Keywords
Architecture
Folk Dwellings
1 A structure erected in the central open space, miyaa みやあ, of a settlement in Okinawa Prefecture. It is a thatched structure without peripheral walls, sometimes with a raised floor, from which village elders watch the events of festivals.
2 Also in Okinawa Prefecture, a thatched structure without peripheral walls that invariably has a raised floor. It is constructed within a farmhouse compound and is used as a place for visitors to sleep. See *ashiagekura 足揚倉