Inside a 100+ Year Old Fully-Modernized Traditional Kyoto Townhouse | Japanese Renovated Machiya

In this home tour, Alex takes you inside three fully-renovated Kyoto traditional machiya townhouses.

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Editor - Julian Domanski @KantanJapan
Cameraman - Paul Ballard @PaulBallard

[TokyoPortfolio]

Thanks to Rakutoko for allowing me to film your beautiful machiya townhouses! Commenters -- which was your favorite?

[AbroadinJapan]

WHAT DOES A BILLION DOLLARS GET YOU IN KYOTO

[Nynke_K]

so glad to have had more to watch after Chris's video! I like the design of the third one best overall, but that doma in the first one is super cool...

[VerhoevenSimon]

I loved both episodes, could you potentially do a behind the scenes look at how these are renovated?

[Mineav]

Sent over from Abroad in Japan. Love your videos, Alex.

[johngatewoodii]

i live in the Karasuma Oike neighborhood!!!!
Talk about the good life...

and yes the owner is a musician (probably my favorite living performer), and yeah he loves cats...


We met in the most random of ways 20+ years ago. He found an unreleased album of his (He didn't even have a copy) for me, signed it, and got it to me! God level fan service!

[chidoriaida]

I love touring traditional Japanese houses. Hope to see more in the future. By the way, I love the picture of cats underneath the kotatsu! They are so adorable! 😍

[tomatha]

Absolutely fantastic video and wonderful insight into the renovation of traditional Kyoto townhouses

[anthonynelson]

I think my favorite bit was when you let Chris use the land-line phones as props and have him figure out "Yes, Chris, these are real, working phones, not props."

[aishalee]

These are such cute Airbnbs! They did such a good job renovated them with a perfect Kyoto vibe! Definitely going to book a reservation next vacation 😊

[Empieye]

I like how the Machiyas gets progressively more modern as Alex introduces them, kinda like showing you the ratio of development from least to most modern. I could definitely Be Zen 24/7 in all of them though, haha

[ovwryur]

I love your call to subscribe. So cute. 😊

[AndyLifeInVideo]

I did a tour of a kyomachi when I was in Kyoto and it was amazing! Wasn't all cleaned up like this one, but had a lot of room!

[louieestrivo]

This is beautiful Alex. Thanks for the tour.

[LazyLoftGuy]

I like the second machiya, the master(?) bedroom seemed very relaxing with its view of the garden.

[chiefbosn]

A actual real estate person!! Thank You !

[inuush]

The first one is my favourite actually, I just think it's the most cozy looking one of the three.

[ronochow]

Love the style of the 3rd one with the modern minimalist design with the wood panels. They all seem like very nice places to stay, but wouldn't be as practical for anything long term. And where was the toilet for the 3rd house?

[sweetarchangel]

My cats would love the kotatsu in the third one, and they would most definately love to use the garden in the entrances as their own personal toilet, lol.

Can we get the name of the print and artist of the woman holding the cat? It was gorgeous.

[bashbro]

Your content is my new obsession. Good work!