KYOTO (Reuters) - For generations, artisans and merchants in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto lived in thousands of traditional "machiya" townhouses that are steadily disappearing or falling into ...

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Now you can enjoy all the delights of a cat-shaped dessert while immersed in the traditional culture of Kyoto. Machiya, traditional wooden townhouses, dot the landscape in the historical city of Kyoto ...

Text description provided by the architects. Kyoto Machiya (traditional townhouse) has been renovated into a showroom for a Kimono shop and photo studio. The client told that it was difficult for a ...

First established in Tokyo, Chocolat Bel Amer has now opened a boutique in a gorgeous traditional machiya (town house) fronted by a Japanese maple tree. In a rather bold move, it is directly opposite ...

While neon-lit Tokyo moves ahead at hyperspeed, Kyoto ambles along at a leisurely pace. During its thousand-year reign as Japan’s imperial city, artisans from around the country flocked here to hone ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The popular image of Kyoto may be one of incense-infused temples and elusive geisha, but the view from the city’s ...

The Kashima Honkan Japanese-style inn is seen in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward before demolition in this provided photo. FUKUOKA -- Local residents are lamenting the demolition of the long-established ...