← Operation Castle The Find · No. 001

The find

The brief

A real castle. For the price of a used car.

A six-story Japanese castle in Akabira, Hokkaido, listed for $64,000 (¥10,000,000). It is 100% freehold. Roof and repairs run about $52,000 more. That is exactly why a crew makes sense.

No money is being collected yet. This is a show of hands.

Exhibit A · the numbers
$64,000
List price (¥10M)
A six-story castle for less than a used car.
Built 1991
Concrete + steel
Reinforced. Built to outlast all of us.
6 floors
~17,000 sq ft
With a working elevator. Pirates with knees, rejoice.
5,045 m²
Of land (~1.25 ac)
Room for a garden, a forge, and bad decisions.
40 cars
Of parking
For the fleet. Or the food trucks.
¥1.2M/yr
Property tax
The honest catch. It costs to hold. We split that too.
The receipts · nothing hidden

Go check it yourself

Price
¥10,000,000 (~$64,000)
Roof + repairs
~¥8,000,000 (~$52,000)
Building
1,571 m² (~17,000 sq ft)
Land
5,045 m² (~1.25 ac)
Built
1991 · concrete + steel
Floors
6 · working elevator
Property tax
¥1.2M / yr (~$7,700)
Land rights
100% freehold
Where
Akabira, Hokkaido · 3.1 km from the JR station
Nearby
49.6 km to Furano ski · 150 m to a Lawson
The sources · go look
→ Houses of Japan, the listing → Century 21 Niseko, full specs → Google Maps, see exactly where it is → Reddit, what the internet thinks
Split the castle

Drag the crew. Watch your share drop.

Price plus repairs is about $116,000. Split across a crew, it gets small fast.

No. of crew
110
Each of us pays
$1,055
The gallery · real shots

This is the actual place

Aerial view of the castle in the Akabira landscape The castle tower up close, Akabira The castle reflected in the pond, Akabira The Akabira castle, Hokkaido The Akabira castle, Hokkaido The Akabira castle, Hokkaido The Akabira castle, Hokkaido The Akabira castle, Hokkaido The Akabira castle, Hokkaido

Tap a photo to see it full size. Gathered from public sources while researching. Rights to confirm before launch.

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A show of hands. No money is being collected yet. Not an offer, a security, or a binding anything. A daydream with a sign-up sheet.