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	JAANUS / machiya 町家, 町屋
		In plan, machiya shared with the other major vernacular category, the farmhouse, nouka 農家, a similar internal division into an unfloored service and circulation space, the doma 土間, and a kyoshitsubu 居室部 of one or more rooms with raised timber floors, overspread in the more sophisticated houses with straw mats, tatami 畳.
		Most machiya were hirairi 平入 houses with their eaves overhanging the street, but gable-entry, tsumairi 妻入, houses also occurred in some areas.
		An example is the Kuroudoｄokoro Machiya 蔵人所町屋 in the Inner Palace, Dairi 内裏, of the Heian Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho 京都御所）.
	www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/m/machiya.htm (583 words)

	Kyoto Machiya Resource - Basic Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Unfortunately, it is typically one of the first features of a machiya to disappear in renovations, though I have also seen it updated with glass panels recessed behind it providing a refuge from the weather for the occupants inside while retaining a traditional outward appearance.
		A common sight on the first story rooftop of a machiya is the Shoki-san, a small carved stone figure in order to ward off bad luck and guard against disease and bad spirits.
		Towards the rear of most machiya is a room called the zashiki, which served the function of receiving the most important guests or customers.
	www.kyotomachiya.com /info.html (1669 words)

	Marc Peter Keane - Landscape Architect and Writer
		Most victims were the elegant one- or two-story townhouses called machiya which, until the 1950s, blanketed Kyoto end to end, making it one of the finest examples in the world of a city built of wood.
		Machiya are very much an architecture of the townsfolk, and the story of the machiya is their story.
		By the 1800s, the craftsmen who built the machiya had honed their tools and techniques to elegant refinement; their creations were veritable poems in wood and clay.
	www.mpkeane.com /writhtml/amag.html (1310 words)

	Japanese Architecture
		Kyo machiya is a traditional form of townhouse found mainly in Kyoto.
		It changes its expression and atmosphere wiht the seasons, and its beauty is attributed to the appropriacy of the building materials carefully selected to meet the humble living standard of the owner, the workmanship of experienced builders, and the unique column spacing called kyoma.
		Kyoto machiya, which serve as offices and workplaces as well as residences, are also based on his doctrine, on display in a kannin no kiframe in the shop.
	www.kansai.gr.jp /culture_e/build/living/machiya1.htm (459 words)

	HICPM Builder's Magazine - Kyo-Machiya
		The modern architectural language inside it forms a strong contrast to the outside, even though a lot of the principals of a traditional machiya were used in the design.
		Similar to the pathway toori-niwa in a traditional machiya, a straight stairway leads to the upper floor, with a roof terrace overlooking the surrounding.
		This used to be the case with traditional machiyas, but often high-rise buildings in the neighborhood destroy the view of the enclosed space.
	www.east-asia-architecture.org /ieaau2/kyo-machiya.html (1056 words)

	Did You Know? guide for North to Gion by Hostelbookers
		Kyoto's traditional townhouses, machiya, were built to a unique architectural style known colloquially as "bedrooms of eels" (unagi no nedoko).
		Machiya were usually built by merchants, with a shop space at the front, then living quarters and with a warehouse at the rear.
		Machiya were also built almost entirely of wood, which means that few today are more than a century old.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/north_to_gion/did_you_know? (197 words)

	OVERVIEW:TRADITION
		The idea of transparence and integration between interior and exterior is thus spacialized, reinforcing the possibilities of different utilizations of the spaces: the intermediate corridor improves protection from cold weather, but becomes an opened veranda in hot time by the suppression of closing sliding pannels.
		Schematically, we can draw the machiya ground floor plan as two long, parallel bands of covered spaces: one, on the earthen floor, is the sequence ‘entrance-doma-courtyard’, and the other, mostly on the raised floor, is a sequence of ‘engawa-zashiki-zashiki-inner garden-zashiki-back garden’;.
		ne of the zashiki rooms, usually the nearest to the inner garden in the case of the machiya, was the main guest room housing the buddhist or shinto altar and the alcove (tokonoma) with seasonal poems and flower arrangements.
	members.tripod.com /~tramont/Traditio.html (1326 words)

	KYOTONIAN :: Machiya, a combination of art and functionality. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The word machiya is Japanese and means, when used as a countable noun, a "town house" or "town shop, store or restaurant." This variation in meaning is because machiya served both as the home and workplace of the residents.
		Topped with hundreds of hard roof tiles arranged in an orderly manner, most machiyas have two stories or one story with attics, or in rare instances, three stories.
		The machiyas were built in a row (see the picture on the left) facing the streets to, whether intentionally or not, together create a sense of integrity which strikes many as aesthetically attractive.
	kyotonian.blog.com /464840 (375 words)

