https://akiyatour.com 2026-04-05 weekly 1.0 https://akiyatour.com/images/og-image.jpeg Misaki surveying restored akiya room in Setagaya Tokyo https://akiyatour.com/images/living-room.jpeg Restored akiya exterior in Setagaya, Tokyo — traditional Japanese wooden house https://akiyatour.com/images/kitchen-before.jpeg Restored akiya living room with exposed wooden beams and wabi-sabi decor https://akiyatour.com/images/kitchen-restored.jpeg Original dated kitchen in abandoned akiya before restoration https://akiyatour.com/images/hallway-before.jpeg Beautifully restored kitchen with sage green cabinets and stone wall https://akiyatour.com/images/living-dining.jpeg Original living area with sliding doors before akiya restoration https://akiyatour.com/images/exterior-before.jpeg Restored living and dining room with paper lantern and vintage art https://akiyatour.com/images/exterior-after.jpeg Overgrown exterior of abandoned akiya before restoration https://akiyatour.com/images/bathroom-before.jpeg Restored akiya exterior with clean pathway and landscaping in Setagaya Tokyo https://akiyatour.com/images/bathroom-after.jpeg Original dated bathroom in abandoned akiya before restoration https://akiyatour.com/images/render-living.jpeg Restored bathroom in akiya with modern fixtures https://akiyatour.com/images/render-washitsu.jpeg Architectural vision of akiya living space with exposed X-bracing and skylights https://akiyatour.com/images/render-hallway.jpeg Design render of washitsu Japanese room with sage green walls and shoji screens https://akiyatour.com/the-book 2026-04-05 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/blog 2026-04-05 weekly 0.9 https://akiyatour.com/blog/800-yen-auction-vase-ikebana 2026-03-31 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-ikebana-living-room.jpeg The finished result — spring tulips in our auction vase, on the living room table of our restored akiya https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-auction-listing.jpeg The Yahoo Auctions listing — ¥800 for a signed ceramic vase https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-package-arrival.jpeg The package arrived with fragile stickers — always a good sign the seller cares https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-unboxing-reveal.jpeg Inside the outer box — a pink gift box with the bubble-wrapped vase https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-bubble-wrap-unwrapping.jpeg Carefully unwrapping — the moment before you see what you actually bought https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-first-look-unwrapped.jpeg First clear look — the crackle glaze and two-tone coloring were even better in person https://akiyatour.com/images/vase-crackle-glaze-closeup.jpeg Close-up of the crackle glaze detail — the kind of imperfect beauty that defines wabi-sabi https://akiyatour.com/blog/akiya-tour-tokyo-what-to-expect 2026-04-04 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/blog/can-foreigners-buy-akiya-japan 2026-04-04 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/images/akiya-shoji-sunlight.jpeg Traditional Japanese room with 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clearing — ready for new tiles https://akiyatour.com/blog/seismic-retrofit-old-japanese-house 2026-04-03 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/images/seismic-work-1.jpg The frame exposed during seismic work — carpenter working at height on the structural posts and beams https://akiyatour.com/images/seismic-work-2.jpg Close-up of the carpenter fitting reinforcement into the exposed wall frame https://akiyatour.com/blog/shikkui-japanese-lime-plaster 2026-04-04 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/blog/sourcing-vintage-furniture-yahoo-auctions-japan 2026-04-03 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/images/tansu-chest-vintage.jpg A vintage Japanese tansu chest of drawers with hand-hammered iron hardware and warm, richly patinated wood tones under soft studio light https://akiyatour.com/blog/what-is-akiya-restoration 2026-03-25 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/images/akiya-renovation-interior.jpg Interior of an old Japanese wooden house under renovation, showing exposed wooden beams and posts with dusty light filtering through shoji screens and construction tools resting on the tatami floor https://akiyatour.com/blog/what-is-kominka-japan 2026-04-04 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/blog/what-is-tatami-room 2026-04-04 monthly 0.8 https://akiyatour.com/images/tatami-room-shoji-light.jpg A serene traditional Japanese tatami room with warm afternoon sunlight streaming through shoji screens, illuminating green tatami mats and a tokonoma alcove with a minimalist arrangement https://akiyatour.com/blog/why-abandoned-houses-japan 2026-04-04 monthly 0.8