Eat & Drink in Nara Machiya
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8Narazuke pickles restaurant

Ashibi-no-sato

French restaurant

Bonappetit Meshiagare

Rigid appearance with cage-like window
and wing walls painted in black plaster.
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Remains a smoke-dormer and bay lattice.
Quite low ceiling.
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Yamato vegetable restaurant

Awa Naramachi branch

Matsuki

A 97-year-old Machiya with bay lattice.
Characteristic glass window at the attic floor.

Edogawa Naramachi branch

Nara Machiya

Mangyoku

Edo era (18th C)
Different types of lattice designs remain.
11 Udon noodle & caféJapanese sweets

Kashiya

CulturalProperties

MenkuiNorth ridge is dropped, and different
designs are applied in roof planning.
5Find

Remains smoke-dormer and shoki-statue
on the roof.
Imposing roof trusses are visible inside.

Cafe

Kana-kanaEating&

12 Cafe &gallery

Detached Room
Courtyard
F u n c t io n a s a l ig h t wel l a n dvent ilat ion pat h. A space forar ticulation together withoku-no-ma, or inner room.

Shoppingcafe zuccu

Used to be a 250-year-old Machiya for an
exchange shop.
Remains cage-like window and bay lattice.

Kitamachi
Former
NaraPrizon(Shop-room)

Front street

Tegaimon-mae
Yakemon-mae

Nara
Women'sUniversity

Former Nabeya
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Police-box
Kitamachi Tourist
Information Center

Kintetsu
Nara Prefectural
Nara Station Government Office

Sarusawa-ike
Pond

Yasuragi-no-michi St.

Naramachi-odori St.
Naramach
Traditional House

Gangoji
TempleFive Storied Pagoda
Ichi-no-torii- mae

AraikePond
Nara Hotel
Fukuchi-in-kita

Nara Okuyama
Drvingway

Shosoin
Repository

Hanging windowMt.
Wakakusa

Folding display
deckDaibutsu-ike Pond

Kaidan-in

Todaiji Temple
Great Buddha Hall
Kagami-ike
Pond

Lattice
SectionGreatSouth
GateNaraNational
MuseumRoofing tile

Legend for
Icons of Detail

Daibutsu-denKasuga
GrandShrine
Ukimi-doTakabatake-cho

KyobateStationKidera(Kawara)Two rows of kazakiri-maru-kawara,
or wind-braking semicircular tiles
at both edges. Different shapes
and patterns for the eave.

Lattice(Koushi)
Designs vary from house tohouse . Brings light & windinside, but also keeps privacy.

Issue

Main door
Elevation

NaramachiLattice House
Naramachi South Tourist
Information Center

Smoke-dormer

Wing wall

Takabatake

Nanendo HallMochiidono
Center St.

Nara City Tourist
Information Center(NARANICLE)

Front street

Insect-cage-likewindow

Kencho-higashi

Kofukuji Temple 169

Oku-no-ma Naka-no-ma Mise-no-ma(Attic floor)
Second floor with low
ceili ng, com mon i nNaramachi.

Roofing tile

Kitamachi
Tegaimon Tourist
Information Center

Saho-gawa River
Mausoleum ofEmperor Shomu(Middle room)

TsushiCourtyard

HannyajiTemple(Former Nara
Juvenile Prizon)

Higashi-no-sakaHigashi-muki
St.
Konishisakura-doriSt.

Kintetsu Nara Station to Naramachi

Funahashi-dori St.

JRNara Station

Konoike Athletic Park(Naraden Konoike Park)

Facade ofNara Machiya

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Main door(Oh-do)
C h a n g e a b l e t o d i ff e r e n t
forms by another layer oflat tice door or the smaller
door within.

Insect-cage-likewindow(Mushiko-mado)

Brings light & wind to theattic. Different houses havedifferent designs.

