noun
practice room; rehearsal space; training hall
Refers to a room or hall used for practice, rehearsal, or training, especially in traditional arts, martial arts, or performing arts.
毎週土曜日に稽古場で茶道の練習をしています。
Every Saturday I practice tea ceremony in the practice room.
劇団は新しい稽古場を探している。
The theater company is looking for a new rehearsal space.
道場 specifically refers to a martial arts training hall and carries a stronger sense of discipline and tradition.
Compound of 稽古 (keiko, 'practice, training') and 場 (ba, 'place'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; 稽古 itself is a Sino-Japanese word originally meaning 'to study old things'.