Okay this is a long shot, but does anyone want to buy the /jp/ mansion, for real?
A fairly rich Japanese family member died a while back, and left behind a massive, beautiful house in the countryside outside Hiroshima. I've been there a few times and it's truly a beautiful place. The main structure is two floors with many rooms both tatami and western style. There's also a quiet tea room connected by a square walkway which forms a gated courtyard with the main house, as well as an unconnected external 2 story wing which they used as an office and storage area. It's way out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere though, so apparently the uncle who inherited the property rights now has pretty much given up on finding a buyer and is probably just going to let it fall into ruin, or have it torn down. If there is anyone on /jp/ who could put up some money to buy this place, I could very seriously arrange to have it sold to you. Even something like 10,000,000 yen might be enough. This seems like a /jp/er's dream, hell I would buy it myself if I had some extra cash, a way to sustain myself, and wasn't so attached to living in the city. There has to be some rich NEET, or a group of NEETs out there seriously waiting for something like this.Someone please ask Sean about this too since this seems right up his alley and I don't really know how to contact him.
Pic is of the courtyard of the house. Contact is in the email field!
Haha, I failed to realize that the email field doesn't actually work since they made sage invisible.....
Here you go: [email protected]
scam
Street outside the house.
>>14348612
No I'm serious actually, what do you think I'm just going to ask you to send me 100k in bitcoins or something? Who would fall for a scam like that anyway? If anyone was actually interested I'd work out how to do this legally.
Honestly I'm just really sad to see the place go and wanted an excuse to start a thread, of course I know the chances of someone on /jp/ being able to buy it are zero...
>>14348630
If you don't want people to think you're scamming them, not doing business on an anonymous imageboard is a good place to start.
>>14348646
apparently these older, country, derelict japanese houses are pretty cheap
>>14348650
I don't like dealing with normal websites if I can help it though.
>>14348646
I don't actually know if the uncle would be willing to part with it for that much, but word is that he's just going to get rid of the property or something anyway. Could you actually pay that much money up front though?
>>14348661
I don't think they're going to be tearing it down tomorrow or anything. I'll ask tomorrow if the uncle would actually be interested in selling it.
>>14348677
Is it in one of those towns becoming ghost towns as the old people die and young people move to the city?
>>14348696
I wouldn't really call it a "town", it's more like a valley with like a half dozen large houses in the middle of a mountain range. This is the nearest station.
>>14348697
I NEED to live here, someone fucking buy it please
>>14348702
Sure! The rent will be 30 000¥ and you have to pay 3 months in advance.
i gave on the jp dream a long time ago
this does look like a nice place to take it easy though
Cool house, high maintenance. Not worth the money. Location is not good for commuting, shopping and other things. I guess the land can be valuable to build on..
Yeah it is quite sad seeing all these 'traditional' houses going to waste, but I am afraid people wanting to invest want to get something in return. On the other hand it would make a nice countryside retreat, go fishing by lake and hike in the mountains.
>>14348785
That's actually really good compared to where I live (the US) what the fuck
>>14348785
I'd move in with a rent like that.
>>14348800
>>14348810
remainder that you will be literally in the middle of nowhere
It's finally happening!
Every fucking year someone comes out trying to breath life again in that dream.
please stop, its too painful
>>14348820
So? That's part of what makes it nice.
>>14348820
Rest assured, that was taken into consideration.
>>14348822
who is this ugly rat?
Nice house, though if I have the money for it. Also no one would actually make transactions over the internet or phone because it's considered as scam, take it to a real estate service or something and meet them personally.
I would buy this house to die in it if I was old enough.
>>14348883
you sure know how to have a good time!
>>14348583
I would seriously consider it but then there's the small matter of visa / residency.
Whats the point of buying a non-investment purpose foreign property if you can't stay in it long term.
Whats the internet like there?
Serious question.
>>14349032
Doubt they even have it.
>>14348583
>countryside outside Hiroshima
Where exactly?
>>14348697
What train station?
>>14349019
You'd have to take care of that part your self.
>>14349032
I don't think it had internet last time I went, but nobody had been living there for several years. There were phonelines though so I'm sure you could get something.
>>14349038
The closest town is Miyoshi. I don't remember the name of the little station nearby, if it even has one. I think only one train comes every few hours or something. Last time I went there we just took a taxi from Miyoshi, it was like 20 or 30 minutes.
