QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE MACHIYA-SHOPS WHICH MAKE USE OF TRADITIONAL STYLE HOUSE IN KYOTO CITY

The purpose of this paper is to make the quality of MACHIYA-shops clear which recently have appeared in central area of Kyoto City, and to offer the material to estimate the sustainability of them. Following facts are brought out. (1) Many decrepit vacant houses are reused for MACHIYA-shops. (2) Many of them are for rental, but are renovated widely. (3) Most of MACHIYA-shops are small and personally managed, and the owners of them are close in the community. (4) In the other hands, shops managed by middle or big company have tendency not to involve in the community, and sometimes weaken the structure of MACHIYA by the wide renovation.