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A Kyoto machiya for sale near Nijō Station
A two-storey wooden machiya in Nishinokyō Funazukachō, Nakagyō-ku, is for sale at ¥55 million with immediate handover: 92.02㎡ on 88.06㎡ of land, facing a 7.3 m public road in a commercial zone. The layout, the planning numbers, the terms and getting around from Nijō.
By Icy, Founder & CEO of The081
Licensed Real Estate Broker (License No. 15131) | Registered Accommodation Manager (MLIT No. F03122) | Operating in Kyoto since 2019
In short
The machiya is in Nishinokyō Funazukachō, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, and is for sale at ¥55,000,000 with immediate handover.
It has two storeys, wooden with a tiled roof, a shop at the front and the home behind: 92.02㎡ of floor area on 88.06㎡ of freehold land (registered area, 26.63 tsubo).
The west side faces a public road about 7.30 m wide, with about 4.5 m of frontage, no private-road burden and no setback.
The land is in a commercial zone: 80% building coverage ratio, 438% floor area ratio, 20 m height district, quasi-fire prevention district.
It is sold as is, with the seller released from liability for non-conformity; moogo is the exclusive broker.
Nijō Station is a 7-minute walk for the Tōzai subway line and 8 minutes for JR; from JR Nijō, Kyoto Station is 7 minutes.
On the ground floor, the front door opens onto an earth-floored passage. It runs past the shop and the kitchen and ends at a tatami room facing a small courtyard garden.
The house is for sale through moogo, The081's property brokerage, as exclusive broker, at ¥55,000,000 with immediate handover. Below: the layout, the planning numbers, the terms and getting around.
Shop in front, home behind
The house is wooden with a tiled roof and has two storeys, 92.02㎡ in all: 47.64㎡ downstairs and 44.38㎡ upstairs. The land is 88.06㎡ (registered area, 26.63 tsubo), freehold, registered as residential and flat. Upstairs are one tatami room and one Western-style room.
The construction date is not recorded. The closed register shows an ownership preservation registration in December 1951 (Shōwa 26), the earliest record found.
A renovation plan comes with the house for reference. It turns the ground floor into a living, dining and kitchen space looking onto the garden, and lays out the upper floor with lodging use in mind. Water, sewer, city gas and electricity are connected.
A 7.3 m road and a 438% ratio
The land faces a public road on its west side, about 7.30 m wide, with about 4.5 m of frontage, no private-road burden and no setback. Where the front road is under 12 m wide, the floor area ratio in a commercial zone is capped at the road width times 0.6. 7.3 times 0.6 is 4.38, which is where 438% comes from.
The site is in a commercial zone inside the urbanisation area, with an 80% building coverage ratio, in a 20 m height district and a quasi-fire prevention district. The sales sheet states that the house meets the conditions for lodging use.
Whether a lodging licence is actually granted still rests on review by the city and the fire department. At 92.02㎡ the house is under 200㎡, so converting it to an inn needs no building confirmation for change of use under the Building Standards Act, but fire equipment and neighbour notification still apply. What to check before signing is in buying a Kyoto machiya for a B&B: what to check before you sign, and the application can go through The081's licensing and compliance support.
Terms of sale
The price is ¥55,000,000 and the house can be handed over immediately. It is sold as is, and the seller is released from liability for non-conformity, so defects found after handover are the buyer's to bear. On these terms, a building inspection belongs before the contract.
moogo (Kyoto Governor licence (1) No. 15131) is selling the house as exclusive broker. Photographs and the floor plan are on the Nishinokyō Funazukachō machiya listing.
Getting around from Nijō
Nijō Station is a 7-minute walk for the Tōzai subway line and an 8-minute walk for the JR Sagano line. JR from Nijō reaches Kyoto Station in 7 minutes for ¥180 by IC card, and Saga-Arashiyama in 10 minutes for ¥200. On the subway, Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae is three stops and about 6 minutes from Nijō, for ¥220 (checked November 2026).
By road, Nijō Castle is about 1.6 km away and Kinkaku-ji about 3.7 km. A 7-Eleven is about 60 m away, a Cocokara Fine drugstore about 100 m and a Hankyu Oasis supermarket about 300 m.
For more space, the three-storey machiya in Higuchichō, Shimogyō-ku, listed the same day, has 287㎡, is a 9-minute walk from Gojō Station and is for sale at ¥105 million.
Questions
Are there machiya for sale in Kyoto under ¥60 million? This two-storey machiya in Nishinokyō Funazukachō, Nakagyō-ku, is for sale at ¥55,000,000, with 92.02㎡ of floor area and immediate handover.
Can it be used as a B&B? The sales sheet says it meets the conditions for lodging use; whether a licence is granted depends on review by the city and the fire department.
How far is Nijō Station? A 7-minute walk to the Tōzai subway line and 8 minutes to JR Nijō.
Does the seller carry liability for defects? No. The house is sold as is and the seller is released from liability for non-conformity.
When was it built? The date is not recorded; the earliest entry in the closed register is an ownership registration in December 1951.
The Funazukachō machiya is for sale on moogo, with immediate handover.