Onigiri
Bite-size Japan real estate
Big market, small bites — Japan's property market decoded from real transaction data, minus the spreadsheet.
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No. 5 · July 8, 2026
Tokyo is in a league of its own
Japan's big cities, head to head — and the capital costs 4.3× the cheapest.
No. 4 · June 29, 2026
Tokyo is 23 different cities
Inside the capital, the priciest ward costs 3.3× the cheapest — and they're all "Tokyo."
No. 3 · June 26, 2026
It's the dirt that matters
In Japanese property the building is a melting ice cube — the land is the whole story.
No. 2 · June 19, 2026
Tokyo lost the condo race
Japan's property map redrew itself in six years — and the capital wasn't the winner you'd expect.
No. 1 · June 14, 2026
Tokyo nearly doubled, the countryside's on sale
Three things Japan's property market did that don't fit on a postcard.