Japanese Real Estate Glossary
Addresses & Finding Land

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Registered land category

The land use recorded in the registry: 宅地 (residential), 田 (rice paddy), 畑 (field), 山林 (forest), 雑種地 (miscellaneous), and others. It matters more than it looks: farmland categories restrict who may buy, and the registered category does not always match actual current use.

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