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About four hours north of Kyoto by train and bus is the town of Ine, on the north coast of Japan, famous for its unique vernacular architecture, the “funaya”: combined homes and boathouses. #伊根町 #京都府 
The town of Ine is perched on the narrow strip of land between the mountain and the ocean, running at 5km, it has a total of 230 of these unique wooden boathouses, fronting the water, with the main family home on the mountain side of the only street in town.
First built in the 17th century, the boathouses were simple log structures with thatched roofs, gavel fronting the sea, but over time they were converted to two story buildings with the second story becoming the home of younger family members. As the village grew land was scarce.