>>14348795
>Cool house, high maintenance.
Basically this.
Besides, as much as I love /jp/, I sincerely think that a true /jp/ mansion wouldn't work at all.
>>14349140
Online /jp/ers are cute little girls, but face to face we have a tendency to be hairy, and male.
>>14349140
Everything is possible with hard work and guts!
>>14349126
>The closest town is Miyoshi, it was like 20 or 30 minutes.
Can you just provide the coordinates for the place?
>>14348590
I'm interested to know, how many responses (serious / non-serious) you got so far in around 5 hours?
just shave and remove body hair and dress as a touhou
>/jp/yes
> having money
There's also the problem that you can't own a piece of land in Japan if you are a dirty gaijin without at least a permanent residence permit
>>14349147
we just need to set up a home network and lock ourselves in our room using our computers to communicate with one another
>>14348583
explain yourself to >>14349240
>There's also the problem that you can't own a piece of land in Japan if you are a dirty gaijin without at least a permanent residence permit
>>14348795
Cute cat dude
>>14349261
>>14349240
The obvious solution would be to rope in some of our Japanese counter-parts into the deal.
>>14349162
Coach!
I got $5000
If we can get 20 /jp/sies to meet up and pay in that amount, we could buy it
>>14349753
And then what?
You won't even be allowed to live there.
>>14349770
I could live there for 90 days and then squat until the police kick me out. Hopefully they might just ignore me since I will be in the middle of nowhere and they probably won't even know I am in the house
Maybe OP or the previous owner could get us working visas as home keepers or home security
/jp/, I... The dream of House Jaypeasy still shines bright in my heart. I...
>>14349240
There're Japanese /jp/sies like me anon.
If I had the money I would do it. Not that particular house I though.
Also the mansion would need rooms with triple locks or something, touch my fumos and I'll cut your hands off m8.
If you buy it and let people move in with you, what guarantees that they'll even be able to pay the rent?You said yourself that the place is kinda in the middle of nowhere so I don't expect many job opportunities around it. Then watch the house slowly but surely collapse into disarray from being filled with men who probably don't give a damn about cleaning and tidiness.
Buy it and turn it into a hotel instead. Convert a few parts of the house into an onsen, lounge area and such, then market it to westerners as a nice connection to a quiet, peaceful part of Japan: a place where you can meet like-minded individuals and spend some quality time for fair prices. Find some way to market it to Japanese people as well in case the hotel has downtime in between seasons, hire some decent houseworkers and cooks, make sure the place is clean and the food is fresh, local and delicious, maybe find a way to connect internet into the place, and watch it grow and thrive. Your investments will then pay off.
If one of you buys this and turns it into a "/jp/ mansion", expect disaster to befall you. I've warned you.
>>14348583
I'm amazed at this idea! I almost amazed if some people would be this stupid to risk so much for a house that would get trashed with magazines, food wrappers, and general fat piggu habits
>>14350061
What's to say we can't turn the place into a hotel ourselves and live and work there?
It wouldn't really be a NEET/hikki paradise I guess but it'd still be pretty nice and I wouldn't mind working in a small countryside hotel.
>>14349176
I searched for it for a while on Google Earth but didn't find it yet, It's one of the valleys outside of Miyoshi, but like I said I went there by taxi so I don't remember exactly where. I have to go somewhere now but I'll find it and post it later.
>>14349180
Zero. Not that I was really expecting any though...
>>14350133
You'd better be a damn good worker, because the hotel would have to recoup all the costs from the startup in the first few months of operation. And from experience, customers are picky in this business. If the place isn't speckless, the rooms aren't elegant and well-maintained and the food is unappetizing, the customer will simply vote with his feet and his wallet and leave. And speaking of food, finding an appropriate sushi chef and a good sous chef who can both work together and put tasty food out in a timely manner is not an easy find for an upstart.
Good service coupled with a good location is what draws a customer into your hotel. Make sure you've got your best maid outfit at the ready and give it your best smile if you want to make that commitment.
>>14350133
you sound like a jew, go to hell
>>14350183
>posting on /jp/
We're already in hell, brother.......
My wife's family has a house like this which I stay at all the time
I'm looking forward to the day when I am an experienced software developer so I can work from home while living cheaply in a place like this
Living in the city is suffering
>>14350136
Any update?
I'm actually Sean.
All I saw was /jp/ massion thread and then my name.
