Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of a hearth at an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the living room area of Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Naohito Tousen Watanabe teaches how to create and carve one's name for use as a traditional Japanese seal or stamp (hanko). Watanabe offers this lesson at Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging, on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the second floor of Kominka Yado LOOF where the bedroom is situated. It is an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo