niseko
Niseko Is Not One Market
Niseko’s parent-level sold average fell sharply while active asking values were much steadier. The explanation sits inside Hirafu, Other Niseko, Kutchan and the other sub-markets.
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japan
Japan’s Record July Arrivals Conceal A Changing Visitor Market
Japan’s record July arrivals mask sharp changes in its visitor mix, while accommodation figures tell a more complicated story. We examine what the latest data can tell resort businesses and property owners about the demand behind the headline.
tokyo
Shinjuku’s Minpaku Crackdown Is A Warning For Property Investors
Shinjuku plans to ban many short-term rentals even where they are already operating legally, highlighting a risk property investors can easily underestimate: rental permissions can change after purchase.
japan property
The Asking Market: What Properties For Sale Are Telling Us
Niseko apartment sold values fell sharply, yet the median asking price did not move. Hakuba apartment tickets fell while asking ¥/sqm surged. The active market changes the interpretation of the sales data.
insights
The Hidden Cost Rising Inside Japan’s Condominium Market
Nearly every major condominium management company surveyed in Japan has proposed higher repair reserves over the past year, highlighting a growing ownership cost that buyers cannot afford to overlook.
japan property
The Resort Momentum Map: What Sellers Are Asking vs What Buyers Are Buying
Some resort averages moved dramatically in Winter 2025/26. The active asking market often moved far less. Uchi separates sales composition from broader pricing to identify the kind of momentum each resort actually has.
niseko
How Far Can Niseko’s Luxury Property Market Go?
Thirteen Park Hyatt-branded villas of up to 1,000 sqm are about to test the very top of Niseko’s residential market, where scarcity, design and service are increasingly becoming as important as location.
data
What Is Uchi Insights? A Clearer View Of Japan’s Property Markets
Uchi Insights combines real-world property activity, market data and local knowledge to examine what is actually happening across Japan’s resort and lifestyle property markets—and what the numbers can, and cannot, tell us.
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Winter 2025/26 Resort Intelligence: The Complete Uchi Insights Series
Our complete Winter 2025/26 Resort Intelligence series brings together asking prices, recorded sales, ¥/sqm, liquidity, scarcity and Uchi’s analysis across Japan’s leading mountain property markets.
japan property
The Japanese Resort Property Market Has Split
Recorded resort-property activity accelerated in Winter 2025/26, but the broader asking market moved much less dramatically than some sold-unit averages suggest. Uchi explains why product mix, ¥/sqm and liquidity now need to be read together.
japan
The Green Season Race: How Sport Is Turning Japan’s Ski Resorts Into Year-Round Destinations
From world championship cycling in Niseko to international trail running in Myoko, Japan’s mountain resorts are increasingly using sport to turn winter infrastructure into year-round destination assets.
niseko
Hanazono’s 2025 Property Market: More Value, Fewer Properties
Hanazono’s visible property market became considerably more valuable in 2025, with almost the same total asking value as the much larger Other Niseko Areas market—but concentrated across roughly one third of the listings.