Kata-dofu is made in areas of heavy snowfall, mountainous areas and remote islands where distribution is inconvenient, and some kata-dofu is hard enough to be bound with a straw rope for carrying.
流通の不便な豪雪地帯や山岳地帯あるいは離島などで作られ、なかには荒縄で縛って持ち運びできるほど堅いものもある。