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#NowReading2026 DO YOU READ ME?: BOOKSTORES AROUND THE WORLD edited by Marianne Julia Straus via Gestalten thanks to the Arakawa Public LIbrary imbibed at Cafe KoroKoro #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2026 BALLPARK: BASEBALL IN THE AMERICAN CITY by Paul Goldberger via
@aaknopf.bsky.social
thanks to Arakawa-Ku Public Library imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #Baseball #Architecture #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowRead2026 THE NIGHT OF BABA YAGA by Akira OTANI translated by Sam Bett via @faberbooks
thanks to the Arakawa-ku Public Library imbibed at Ras Friet #Machiya #町屋 #Books #BookStodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2026 I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI by BAEK Sehee translated by
@antonhur.com
via @bloomsburybooks
thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at Komeda Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #KoreanLit #KoreanLiterature
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#NowReading2026 THE D.A. CALLS IT MURDER by Erle Stanley Gardner via Penzler Publishers imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Coffee #Books
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Dr. Chiara Rita Napolitano discusses her research on Japanese traditional urban dwellings, known as "machiya" (町家), and the attached concept of "seikatsu bunka" (生活文化, culture of everyday life) shaped by living in traditional houses and neighbourhoods.

Fascinating!

#machiya #kyoto #Japan #SeikatsuBunka

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/new-books-in-japanese-studies/id1534347682?i=1000741330557

#NowReading2025 STAY TRUE by Hua Hsu via
@picadorbooks imbibed at Thai Coffee Beans #Machiya #町屋 #Coffee #Books
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This work from my Japan residence, is currently at the #Noordwijk #PleinAir painting festival. All artworks I'll paint there outside this week, will be in the exhibition at the beach.
Please come visit us and check the beautiful place and artworks of the ~50 international artists. On Sunday there's a big closing event with a grand price for the best work.
Details are on the next slides.

#Oilpainting #Kyoto #outside #Nature #NorthSea #festival #Netherlands #machiya #町家 #京町家 #artforsale #oil

#NowReading2025 ONE-EYED: A VIEW OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Douglas Booth & Colin Tatz via Allen & Unwin imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #SportsStudies #Australia #AustralianSports #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 SLOW DOWN: THE DEGROWTH MANIFESTO by Kohei Saito translated by Brian Bergstrom via Astra House imbibed at Doutor #Machiya #町家
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THE INTERNET TRAP: HOW THE DIGITAL ECONOMY BUILDS MONOPOLIES & UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY by Matthew Hindman via @princetonupress imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家
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One of the artworks from a residency in Japan that I'm most proud of - an oil painting on wood of some roofs in a Kyoto neighborhood.
With three little hidden visitors.

#Kyoto #瓦 #machiya #町家 #京町家 #京都 #Japan #oil #oilpainting #Architecture #Cityscape #painting #art #アート #fineart #Japanese

#NowReading2024 "NO, OFFENCE, BUT...": HOW TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE by Gina Martin via Bantam imbibed at Salon de Stella #Machiya #町家
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#TodaysRamen
Ramen Yummy Margo
#Machiya #町家

#NowReReading2024 ON MY OWN: KOREAN BUSINESSES & RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA by In-Jin Yoon via University of Chicago Press imbibed at Fukuka Cafe #Machiya #町家
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#NowReading2024 THE SUBPRIME SOLUTION: HOW TODAY'S GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HAPPENED, & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT by Robert J Shiller via @princetonupress.bsky.social imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家
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#NowReading2024 SPORT & LEISURE CULTURES by Alan Tomlinson via University of Minnesota Press imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家 #BookSky #Books #SportsStudies
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#NowReading2024 SHOELESS JOE by W P Kinsella via Mariner Books imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家 #Books #Baseball #Bookstodon #BookMastodon #BaseballNovels
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#NowReading2024 WORDS MATTER: CONVERSATION'S WITH ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS Edited by King-Kok Cheung via University of Hawai'i Press imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家
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#NowReading2024
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY NONEXISTENCE by Rebecca Solnit via @penguinbooks imbibed at Campanule #Machiya #町家 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

#NowReading2024 THE ANATOMY OF LONELINESS: SUICIDE, SOCIAL CONNECTION, & THE SEARCH FOR RELATIONAL MEANING IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN by Chikako Ozawa-De Silva via @ucpress imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家 #BookSky
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#NowReading2024 TWISTED: THE TANGLED HISTORY OF BLACK HAIR CULTURE by Emma Dabiri via Harper Perennial imbibed at Chili Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 YES TO THE CITY: MILLENNIALS & THE FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING by Max Holleran via @princetonupress care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe de Crie #Machiya #町屋 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon @bookstodon

#NowReading2024 DIGITAL LABOR by Kylie Jarrett via @politybooks imbibed at Hashimoto Coffee #Machiya #町屋 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

A set of photos taken at a few traditional old townhouses (Machiya) in the Nakagyō Ward of Kyoto. During a “Kyotographie” photo festival a couple years back, these buildings served as venues for some smaller exhibitions. A typical Kyoto machiya is a long wooden home with narrow street frontage, stretching deep into the city block and often containing one or more small courtyard gardens.

#photography #shotoniphone #fotografie #kyotolife #machiya #architecture #japanesearchitecture #japanlife