I have an ask.fm
If you need help with anything orginizing this you can reach me at
[email protected]
If not that thab
[email protected]
I forget which. I'm dedicated to the 4 jay and 4 jay culture and on topic discussions. Hit me up.
>>14350061
>>14350133
You guys are fucking delusional. If /jp/ can't even afford an 81k house how the fuck will you build a hotel? Manpower, materials, planning permission etc. You will just dig a hole for yourself. Stick to living in your bedrooms.
>>14353119
We could all take out loans and spend the rest of our lives paying it off.
>>14353126
Gee what a swell idea
>>14353126
>take out loans all to create a nightmare hotel where you're forced to live with the autistic mouth breathers that dwell in this imageboard
I don't have that kind of cash in hand now but I might at this time next year.
It's a house, I don't think it's going anywhere.
>>14348583
Just bought a house, sorry.
>>14353119
I'm not pitching in on the idea, even though I suggested it. I love the idea of a /jp/ mansion but it's unrealistic as hell, an idyllic paradise almost.
I just thought it'd be more viable as a hotel than anything. It's the closest, most down-to-earth option on a desolate region like that. It'll pay for itself at some point if everything is good, and in case that happens, you can still book out the hotel and have your "mansion" day where everyone dresses up as 2hus and fucks in the rooms (I know this happens, don't try to lie to me). Upstarts are very expensive like you said, but it can still be done if the owner knows his shit.
It's a better idea for the actual owner of the place than to have a bunch of strangers take loans and pitch in as a weird-ass board of "business partners" or something. The idea wouldn't last a month like that.
>>14348583
God, the fact that no one even in Japan would want a place like this is fucking tragic.
Not even old timers. You'd think geezers with fat pensions would wanna get away from all the hustle and bustle.
And yeah I'm a filthy waito piggu gaijin penniless NEET, so I've got no munnies and wouldn't be able to get it even if I did.
Have you posted this on /int/, 2ch, and/or 2chan yet? You might have better luck there.Got anymore pics? Is there any history to the house that you could tell us?
>tfw you just inherited >22M yen
I don't like living with myself, why would I want to live with anyone else?
>>14353795
You'll spend so much time hating them you forget to hate yourself, and thereby become a standard member of society
>>14353822
That's pretty zen.
>>14348583
I don't know if I'd want to live in a house that's haunted by spooky black boxes.
>>14353676
The salarymen I know here in Tokyo just want to live 5min from their company so they can start their work early and go home late to rise up the ranks to earn more money so they can buy a house near the center so their kids can get a good education to get a good job at a good company....
Just an endless pointless cycle
If I win the 50 million CAN next week I will buy it and invite all of /jp/ to live there!
Foreigner here.
It pains my heart, like hnnnnnng, that the /jp/ mansion is only a dream, unable to portal into reality. If any successful and well-intentioned Nihonjin NEETs would like to use this house as a think tank, pleasee do not hesitate to contact me. I can only offer my best. I can't promise that I am prone to spend half-days watching Chinese cartoons and training my reflexes and cognition on the vidya, but I can assure you the rest of the time may be spent on craftsmanship, Shinto lore, and daily meditations.
>>14348637
this seems like a really cool place, but it's high maintenance and not conveniently located. it's only practical for someone who's wealthy and wants a retreat house.
you'll have to shop around to find rich people, and /jp/ is the wrong demographic.
>>14348795
>Cool
it's not that bad:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%AC%A1%E5%B8%82#.E6.B0.97.E5.80.99
>high maintenance
it's a wooden house: just sit there until the termites eat it up or locals burn it down hoping the gaijins will give up and leave
>>14348785
That's like, $250 a month. That's one of the best rent offers I've ever seen on anything ever.
>>14348583
I feel it's my duty to state here that as beautiful as this kind of house and location are, this would sell for about 3 million yen in Japan.
>>14349240
This.
I would love to liv ethere, but even if I could afford it (I cant), I would still be unable to buy it.
>>14348583
It's a pain in the ass living there. You'll probably have to ride a long time to your job and to do groceries and shit. Maybe good as a long term investment for the land on which the house is build, when the japs are fed up with big cities.
Shitty internet, no central heating and the house is probably in a very bad shape
But until then, it's really shit to live there.
Looks haunted as fug, no way
>>14348583
Only if other /jp/sies suck my cock.
>>14354630
I'm the one topping in this relationship, twink.
