Tatami removal & cleaning

Because of the snow, mixing earth plaster didn't seem such a good prospect, so I concentrated on cleaning and cleaning out.

I removed the extremely old tatami mats of the entrance room, as well as the two northerly bedrooms. I also sweeped floors, walls and beams of those rooms with the vacuum cleaner, to remove some of the dust that still lingers.



Again I found two irori hidden under the mats. It seems every room now has an irori except the north western bedroom. This one is in the small room near the entrance. According to the thatcher who I met a few weeks ago, this was used to put in hot coal for a kotatsu, and people would use the room as an everyday living/dining.