(いえな)

いえなみ
noun
row of houses, streetscape
building
1. row of houses, streetscape
A line of houses along a street, viewed as a collective sight. Often used to describe the character or atmosphere of a neighborhood or historical district.
(ふる)家並(いえな)(のこ)っている
Old rows of houses remain.
I took a walk through the beautiful streetscape of the castle town.
This district, where the Edo-period streetscape has been preserved, is popular with tourists.

Usage

Often used in descriptions of traditional or historical neighborhoods where rows of houses create a distinctive scene. Common in travel writing and descriptions of preserved historical districts (伝統的建造物群保存地区(でんとうてきけんぞうぶつぐんほぞんちく)). Also written as 家並(やな)み in some contexts.

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