Machiya Inn
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Stay in an Authentic Kyoto Machiya Townhouse
Step into a Kyoto machiya and the world outside falls quiet. Tatami mats breathe a faint, grassy fragrance. Shoji screens filter the daylight into a pale glow. In the small inner garden, a breeze stirs the leaves and water trickles softly over stone.
For centuries, these wooden townhouses were home to the rhythms of everyday life—children’s laughter, the sound of a kettle coming to boil, footsteps across creaking floorboards. Today, a few remain, carefully tended so their stories continue. Walking through them, one can almost sense the lives that have passed, layered like the grain in the wood.
The city gathers around them in contrasts. Just beyond the lattice doors lie Gion’s lantern-lit alleys, the climb to Kiyomizu Temple, the bustle of Nishiki Market with its endless colors and flavors. Yet inside the machiya, time feels suspended—an echo of Kyoto’s past held within walls that still breathe.
To spend a night here is less about accommodation than about immersion. The balance of old and new is quiet and unforced: a deep bath, a kitchen tucked behind sliding doors, the hum of modern life only when you choose to hear it. What remains most vivid is not convenience, but atmosphere—the sensation of inhabiting a space where history has not ended, only folded gently into the present.
Our Turn
（Awata-An）
Quiet machiya at the hill of Higashiyama. Near by Heian-Jingu shrine and Chion-in temple.
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Very close to Higashiyama Station of Subway, also convenient access to Heianjingu-Shrine, Nanzenji-Temple, Chion-in, and Yasaka Shrine.
Kurenai-An
The area of Kurenai-An was used to a place for houses of court nobles, and fendal domains.
Shirafuji-An
10 mins walk to Mibu-Temple which is famouse for Shin-sengumi. Very easy to find the house, good access to Arashiyama area.
Kikyou-An
10 mins by walk to the ancient Japanese garden "Shinsen-en" where is also known as power spot of Kyoto. The house is small but cute design.
Wakakusa-An
10 mins by walk to ancient Japanese garden "Shinsen-en" where is also known as power spot of Kyoto. The house is small but cute design.
Demizu-machiya
120 years old machiya at the north of Nijyo Castle, the World Heritage. Just in front of long-established oil shop, Yamanaka-Abura.
Heian-kyu San-no-tsubone
More than 120 years old machiya located north part of Nijyo Castle.
Heian-kyu Ni-no-tsubone
More than 120 years old machiya located north part of Nijyo Castle.
Heian-kyu Ichi-no-tsubone
More than 120 years old machiya located north part of Nijyo Castle.
Heian-kyu Nishi-no-tai
More than 120 years old machiya located north part of Nijyo Castle.
Heian-kyu Higashi-no-tai
More than 120 years old machiya located north part of Nijyo Castle.
Kyomachiya Ebisu
Walking distance to Shijyo-Kawaramachi where is a main center of shopping.