Udon Shop

A traditional Kyoto machiya-style udon shop with a dark tiled roof and deep eaves, a pent roof over a timber koshi lattice front, an indigo noren curtain, red paper lanterns and a red-felt bench.

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Build steps

Step 1 of 20

Step 1 · 9 pieces
- Plate 4 x 4 Light Bluish Grey 3031 1×
- Plate 4 x 8 Light Bluish Grey 3035 4×
- Plate 8 x 8 Light Bluish Grey 41539 4×
Step 2 · 22 pieces
- Tile 1 x 4 with Groove Light Bluish Grey 2431 2×
- Tile 1 x 2 with Groove Light Bluish Grey 3069b 6×
- Tile 1 x 8 Light Bluish Grey 4162 1×
- Tile 1 x 3 Light Bluish Grey 63864 4×
- Tile 2 x 6 Light Bluish Grey 69729 7×
- Tile 2 x 4 Light Bluish Grey 87079 2×
Step 3 · 26 pieces
- Panel 1 x 4 x 3 with Hollow Studs Black 4215b 1×
- Tile 1 x 4 with Groove Dark Bluish Grey 2431 1×
- Brick 1 x 1 Dark Bluish Grey 3005 2×
- Brick 1 x 4 Dark Bluish Grey 3010 9×
- Tile 2 x 4 Dark Bluish Grey 87079 3×
- Brick 1 x 1 x 5 with Solid Stud Dark Brown 2453b 10×
Step 4 · 4 pieces

Tip Each bay is a reddish-brown spindled fence with a square-lattice fence stacked on top. Fit both bays between the dark-brown posts from step 3 now, while the front is still open and easy to reach.
- Fence Spindled 1 x 4 x 2 with 4 Studs Reddish Brown 15332 2×
- Fence Ornamented 1 x 4 x 2 with Square Lattice Reddish Brown 32932 2×
Step 5 · 15 pieces
- Brick 1 x 2 White 3004 1×
- Brick 1 x 1 White 3005 4×
- Brick 1 x 4 White 3010 4×
- Panel 1 x 4 x 3 with Hollow Studs White 4215b 4×
- Brick 1 x 2 with Grille Reddish Brown 2877 1×
- Fence Ornamented 1 x 4 x 2 with Square Lattice Reddish Brown 32932 1×
Step 6 · 14 pieces
- Brick 1 x 2 White 3004 1×
- Brick 1 x 1 White 3005 4×
- Brick 1 x 4 White 3010 8×
- Brick 1 x 2 with Grille Reddish Brown 2877 1×
Step 7 · 8 pieces
- Brick 1 x 2 Dark Brown 3004 2×
- Brick 1 x 8 Dark Brown 3008 6×
Step 8 · 14 pieces
- Plate 2 x 3 Dark Brown 3021 8×
- Plate 2 x 8 Dark Brown 3034 2×
- Plate 1 x 8 Dark Brown 3460 2×
- Plate 8 x 8 Dark Brown 41539 2×
Step 9 · 16 pieces

Tip Turn each Dark Blue panel so its flat face points to the street, and keep a one-stud gap between panels: that gap is the split in the noren. The white 1 x 2 plate below each panel is its hem.
- Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud Black 3062b 2×
- Plate 2 x 2 Round with Axlehole Black 4032a 2×
- Dish 2 x 2 Inverted Black 4740 2×
- Brick 2 x 2 Round without Reinforcement Red 3941 4×
- Plate 1 x 2 White 3023b 3×
- Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced Dark Blue 87552 3×
Step 10 · 8 pieces

Tip The eight dark gray 45-degree slopes sit on the ledge from step 8 with their high side against the wall. Check the noren and lanterns still hang freely underneath before moving on.
- Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 Dark Bluish Grey 3039 8×
Step 11 · 47 pieces
- Brick 1 x 1 White 3005 4×
- Brick 1 x 4 White 3010 17×
- Brick 1 x 2 with Grille Reddish Brown 2877 6×
- Brick 1 x 1 Dark Brown 3005 20×
Step 12 · 8 pieces
- Brick 1 x 2 Dark Brown 3004 2×
- Brick 1 x 8 Dark Brown 3008 6×
Step 13 · 4 pieces

