Charming Machiya with Double-Height Earthen Floor in Gujo City
This property is a traditional machiya-style townhouse offering a unique blend of historic character and functional living space. Its defining feature is the open and airy double-height earthen floor area (吹抜け土間), which creates a sense of spaciousness and serves as a versatile core of the home. The house includes a garden, providing private outdoor space, and the living areas are well-sized, making it suitable as a residence, a base for relocation, or even for use as a guest house.
The property is equipped with separate bath and toilet rooms (B/T別室), a toilet, a bath, electricity, sewerage, a septic tank (汲取), propane gas (プロパンガス), Japanese-style rooms (和室), storage space, a garden, and the aforementioned double-height space (吹抜). It is a registered property with the local Akiya Bank (空き家バンク登録物件).
Key features highlighted by the agent include its proximity to the city center (市街地が近い), relatively low surrounding traffic (周辺交通量少なめ), its old private house style (古民家風), and its two-story construction (2階建). Special notes indicate it is an old private house (古民家) subject to certain legal restrictions: the Landscape Act/Townscape Development Citizen Agreement (景観法/まちなみづくり町民協定) and the Building Standards Act Article 22 designated area (建築基準法22条指定区域).
The property is located in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, an area renowned for its pristine waterways and traditional culture. Gujo City is famous for Gujo Hachiman, a historic castle town with a network of clean canals. The area is a major center for food replica sample manufacturing, a craft for which Japan is known worldwide. The closest major landmark is the historic Gujo Hachiman Castle, a beautifully reconstructed hilltop castle offering panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and the town below.
