The Kinki type dotaku have been found mainly in the whole Kinki region, from Totomi Province in the east to the eastern half of Shikoku in the west and to Sanin region in the north, and the Sanen type ones are located mainly in the area from Shinano and Totomi Province in the east and the Nobi Plain in the west, and exceptionally in the eastern coast of Ise Bay, the eastern shore of Lake Biwa, and the coast of the Japan Sea in the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture.
近畿式は、近畿一帯を中心として、東は遠江、西は四国東半、北は山陰地域に、三遠式は、東は信濃・遠江、西は濃尾平野を一応の限界とし、例外的に伊勢湾東部・琵琶湖東岸・京都府北部の日本海岸にそれぞれ分布する。