	Kyoto Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Iori is a group of six restored machiya located in downtown Kyoto.
		Machiya, or traditional Japanese townhouses, are the best way to truly get inside Japan.
		Iori's six machiya have been lovingly restored and tastefully decorated with antiques from Japan and other parts of Asia.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/japan/kyoto?poi=1000095481 (321 words)

	Kyoto Machiya Resource - About This Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		My Japanese is limited to conversation, rather than writing, thus the bulk of this work came from visiting machiya, speaking with their owners, and discussing the subject with experts from the Kyoto Machiya Craftsmen's Group.
		I found machiya owners to be generally eager to show their homes, and the time I spent talking with them was both enlightening and enjoyable.
		Machiya exist in nearly every city in Japan, and are simply wooden houses in which craftsmen lived and worked.
	www.kyotomachiya.com /about.html (528 words)

	Aaron’s Blog » Machiya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A Machiya is a traditional wooden Japanese home that you can see all over certain parts of Kyoto, especially downtown.
		Most of the first floor in a Machiya is raised above the ground to give air to the floor, preventing the wood from rotting prematurely.
		My favorite parts of the Machiya are the horigotatsu (an area below a table to warm your feet in the winter), and the tokonoma, where you can often find a sumie painting or a shodo scroll.
	apc33.eslblogs.org /2006/06/02/machiya (275 words)

	Kyoto Machiya :: Japan Visitor
		These are primarily but not limited to machiya, the old townhouses that were favored by Kyoto merchants in the pre-War period.
		The powers that be have at long last realized that there is money to be made out of historic preservation, and appear genuine in their effort at keeping at bay the ubiquitous wrecking ball.
		Machiya are now being converted into boutiques (see below), high-end restaurants, galleries, and other ambitious projects by both locals and also money from Tokyo.
	www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=359&pID=1072&pName=kyoto-machiya (499 words)

	Machiya - Webled.com
		Machiya are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout ]...
		[ Internally the Machiya would be split between the kyoshitsubu, divided ]...
		[ The plot width was an index of wealth, and typical Machiya plots were ]...
	www.webled.com /Machiya.htm (535 words)

	Kyoto information site『2Kyoto』◇History◇
		Moreover, in order to keep off the heat of summer, the door and a table are watered and many various devices, such as lowering temperature by evaporation of moisture, making low the roof where direct rays hit, or using a table as an airy lattice door, are seen.
		The frontage of Machiya of a house is so narrow that it is called "eels' bed", and depth of the feature is long..
		And in order to keep off the damp heat of Kyoto, such as a sliding door, are changed into Sudare, and the device of the cool of a capital no one but is seen variously.
	www.2kyoto.net /eng/bunka.html (683 words)

	The World of Ash: Traditional Kyoto architecture
		The city of Kyoto was originally laid out in a gridlike pattern, and the typical Kyoto machiya or townhouse within that grid was a long wooden home with narrow street footage, stretching deep into the city block and often containing a small central courtyard or tsuboniwa.
		Naomi's aunt Sachiko lives in a small machiya of the sort that are fast disappearing as urban folk grow reluctant to spend money on repairing old homes, preferring instead to tear them down and start anew.
		In a machiya such as Sachiko's, rooms are floored in tatami mats and laundry is often dried on a platform on the roof instead of a balcony.
	www.stonebridge.com /ash/Pages/architecture.html (312 words)

	JAANUS / nakadoma machiya 中土間町家
		An urban vernacular residence, machiya 町家, characterised by a inner earth-floored area, nakadoma 中土間, typically dividing a shop mise 店 and living area, ima 居間 on its 'lower' shimote 下手 side from a more refined living and reception suite on the 'upper' kamite 上手 side.
		The front part of the earthen-floored area, doma 土間, of many machiya* is in effect a nakadoma because of the auxillary shop space, shimomise 下店, but in the case of the true nakadoma machiya*, the space to the rear of the shimomise is also floored.
		This kind of machiya has been found in various post towns, *shukubamachi 宿場町 on the Toukaidaidou 東海道, Nakasendou 中山道, Nikkoukaidou 日光街道, and particularly the Kiso Kaidou 木曾街道.
	www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/n/nakadomamachiya.htm (176 words)

	Times of Zambia
		Chief Machiya of the Lima people invited his subjects and those in the surrounding areas and several dignitaries from the Government to join him and members of the royal clan in the merry making which marks the hallmark of the annual ceremony.
		The climax of the ceremony is attained with the performing of the victory dance by Chief Machiya and the members of the royal clan brandishing pangas spears and traditional rifle guns.
		Prince Winter Machiya explained that the ceremony was important to all Limas in that it gives them a chance to trace their roots.
	www.times.co.zm /news/viewnews.cgi?category=8&id=1164260564 (1113 words)

