Own your place in the Japanese Alps – without owning the headaches.
Yuki Share is an alpine lodge share fund near Nagano, Japan. Enjoy your own fully managed mountain home for up to 31 nights a year, while sharing the costs and potential income with a small group of co-owners.
How does lodge share work?
Shared ownership gives you the lifestyle of a Nagano alpine lodge, with professional management handling cleaning, maintenance and guest bookings.
You purchase equity in the lodge via a unit in the trust and pay a monthly fee that covers your share of:
- Lodge management and local caretaking
- Cleaning and laundry
- Utilities and basic consumables
- Routine maintenance and a sinking fund for unexpected expenses
Your 10% ownership entitles you to a guaranteed allocation of personal-use nights each year, plus access to income when you are not using the lodge.
We model the lodge on the following basis:
- Total shareholders: 10
- Usable nights per year: 312 (with a reasonable buffer for cleaning / maintenance)
- Ski season (peak) nights: 72
- Off-season nights: 240
Per holder, per year:
- Ski season: 7 nights
- Off-season: 24 nights
You can choose how to use your allocation within these bands, subject to availability and the booking rules. All bookings are made 12 months in advance via our online booking portal.
You arrive from Tokyo or overseas, step into a warm, clean, fully prepared accommodation, and start relaxing immediately.
Our management team ensures the property is ready for you:
- Heating on, hot water ready
- Beds made, fresh linen & towels
- Basic pantry staples (tea, coffee, oil, salt, etc.)
- Firewood (if applicable) stacked and ready
- The property checked and set up before each stay
When you leave, you simply lock up and go. We handle cleaning, laundry, rubbish removal, restocking and routine checks. You get all the joy of a Nagano mountain escape with none of the day-to-day hassle.
Income & return model
When you are not using the lodge, your unused nights can generate income through short-term rentals to guests.
Whenever you do not use your allocation, those nights are made available on the short-term rental market (for example, holiday guests). The property may not be occupied every night, but at full capacity our projections indicate:
- Example fund value: $300,000
- Annual expenses: $29,250 (≈ $2,437.50 per month across the fund)
- Modelled maximum gross ROI: up to around 45% p.a. at full occupancy
- Example figure: $146,706 total, or $14,670.60 per 10% holder at maximum modelled capacity
These figures are for illustration only and depend on actual occupancy, pricing, costs and market conditions. The management team will actively work to optimise bookings and yields over time.
Net rental income (after expenses and management fees) is distributed between shareholders on a fair, usage-adjusted basis:
- The more personal nights you use, the more lifestyle benefit you receive.
- The fewer personal nights you use, the greater your share of the income pool.
Put simply: people who use the lodge heavily get more holidays; people who use it lightly get more income. Everyone shares in the capital value of the property in proportion to their ownership.
Use is capped at your allocated days to prevent additional personal stays from eating into potential revenue for the fund as a whole.
