Isizathu sokubaluleka kwayo kukuba impucuko yaseJapane inokukwazi ukufumana konke okusemgangathweni kwihlabathi "langaphandle" nakuyo yonke into ukubonisa ihlabathi into entsha kwizinga elithile elilinganayo. Ukubunjwa kweJapan kwathonyelwa yinkcubeko yeChina yamandulo, kamva-phantsi kwefuthe letheknoloji yaseYurophu naseMelika. Yaye yintoni umphumo? Amandla amakhulu okushishino kunye nelifa lemveli lenkcubeko, iincwadi zokuqala, inkondlo, ukudweba, ngokuqhubekayo ukuphazamisa ihlabathi kunye nempumelelo kwimoto, iteknoloji yekhompyutheni kunye ne-robotics. Kodwa into emangalisayo kukuba yonke into yaseJapan, kungakhathaliseki ukuba idala, ifanelana ngokusemgangathweni kwintsimi yobomi bwanamhlanje, ekubonakala kwimihlaba yamanzi kunye neendawo zangaphakathi zendawo zokuhlala.
Ingaphakathi lwamafulethi lubonakala ngokulula, ubuqaqawuli, ngexesha elifanayo ukusebenza okusebenzayo. I-aesthetics yokulula, ubuhle kunye nokusebenza ngokuqhelekileyo iyahlukaniswa yindlela yaseJapan. Ukongezelela, ezi zizisombululo ezingavumelekanga kwimisebenzi eqhelekileyo.
Indawo yokuhlala yaseJapan ayikho indonga. Indawo ejikelezileyo yandisa ukwanda kwemvelo. Kwindlu yaseJapan akukho namagumbi, kukho "iindawo zokusebenza" (njengezandi zanamhlanje!). Iindawo zokuhlala zidibene ngokwahlula, izikrini, izahlulo, ukwahlula kumgangatho omgangatho. Isikhundla sefestile kwisimboli saseJapane silula kwaye somoya. Ekulungele kakhulu kulabo abathanda ukuhlukahluka: ukuhamba kwezihlulo, isikrini sivumela ubuncinci imihla ngemihla ukuhlaziya ngaphakathi.
Imigaqo yendalo ye-Japanese aesthetics iquka "ukusika" konke okungadingekile. Isiseko sendawo yangaphakathi kwindlu yeJapan ayikho nto. Ukungabi nasi sikhala esigxininisa ukuphakama kwezinto ezimbalwa ezenza ngaphakathi kwindlu yaseJapan.
I-Minimalism isitayela se-Japanese yangaphakathi. I-Aesthetics yokulula ibonisa ukuba khona kwiimpahla kuphela ezifunekayo zefenitshala kunye nokuzihombisa. Ukuthengwa kwekhaya kufumaneka kwiidrobe ezakhelwe ngaphakathi.
Isalathisi senkcubeko yangaphakathi kwisimboli saseJapane sisisigxina eludongeni. Ibeka into enokuyihobisa ingaphakathi (ibhola leentyantyambo, umfuziselo, i-casket), okanye nayiphi na into ethandekayo kumnini (incwadi, ifoto).
Ngaphakathi kwendlu yonke into ifanele ibe yinto ebonakalayo kwaye enhle. Ubuhle ngesiJapane bufana nomxholo wodwa. Into nganye, yonke into kufuneka ibe nobuntu obuhlukile, obuhlukile. Yaye intsingiselo yemfihlelo yobuhle bayo yonke into iyaqondakala kuphela kubaphathi bayo.
Enye yemigaqo ebalulekileyo yendlela yaseJapan ivisisana nemvelo. I-"Natural" elula, ubuhle bemvelo, ukugxininisa ukubunjwa kwemvelo kweempahla kunye nezinto zokubhabisa zonke iimpawu zentsholongwane yaseJapan, ifilosofi yendlu yaseJapan. Ingaphakathi layo lithatha imibala ekhulile, efudumeleyo. Zonke izixhobo zendalo: imithi, izitena ezingafaniyo, i-straw, iphepha lelayisi, i-bamboo.
Ukukhanyisa kuyingxenye ebalulekileyo yokwakhiwa kwangaphakathi. Ukukhanya okukhawulezayo okumele kubonakale kufanele "kukhanyise" izinto ezimbalwa zezinto zangaphakathi, kugxininise ukuphela kunye nokubaluleka kwesifundo ngasinye.
Imoya yendlu yaseJapan inefuthe lokunciphisa abemi bayo kunye neendwendwe. Indawo yokuhlala yaseJapan yindawo yokucamngca, ukuphumla kwimisebenzi kunye neengxaki.
Ukuphila phakathi kwendawo yangaphakathi yaseJapan ijikelezwe yomoya kunye nokukhanya. Ujikelezwe ngobuhle, uyazi ukufumana nokubona okuhle kwizinto eziqhelekileyo. Ukhuselekile kwiindawo eziphambili zehlabathi. Uzilumko kwaye uyonwabela ubomi.