Pine Nut, Tuesday, 16 December 12025 HE
2025-12-16 | 2025-W51-2 | 2025-350 | 25M16
Q4 | Inverno | 2461026
2015-08-18 – Olympus PEN E-PL1
driftwood and lava, Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i
Everyone Says Hi – “Walking in the Air” ↗
Wikipedia mentions according to a 2024 survey, up to 13.8% of homes in Japan are abandoned (akiya) – with an aging and declining population, the vacancy rates are only going to get more severe – both younger generations and westerners are showing renewed interest in renovations, but acquiring an akiya is a task in and of itself – property owners are not required to register ownership (nor transfer of ownership) – when there is no seller, there is no way to be a buyer
there are some additional cases where even if an owner is found, they don’t want to sell even if the building is abandoned or vacant – while the house might not be their home, it is home to the family’s shrine or the family’s ancestral altar or the family’s graves – and so, twice a year, they’ll still make a pilgrimage back to the old home as long as they’re able
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