Tip The four black 8 x 8 plates should overhang two studs at the front and back but stay flush with both side walls. If a side overhangs, the gable bands in steps 15 to 17 will not line up.
- Plate 8 x 8 Black 41539 4×
Step 14 · 6 pieces

Tip The kanban hangs from the underside of the eave plates, which is why it comes after step 13. Both tan panels face the street flat side out, held by stacked dark-brown 1 x 1 bricks at each end.
- Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced Tan 87552 2×
- Brick 1 x 1 Dark Brown 3005 4×
Step 15 · 20 pieces
- Slope Brick 33 3 x 2 Dark Bluish Grey 3298 16×
- Brick 1 x 2 Dark Brown 3004 2×
- Brick 1 x 8 Dark Brown 3008 2×
Step 16 · 18 pieces
- Brick 1 x 6 White 3009 2×
- Slope Brick 33 3 x 2 Dark Bluish Grey 3298 16×
Step 17 · 18 pieces
- Brick 1 x 2 White 3004 2×
- Slope Brick 33 3 x 2 Dark Bluish Grey 3298 16×
Step 18 · 4 pieces
- Plate 4 x 4 Black 3031 4×
Step 19 · 8 pieces
- Slope Brick 45 2 x 4 Double Black 3041 4×
- Tile 1 x 8 Black 4162 4×
Step 20 · 25 pieces
- Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced Black 87552 1×
- Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud Green 3062b 5×
- Plant Flower 2 x 2 Leaves Green 4727 2×
- Plate 1 x 1 Round Green 6141 3×
- Tile 1 x 4 with Groove Red 2431 1×
- Cone 1 x 1 Bright Green 4589 2×
- Tile 1 x 2 with Groove Tan 3069b 1×
- Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud Trans Orange 3062b 1×
- Brick 1 x 2 Reddish Brown 3004 1×
- Brick 1 x 1 Reddish Brown 3005 2×
- Plate 1 x 4 Reddish Brown 3710 1×
- Brick 2 x 2 Round without Reinforcement Reddish Brown 3941 2×
- Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud Light Bluish Grey 3062b 1×
- Cone 1 x 1 Light Bluish Grey 4589 1×
- Plate 1 x 1 Round Light Bluish Grey 6141 1×

About this build

Three dark-blue panels hang under the front ledge, each split from its neighbor by a one-stud gap and finished with a white hem. That is the noren, the fabric curtain a Japanese shop hangs over its entrance, and here it marks the doorway of a Kyoto machiya, the traditional wooden townhouse of the city's older streets.

Machiya fronts are known for koshi, fine wooden lattices that let light in while screening the rooms from the street. In this model the lattice is reddish-brown fence pieces set between dark-brown posts (step 4). The low upper floor repeats the idea with grille bricks in place of mushiko windows, the slatted plaster openings typical of a machiya's second story.

The building is 16 x 12 studs on a 20 x 20 stud base, with 294 parts over 20 steps. Two moments decide how square the roof ends up. Step 10 lays the hisashi, a short pent roof of eight 45-degree slopes over the ground floor. Step 13 sets four black 8 x 8 eave plates that reach two studs past the front and back walls. The kanban signboard in step 14 hangs from those plates, and the three courses of 33-degree slopes in steps 15 to 17 sit on them, so a skewed plate shows all the way up to the ridge cap in step 19.

Street details close the build: a bench with a red seat, a menu board, a stone lantern in the gravel strip, plants and a clump of bamboo. Most builders will need somewhere around 60 to 90 minutes. For a quieter evening look, try white lantern bodies in place of the red ones.

