Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses
It is also called *roji 露地. Tea garden. The small garden through which one generally passes to enter a tea ceremony room. The garden will often include low wash basin set *tsukubai 蹲踞, stone lanterns *tōrō 灯籠, stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石, special patterned stone paths *nobedan 延段, a middle gate *nakakuguri 中潜, a waiting place with a bench *koshikakemachiai 腰掛待合, and a toilet setchin 雪隠. Sometimes a middle gate divides the garden into a double garden, or, by adding another fence, even a triple one.