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Inside a Japanese wooden townhouse

Kyoto's traditional wooden townhouses, Machiya, are under threat - replaced by air conditioned and earthquake resistant apartment blocks.

Many conservationists and historians are worried about the houses disappearing, but could foreign investors help preserve them?

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Travel Show's Carmen Roberts finds out more.

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