Visa in Japan
19:22 How to Purchase a Home in Japan
22:26 Help Buying a Home in Omishima
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5 Comments
Happy to see this one come out finally! Such a great couple who deserve everything they're building for themselves. Great video Steven!
Thanks so much, Steven! We just watched both videos; you did a great job sharing our story. We are just super appreciative of all the work you've done 🙂 If any of your viewers are interested in popping over to our channel, everyone is welcome. We're a little new to YouTube, but weve been sharing our whole immigration and renovation process, as well as honeybees, natural farming, and saving abandoned vintage belongings.
Very nice!
The increase in time for the startup business visa will make a huge difference for someone renovating a guesthouse, particularly with labour shortages for trades.
Wow, what a great video! Very inspiring story.