How much does it cost on average a traditional/modern home in Japan comparing to USA?
If you want cheap, go to the countryside. Tokyo is the most expensive. Rent is pretty reasonable these days imho compared to how much California rents and value have gone up. One thing to beware of, it’s hard for foreigners to get a visa or rent a place. I would imagine buying would be just as hard but if you overcame the first hurdles then buying wouldn’t be that much harder. Some people cannot afford to buy land and a house so they will negotiate with a land owner and rent the land but pay to build the house on the land. The fastest way to do the exchange rate math on Japanese prices is to take away the last 2 digits or put a period there. Example, something that costs Y1000 is $10.00 or $10. Since homes cost a lot, they will often abbreviate the cost and tell the price in the 10,000s like you do in English for the 1,000s. Example: $1K = $1000. δΈε = Y10,000. If the prices start to use ε character, then it’s getting really pricey. ε = Y100,000,000. Also, when you’re looking, mansion d
