Landed Japan

Whether you’re buying a family home, a ski chalet or an investment property, Landed Japan will save you time, money and headaches.In Landed Japan you’ll find:• Step-by-step instructions for buying new and pre-owned real estate• Case studies about building and buying new homes and purchasing repossessed, income and recreational properties• Introductions to the real estate markets in Hokkaido, Greater Tokyo, Nagoya, Kansai, Fukuoka and Okinawa• Profiles of new infrastructure and development projects that can affect your property’s value• Explanations of how demographics, Abenomics, the Olympics and Airbnb are changing Japan’s real estate market• Information about Japan’s finance, insurance and tax environments• Guidance for managing Japan-specific risks, ranging from abandoned houses and asbestos to earthquakes and volcanoes• Resources to help you build, buy, maintain, manage and renovate your property• Extensive checklists for buyers• Much more

Christopher Dillon is an award-winning writer and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong.

In 2002, he bought and renovated a floor in an office building in Hong Kong's Central business district. Since then, he has purchased and refurbished a luxury apartment on the west side of Hong Kong Island and transformed a derelict steam laundry into a multimedia studio. He began investing in Japanese real estate in 2010 and served on the management committee of a 210-unit apartment complex in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2021.

That experience inspired four books: Landed Hong Kong (2008), Landed Japan (2010), Landed China (2013) and Landed Global—which includes case studies and data from more than 110 countries and territories—in 2014. A second edition of Landed Hong was published in 2015, and an expanded and revised edition of Landed Japan was released in 2018.

A native of Canada, Dillon lived in Tokyo from 1989 to 1992. He appears regularly in the international media, as both a contributor and a guest.