Your content randomly popped up on my feed a few weeks ago and I've been looking forward to your content ever since. The way you see the world and the way you're creating this series just from out of nowhere in such good quality is amazing to me. Thankyou so much for sharing realistic advice and insights into Japanese culture. I'd love to live there eventually.
THANK YOU FOR 200K HERE ON TH-cam! ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU! Anton Wormann - ALL MY LINKS Official homepage www.anton.jp For work related e-mails info@anton.jp Official Instagram: instagram.com/antonwormann/?hl=en instagram.com/anton.injapan TH-cam youtube.com/@ANTONINJAPAN youtube.com/@ANTONWORMANN TIKTOK: 日本語 www.tiktok.com/@antonwormann?lang=en English www.tiktok.com/@antoninjapan BOOK MY UNIQUE JAPANESE HOUSE IN TOKYO : www.houseintokyo.com My agency/ model manager in Japan www.image-tokyo.co.jp/models/anton-wormann/ Thank you for watching Anton Wormann
Thank you for all the interesting info. Japan has so much history, I find most intriguing. I will never see it myself, so you telling your story's and take us around, thank you again. Take care.
One thing, worked as a RE consultant at my friend's fudosan (brokerage) in Tokyo, if you don't live in Japan, you are NOT going to get a loan. It worked for Anton but I'd probably be less direct approaching owners of a house, maybe ask them if they know of someone who might sell their akiya in the area. "Sumimasen, kono kinjo wa suki desu node, bukken o sagashiteimasu. Uritai no kata wa gozonji deshou ka?"
Have you ever heard about a famous Japan TV series "大改造!!劇的ビフォーアフター". I am a Hongkonger not a Japanese. I think some Japanese do renovate their old houses, especially those living around Kyoto. It's a good idea to take a look of that old TV series, maybe on TH-cam, which gave a lot of renovation ideas.
Dear Anton! As a Japan lover for more than 4 decades (e g. Judo, IGO game) tks for sharing your experience and expertise. As I am interested in the history of wooden boat building with a background in 45 years of sailing and a Dutch master certificate there are 2 places eventually I am interested: Ine (close to Kyoto) and Wajima (Honshu Island, Ishikawa Prefecture) where still exist wooden boat builders .... I miss the Asian spirit living now for 5 years in Netherlands. With Covid and pandemics people have changed negatively. For a European (born in Germany) its astonishing to see houses (akiya) at the size of 150 m2 for around 4 Million JPY (25-30,000 Euro), some even built in wood. I am at the very beginning of my own researches so ur insights are very helpful. I live on a wooden boat (37 ft two master) in Netherlands. So waterfront, close by marina, shipyard is a must as a sailor, either its Europe or any other place in the world. Good luck for ur carreer as real estate agent. Regards/Cpt. JR
We are going to Japan next week, and as an engineer… I have so many questions and ideas on how I would go through a renovation process. Thank you so much for sharing!
How about a video on how to live as a homeless vagabond in Japan? I have heard of foreigners that got extended work visas in Japan and they bought a used bicycle and traveled everywhere across those islands, working casual jobs, staying at campsites, manga cafes, cheap hotels, friends and acquaintance's houses, etc.
Sounds tough to pull off. You have to work fulltime to maintain your visa status. After your work ends you have up to 90 days to hang out and maybe could do it then?
@@rsmith02 Perhaps he was doing odd jobs for cash under the table? Looking into this, foreigners need special permission to do part-time work and just doing unskilled work is not allowed. visanavijapan: As a rule, Student visa holders and Dependent visa holders are not allowed to work in order to earn money. But you can work part time as long as permission is granted in advance. Referred to as “Permission to engage in activities other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted (shikakugai katsudo kyoka)”. This will allow you to work up to 28 hours a week and 8 hours per day during a long holiday. If you are an occasional student - only attending certain classes, not full time - you can work up to 14 hours a week. There is no restriction on the type of jobs, it doesn’t have to be related to what you study at the university. But there are some exceptions; you can not work in the sex industry, the entertainment industry such as hostess bars, pachinko & mah-jong parlors and arcades etc. You are not even allowed to work as a cleaner in these places. Cultural Activities visa holders are slightly different. Unlike Students and Dependent visa holders, the permission is granted individually, not comprehensively. You find a part time job first then apply for permission. If the job seems to be related to your cultural activities, then permission is granted and information about the work place is stated on your residence card (Zairyu card). If you leave that job, you have to find another part time job before applying for permission again.