	KYOTO VISITOR'S GUIDE-Machiya townhouses- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Machiya or merchant townhouse are somewhat unique to Kyoto.
		They are generally narrow at the front and extend way back from the street (because taxes were based on the width of the property in the Edo period, 1600-1867).
		Wealthy machiya family often have a fireproof storehouse on their grounds of their residence.
	www.kyotoguide.com /p6/p6.html (252 words)

	munky.net » Two machiya in Kyoto
		A machiya is an old style Japanese house, typically two stories with a relatively narrow entrance facing the street and extending far back into the lot, often with a small enclosed garden near the center.
		The recently renovated machiya housing the Uronza guesthouse has a nice veranda on the second floor overlooking the garden.
		For a fraction of the price of a ryokan, you are able to stay in an authentic and well-maintained Kyoto machiya with ample accommodations (but no air conditioning) and a variety of support facilities.
	www.munky.net /travel/japan/japan06-machiya (1042 words)

	Machiya - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		El machiya es una casa tradicional de madera, que pueden ser encontradas en todo Japón, aunque son representativas de la ciudad de Kioto.
		Dentro de este entramado, los machiya de Kioto consistían en una casa de madera con un frente angosto y gran profundidad.
		Internamente, el machiya estaba dividido entre los kyoshitsubu (áreas privadas, una serie de cuartos con pisos de madera elevados cubiertos con tatami), y el doma o toriniwa, un área de servicio que no estaba elevada, conteniendo la cocina.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Machiya (262 words)

	Boston Children's Museum : Exhibits : Japanese House
		The house was given to Boston by Kyoto, in 1979, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of our Sister-City relationship.
		Machiya are urban houses where artisan or merchant families both live and work.
		We are very lucky to have this Kyo no Machiya in Boston.
	www.bostonkids.org /exhibits/japanese.html (80 words)

	Title page for ETD etd-121999-224250
		Machiya, a Japanese term, translates roughly to townhouse, in English.
		These analyses ultimately lead to the design exercise which investigates the machiya type as an intelligent base for a developmental vernacular process within the context of the Japanese urban environment.
		Therefore, the conclusion is to present, or to infer, the merits of incorporating such a program into a wider extent of the current built environment; poor and affluent, urban and rural.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /theses/available/etd-121999-224250 (246 words)

	Response of Traditional Wooden Japanese Construction
		These wooden structures have narrow street frontages of about 24 feet in which the store or restaurant is located, often entered through a toriniwa or stone walkway which leads both to the shop and back into the more private areas of the house which include rooms usually facing a rear garden.
		The construction system of the machiya is nearly identical to that of traditional residences.
		Noboru Shimamura and Yukio Suzura’s Machiya of Kyoto (Kyoto, 1993).
	nisee.berkeley.edu /kobe/tobriner.html (3343 words)

	Machiya Summer Rain on Rooftops - Scroll Wall Hangings by Japanesque Accents online store
		Machiya, or townhouses, were the homes of the townsfolk, a new class of craftsmen who manufactured all manner of goods, and the merchants who sold them.
		During festivals, one could follow the progress of parade floats carried down the streets as their tops would soar above the rooftops that were all built of uniform height.
		Unfortunately, as land prices began to soar in modern day Kyoto, many of these neighborhoods were lost, but in recent years a movement to save the traditional machiya has meant more of them being preserved as restaurants and art galleries.
	www.fortune3.com /japanesque/Scroll_Wall_Hangings-Machiya_Summer_Rain_on_Rooftops_1-.html (242 words)

	Japanese Architecture
		On the eve of the Gion Festival's yamboko jungyo (parade of floats), machiya in Yamaboko-cho display their treasured folding screens, rugs and other items for appreciation by festival visitors and also for airing after the rainy season.
		On this special day, the treasures of machiya are put on view to the public, ensuring a grand occasion.
		Even though this ancient capital recived no majoy damage during the last war, people are negligent about repairing their houses and, much worse, pull them down with the excuse of changing lifestyles.
	www.kippo.or.jp /culture_e/build/living/machiya2.htm (696 words)

	IORI Machiya
		In this way we are able to preserve old houses that might have been destroyed or irrevocably altered; and in the process give visitors a chance to experience Kyoto in a way they otherwise never could.
		We call them "Weekly Machiya" to indicate that these are houses one comes to stay in as one might the home of a friend.
		At present we have six machiya under management, although we hope that Iori will grow more in time, not only in Kyoto but in other regions as well.
	www.alex-kerr.com /html/iori_machiya.html (183 words)

	Kyoto Summer Tours: June - September 2006
		Kyoto "machiya," or town residences of prosperous merchants, still display the distinctive and traditional character of urban architecture in Edo-period Kyoto.
		A "suikinkutsu," an element of some of the most elegant gardens, is a large ceramic pot with a hole in the bottom, set upside into the ground over layers of stones and pebbles.
		- This machiya was the residence of the founder of the sake brewery Kinshimasamune.
	raku.city.kyoto.jp /data/cssys/bulletin/sep06_natsutabi_e.html (836 words)

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