This book introduces the reality of the Machiya situation in Kyoto today together with the wide-ranging cooperative efforts being made by public administrative, companies and Kyoto citizens to keep Machiya culture alive.

Second edition will be included about New York symposium issue in November 2008.

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Book「京町家の再生　Machiya Revival in Kyoto」 publish in spring 2009

Chapters of the book

chapter 1.........What is Machiya?

chapter 2.........Machiya under Destruction

chapter 3.........Reviving Machiya

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part 1

part 2

part 3 (part 1+part 2)