David B. 1d ago

Just an interesting machiya (traditional Japanese townhouse) that I encountered this morning.

https://davidbilla.net/machiya-in-takamatsu/

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Machiya in Takamatsu

Today, a very brief post about a "machiya" I encountered this morning. Machiya are traditional Japanese townhouses. They used to be found all over Japan and were nothing exceptional. However, they have been slowly disappearing for a few decades now, and the regular ones (not historical buildings or such) may

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@David Interesting! We have a similar phenomenon, mostly in Sydney and Melbourne: entire suburbs filled with terrace houses, which are mostly old workers' accommodation (some were large and a bit grand). They were narrow and long, often 2 storey, and all had common walls with their neighbours.
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