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1 In small traditional farmhouses, nouka 農家, in the Suwa 諏訪 district of Nagano prefecture, a room adjacent to the earth-floored area *doma 土間 used as an everyday living room and for entertaining guests, since these houses often have no other guest room. It has an open hearth *irori 囲炉裏, cut into the floor which is used for cooking and around which meals are taken.
2 In traditional farmhouses in parts of Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures, a large room, sometimes as large as eighteen *tatami 畳 mats, adjacent to the earth-floored area *doma 土間 used as the principal everyday living room. It has an open hearth *irori 囲炉裏, cut in the floor on the side closest to the doma, is unceilinged and has a bare timber floor. The household Shinto altar *kamidana 神棚 and Buddhist altar *butsudan 仏壇 are kept in it. See *oue 御上.
3 In traditional farmhouses in parts of Gunma and Akita prefectures, a timber platform projecting from the raised floor living rooms, kyoshitsubu 居室部, into the doma. It has an irori and is used as a cooking area and for sedentary work during the winter months.
4 In farmhouses in the area of Kamaishi 釜石 city, Iwate prefecture, the sitting area around the irori in a timber platform projecting into the rear of the *doma 土間.
5 In traditional farmhouses in parts of Fukushima prefecture a large room at the upper end *kamite 上手, of the earth-floored area *doma 土間, which serves as the principal everyday living room. The raised timber floor has an open hearth *irori 囲炉裏, cut into it. The space is alternatively referred to as kami-no-ma 上の間 in the same region.
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