OKAERI PROJECT
Connecting Japan's 9 million+ vacant houses with people who want to start something in rural Japan.
Concept
Current condition, low rent, DIY. We don't fix everything from the start — we build a place where people gather, little by little.
Read the Business Plan →Properties
Site #2 · Fudai, Iwate
A House in the Miracle Village
2 min walk from Horiuchi Station. Built 1975, wooden 2-story. Kitchen, bath, toilet. A Showa-era fishing town house beside the floodgate that saved the village from the 2011 tsunami.
Explore →Site #1 · Yoshino, Nara
A Farmhouse in Kuzu, Yoshino
A 70-year-old farmhouse in the mountains along the Yoshino River. 20 min by car to Senbon-zakura and Kinpusen-ji. The first candidate property, available during prep for property tax only.
Explore →Site #3 · Greater Tokyo Area
Somewhere near Tokyo
Within day-trip distance from central Tokyo. Location to be revealed soon.
Stay Updated →The Story
Not the finished space — but the transformation itself becomes the content.
Mission
What one person can do is small. But if more people share the same vision, the story changes. OKAERI is an experiment in scaling up Japan's vacant house solution, one property at a time.
Combining crowdfunding, sponsorship, and human connections — a real-world experiment in motion.
Before it's too late, set a purpose with locals. One house at a time.
If Yoshino works, then Ishikawa, Iwate, Niigata. The same structure, spreading across Japan.
If this project succeeds, more people will follow. Proving it can be done — that itself is one of the goals.
Support
Financial support, sharing, and messages of encouragement all make a real difference.