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Photographs of 19th Century Japan

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444 points merothwell | 2 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.4s | source
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kappasan ◴[09 Apr 25 19:37 UTC] No.43636752[source]▶
Cool photos! My workplace is an old machiya [1] in Kyoto that's more than a hundred years old, so I kinda live like the people in these photos (not really of course - no konbini back then).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiya

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1. xandrius ◴[09 Apr 25 20:40 UTC] No.43637682[source]▶
A friend of mine also recently redid a machiya in Kyoto. It even had the godness mask near the ceiling, amazing.

Side note: I quickly checked the dedede project and I'm so enthralled with it! I will use it to improve my Japanese, thank you!

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2. kappasan ◴[09 Apr 25 21:23 UTC] No.43638156[source]▶
Thanks so much for checking out the website! I hear machiya are quickly disappearing in Kyoto (often turned into generic apartments) so it's great to hear your friend is keeping the old city alive.