A pray yard Noro palace [Dunchi]

Noro's residence is called Noro Dunchi and also a place for a sacred prayer. Dunchi is separate from the main building and established as a building for prayer. [Hinukan] is the god of fire, the god of fire, is said to have been　the god of the oven, and the [Hinukan] in Noro Dunchi is enshrined with three stones that are said to be the original form of the god, called “Mitsumono [Michimun].”

[Hinukan] at home
Most Okinawa’s families enshrine Hinukan, god of fire, in a separate place from their Buddhist altar. In many families, women worship and protect Hinukan. It is said that Hinukan resides in the ashes of [Ukoru], an incense burner. In some local traditions, a woman inherits Hinukan from her mother or mother-in-law when she becomes independent, by receiving some of the ashes from her mother’s [Ukoru].