Total of 10 bales (Fumi-dawara) are placed as a step to climb up onto the dohyo (three bales for each of the east, west, and south sides and one for the north side), and total of four bales (Mizuoke-dawara) are placed at the south-west and south-east corners (two for each corner) to provide spaces for Mizuoke (water pail) in which Chikara-mizu (water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout) is kept.
土俵に上がる段のための踏み俵（計10俵：土俵の周りに東・西・南部分に各3俵、北部分に1俵）、南西・南東には力水のための水桶をおく水桶俵（計4俵：各2俵）が配置される。