Akiyama
Akiyama is a powerful house finder built for people navigating Japan's unique property landscape. We designed every interaction around clarity and confidence, transforming the overwhelming process of finding a home into something that feels calm, focused, and surprisingly intuitive.
Listings
Map
Methodology
01
Research
Mapping the end-to-end journey of house hunters in Japan, from initial search to key handover, identifying pain points across language barriers, listing fragmentation, and opaque pricing.
02
Architecture
Structuring a unified search experience that surfaces the right properties through intelligent filtering, map-based exploration, and neighborhood context layers.
03
Interface
Designing a responsive system that adapts seamlessly across desktop and mobile, with clear property comparisons, saved searches, and scheduling built into the core flow.
04
Delivery
Shipping a cross-platform product with a cohesive design system, bilingual support, and performance optimized for tens of thousands of image-heavy property listings.
Features
Multi-Source Aggregation
Pulls listings from 100+ sources for each prefecture including akiya banks, AtHome, LIFULL, Rakuen, and municipal databases into one unified search.
Hazard & Risk Mapping
Overlays natural disaster layers including flood, landslide, earthquake, tsunami, storm surge, and steep slope directly onto the property map.
Location Intelligence
Enriches every listing with 10+ data layers: solar potential, land prices, demographics, zoning, transit ridership, and more.
Smart Scoring
Generates a composite 0-100 listing score across five dimensions: risk, liquidity, access, demographic trend, and value.
Utility & Renovation Costs
Estimates seasonal utility costs by provider and generates detailed renovation budgets with AI-powered photo condition analysis.
AI-Powered Search
Accepts natural language queries in English or Japanese to find, filter, and rank properties without touching a single dropdown.
Saved Searches & Alerts
Monitors the market automatically with alerts for new listings, price drops, hazard changes, and score fluctuations.
Bilingual Interface
Full English and Japanese UI with dual-language exports, company directory, and locale-aware formatting throughout.
About Nagano
Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is best known as the host of the 1998 Winter Olympics and is home to Zenkō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple.