Not historically. Not theoretically. Right now — where in Japan are the properties worth paying attention to, and why?

In this episode David and Victoria each pitch two regions they're actively excited about today. Then they challenge each other. No backing down.

Victoria makes the case for Niigata — specifically Joetsu and Itoigawa in the southwest, where the Hokuriku Shinkansen access most people don't know about meets snow country property prices that make no sense until you see them. And Nagasaki — where centuries of Dutch, Chinese, and Western trading history are written into the architecture, the climate is mild, and the international buyer community hasn't arrived yet.

David makes the case for Hokkaido — specifically Asahikawa and Ashibetsu, a former coal mining town in central Hokkaido where David and the OHJ team just completed a client tour and found something worth paying serious attention to. And Tochigi — two hours from Tokyo, Edo-period minka and prominent kura storehouses, and almost no competition from international buyers.

Closing with a rapid fire round: one sentence on who each region is actually for.

The window on all four of these is moving. This is the episode that explains why.

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