We bought an abandoned home in a Japanese ski town for $22,000. It's given our nomadic family the home base we were missing.
A nomadic couple purchased an abandoned home in Hakuba, Japan, for $22,000 to serve as a stable home base while they continue their travel-focused content creation career. The couple plans to split their time between international travel and living in their new Japanese property.
Why it matters
It highlights the 'digital nomad' lifestyle and the trend of purchasing inexpensive, abandoned properties in rural areas to combat rising housing costs.
Lloyd Enbom and his wife bought a house in Nagano Prefecture in Japan. Courtesy of Lloyd Enbom Lloyd Enbom and his wife paid $22,000 for a home in Hakuba, Japan, a rural ski town. Their home was less expensive than it would have been elsewhere, but it requires a lot of work. The couple intends to keep traveling with their young daughter while living in Japan half the year. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lloyd Enbom, 40, a content creator who purchased an abandoned home in Hakuba, Japan, a ski town in Nagano Prefecture , with his wife, Mandy Rutherford. Enbom, who is from Australia, plans to continue traveling with his wife and two-year-old daughter while making Japan their home for half the year. The following has been edited for length and clarity. We've been doing YouTube full-time for nearly five years.
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