SUUMO is the name of Recruit's real estate information website and its mascot character. There are many real estate agencies on the street. Advertisements are displayed on the front of the store. Generally, Japanese buy an old house and then tear it down and rebuild new one. Or as ANTON say, broker separate one house to two small ones and sell these two new houses. 祝200K Listeners.
I own 10 properties in Japan, in the Kantou area. I am making videos on that as well. I've been here 23 years, so I know the real estate area very well. Welcome to the club.
Can I have one? Haha just playing. Renovating an akiya is my goal within 10 years. I'm a carpenter in America so the renovations would be simple to me. I just need to get my visa and find a job there.
@@Big-Wonka If you're nice, I will consider it :D The visa part is the hardest. That's cool to come with carpentry skill. I find renovating fun even if I keep it simple.
@@KickAssets Haha I appreciate that. But yeah, I'm trying to figure out the best way to find an akiya. Ideally on the outskirts of Tokyo like Chiba or Saitama
@@Big-Wonka I'm working on a video like that currently and will eventually offer a course at some point since I've had many requests for help and have lots of experience. The first thing I want to teach people is to stop thinking of the term AKIYA and just think of it as buying a house. The only thing that differs an AKIYA from a normal place is that there is no agent involved. 9 of my properties are in Saitama and 1 in Tokyo.
@@KickAssets I know akiya is the buzzword nowadays and I'm not looking for a free home or anything. I understand it's like a foreclosure here. I should've said I'm looking to buy a cheaper home that needs renovations
Thanks for the vid, Anton! Hope it's not too invasive, but could you talk Financials? Like how was the final price of renovating your house VS buying it new or renting.. In Europe sometimes the cost of the house + renovations makes it so that it's almost the same to buy than to renovate, so if you're not good at repairs it's not such a good deal to buy to renovate... But I love the idea of for example repurpusing property.. Like buying a school and turning it into a house 😍
Do you know what you REALLY need? A certain music album by the group Sparks. Their breakthrough album from 1974 was named after Rosemary Clooney's 1951 hit 'Come on-a my house'. Or rather, how that sounds when you sing it fast: 'Kimono My House'. IF you don't like the music, but why shouldn't you, clever young guy with a broad and open mind?, you could keep it as art on the wall. There's no title on the front side, it's green with two fake geishas. Sparks are more active than ever (Sparks is basically the brothers Ron, born in 1945, and Russell, born in 1948, Mael), and have a strong fanbase in Japan, and played in Tokyo - Osaka - Tokyo in late July, 2023. Except for the immediate thought of 'Kimono My House' 😂, it fits so well, I must say, in a bit of shame, that I have seen your videos and shorts in the flow, but never paid them any attention. I wish I had! This is way more interesting than all North American house renovation/decoration together! Much love from 🇸🇪😅
Hi Anton, do you do a background check before you buy them? To know if there was a crime that occured there before. I mean theres got to be a reason why they were abandoned in the first place right?
So my husband and I found a property in Japan. I do real estate in the United States but how would I offer less money for this property without being disrespectful?
So, you have all the contacts and are a "mini" contractor/flipper AFTER going through this with the purchase of YOUR home? It gave you the experience to share the information here and not the other way around if I'm not mistaken? I remember parts were a nightmare with the renovation of your home. Eeks.
Sweden won't get too many Mexicans moving there, if they allow wild paint colors to be used. 🤣 Don't get it wrong, I like my amigos muchachos, but I've seen some wild paint colors in my hometown.
Do you want us to take your advice or not lmao make up your mind. I just want some important things to ask you how’s the nature of Japanese people towards you do you have Japanese friends? Do you guys hangout? Living as a foreigner in Japan all I want to know how friendly and easy it’s their to live. Because it’s fine to be alone if you just want to go their as a tourist but if you actually wants to live there I want to make connections and relationships with people. I really want to do the same project as you but as the more information I got I’m kinda scared because this doesn’t seem like a cheap project and it’s going to take a lot of time to renovate.
What Japan real estate investment is risky ? Because of geographic natural disasters earth quake & tusanami? How much minimum investment? How much monthly rent yield ? Can use property as Airbnb ?
Step 0: find a job in Japan Step 1: rent an apartment as they are cheap and plentiful Step 2: consider whether you plan to stay in Japan and if you even want a house. ... Step 10: buy and renovate a house
I keep looking to different Akiya channels and one Japanese said there are trash disposal facilities around Japan running by municipality. He said it's cheap to sort and dispose the trash by oneself. He had disposed 2.5 tons of trash by 20 rounds of small truck drive. Disposal charge is $1.5 per 10kg.
