<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.

水穀先生從小學到獨居一直住在京町屋這棟房子裡，這裡充滿了他兒時的回憶。以前，他家經常在花園的櫻花樹下舉辦賞櫻聚會；小學時，他曾為自己的大房子感到有些自豪；大學時期，朋友們幾乎每天都會來他家過夜。.

為了將這棟充滿回憶的連棟別墅保留下來，留給後人，水穀先生諮詢了一位懂房地產的朋友，希望能找到一位能好好照顧房子的人租出去。然而，他一無所獲，朋友建議他把房子改建成停車場。正當水穀先生開始考慮是否要拆掉這棟房子時，他在信箱裡發現了一張通知。.

這是通知，告知他的宅邸已被指定為京都市《京町屋條例》規定的「京町屋」。一旦被指定，業主必須在拆除工程開始前至少一年提交拆除通知。這是京都市政府推出的一項舉措，旨在引導宅邸業主重新考慮拆除方案，轉而考慮保留。水穀先生前往市政廳了解該計劃的詳情時，了解到了“京町屋配對計劃”。他希望透過該計劃保留自己充滿回憶的宅邸，於是提交了申請。但同時，由於他無法決定是利用還是拆除這棟房子，他也提交了拆除通知。.

京町屋配對計劃，旨在連接業主和租戶