<pMizutani Residence is a large Kyo-machiya townhouse on the Gokomachi-dori Street owned by Mr. Mizutani, an antique dealer. It was originally purchased by Mr. Mizutani’s father around 1950-1951 and was used as the shop of an art dealer and the place for his family to live. Then, it was occupied by his mother alone. Since Mr. Mizutani became responsible for managing the house, it was not used as a residence but used only for having tea ceremonies and dinner parties a few times a year. He regularly visited the Kyo-machiya to maintain it by himself. Keeping up a Kyo-machiya townhouse is a hard work and requires regular maintenance. “I have done as much as possible for this house, since I wanted to cherish the place where I had spent a lot of time from my childhood,” says Mr. Mizutani.

水谷先生从小学到独居一直住在京町屋这栋房子里，这里充满了他儿时的回忆。以前，他家经常在花园的樱花树下举办赏樱聚会；小学时，他曾为自己的大房子感到有些自豪；大学时期，朋友们几乎每天都会来他家过夜。.

为了将这座充满回忆的联排别墅保留下来，留给后人，水谷先生咨询了一位懂房地产的朋友，希望能找到一位能好好照看房子的人租出去。然而，他一无所获，朋友建议他把房子改建成停车场。正当水谷先生开始考虑是否要拆掉这栋房子时，他在邮箱里发现了一张通知。.

这是通知，告知他的宅邸已被指定为京都市《京町屋条例》规定的“京町屋”。一旦被指定，业主必须在拆除工程开始前至少一年提交拆除通知。这是京都市政府推出的一项举措，旨在引导宅邸业主重新考虑拆除方案，转而考虑保留。水谷先生前往市政厅了解该计划的详情时，了解到了“京町屋配对计划”。他希望通过该计划保留自己充满回忆的宅邸，于是提交了申请。但与此同时，由于他无法决定是利用还是拆除这栋房子，他也提交了拆除通知。.

京町屋配对计划，旨在连接业主和租户