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Hilltop house with Inland Sea views in Bizen

Island villa with huge sea-view deck in Hinase

¥1 house in Kitakami

Kominka villa near the Pacific in Asahi

Six-storey replica castle in Akabira

Kit-built log cabin in Nakanojō

Renovated kominka with Alps views in Nakagawa

Former ryotei kominka in Buzen

Forest cabin in Tateshina

¥10,000 fishing-village house in Kumano

Clifftop mansion with onsen in Ito

Pre-war bungalow near the beach in Ninomiya

Samurai-district estate in Shimonoseki

Furnished onsen-country villa in Tsumagoi

Big-garden house in Himeji

House facing Sakurajima volcano in Kirishima

Island mega-house on Nakajima

Former island bakery on Nakajima

Surf shack near the coast in Hokota

Three restored machiya near Fushimi Inari

¥10,000 island house on Iwagi

Island house near the beach on Shiraishijima

Restored Kyo-machiya near the Imperial Palace

Entire elementary school in Minamikyushu

Izu cottage with hot-spring rights in Ito

Huge house with parking in Hachioji, Tokyo

Snow-proof house with garage in Echizen

House with a manicured garden in Gosen

Big farmhouse with well in Maizuru

Renovated 4-bed house in Hachioji, Tokyo

Seven-storey onsen hotel in Joetsu

1926 house near Miyama thatched village

Bungalow with its own forest in Ayabe

Country home with orchard in Kyotamba

1,000-tsubo plot near surf beaches in Asahi

Sea-view cottage on Konoshima island

Onsen condo with sea views in Higashi-Izu

Hilltop cottage on car-free Iwaishima

Small 2LDK near Yatsugatake

Showa house facing the Alps in Ina

1956 kominka compound in Sosa

Big-lot bungalow in Miyakonojo

Cabin with a huge deck by Mt Fuji

Creek-side cabin in Nasu

Private island in Matsushima Bay

Desert island near Shirahama

Big Izu Kogen lot with house in Ito

Highland house with loft in Ueda