If I got it right, compared to Europe/(North) America, the Japanese look at the building like a piece of furniture, a huge cabinet, where you put the rest of the furniture?🤔
This is so interesting (thank you so much for this video, my brother might need it). 🙏🏼🙏🏼🩵🩵🫶🏼 My parents in Indonesia own rental properties (residential) near the business/diplomatic districts & we usually rent out to expats because back in the day foreigners weren't allowed to own property until before recently. One time we had a Japanese tenant & they left a bunch of useful & neat Japanese knick-knacks for me to use 😆😆 they left the stuff in our apartment with a note saying something like, “please feel free to use” hehe. An empty house in Roppongi sounds like a dream!! ✨
5:45 this is actually an interesting point, but I have a hunch that viewing houses as assets in the western world is a far more modern thing than we realize. The only thing that makes a house go up in value is scarcity, as more people hoard houses because they are 'assets' the scarcity increases and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Valuing older homes is separate from what I'm talking about by the way.
Your content randomly popped up on my feed a few weeks ago and I've been looking forward to your content ever since. The way you see the world and the way you're creating this series just from out of nowhere in such good quality is amazing to me. Thankyou so much for sharing realistic advice and insights into Japanese culture. I'd love to live there eventually.
THANK YOU FOR 200K HERE ON TH-cam! ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!
Anton Wormann - ALL MY LINKS
Official homepage
www.anton.jp
For work related e-mails info@anton.jp
Official Instagram:
instagram.com/antonwormann/?hl=en
instagram.com/anton.injapan
TH-cam
youtube.com/@ANTONINJAPAN
youtube.com/@ANTONWORMANN
TIKTOK:
日本語 www.tiktok.com/@antonwormann?lang=en
English www.tiktok.com/@antoninjapan
BOOK MY UNIQUE JAPANESE HOUSE IN TOKYO :
www.houseintokyo.com
My agency/ model manager in Japan
www.image-tokyo.co.jp/models/anton-wormann/
Thank you for watching
Anton Wormann
Thank you for including cultural information, it adds a lot to the overall understanding of Japan
Thank you for all the interesting info. Japan has so much history, I find most intriguing. I will never see it myself, so you telling your story's and take us around, thank you again. Take care.
How interesting!
I saw the link you posted. You don't live in this home, but renovated it as a rental or bnb home.
One thing, worked as a RE consultant at my friend's fudosan (brokerage) in Tokyo, if you don't live in Japan, you are NOT going to get a loan.
It worked for Anton but I'd probably be less direct approaching owners of a house, maybe ask them if they know of someone who might sell their akiya in the area. "Sumimasen, kono kinjo wa suki desu node, bukken o sagashiteimasu. Uritai no kata wa gozonji deshou ka?"
I think you mean "Uritai kata wo gozonji deshou ka?"
のand をwe need native 中学生が正しくてください。😂😂😂。
Have you ever heard about a famous Japan TV series "大改造!!劇的ビフォーアフター". I am a Hongkonger not a Japanese. I think some Japanese do renovate their old houses, especially those living around Kyoto. It's a good idea to take a look of that old TV series, maybe on TH-cam, which gave a lot of renovation ideas.
Hi Lucia, nice to meet you. Are you living in Japan.?
Antoni さん、お疲れ様です、ありがとうございます。
Before i follow you in instagram,and i see you renovation home in Japan..very amazing
Dear Anton! As a Japan lover for more than 4 decades (e g. Judo, IGO game) tks for sharing your experience and expertise. As I am interested in the history of wooden boat building with a background in 45 years of sailing and a Dutch master certificate there are 2 places eventually I am interested: Ine (close to Kyoto) and Wajima (Honshu Island, Ishikawa Prefecture) where still exist wooden boat builders .... I miss the Asian spirit living now for 5 years in Netherlands. With Covid and pandemics people have changed negatively. For a European (born in Germany) its astonishing to see houses (akiya) at the size of 150 m2 for around 4 Million JPY (25-30,000 Euro), some even built in wood. I am at the very beginning of my own researches so ur insights are very helpful. I live on a wooden boat (37 ft two master) in Netherlands. So waterfront, close by marina, shipyard is a must as a sailor, either its Europe or any other place in the world. Good luck for ur carreer as real estate agent. Regards/Cpt. JR
We are going to Japan next week, and as an engineer… I have so many questions and ideas on how I would go through a renovation process.
