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05/12/2015 GMT

Carmen Roberts presents the show from Kyoto, where a growing number of overseas holiday home buyers are purchasing and helping to preserve traditional ''machiya'' wooden houses.

Carmen Roberts presents the show from Kyoto, where a growing number of overseas holiday home buyers are purchasing and helping to preserve traditional ''machiya'' wooden houses. Locals find these houses to run and uncomfortable but foreigners love them and are helping to save an important part of Japan's heritage.

30 minutes

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Christmas Day 2015 02:30GMT

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