Have you heard? There is a new real estate boom town in Japan. If you know a little something about Japan, you might think it is either Tokyo - or some city within the Kanto area. Unfotunately, this conventional thinking is WRONG!
All the excitement is a little town in Hokkaido called NISEKO. Below is a breif description of what is going on from the Japan Times:
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"When I started the business, people told me 'Ben, you're crazy, it's too expensive,' " he said. "But our buyers were saying the opposite: 'Ben, you're crazy. Why is it so cheap?' " suggesting properties in the area are still underpriced compared with overseas ski resorts.
After the 9/11 attacks in the United States in 2001, Australian skiers started coming to Niseko to hit its powder snow slopes and avoid any security concerns involved in going to the United States and Europe. In the past, overseas skiers tended to avoid Japan, believing it too expensive and too difficult because of the language barrier.
One reason Niseko attracts Australian skiers in particular is because the time differential with Japan is only an hour, and there are direct flights between Sapporo and major Australian cities, including Sydney, in the winter.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070308f1.html
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With all this activity going on up north you can surely bet there are a lot of JOB OPPOTUNITIES in NISEKO. Here are just a few of the NISEKO jobs on GaijinPot:
Systems Officer and Project Coordinator
Type : Mid-career
Full-time
Salary from : 290,000 - 375,000/Month
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Sales Consultant
Type : Mid-career
Full-time
Salary from : 200,000 - 300,000/Month
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Reservations Officer
Type : Mid-career
Full-time
Salary from : 2.6M - 3.0M/Year
(http://www.gaijinpot.com/job_search.php?PHPSESSID=71e806431d17e17e7c37aaaa3c8e16a8&cat=&position_type=&full_part=&location=1&selang=all&keyword=keyword&jid=job+id&action=search)
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