Wing wall(Sode-udatsu)
Short partition wall on both sidesof the facade at the attic floor.
Several reasons for the purpose;fire-protection or decoration.

Hanging window

Folding display deck

(Shitomi-do)

Hanging door used inmerchant's house. Swings up
horizontally, and been kept
open during the store hours.
Function as modern shutter.

(Battari-shogi)

Used to display merchandise
as a par t of the shop. Pull
down on opening time andfold up on closing time.

The Traditional Culture IKIIKI Committee
Naramachi Traditional House Community Group of Management（Nara Machidukuri Center Inc., NPO Sanga Kuruma-za, Nara Machiya Research Association）
2-1 Nakashinya-cho, Nara City, 630-8333
0742-20-1917 ／ 0742-26-3476
http://naramachi-nigiwainoie.jp/Issued on February 2018
This project has suppported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 201728

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Mise-no-ma( Main House)
Built along the front street by the maxiamwidth of the site. The central building of site.

Points of Detail

Takamatraditional townhouse of NaraNaka-no-ma

Omoya

Front street

Bay lattice and timber lattice remain.
High side light in the shop.

Hannyaji Temple

Sanjo-dori St.

Oku-no-ma(Drawing room)

14 cafeHari ShinCourtyard

Passageway

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13 CafeCage-like window at the low attic floor.
Fire wood stoves are still used in the kitchen.
Mijinco-bunco
Compact Machiya with a smoke-dormer.
Japanese restaurant

Nakanishi Yosaburo

N

Kura

(Storehouse)

Renovated a 90-year-old Machiya
used to be a Chinese medicine shop.

Japanese sweets

Kawasaki-cho

Backyard

Corridor
Hallway that connects the mainhouse and detached room,along the courtyard.Toilet islocated, and on the opposite
side of the courtyard is anotherwalkway goes to the backyard.

Tengaibo

Lattice for the opening at the attic floor.

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The feature of Nara Machiya is narrow frontage and long site.
There are many ideas in design; a cour t yard to br ing light and wind inside, andpassageway to connect the front and back side of the house, and more. Many Machiya
were running business displaying merchandise in Mise-no-ma, or Shop-room.

Drinking

6Aburasaka

Basic Information of Nara Machiya

10 Izakaya (Japanese bar)

Eel restaurant

Renovated a 150-year-old Machiya used tobe a kimono fabric shop.
4&Japanese restaurant

Renovated a 140-year-old compact Machiyawith timber lattice and cage-like window.
3Walk

Machi means town. Nara-machi has a history over 1300years, and remains the ancient subdivision of land fromits capital era.
Machi-ya means townhouse, built in traditional Japanese
wooden construction.

Lifestyle in Naramachi has been passed down among
local people over the centuries. It is the life with Nara
Machiya that is f ull of ideas how to deal with thenature and live a confortable life, utilizing the limitedsite. Enjoy finding old Nara Machiya living in presenttownscape.
Three areas to enjoy the taste of Nara Machiya

In the area around the K intetsu Nara
Station to Naramachi, there remains many
Nara Machiya used as residences or shops.
Kitamachi is gradually developing with somereminiscence of once being a prosperous town
as the north entrance to Nara.
Takabatake was originally a neighbor forpriests of Kasuga Grand shrine, but it became
popular residential area.

Kintetsu
Nara Station

TakamaZeitakumame-hompo
Nara City Tourist
Information Center(NARANICLE)
Kamisanjo-cho

10Higashi-muki St.

Nakagawa Family House

TamuraSeihoen Chaho693Nakanishi 6Yosaburo
11011
Ashibi-no-sato

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Naramachi Karakuri
13Toy Museum
14615

5Chikada Family House
Gangoji
猿沢池
Temple21318792202145318 Family House
Kioku
191032117 Satoden Masuo
5Shoten

115Hakken-cho-higashi

1618

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Naramachi
Lattice House

14Kidera-no-ie 82Machiya with
Verandah
13

120

19 16
Naramachi
2015
South
Tourist17 18
Tanaka-cho
Bus stop
1412 65 4 3

12Information
11 Center
1723

117

Kidera-cho
Bus stop
822 716141522
136Wariishi-choBus stop

7714 23

Aota Family House
89141013611
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public, but the exterior of the buildings
are visible.