Thank you so much for sharing!
I saw your dog and got confused for a second on why there was a small deer in your house
How about a video on how to live as a homeless vagabond in Japan? I have heard of foreigners that got extended work visas in Japan and they bought a used bicycle and traveled everywhere across those islands, working casual jobs, staying at campsites, manga cafes, cheap hotels, friends and acquaintance's houses, etc.
Sounds tough to pull off. You have to work fulltime to maintain your visa status. After your work ends you have up to 90 days to hang out and maybe could do it then?
@@rsmith02 Perhaps he was doing odd jobs for cash under the table? Looking into this, foreigners need special permission to do part-time work and just doing unskilled work is not allowed.
visanavijapan: As a rule, Student visa holders and Dependent visa holders are not allowed to work in order to earn money. But you can work part time as long as permission is granted in advance. Referred to as “Permission to engage in activities other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted (shikakugai katsudo kyoka)”. This will allow you to work up to 28 hours a week and 8 hours per day during a long holiday.
If you are an occasional student - only attending certain classes, not full time - you can work up to 14 hours a week. There is no restriction on the type of jobs, it doesn’t have to be related to what you study at the university. But there are some exceptions; you can not work in the sex industry, the entertainment industry such as hostess bars, pachinko & mah-jong parlors and arcades etc. You are not even allowed to work as a cleaner in these places.
Cultural Activities visa holders are slightly different. Unlike Students and Dependent visa holders, the permission is granted individually, not comprehensively. You find a part time job first then apply for permission. If the job seems to be related to your cultural activities, then permission is granted and information about the work place is stated on your residence card (Zairyu card). If you leave that job, you have to find another part time job before applying for permission again.
SUUMO is the name of Recruit's real estate information website and its mascot character. There are many real estate agencies on the street. Advertisements are displayed on the front of the store. Generally, Japanese buy an old house and then tear it down and rebuild new one. Or as ANTON say, broker separate one house to two small ones and sell these two new houses. 祝200K Listeners.
I own 10 properties in Japan, in the Kantou area. I am making videos on that as well. I've been here 23 years, so I know the real estate area very well. Welcome to the club.
Can I have one? Haha just playing. Renovating an akiya is my goal within 10 years. I'm a carpenter in America so the renovations would be simple to me. I just need to get my visa and find a job there.
@@Big-Wonka If you're nice, I will consider it :D The visa part is the hardest. That's cool to come with carpentry skill. I find renovating fun even if I keep it simple.
@@KickAssets Haha I appreciate that. But yeah, I'm trying to figure out the best way to find an akiya. Ideally on the outskirts of Tokyo like Chiba or Saitama
@@Big-Wonka I'm working on a video like that currently and will eventually offer a course at some point since I've had many requests for help and have lots of experience. The first thing I want to teach people is to stop thinking of the term AKIYA and just think of it as buying a house. The only thing that differs an AKIYA from a normal place is that there is no agent involved. 9 of my properties are in Saitama and 1 in Tokyo.
@@KickAssets I know akiya is the buzzword nowadays and I'm not looking for a free home or anything. I understand it's like a foreclosure here. I should've said I'm looking to buy a cheaper home that needs renovations
Thanks for the vid, Anton! Hope it's not too invasive, but could you talk Financials? Like how was the final price of renovating your house VS buying it new or renting.. In Europe sometimes the cost of the house + renovations makes it so that it's almost the same to buy than to renovate, so if you're not good at repairs it's not such a good deal to buy to renovate... But I love the idea of for example repurpusing property.. Like buying a school and turning it into a house 😍
Do you know what you REALLY need? A certain music album by the group Sparks. Their breakthrough album from 1974 was named after Rosemary Clooney's 1951 hit 'Come on-a my house'. Or rather, how that sounds when you sing it fast: 'Kimono My House'.
IF you don't like the music, but why shouldn't you, clever young guy with a broad and open mind?, you could keep it as art on the wall.
There's no title on the front side, it's green with two fake geishas.
Sparks are more active than ever (Sparks is basically the brothers Ron, born in 1945, and Russell, born in 1948, Mael), and have a strong fanbase in Japan, and played in Tokyo - Osaka - Tokyo in late July, 2023.
Except for the immediate thought of 'Kimono My House' 😂, it fits so well, I must say, in a bit of shame, that I have seen your videos and shorts in the flow, but never paid them any attention.
I wish I had! This is way more interesting than all North American house renovation/decoration together!
