Japan’s most expensive resort towns

Wondering where the most expensive resort areas are in Japan? According to a ranking by proptech company PriceHubble on September 20, 2022, the beachside town of Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture is top of the list with an average price of 410,000 Yen/sqm.

 

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Aoshima is Kyushu's latest real estate hotspot

The small beachside area of Aoshima, in the southern end of Miyazaki City, is experiencing what local reporters are calling a real estate bubble.

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Soon you can rent Kisho Kurokawa’s capsule holiday home

Back in 1973, iconic modernist architect and a founder of the Metabolist Movement, Kisho Kurokawa, built a personal holiday home in the summer resort area of Karuizawa. Now, a crowdfunding venture is underway to raise funds to restore the unique home and make it available for holiday rentals.

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Tateshina Highlands holiday homes see boost in wake of coronavirus panic

With a growing number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the greater Tokyo area and a recently-declared state of emergency, some city residents are escaping to holiday home areas. One district that has seen a resurgence in popularity is the Yatsugatake Nanroku / Tateshina Highland holiday home area. 

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Desperate sellers in ski resort town forced to pay buyers to offload apartments

Some owners, in an attempt to offload their apartments in aging ski resort towns, are paying companies to take the properties off their hands. For companies offering this relatively new service, charging fees to the seller is how they balance the risk of holding a property that comes with high running costs and limited resale potential.

How it works

According to the website of a company that specializes in buying up resort apartments, they ask the seller to pay them enough to cover the following:

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Want to live in Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch?

Huis Ten Bosch Canal Estate 3Huis Ten Bosch is a Dutch-style theme park spread over 152 hectares in Sasebo, Nagasaki. In addition to the popular theme park, there is also a small enclave of canal-front homes and apartments that can be purchased. 

The gated residential estate is called Wassenaar - named after an affluent suburb in The Hague. There are 130 houses and 10 apartment buildings containing 120 apartments housing as many as 800 residents. As Huis Ten Bosch is only 30 minutes from downtown Sasebo, some residents live here full-time while others use their home as a weekender or on holidays. The homes were all designed in keeping with the Dutch theme, and have landscaped gardens, boat moorings and some have swimming pools. Read more