Searching Japan's abandoned houses for the ultimate fixer-upper

Foreigners are preserving old architecture -- and even taking it home

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French architects Melanie Heresbach and Sebastien Renauld made this old farmhouse in Kyoto their home. (Photo by Akira Takemura)

Searching Japan's abandoned houses for the ultimate fixer-upper

It looks almost like the setting for a fairy tale.

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