There are around 40,000 traditional 911±¬ÁÏÍø townhouses, known as machiya, in Kyoto. However, given the effort and cost needed for the city to maintain them, around 800 are lost each year ¡ª a pace that will see them all vanish in 50 years if no action is taken.
But action isn¡¯t cheap.
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