It’s cherry blossom season in Japan and I’ve finally managed another trip to the rural areas of Japan! This time is a small castle & port town called Maizuru (population around 84,000) in the northern part of Kyoto prefecture. It faces the Japan sea and used to be one of the biggest navy bases for Japan from Meiji to the early Showa era. Usually the smaller & undeveloped the towns are, the more traditional machiya or kominka houses there are left. I was able to visit the different districts of west Maizuru and could find several traditional machiya houses that were on sale (for a few mil yen).
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0:00 Introduction
2:40 Yoshihara (Yoshiwara) inlet district
5:35 The 4k USD machiya on sale by the inlet
9:45 Castle town/Shopping street district
12:35 Another machiya for sale by the canal (*already sold)
Here is the detail for the $4,000 USD machiya house for sale
http://www.frontier1627.com/bukken.html
(As mentioned in the video, please contact the agent only if you live in Japan, speak Japanese, and can visit the property in person.)
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Here is the detail for the $4,000 USD machiya house for sale
http://www.frontier1627.com/bukken.html
(As mentioned in the video, please contact the agent only if you live in Japan, speak Japanese, and can visit the property in person.)
I am also on Patreon! I'll be able to visit more rural towns & old houses of Japan with your support.
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Wow. Is this in Kyoto?
I enjoy this tour & I think it would be a great addition to hear your travel path/options to visit from train or biking to these areas to get a feel for the community.
Thanks for sharing your content & hope your house is coming together
Hello, I heard in the EDO period the "吉原" is famously for a brothel. So the east or west "吉原" house is also the old brothel?
Looks a bit like the area is declining in numbers and activity. Still cannot get into Japan as a tourist to look around. Hard to know where to look for akiya. I prefer cool weather And old houses. Mountains are nice. Nagano looks promising.
Nice find. 🙂 love the tour of the town. I just came from Gujo Hachiman looking at a cheap tradition house. The way reminds me if there
Mahalo!!
For the machiya on the Yoshihara inlet, do you know what the requirements are for having a small boat tied to the back of the property? Having a small boat to tour the inlets would be so much fun with a home like this 🙂
Thanks for the video.
Yoshiwara …the same name of the area where my kominka is in Hiroshima.
Nice video!
Do you think even if I don’t speak Japanese or if I can find some English speaking agent to help with the purchase this would be no problem to buy? I would love to have this and fine with buying as-is
Really nice to see another area!
Maizuru is a lovely place. Lower earthquake and tsunami risks. What is the expected rental yield?
Love the tour! i like the last house.
I love your videos, it's really interesting. I lived in japan before covid-19, I will be back this year and I'm looking for an akiya, is it possible to talk with you ? Do you have a Facebook or Instagram page ?
I would love to live here its nice i want to buy a house for cheap places
Nice tour. Thanks for letting me know if you can help me with my search 🙂 please
What about hidden costs? How much does it really cost to own this kind of property?
@9:32 My best guess is perhaps the metal piers are baffles or breakers to prevent the wakes from large boats inundating the low lying structures.
I live near this area but I didn't know about the canal area. Very cool! Thanks for giving me a nice place to look forward to visiting!
I'd like to get in touch with you regarding a proposal. Is there a way I can contact you?