Where to Find Akiya Online
A curated directory of trusted websites that list akiya and rural Japanese properties — in both English and Japanese. Find a listing you like, then check whether it can ever be rebuilt before you contact anyone.
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Paste it into AkiyaCheckEnglish-friendly portals
Best starting points if you don't read Japanese.
Real Estate Japan
The largest English-language property portal in Japan, with a dedicated akiya section and agent contact in English.
AkiyaMart
Curated akiya marketplace aimed at overseas buyers, with bilingual support and purchase assistance.
Japan PropertyJapan-Property.jp
Portal geared toward foreign buyers and investors, with area guides and English-speaking agent listings.
Akiya & Inaka
Countryside and farm properties with English descriptions, focused on the inaka lifestyle.
Major Japanese portals
The deepest inventory, but Japanese-only. Use your browser's auto-translate, then paste the listing URL into AkiyaCheck.
SUUMOスーモ
Japan's biggest real estate portal. Huge stock including cheap rural homes; most AkiyaCheck scans come from here.
at homeアットホーム
Second-largest portal with strong rural coverage and a dedicated akiya-bank partnership section.
LIFULL HOME'Sライフルホームズ
Major portal with good filtering for price and building age — useful for finding under-¥10M houses.
Yahoo! Real EstateYahoo!不動産
Aggregates listings from multiple portals; handy as a cross-check when comparing sources for the same property.
Rural & countryside specialists
Japan Country Homes
Boutique agency specializing in countryside homes, kominka, and farm properties, with English service.
Akiya Banks
Aggregates municipal akiya bank listings into a single searchable English-friendly index.
Inakagurashi Honpo田舎暮らし本舗
Countryside-living specialist with farmhouses, land with fields, and relocation advice across Japan.
Municipal akiya banks
Many cities and towns run their own akiya bank (空き家バンク) — often the cheapest listings, sometimes nearly free, but with strict conditions. Search the national portal below, or search “[town name] 空き家バンク”.
National Akiya Bank Portal全国空き家バンク
Nationwide search across participating municipal akiya bank schemes, filterable by prefecture.
Komaki City Akiya Bank小牧市空き家バンク
Example of a city-run akiya bank hosted on the at home platform — many municipalities use this same system.
Chiba City Akiya Bank千葉市空き家バンク
City-run matching service for vacant homes in Chiba, close to Tokyo, with renovation subsidies.
AkiyaCheck is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, any of the websites listed here. Listing availability, prices, and site content change frequently — always verify details with the listing publisher and the municipality before signing anything.