The kamiza is the "top seat" within a room, meaning the seat of honor; the term also applies to the best seats in airplanes, trains, and cars. The antonym, meaning "bottom seat," is shimoza . In a room, the kamiza is the seat or position that is most comfortable, usually furthest from the door. This is because it is the warmest, and was the safest from attack back in the feudal era. In a traditional washitsu room, it would often be a zabuton placed so the person sitting there has his back to the tokonoma; the kamiza is the spot closest to the tokonoma or simply furthest from the door in a room lacking a tokonoma. In a Western-style room, it would be a comfortable armchair or sofa, or the head of a table. The term is general, and does not only apply to Japanese culture.