Imagine having a place like that to one’s own!
When I got that first feedback looked on line and was amazed at what was available and thought that would be so cool, but then the old Realator line hit me, location location location. Kind of surprising that those millions living in Tokyo don’t have a weekend place to get away from the city for a few days.
If you want to see how cheap things are, enter in 空き家 and a rural location in Japan and see the local area’s “open house bank.”
Basically the elderly pass away and their children refuse to inherit the property, so the local government takes it and attempts to sell them (which they rarely do). You can find old houses with little upkeep for $5k.
My friend bought a place in rural Miyazaki that is 5 minutes walk from a miles long beach with awesome surfing and nearly 2000 sq ft with a BALCONY ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF and two separate 1000 sqft mini houses, all for Less than $100k.