Icons of Detail
Roofing tile

Main door

Insect-cage-likewindow

Hanging window

Wing wall

Folding display
deck

operable facade typical for a merchant’ s house dealing Machiya with main door e r a . N a r a M a c h i y a w i t h Late Edo period. A full two-story
merchant’ s house. Timber Japanese candle. Typical and timber lattice facade.
several bay lattice.
house, rare for Edo period.
lattice remain.
shopfront facade.
Cage-like window and wing
walls remain.

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猿沢池

89Shin-Yakushiji
TempleIrie Taikichi Memorial
Museum of Photography,
Nara City

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Nara-Prefecture-designatedFormer Hosoda Family Housesugar & sweets

Edo period (17 to 18th C). Built 300
years ago, the oldest farmer’ s housein the city.
Farmer’ s houses are spread in theoutskirts of Naramachi.

Satoden Masuo Shoten
Nara sumi-ink shop

Registered Tangible

3 Cultural Property

ShojudoKawase Family House
Main House and others

Akahada pottery shop

Edo period (19th C). Used to be ahouse for police constable of Nara
Magistrate’ s office. Beautiful mud
wall remains.

Neya Koubo
Japanese sake shop

Harushika

Wide frontage and rigid appearance with thicklattice, cage-like window and wing walls.
9 fabric shop Mampu
10 pottery & Japanese variety goods shop

Midoriya

Machiya with lattice at the attic floor and small
cage-like window.

12 soy sauce brewery

Koda Family House

Muromachi period(15th C). Early
Shoin-zukuri design. Details havec a r r i e d o n to co n t e m p o r a r yinterior designs.
{open to public / entry fee}glass works

Neat facade with cage-like window andwing walls.
8Important

2 Tangible Property

glass studio + gallery

Cage-like window and wing walls paintedwith black plaster remain.

169 Former Residence
Shiga Noaya’s

CulturalImportantNara-Prefecture-designatedNara-City-designatedRegistered Tangible
Registered Tangible
Registered Tangible
1 Cultural Property
2 Tangible Property
3 Property
4 Cultural Property
5 Cultural Property
6 Cultural Property
Properties
Fujioka Family House
Hosokawa Family House Mori Family House
Kioku Family House
Tamura Seihoen Chaho Masaki Family Houseof Nara Machiya Edo
Main house and others
period (18th C). Widely Edo period (19th C). Originally M eji er a . Co mp a c t Nar a Edo period (18th C) to Meiji (tea shop)＊Cultural properties are not open forKuho

Yu Nakagawa

登大路

cafe zuccu

Yagi Shuzo
三条通り

10Todaiji Temple
Kaidan-in

Nakamura Family House

近鉄奈良駅 Takabatake

Kidera11

glass-ball design studio

11 varaiety goods shop

9Fujioka
Family House
2021126141022

17169

4To Kasuga Grand Shrine
From Wariishi-cho Bus Stopto Former Shiga Naoya's Residence
about 10-minute-walkImanishike Shoin
Traditional House

Rigid appearance with cage-like window
and wing walls painted in black plaster.

Daibutsu-ike
PondNara Station
3

浮見堂

Imanishike Shoin
Traditional House

Bonappetit
Meshiagare

1

4

8Harushika

9Yoshioka Family House
1319

1Kikuoka Chinese medicine shop

Wide frontage with lattice, and characteristicroof trusses for maximam ceiling hight.

