Cool photos! My workplace is an old machiya [1] in Kyoto that's more than a hundred years old, so I kinda live like the people in these photos (not really of course - no konbini back then).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiya

A friend of mine also recently redid a machiya in Kyoto. It even had the godness mask near the ceiling, amazing.

Side note: I quickly checked the dedede project and I'm so enthralled with it! I will use it to improve my Japanese, thank you!