Traditional Japanese Machiya House Tour in Kyoto - with Jeff Berglund

About this episode

The episode features a tour of a traditional Machiya house in Kyoto with guest Jeff Berglund, highlighting its design, history, and cultural significance.

As a part of this year's MINKA SUMMIT event at the end of April 2026, we had the wonderful opportunity to tour keynote speaker Jeff Berglund's fabulous riverside MACHIYA in Kyoto along the famous KAMO river. Jeff shared so many fascinating stories of design, history and culture. Jeff's Website: http://www.jeff-kyoto.com/ See the images from the house tour by watching the video version of this tour on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EXRVcgVcfEc?si=oLq_KdOFkl46A2w6 #renovation #traditional #japanesehouse #machiya #minka #kominka #minkasummit #housetour #kyoto

People in this episode

Host: jjwalsh

Guest: Jeff Berglund

Topics covered

• traditional architecture
• Japanese culture
• house tour
• renovation
• Kyoto

Keywords

• Machiya
• Kyoto
• traditional Japanese house
• MINKA SUMMIT
• house tour
• renovation
• KAMO river

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MINKA SUMMIT, YouTube, http://www.jeff-kyoto.com/

Places: Kyoto, KAMO river

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