Parts list

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Parts list
Part	Name / ID	Color	Qty
	Plate 4 x 43031	Black	4
	Slope Brick 45 2 x 4 Double3041	Black	4
	Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b	Black	2
	Plate 2 x 2 Round with Axlehole4032a	Black	2
	Plate 8 x 841539	Black	4
	Tile 1 x 84162	Black	4
	Panel 1 x 4 x 3 with Hollow Studs4215b	Black	1
	Dish 2 x 2 Inverted4740	Black	2
	Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced87552	Black	1
	Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b	Green	5
	Plant Flower 2 x 2 Leaves4727	Green	2
	Plate 1 x 1 Round6141	Green	3
	Tile 1 x 4 with Groove2431	Red	1
	Brick 2 x 2 Round without Reinforcement3941	Red	4
	Cone 1 x 14589	Bright Green	2
	Brick 1 x 23004	White	4
	Brick 1 x 13005	White	12
	Brick 1 x 63009	White	2
	Brick 1 x 43010	White	29
	Plate 1 x 23023b	White	3
	Panel 1 x 4 x 3 with Hollow Studs4215b	White	4
	Tile 1 x 2 with Groove3069b	Tan	1
	Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced87552	Tan	2
	Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b	Trans Orange	1
	Fence Spindled 1 x 4 x 2 with 4 Studs15332	Reddish Brown	2
	Brick 1 x 2 with Grille2877	Reddish Brown	8
	Brick 1 x 23004	Reddish Brown	1
	Brick 1 x 13005	Reddish Brown	2
	Fence Ornamented 1 x 4 x 2 with Square Lattice32932	Reddish Brown	3
	Plate 1 x 43710	Reddish Brown	1
	Brick 2 x 2 Round without Reinforcement3941	Reddish Brown	2
	Tile 1 x 4 with Groove2431	Light Bluish Grey	2
	Plate 4 x 43031	Light Bluish Grey	1
	Plate 4 x 83035	Light Bluish Grey	4
	Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b	Light Bluish Grey	1
	Tile 1 x 2 with Groove3069b	Light Bluish Grey	6
	Plate 8 x 841539	Light Bluish Grey	4
	Tile 1 x 84162	Light Bluish Grey	1
	Cone 1 x 14589	Light Bluish Grey	1
	Plate 1 x 1 Round6141	Light Bluish Grey	1
	Tile 1 x 363864	Light Bluish Grey	4
	Tile 2 x 669729	Light Bluish Grey	7
	Tile 2 x 487079	Light Bluish Grey	2
	Tile 1 x 4 with Groove2431	Dark Bluish Grey	1
	Brick 1 x 13005	Dark Bluish Grey	2
	Brick 1 x 43010	Dark Bluish Grey	9
	Slope Brick 45 2 x 23039	Dark Bluish Grey	8
	Slope Brick 33 3 x 23298	Dark Bluish Grey	48
	Tile 2 x 487079	Dark Bluish Grey	3
	Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced87552	Dark Blue	3
	Brick 1 x 1 x 5 with Solid Stud2453b	Dark Brown	10
	Brick 1 x 23004	Dark Brown	6
	Brick 1 x 13005	Dark Brown	24
	Brick 1 x 83008	Dark Brown	14
	Plate 2 x 33021	Dark Brown	8
	Plate 2 x 83034	Dark Brown	2
	Plate 1 x 83460	Dark Brown	2
	Plate 8 x 841539	Dark Brown	2
Total pieces			294

Build steps

Step 1 · 9 pieces

Step 2 · 22 pieces

Step 3 · 26 pieces

Step 4 · 4 pieces

Step 5 · 15 pieces

Step 6 · 14 pieces

Step 7 · 8 pieces

Step 8 · 14 pieces

Step 9 · 16 pieces

Step 10 · 8 pieces

Step 11 · 47 pieces

Step 12 · 8 pieces

Step 13 · 4 pieces

Step 14 · 6 pieces

Step 15 · 20 pieces

Step 16 · 18 pieces

Step 17 · 18 pieces

Step 18 · 4 pieces

Step 19 · 8 pieces

Step 20 · 25 pieces

About this build

Parts list