In the first episode Julia talks with Dr. Chiara Rita Napolitano, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University, on Japanese traditional urban dwellings, known as "machiya" (町家), and the attached concept of "seikatsu bunka" (生活文化, culture of everyday life) shaped by living in traditional houses and neighbourhoods.
Listen here to the Machiya, Seikatsu Bunka, and Changing Domestic Culture in the Japanese Urban Environment podcast episode.
In the second episode Julia continues her talk with Dr. Chiara Rita Napolitanothey and they discuss the issue of overtourism and its effect on traditional urban neighbourhoods in Kyoto.
Listen here to the Tourism and a Kyoto in Flux podcast episode