narrow passageway within the grounds of a large residence.
First used to describe the pathway leading to the teahouse, itapparently came to be called roji. Sen-no-Rikyu defined roji as
the outside path in the mundane world , in other words, aboundary separating the world of cha-no-yu (tea ceremony) fromthe world of the mundane. At some ryokans there areteahouses in the gardens, allowing you to appreciate thestructural beauty of the roji which is evocative of wabi-sabi (seewabi-sabi ).

TsukubaiThis refers to the very low stone washbasinfor washing one's hands (also known astearaibachi and ch‐ozubachi) in a chaniwa (tea garden). The nametsukubai derives from the practice in tea ceremony of bending
oneself so low, almost crawling on the ground, to wash one'shands and rinse one's mouth. There is a wooden ladle (hishaku)
for scooping up the water inside, but you must not touch it
directly with your lips. The tsukubai is often located close to theteahouse or in the garden of a Japanese ryokan.

Geta (traditional wooden clogs)
Two pieces of supporting wood are attached to each of thewooden boards to produce these traditional Japanese clogs foroutdoor use. Each clog board has three holes through which
the cloth thong called hanao is threaded, and you wear the geta
either in bare feet or wearing tabi socks, with your feet firmly
fixed by grasping the hanao between your big toe and yourori and setta are of similar design, but z‐
ori aresecond toe. The z‐
made by weaving plant fibers such as straw, rushes andbamboo sheaths, whereas the setta, apparently conceived by
Sen-no-Rikyu, originally had tatami-omote
coverings on the top with animal skin fixed
ori andon the sole with iron nails. Today, z‐setta are made of all kinds of materials.
Such footwear is provided at Japaneseryokans for when you take a short walk or
stroll in the garden in your yukata.

Tabi
These Japanese socks are designed in the shape of your feet,
to be worn with wafuku - traditional Japanese clothing such as
kimono. The big toe is separated from the other toes, so thato ri or setta (see geta). They open at theyou can wear geta, z‐
seam above the heel where there is a row of metal hooks forfastening the tabi.

Wagasacovering a bamboo framework with greased washi (traditionalJapanese paper). There are many types of wagasa such as
bangasa and janome-gasa. The large-sized bangasa is for thecommon people. The word janome-gasa derives from the roundring resembling the eye of a large snake when the umbrella isopened up, and is slender and graceful compared with thebangasa. Some ryokans place these Japanese style umbrellas
ready for use by the guests on rainy days.

Toko-no-ma (Alcove)A traditional style of Japanese architecture, this is an alcove with a slightly raised
floor built in one of the walls of the tatamimat room ( zashiki ). The front wall isdecorated with shoga (or kake-jiku, hanging scrolls), and an ornamental article or aflower vase is placed on the floor of thealcove. Although modern standards
specify a width of 1 ken (about 1.8 meters) and depth of a ken(about 0.9 meter), it used to be wider and not so deep. You willfind toko-no-ma in the majority of Japanese-style zashiki rooms,and the kake-jiku and flowers conveying the season form a fineinterior decoration.

Kake-jiku (hanging scrolls)
Mounted shoga (works and paintings of calligraphy) which canbe hung on the wall. The kake-jiku was first devised for thepreservation of shoga . The hanging scrolls are changed inaccordance with the season or traditional events, and arestored rolled-up.

Ranma (transom)
A ranma, installed between the upper part of a wall or a partition
and the ceiling, is a transom for allowing daylight to stream in,for ventilation, and also for interior decoration, and comes inlatticework or openwork. It is interesting to observe the motifs
symbolic of the traditional Japanese architectural style usedsince the Heian Period. A ranma is often used so as not to cut
off the adjoining room or the outside light. It plays an importantrole in the tatami-mat rooms of Japanese ryokans, and comes ina wide variety of styles such as osa-ranma (transom with closely
spaced vertical bars), take-no-fushi ranma (transom having posts
that are carved with knuckles resembling bamboo joints), itaranma (transom having thin boaojirds with openwork designs), sh‐ranma (small sliding window-typetransom covered with Japaneseokoku- ranma (sculptupaper), ch‐
red transom), and so on.

Japanese-style umbrellas, to be used
when wearing kimono , are made by

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