Essential guides and insights for foreign investors in Japanese real estate.
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A coastal-town minpaku we reviewed advertised a ~21% headline yield on a ~ยฅ40M price. The seller's own disclosure showed a real net yield near 3.5%. How Japanese portals define "yield" โ and the numbers to check before you buy.
A ยฅ6.7M Japanese condo went from "cheap unit" to "conditional GO" โ not because the yield changed, but because two documents answered what matters.
A 10.05% gross yield on a Tokyo mixed-use building looked like a buy. Here is the exact reasoning that turned it into "interesting, but not at this price."
The national 180-day law is only the ceiling. Your city can lower it, zone it, season it, or ban it. A step-by-step workflow to verify short-term rental rules for any Japanese municipality in 30 minutes โ with the exact Japanese search terms.
The rate is the easy part โ the real question is who will lend to YOU. A decision guide to Japanese mortgage eligibility by residency status, plus the variable-vs-fixed framework (5-year rule, 125% rule, Flat 35) and refinancing.
Japan's most popular coastal and island minpaku areas โ Okinawa, Ishigaki, Miyako, Shonan/Kamakura, Izu/Atami, Fukuoka Momochi โ and the coastal risks foreign owners underprice: typhoon, salt corrosion, flood, tsunami, insurance.
Minpaku-specific due diligence for foreign buyers: condo bylaws, zoning, fire code, license transferability, neighbor history, and how to verify a seller's ADR and occupancy claims before you buy a short-term rental in Japan.
Japan's most popular mountain and ski minpaku areas โ Niseko, Hakuba, Furano, Myoko, Karuizawa, Hakone โ and the risks foreign owners underprice: single-season demand, snow load, remote access, disaster exposure and depreciation.