A neighbourhood charter caps nightly rentals street by street to protect historic machiya living.
KYOTO — In the quiet residential alleyways of Gion and Miyagawacho, traditional machiya townhouse operators have banded together to enact voluntary operational limits.
Under the new neighborhood compact, guesthouses will restrict check-in hours to daylight, implement mandatory quiet hours, and limit total guest capacity per alley.
First reported: The Japan Times — “Kyoto machiya operators establish voluntary zoning compact”
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