Would You Live In A Jiko Bukken?
Cheap housing in Japan can come with eerie implications.Finding a safe, well-maintained, and reasonably priced home in Japan takes a lot of work. The more things you need an apartment to have, the more likely you are to run into trouble of one sort or another. So when you find an apartment that has a lot of amenities but a very cheap price tag, that instantly raises the question: why? Nine times out of ten, the reason for the location’s low price tag is that it is a jiko bukken.What is a Jiko Bukken?A jiko bukken (事故物件) is known in English as a stigmatized property. It may also be referred to ...