Kitamachi Tegaimon
Tourist Information
CenterShosoin
Tegai-cho
Bus stop
Repository

Yakemon-mae

Nara Women's To
KintestuUniversity52Imakoji
27
Bus stop25Mijinco-bunco

もちいどのセンター街

To
KyobateStationKana-kanaOkada Family House
Masaki Family House

11 Menkui

13

東向き商店街Hakken-cho
Bus stop

Nishiki-cho
Bus stop8

1Kita-kyobate-cho
214 stop
Bus26
34 25
5 24
15

12

Fukuchiin-cho
Bus stop

54Yoshida
Kacho shop

3

From Naramachi-odori
to229
20South Tourist
Information Center
10913
about 15-minute-walk
27

116

121

Kuho

31
Kita Family House

1 Cultural Property

Narrow frontage, less than 2.7 meters.
Extremely compact Machiya.

6Tegaimon-mae

21

小西さくら通り

やすらぎの道Fujioka Family23House22 28

3Saho-gawaRiver

Horen-naka-cho

Takabatake16

下御門商店街medicine shop
Naramachi
Neya 7 61Kauri
Traditional House24Koubo
23104
Matsuyama Family22House 76
5Mukaide
Shoyu 12Brewery

3Ida Family House

Scenic Heritage
Daijo-in Temple Garden
Fukuchi-in-kita

15

Former Hosoda
Family House369

Bus stop

Awa

Hari Shin 7
Mampu 9 8Midoriya9 10

Kikuoka Chinese

Mausoleum ofShomu
浮見堂 Emperor& Empress Komyo

2 Naramachi branch
Ogawa Matabei Shoten
4 Kashiya

Edogawa

Imazaike
Bus stop

Tengaibo 12

Nara Hotel
Sakamoto169Family House
Nara Hotel83 Naramachi
branch12

Higashi-no-saka

Kawase Family House

Low cage-like window and wing walls remain.

Kauri

Front-garden style Machiya. Bay-window
lattice remains on the front wall.
4Sarusawa-ike
Pond
Araike Pond

3Hannyaji
TempleFrom Yakemon-mae
to Yamazaki Family House
about 35-minute-walkIchi-no-torii- maevaraiety store

Cultural Properties
other than Machiya ( Residence )Wing walls remain.
Cantilevered girder makes a deep eave.

TempleBus stop

Former NaraPrizon(Former Nara
Juvenile Prizon)

Konoike Athletic Park
(Naraden Konoike Park)

From Kintetsu Nara Station
登大路
to Naramachi-odori
St.
about 15-minute-walk

2Hannyaji
Temple Hannyaji

11 Yu Nakagawa

もちいどのセンター街

8101

Yamazaki Family House

Yasuragi-no-michi St.

7

Naramachi-odori St.

三条通り
Mori Family House
Hosokawa Family House

Shimo-mikado St

ShojudoMangyoku

東向き商店街16

720

Nanendo Hall

Mochiidono Center St.

glass
4 works
近鉄奈良駅

小西さくら通りBaba-cho

KofukujiTempleSanjo-dori St.

Matsuki 9Kencho-higashi

National Treasure Hall

Hokuendo Hall

Shop in Machiya

Five Storied Pagoda

Kobaien16

Kencho-higashi
Bus stop

Nara Park

Konishi-sakura-dori St.

12To
JR NaraStation

Kencho-mae
Bus stop

Kitamachi

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Yasuragi-no-michi St.

Kintetsu Nara Station to Naramachi

Omiya-dori St.

Kintetsu
Nara station
Bus stop

Mukaide Shoyu Brewery

Bay lattice and wing walls remain. Beautiful
combination of black & white plaster.
13 Japanese sake shop

Yagi Shuzo

Bay lattice, cage-like window and wing walls remain.
Deep eave by cantilevered girder.

