Our Services, Your Success

Akiya & Inaka offers real estate services focused on vacant housing in rural Japan. The property market in the Japanese countryside operates quite differently from Big Real Estate, but is generally governed by the same rules. Because of this, it is comparatively difficult to buy or sell on your own in the countryside.

We have years of experience researching akiya, exploring inaka, and working with municipal governments. We take this experience, and use it to enable buyers and sellers alike to meaningfully activate properties.

For decades now, there have been inaka revitalization efforts which, despite good intentions, all fall flat. Our hunch when we started was that this was due to a mismatched methodology that doesn’t suit the unique needs of Japan’s rural markets. Since then, we have proven that this is the case.

We help clients navigate that strange industry intersection of rural Japan and hot real estate.

Come with us, and access the rewards waiting for you.

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Choose Your Own Adventure

Buyer Services

We take buyers from initial search, through brokerage, all the way to renovation.

  • Portfolio Curation

  • Regional Acclimatization

  • Brokerage

Investor Services

Rural Japan needs open-minded developers just like you, no matter where you live.

  • Targeted Research

  • Registration Assistance

  • Market Entry

Seller Services

Work with us to develop the best sales approach for your unique property.

  • Property Preparation

  • Listing Advisory

  • Lead Generation

Alternative Services for an Alternative Market

There are plenty of akiya that are garbage, make no mistake. However, there are also many akiya that are not just functional, but attractive. Which begs the question, why don’t more people buy them? Simple: the acquisition process is broken beyond belief.

When people refer to the akiya issue, often enough they mistake the system which governs akiya purchases for the akiya themselves. As a result, it isn’t easy to steer this narrative back to reality only furthers the problem, and it worsens over time.

This is what Akiya & Inaka works to correct. Using our years of experience digging through the akiya market, exploring inaka, and assisting clients with unique situations, we rectify the landscape of rural Japanese real estate.

Legal notice: services offered by Akiya & Inaka are non-refundable.