In Chiba, a quiet revival is taking shape, where creatives are reimagining Japan’s forgotten kominka — traditional folk homes — inviting people to slow down, reconnect with the land and question what ...

In addition to their homestead — which would include honey production and a small-scale farming ... internal migration, Japan has millions of unoccupied houses in rural areas.

“Convenience wins out with Japanese people, so they are not going to buy them. You might make money from selling to foreigners, or you could make money by doing Airbnb.” Rural homes can be ...

UDA, Japan: Uda community leader Yoshiji Misaki is doing a survey to gather data on abandoned homes in the rural city in Nara prefecture. Almost one in five houses in Uda are vacant homes ...