They creak, they breathe, they freeze you in winter and they’re heartbreakingly beautiful. The Kyoto machiya is Japan’s living museum piece, equal parts poetry and punishment. A home that remembers ...
During our recent HYPEBEAST Road Trips journey across Japan, we had the chance to change pace by staying at the Aoi Yasaka-Koudaiji (part of Kyoto Stay) in Kyoto. Machiya literally translates as ...