Two short-term rentals in Japan. Every yen, published.
I opened a city house in Tokyo and a beach house on the Shonan coast in March 2026. This site is their real ledger: payouts, rent, utility bills, the months that lost money, and what I would do differently.
¥755,951combined profit after rent and utilities, March–August 2026 (about $4,784)
13 / 42months to recover the setup cost at the current pace — beach house / city house
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Last updated 2026-10-09. New months are added once the bills are in.