When people email me about buying a house in Kyushu, the first question is almost always the same. "Where are the cheapest houses?" It's a fair question. After all, one of the biggest reasons people look at Kyushu is affordability. But after spending years living here and helping foreign buyers navigate the market, I've started asking a different question. How often do you want to leave your town? Because the answer usually changes where you should buy. Buying a house in Kyus

Kyushu has a large stock of vacant houses spread across seven prefectures that differ sharply in price, terrain, and the amount of English help you will find. This post is the map before the details. Kyushu is the southwestern main island of Japan, and it is one of the strongest regions to look for akiya and affordable houses in Kyushu. It has seven prefectures: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima. If you are a foreign buyer looking at an akiya, t