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Akiya for Sale in Japan

Akiya (空き家) are Japan's vacant and abandoned houses — and there are a lot of them. Genkan lists real akiya for sale in plain English, with prices in both yen and US dollars, mapped and filterable. Browse 164 listings below, starting from ¥45,000.

How many akiya are there in Japan?

As of the 2023 national survey, Japan had 9.0 million vacant homes — a record vacancy rate of 13.8%. Of those, about 3.86 million (5.9% of all housing) are long-term abandoned akiya — the genuinely empty houses, not seasonal or between-tenant homes.

Source: 2023 Housing and Land Survey, Statistics Bureau of Japan (総務省統計局). (Note: the often-cited 13.6% figure is from the 2018 survey — 2023 is 13.8%.)

Listings
164
Cheapest
¥45,000
Median price
¥5,000,000
Regions
Nagano
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Akiya by city in Nagano

Pick a municipality to see its listings, prices, and local detail.

Cheapest akiya right now

Agematsu, Nagano · 5DK
613.6185.675 yrs oldWood上松 stn
¥45,000
≈ $287
Chikuma, Nagano · 5DK
Wood千曲 stn
¥48,000
≈ $306
Iizuna, Nagano · 2LDK
135.7441.151 yrs oldWood
¥50,000
≈ $318
Miyota, Nagano · R
御代田 stn
¥55,000
≈ $350
Nakano, Nagano · 7K
141.742.9Wood中野松川 stn
¥90,000
≈ $573
Iizuna, Nagano · 2K
84.0625.419 yrs oldWood