Much love from 🇸🇪😅
三軒茶屋！ that’s crazy! Would you mind sharing how much it cost to acquire it?
🔥🔥🔥
Hi Anton, do you do a background check before you buy them? To know if there was a crime that occured there before. I mean theres got to be a reason why they were abandoned in the first place right?
So my husband and I found a property in Japan. I do real estate in the United States but how would I offer less money for this property without being disrespectful?
So, you have all the contacts and are a "mini" contractor/flipper AFTER going through this with the purchase of YOUR home? It gave you the experience to share the information here and not the other way around if I'm not mistaken? I remember parts were a nightmare with the renovation of your home. Eeks.
Suumo is a pain to access outside of Japan.
Sweden won't get too many Mexicans moving there, if they allow wild paint colors to be used. 🤣 Don't get it wrong, I like my amigos muchachos, but I've seen some wild paint colors in my hometown.
hey its Japanese house buying pewdiepie
This might be a silly question but does Japan have stores like Home Depot or Lowe’s?
There are no Home Depot or Lowe's stores, but there are many home improvement stores of the same type even in the countryside.
how many houses do earn?
Your house is 🤩😍👍
He is 😍
Which Island has the most of these homes? Which island; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu?
Think in terms of cities not islands. Outside the big cities the population is generally declining.
How did you know who the previous owner of your home was and how to contact them?
He talked to the neighbors.
I plan to move Japan please advise
great video but your camera moves around a bit and it kind of makes me dizzy
Do u own the land?
What r legal requirements to buy one? 🤔
Domo 🙏
You can buy the land. If you buy a house you also buy the land (though for some vacation properties you pay a land usage fee).
How have you be able to have a four year visa ?
Keep renewing them (just have to have a job).
If it weren’t for frequent earthquakes, I’d buy an old house there. But as it is, I’d rather have an earthquake proof house.
Do you want us to take your advice or not lmao make up your mind.
I just want some important things to ask you how’s the nature of Japanese people towards you do you have Japanese friends? Do you guys hangout? Living as a foreigner in Japan all I want to know how friendly and easy it’s their to live. Because it’s fine to be alone if you just want to go their as a tourist but if you actually wants to live there I want to make connections and relationships with people.
I really want to do the same project as you but as the more information I got I’m kinda scared because this doesn’t seem like a cheap project and it’s going to take a lot of time to renovate.
Maybe you should try living here yourself and see if you can find a way to meet people and have a good life?
What Japan real estate investment is risky ? Because of geographic natural disasters earth quake & tusanami? How much minimum investment? How much monthly rent yield ? Can use property as Airbnb ?
Thank you Anton this was good info. tack ska du ha.
Step 0: be rich
That's ALWAYS the step before the steps begin. 😮💨
Not rich necessarily, but if you somehow have 35 to 50 K you can get your foot in the door forsure
Step 0: find a job in Japan
Step 1: rent an apartment as they are cheap and plentiful
Step 2: consider whether you plan to stay in Japan and if you even want a house.
...
Step 10: buy and renovate a house
I keep looking to different Akiya channels and one Japanese said there are trash disposal facilities around Japan running by municipality. He said it's cheap to sort and dispose the trash by oneself. He had disposed 2.5 tons of trash by 20 rounds of small truck drive. Disposal charge is $1.5 per 10kg.
If I got it right, compared to Europe/(North) America, the Japanese look at the building like a piece of furniture, a huge cabinet, where you put the rest of the furniture?🤔
The subtitles are very distracting. I prefer less editing, a more natural, personal feel.
How do you communicate with the broker while you don't know any Japanese?
Aw I wish I lived in Japan
This is so interesting (thank you so much for this video, my brother might need it). 🙏🏼🙏🏼🩵🩵🫶🏼 My parents in Indonesia own rental properties (residential) near the business/diplomatic districts & we usually rent out to expats because back in the day foreigners weren't allowed to own property until before recently. One time we had a Japanese tenant & they left a bunch of useful & neat Japanese knick-knacks for me to use 😆😆 they left the stuff in our apartment with a note saying something like, “please feel free to use” hehe. An empty house in Roppongi sounds like a dream!! ✨
5:45 this is actually an interesting point, but I have a hunch that viewing houses as assets in the western world is a far more modern thing than we realize. The only thing that makes a house go up in value is scarcity, as more people hoard houses because they are 'assets' the scarcity increases and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Valuing older homes is separate from what I'm talking about by the way.