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A traditional Japanese house, typically timber-framed and decades old.
Kominka are traditional houses — often farmhouses or townhouses — built with post-and-beam carpentry, earthen walls and tiled or once-thatched roofs. The term is commonly used for homes built before 1950, when the Building Standards Act brought in modern construction rules.
They're beautiful and were designed to breathe; restoring one well means working with that, using carpenters who know traditional joinery, and putting the roof first.
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