How to explore akiya in different regions

• write down the things that you would consider important
• create a spreadsheet or doc of akiya that would meet your requirements
• …
• check out our research spreadsheet for a sample of how Akiya Collective explored properties

<aside> 💡 places we have explored or researched

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Regional Exploration

Nagano

Kanazawa

Shizuoka

Other Cultural Initiatives

• “Supporting the formation of new bases for creativity, including Cultural Creative Cities”

General Research

• art promoting cities
  • research art residencies, to find prefectures / cities that might have art initiatives
  • cities that have art initiatives besides explicit art residencies
  • Some areas like Noto peninsula or Setouchi inland sea host art festivals regularly and may be good candidates for the artist retreat.
  • https://setouchi-artfest.jp/en/
  • https://www.ishikawatravel.jp/en/spots/oku-noto-triennale/
• web3-open / curious towns
  • shiwa, for example is now a town in japan that is now a “web3 town”
  • other towns have raised funds for natural disasters via NFT sales
• foreign friendly neighborhoods

  • From Steven Huang: “To my knowledge, any rural towns/villages in Japan would be supportive of a project like you mentioned.” - Based in Kyoto

  • ones that desire cultural exchange, are more open for foreigners to come in and interact with them

    • Maybe Yamamoto Toshihiko can help us identify a list of villages which would be foreigner friendly? He mentions this being important on this post:

      What to know about Akiya (unused house) investment in Japan : Options you should be aware. Is it really free ? - Yamamoto Property Advisory

    • Looking at foreigner migration as a proxy for “foreigner friendliness”