We Mapped 100+ Years of Earthquake Data to Create a New Akiya Search Tool, ft. Keita

Want to buy an akiya in Japan but the idea of earthquakes keeping you up at night? We get it. Japan shakes, so we made a tool to help you figure out where to look.

This week, Joey and Take catch up with university friend Keita, the geospatial software engineer who built AkiyaMart's new earthquake overlay filter. He explains how it works, why Shindo (felt intensity) matters more than magnitude for property buyers, and the key limitations of 100–120 years of historical data.

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Hosts are Take Kurosawa and Joey Stockermans. The AkiyaMart Production Team is Carlos Gutierrez., Devin Silvernail, and Lukas Fotty.

Chapters:
00:00 Japan Quake Reality Check

00:31 Meet Keita From Yakushima

02:21 Why Move Off Tokyo

03:31 Avocado Farm Dream

04:49 Earthquake Overlay Launch

06:33 How The Map Is Built

09:05 Testing Famous Quakes

11:13 Data Limits And Controversy

14:44 Shindo Vs Magnitude

16:45 ICU Tokyo Example

18:07 Wrap Up And Where To Find Keita

19:53 Podcast Outro And Links

We Mapped 100+ Years of Earthquake Data to Create a New Akiya Search Tool, ft. Keita

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