Corridors run to the south from each tainoya, east and west, with chumon (a central gate) at the halfway point, and the courtyard in front of the shinden flanked by these corridors is called nantei (south garden), where white sand was laid.
東西の対屋からは南へ廊が伸び、その途中に中門が設けられ、これらの廊で区画された寝殿前面の広場は南庭と呼ばれ、ここには白砂が敷かれる。