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| After Osaka we moved to Kyoto |
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| We stayed in a Machiya, which is a traditional townhouse, first rented on AirBnB during the Heian period (794 AD) |
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| Machiya are combination home and place of business. |
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| This is the entryway to the house part, |
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| traditional futons for bedding. |
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| this modern bathroom was probably retrofitted as part of the meiji restoration |
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| A nice big wooden tub |
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| With death stairs, angled to ensure anyone that fell down them definitely broke their neck. |
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| A little couch with the "welcome to our death house, here's how the aircon works" manual |
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| kitchenette |
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| You can't tell from the perspective in this photo, but the chair is positioned just under the 5 foot high ceiling beam so you can concuss yourself when you stand up. |
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| This room was at the end where the roof sloped down from the 5 ft door way to about 2 foot of the floor at the far wall. The artwork is a traditional method of saying "don't use this room, you'll give yourself a concussion" |
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| upstairs had a shower |
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| and toilet |
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| You can't tell from the perspective in this photo, but the chair and table has been repositioned away from the 5 foot high ceiling beam so you can concuss yourself when you stand up and turn your head to walk away from the table. |
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| This overlooks the entry way |
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| this is the door to the garden |
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| garden |
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| lawn furniture (sans lawn) |
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| the work space was a fabric "weavery" (Mel insists it's a real word) |
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| it was apparently active (but not very noisy) |
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| we were there on the weekend so it was unused |
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| one person came in on monday morning just as we wer leaving so we didn't get to see it in operation |
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| punch cards that contain old computer code (or fabric patterns, not sure) |
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| It's weavalicious |
(For those keeping score at home, in this venue I cracked my skull into doorways and low ceiling beams seven times, a current high score)
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