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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?

Â鶹Éç Travel Show's Carmen Roberts finds out more.

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