Around the Kokucho, there were workshops for making office stationery and expendable supplies, equipment and weapons and Kuriya (kitchen) for dining and other functional places (this place was called a zoshi [a room in the Imperial court especially made for ladies of the court]).
国庁の周囲には、事務消耗品・備品や武器を製作する工房や食事のための厨屋など（これらを曹司という）が配置されていた。