{"id":61113,"date":"2026-08-07T00:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/we-built-our-dream-home-for-the-family-we-thought-wed-have-then-we-started-over-in-rural-japan\/07\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:53:17","slug":"we-built-our-dream-home-for-the-family-we-thought-wed-have-then-we-started-over-in-rural-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/we-built-our-dream-home-for-the-family-we-thought-wed-have-then-we-started-over-in-rural-japan\/07\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"We built our dream home for the family we thought we’d have. Then we started over in rural Japan."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sia and Mikael Lilja spent six years building their dream family home in Sweden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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When they decided that kids were no longer part of the plan, they moved to Japan for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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They paid 8 million yen, about $49,000, for an akiya, one of Japan’s old vacant houses in the countryside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n