Inside a 100+ Year Old Fully-Modernized Traditional Kyoto Townhouse | Japanese Renovated Machiya

Thanks to Rakutoko for allowing me to film your beautiful machiya townhouses! Commenters -- which was your favorite?

3rd one for sure

I used to like the traditional machiyas but after seeing that apartment in Harajuju, sorry, these ones here choke me now !

Really cool place, i would move there indeed. But i´d throw out the old phones.

Static shock 24/7 in the winter 😂

Sorry, that coat has to go.

You lost me at all those "kitchens". I've seen better kitchens in tiny campers that were converted from work vans. These machiyas are not for anyone who likes to cook regularly.

I could 500% make that last place work!

I find your videos fascinating. Introduced some time ago (maybe Chris Broad?) i subscribed as to not miss a one. Good job.

Please get rid of that god-awful coat!

Fire Extinguishers on every floor for #1? There is a lot of wood in the building.

All three look nice and peaceful probably cause they're all made out of light colored wood. The rotary phone took me by surprise though. I didn't think people still used those.

Nice, beautiful property love it ❤️

My cats would love the kotatsu in the third one, and they would most definately love to use the garden in the entrances as their own personal toilet, lol.

Can we get the name of the print and artist of the woman holding the cat? It was gorgeous.

I love touring traditional Japanese houses. Hope to see more in the future. By the way, I love the picture of cats underneath the kotatsu! They are so adorable! 😍

Alex, Chris, I'm going to need to know if those guitar light switches are custom made or if I can buy them somewhere.

Your content is my new obsession. Good work!

Super non related to the theme, but I LOVE your tweed coat!!!

A actual real estate person!! Thank You !

These are all so beautiful! Since lowered enterenceways are very common in Japan, are there any places to stay for a wheelchair user? Id love to see Koyto but I always feel it wont be accessible enough. Thanks!

I could see myself living in the 3rd. Very nice!

You show off a lot of these really pricey homes in japan. I would like to see something nice I can actually afford. Say around $250,000 usd.

Its been 3000 years since the last time he posted a video ❤

my friend, get rid of that homeless person coat :D other than that love your vids man.

I know what my kitties would do with that gravel by the front door.

"But"

I really like number 2 but I love the lighting of 3

Great videoe

i live in the Karasuma Oike neighborhood!!!!
Talk about the good life...

and yes the owner is a musician (probably my favorite living performer), and yeah he loves cats...


We met in the most random of ways 20+ years ago. He found an unreleased album of his (He didn't even have a copy) for me, signed it, and got it to me! God level fan service!

Love your jacket ❤

Hard pass. 6f3 250
These little dwellings are for a midget race only.

I think my favorite bit was when you let Chris use the land-line phones as props and have him figure out "Yes, Chris, these are real, working phones, not props."

the sub plug was fine lmao

Beautiful apartments, but zero storage space if you were to live there full time!

I haven’t seen rotary phones in decades.. Japan is certainly a strange mix of old and new..

woah ! that's awesome
Need more videos like this one

give this man a raise of subs and views!

I actually liked the first one for it's simplicity. Great work! Can't wait to see the next one with Sharla (and maybe Chris, as they get closer to buying something in Tokyo) soon!

Love your work!!!!!!!

Love your tours, but your sub request was weak. Should take a look at Linus Tech Tips to pick up some ways to segway...to your sub request.

3rd machiya

Last one is favorite

I loved both episodes, could you potentially do a behind the scenes look at how these are renovated?

I love your call to subscribe. So cute. 😊

This is beautiful Alex. Thanks for the tour.

WHAT DOES A BILLION DOLLARS GET YOU IN KYOTO

Are these for sale or AirBnB? I like the third one.

i love the square tatami

Beautiful

'maybe enough for you and a kid'... lol uhh, i mean you could've said you and YOUR kid, not just a random kid... toggle switch lightswitches are pretty cool tho