>>14354624
yea like I said, it only works as a retreat house if you're rich.
I'd invest in it now if I had money to burn, but unfortunately I don't.
>>14354641
The only your'e topping is your daki you nerd.
The greatest thing about a declining population: the land is relieved from the burden on it.
Now if only we had the rest of the world going the same way...
Pic little related.
I wonder if it's possible to both work from home and get a working visa. Perhaps with work in translation, but I don't see why a company would sponsor a visa for someone that doesn't even commute to their office.
>>14354652
woow lade
>>14354677
Just get it done, and quick. I don't have time for these games, as anyone without considerable brain damage could see. I'm very busy and every second I spend wasting time with you is €50,000 lost.
I expect to be in Japan in three days. Any longer than that, and I'll have to punish you. Harshly.
>>14354535
You have no idea how Japanese houses work do you
>>14354727
not her but how do they work ?
Someone rich could really buy it and make it a home to visit over for other /jp/'sies, the only condition would be that you would have to support yourself during your stay, and depending all on you, weather you would want it or not, you could give some extra cash to support the house expenses for the owner, you could also volounteer to clean and maintain it during your stay.
Basically a hotel idea, but without jewing it out. That way not only some of chosen /jp/sies would get to experience the life on the country side, but everyone who could.
I really wish I had that kind of money to make you all happy.
>>14354754
It would turn into drama very quickly
>>14355080
I feel like /jp/ is to socially inept to engage in drama outside of the internet.
If there was a problem, they'd be to shy to say anything, and if someone ACTUALLY got upset they'd just mumble "ok..." and scurry away like roaches exposed to the light.
can we get the google map location? Then we can check out if there's any nearby attractions that could attract airbnb backpackers.
>>14355102
Did you read the thread? I did.
>>14355080
elaborate
>>14355209
Check any new general that gets created on 4chan and see them slowly turn them into a no fun allowed tripfag circlejerk, he probably means that.
>>14355220
Do you act the same around people as you do on /jp/?
I can shitpost all I want on the jay and let the autism run wild, but I certainly wouldn't do that around actual people.
Can gaijins even buy property in Japan?
>>14355271
If you have enough money you can do anything you want in any country.
>>14355288
Even kidnapping a /jp/?
>>14355293
Many countries would pay YOU for getting rid of a useless NEET.
>>14355306
Many more would import them.
>>14354512
did he died
>>14348590
This is something they should fix. moot's reasoning for removing the email field was fucking stupid.
So is OP a relative or what? How come you have a say in this?
>>14355490
Try reading
>>14355499
I already have, cockface, and it's not been addressed. The only relevant phrase is some uncle in the first post.
Sorry to keep you guys hanging... Well, I talked to the uncle who owns the house now and although last I had heard he was trying to sell it, it seems now he and the other children of the original owner have made up their minds to tear it down. So he's not even interested in selling the place anymore. Apparently he already turned down an offer from someone in Japan. The house was their father's, built by him from the ground up, and they grew up in it. Now they feel like it should die with him, and they don't really like the idea of someone else living there. The fact that he didn't even want to sell the house to a respectable Japanese person means that he'd probably be even less likely to sell it to a bunch of foreigners who would dress up as Touhous and do lewd things in the bedrooms...
One /jp/er actually emailed me and sounded kind of serious, so I feel kind of shitty now and wish I had never posted..... Sorry guys.
>>14355545
>depriving the world of quality living space and architecture
that's unfortunate.
>>14355571
Yeah I kind of feel the same way to be honest. It really was a beautiful place. But there's not much I could do to change it.
By the way if anyone is curious the location is
34°49'8.31"N
132°42'59.35"E
I guess there's no harm in posting it.
>>14355581
I can sort of understand where they're coming from, but I still think it's selfish to destroy something of value for the sake of your memories.
you said the uncle inherited property rights - was there anything in the will restricting what he could do with it?
>>14355545
I had no intention or way to buy it but that still makes me sad.
At least we have some nice images of it, those gardens are beautiful.
>>14355649
Not that I know of, no. The house was already starting to fall into disrepair when I was there a couple years ago as nobody was living in it by that time. Some parts were fine but some of the older wooden architecture was pretty weathered and looking like it might fall apart. I guess as they say "it can't be helped."
