Inside a traditional Japanese house, the main cooking space was kamado, a stove made of clay, fitted in a space especially built without the wooden floor.

In the larger houses, there was also a secondary stove, installed in a lowered space filled with sand and surrounded by a frame made of stone. Called irori, it was made for heating and lighting, but it was also used for cooking or for heating water.

Ishiba House, Hirosaki, Aomori

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