Registered Tangible

4 Cultural Property

Kita Family House
Main House and others
Taisho era. Various roof-planning.
Well designed house insemi-Western style with Westernappearance.
Nara-Prefecture-designated

5 Tangible Property

Shiga Noaya’s Former Residence
Main House and others
E a r l y S h o w a e r a . T h e w r i te r
p l a n n e d h i m s e l f. A m o d e r nhouse shows free and rational
spirit of the owner.
{open to public / entry fee}
Registered Tangible

6 Cultural Property

Nakamura Family House
Main House and others
Taisho era. A western style housewith red roof-tile. The painterdesigned himself with SouthProvence taste.

＊Cultural Properties of Nara Machiya are listed by areas (Naramachi, Kitamachi, Takabatake), types of cultural properties, the year of construction, and the order of the Japanese syllabary. (as of January, 2018)

Registered Tangible

7 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

8 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

9 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

10 Cultural Property

Matsuyama Family House Sakamoto Family House Yoshida Kacho shop
Zeitakumame-hompo
The North Main house and others End of Edo period. A vacant Yoshida Family Main house Main shop and others

Late Edo period.Behind the tall Late Edo period. Two buildings land on the south, prepared
wall, in front of the dropped roof, aligned but one is recessed, for earthquake. Quite low
is courtyard.Facade at the first creating an unique view.
elevation at the attic floor.
floor has been renovated inrecent years.

End of Edo period to Showa era.
Modern and well balanced
design; thin lattice, low cage-likewindow, and straight line finish
at the edge of roof tiles.

Early Edo er a . Imp osing
appearance. Cage-like window
painted with black plaster andwing walls remain.

Registered Tangible

11 Cultural Property

Okada Family House
Main house and others
Meiji to Taisho era. Relatively
low ceiling. Front lat ticesliding-doors have traces ofhaving been fully operable.

Lattice
Discription for the icons are on the back side.

Registered Tangible

12 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

13 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

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14 Cultural Property

15 Cultural Property

16 Cultural Property

17 Cultural Property

the architectural features ofits built age ; glass doors,
bay lat tice window, andmetal fixtures.

Taisho era. Shopfront-design.
Old tram plates for handcar
remain in the passageway,
used for brewery work.

Traditional famous sumi-ink appearance with different
shop. Rigid appearance with types of lattice designed inblack plaster wall. Tram plates the facade.
for handcar is still used.

Registered Tangible

18 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

19 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

20 Cultural Property

Registered Tangible

21 Cultural Property

Nara-City-designated22 Property

Nara-City-designated23 Property

Ogawa Matabei Shoten Kobaien
Nakagawa Family House Naramachi Traditional House Kidera-no-ie
Fujioka Family House Chikada Family House Yoshioka Family House Yamazaki Family House Ida Family House
Aota Family House
Koda Family House
Main house and others Taisho era. Shopfront-design, Machiya with Verandah (liquor shop)
Shop and others
Early Showa era. A farmer’s Main house and others Main house and others Main House and others Early Showa era. Farmer’s Edo period (19th C). Timber Edo period (19th C). Timber
Taisho era. South ridge of and unique planning formation. End of Taisho era. Remains Shop and others
Taisho to early Showa era. h o u s e , b u t M a c h i y a Early Showa era. Remains the E a r l y S h o w a e r a . L a r g e Edo period (19th C). Former h o u s e w i t h M a c h i y a l at t i ce, b ay l at t i ce, a n d lat tice embedded in thethe roof is dropped. Neat Swing-up main door, latticeappearance with lat tice, and bay lattice remain.
bay-lattice, cage-like window {open for public / free }and wing walls.

architectural features of its cage -like window at thebuilt age; a full two-story attic floor, originally blackhouse with glass shoji-screen plaster, is outstanding.
and timber lattice.

a vegetable & fruit dealer’s features; bay lat tice and cl o u d shap e d c a g e - like g i r d e r, s p e c i a l t o N a r ahouse, showing the history wing walls.
window at the attic floor.
Machiya style.
of region used to be thecenter of trading.