If you built a house in Japan now for the cost of 100k the house would be worth 50k in 30 years.

Real estate in Japan appreciates like cars, unless you have an especially rare piece of land, it depreciates over time. It’s a bad investment unless you’re actively getting use out of it.

Part of why there’s so much cheap and abandoned land in Japan, there’s no real estate investment structure outside of land near train stations.

Land in Japan only appreciates in large cities. If you buy it now at 3k it’ll be worth 2k in 30 years.

Don’t buy these old japanese houses, they’re literally made of mud and sticks and have absolutely fuck all for insulation.

Living in nature is all fun and games until you’re expected to sleep in 50 degree weather while your split unit struggles to keep your paper box of a bedroom cool.

Most of the time the closest hospital is like 2-3 hours away on a bus that only comes twice a day, so you better hope you never get in an accident cause the ambulance won’t come for hours and your only other hope is the only other person in neighborhood: your 90 year old neighbor who you’re not sure is even still alive.

Source: lived in one for multiple years.

Edit: also when I say old I mean as soon as 1995 Before they majorly overhauled the earthquake and insulation codes nationally

This is cool but also remember the practicalities of Fusion make it not much better than nuclear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmHBMaS6Sw