>>14355700
shouganai, mah nigga
>>14355673
The courtyard is what impressed me the most. The framing on the house, however, does look like it is in a condition to be rebuilt into something even better that the original father would be proud of.
one day /jp/, one day..
Feelarino when you don't belong anywhere. Not there, not here... You will always be a gaijin.
That looks really nice, but I don't have the money for something like this....
>>14355869
anywhere you are in physical location doesn't really matter, because you belong here
>>14355598
weather for the week at the /jp/ mansion:
https://www.meteoblue.com/meteogram-web?lon=132.72&lat=34.82
You know, in Switzerland there was an empty mansion near a village.
We're talking actual SDM-style mansion here, with huge paintings on walls, statues, halls, lots of rooms, library, garden etc. all that stuff.
And no one was living there; you know what they did?
They gave it away for free to accomodate """""refugees""""", 120 of 'em, and they turned it into a dumpster.
But the shitskins still kept complaining!
They crawled out of caves into a mansion and it still wasn't good enough. Can you believe that?
Isn't it sad /jp/?
rip house press f to pay respects
f
>>14356229
yes we all know it, at least some of us but delete your comment, it's not the best place to whine about this
>>14355545
>dress up as Touhous and do lewd things in the bedrooms...
H-how?
How did you know?
>>14354303
p much
this is like the asian equivalent of a villa in madrid
there's prob some retired couple in a country club who'd die to buy this
>>14355598
>>14348697
Looks like its Koyodo Station or Nobuki Station judging on the proximity of the rails to the river and the distance from the /jp/ mansion.
>>14349643
2ch and futaba, OP
>>14356827
>>14354303
>>14348637
>>14348795
I just want to retire away.
A get-away retreat sounds heavenly.
>>14355545
that's actually pretty sweet though.
>>14348637
>>14355545
>>14348583
Thanks for sharing none-the-less, OP.
Appreciate the idea, enjoying the scenarios even if it is a pipe dream.
Real dam shame your uncle decided to tear it down. The place is just so traditional.
>>14356861
>none-the-less
please stop.
>>14356885
Sorry I had less than 4 hours sleep
>>14355545
I actually have a work assignment to Japan next year for the next 5 years.
5 years is enough to get a naturalized citizenship in Japan.
I would've been able to buy this in a heartbeat, if it could wait that long, but too bad.
Opportunities never come when you're prepared.
>>14355571
>that's unfortunate.
Well it's not like any weebs would understand. For you, living in Japan in an old house is probably the dream, but for some native japanese, it's meh. Better tear it down and keep a nice, empty field you can sell later much easier.
I can relate to the owner.
>>14348696
Spooky
>>14367353
nice bump faggot
>>14354628
This, OP is advertising this on a mongolian cave drawing enthusiast group known for having a large population of desperate weebs, at bargain prices. Seems like he wants to get rid of it quickly. Its in the middle of nowhere and the only owner is dead. What could possibly go wrong?
>>14356229
Racism generally isnt appreciated here familia. Take your shit to /b/ or /pol/
>>14356229
that's seriously fucked up.
what's it going to take for people to stop unthinkingly allowing this?
>>14348583
Most here would be scared of getting scammed.
Is Katawa Shoujo General invited to this mansion? we'll pay top dollar
>>14369956
Get the fuck back to /vg/ with the rest of the vermin.
>>14367934
It's not about race, but species.
>>14367934
>familia
I spot the nigger
>>14356229
Pathetic
The fall of Europe
>>14370532
>The fall of Europe
it's called "Kalergi Plan"
>>14361387
as i said in other posts, it's not really practical except as a retreat house for someone who's wealthy.
in general I don't like cool stuff getting torn down, but if it's already in disrepair, maybe it can be rebuilt into something even better.
>>14348583
>10,000,000
>for a mansion
Cheap as fuck. Is that really possible?
Also, can I even own property in Japan from the outside?
>>14375326
Did you even bother reading the thread?
>>14375348
No, not at the time of posting. I was too interested in the possibility to read before posting, since it would be a unique possibility and easily affordable.
That being said I have read it now
>>14375326
You can own property, but unlike most countries, owning property in Japan doesn't grant you additional visa rights.
>>14350061
Can we please have floor plans, OP? Even something crude with basic measurements and some information on the property that would come with it.
Also some information on local utilities (including reliability), taxes, and their costs?
>>14376326
This is for designing a 3D model and general information for future use, of course.
Test
>>14384737
Hello
