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Japan’s August Hotel Nights Fall, but the Measurement Matters
August guest nights fell across domestic and overseas travellers. The new survey framework and the difference between guests and rooms shape the interpretation.
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ski resort
Japan’s Ski Hotel Map Reveals Two Different Resort Economies
New accommodation research reveals large differences in hotel supply around Japan’s ski areas. Alongside Okuibuki’s planned 54-room hotel, the findings raise questions about how destinations turn day visitors into overnight guests.
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.
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Latest Premium Reports
Explore the latest Uchi Insights Premium reports covering Japan’s resort and lifestyle property markets, with data-led analysis, market commentary and subscriber access.
niseko
Annupuri Property in 2025: More Value, Fewer Sales and a Market Led by Land
Annupuri’s visible property inventory increased 19.4% in 2025, but its total asking value rose 41.4% while sales declined. Uchi Insights examines what the divergence tells us about one of Niseko’s most distinctive land and chalet markets.
japan
The Cheap-Yen Property Window May Not Stay Open
The yen’s recent rebound has already made Japanese property more expensive for overseas buyers, offering a timely reminder that exchange-rate discounts can disappear much faster than property prices change.
niseko
The Niseko House Value Ladder: From ¥38 Million to ¥198 Million
The median sold-listing value for houses ranged from ¥38m in Kutchan to ¥198m in Hirafu and Hanazono. The premium is real, but so are the differences in turnover and evidence depth.
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Where Niseko Property Actually Moved—and Why the Drive-To Market Led
Hirafu and Kutchan each recorded 43 sales in 2025, but against very different stock. The wider drive-to market led overall with 80.