Machiya

The most beautiful dwellings in the world.

When we were in Japan we stayed in two different in machiya one in Kyoto (a kyomachiya) and one in Kanazawa, both with Machiya Inns and Hotels.

Machiya (町家) are traditional wooden row houses found throughout Japan. Machiya (which literally means town house) have existed in Japan for more than a thousand years, since around the Heian period (794-1185), b…