7 Tips to Keep Your Room Simple by Following Japanese Tea Ceremony!

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

I found out (the hard way!) that the more stuff I have, the longer cleaning will take. I have recently started taking everything out of a room, except large, and necessary furniture, and plants. You're supposed to live with the space for 24 hours, then just bring back in what you really need and love. I like the uncluttered look so much, I live with it all week! I also take the chance to give things a good clean. Living without the stuff in my living space helps me to let go of it, too.

[@frankm.2850]

Determining the theme of the room sounds like an excellent idea. I also like the idea of limiting the number of items.

[@cyberbirb_OW]

When I practiced a more Buddhist lifestyle, I've always had a phrase in my head, "Messy room, messy mind." Over the years it's helped me greatly reduce the amount of unnecessary things and to create that space you mentioned. I love that computer desk idea with the smaller drawers! 😊

[@thelifewithnate]

Interesting and you don't practice said lifestyle anymore? What happened if you don't mind me asking? One my sisters is a practicing Buddhist and she finds that it helps calm her ADHD mind as she goes about her day.

[@cyberbirb_OW]

@@thelifewithnate I feel like I did everything to be the "perfect" Buddhist - and that's where I went wrong, haha. Perfection is silly. There's nothing wrong with meditation, it's just that my hardcore approach to it made me lose my sense of self. While I don't have ADHD, I believe routine and a regular meditation practice would greatly help your sister. I hope she finds comfort in it like I did.

[@karendigby-rf1hk]

I most appreciated Tip #6, "determine the theme of your room". I realized that having too many items is the result of not having a clear theme for my life. I know what I value and what I love to do, but I keep many options open- so I hang on to many items that I don't value or don't use frequently! This video will help me create a theme based on what I enjoy now, what my "ikigai" is, and let go of items that don't fit this theme. Thank you Aki !

[@evesanchez2157]

I loved everything about this. Thank you. It comforts me a bit because I love the feeling of empty spaces. It’s just peaceful…and easier to maintain and clean.

[@Anna-r7j5l]

Thank you. Your videos always bring me joy❤

[@celinefederici6951]

To quote the American statesman, Benjamin Franklin," A place for everything and everything in it's place". This is a concept that I try to live by. It is interesting that the less one has and enjoys space, the more one thinks about whether to purchase another item. I often ask myself if I really need it. Nine times out of ten I do not. I am not a minimalist though I follow a lot of their principles and having less for me is an ongoing process since I have accumulated so much over the yrs. People often comment about how peaceful my house and how organized I am and relatively speaking this is true. However, I I am still looking for and finding things all the time that I can give away. Arrigato for all the simplifying tips.

[@roxtendo]

Your timing is perfect. Cleaning and decluttering right now in this moment, just paused to eat something. Thank you so much and now Im gonna enjoy your video and learn something new. And I noticed that your video editing gets better and better every time. Keep up your great work! I hope to see you in the future again in germany so I can say hello Edit: The tipp with the theme is pretty awesome since you limit yourself and dont add unnecessary stuff.

[@SamuraiMatcha]

So glad!

[@huitrecouture]

The idea of a simple THEME is brilliant. ❤

[@johnstrae7392]

Your videos have really helped me recently. I’ve completely overhauled my room in the last week and I finally feel like I can ‘breathe’ in there. I’ve thrown out so much stuff and really lightened up my room and my mind. Thank you for the help!

[@nariu7times328]

I love the idea of themed rooms. I have a house with several rooms, and since I care for my family, I have different rooms for different needs. But the theme can really work - even for closets. PS I Iove the relationships to tea ceremony.

[@kyut7256]

日本人も再認すべきことたくさん載っててすごい良い！

[@doubleleterlady]

Determining the theme of the room is such a helpful idea. I’m definitely going to use that. I also really like the idea of limiting the number of items to 3 or 5. I’m also going to use this. I was at the store yesterday and they had a really good sale on shoes. There were quite a few in my size that I really liked and I do need new shoes. But I couldn’t figure out how many I needed at the store. I didn’t buy any because I just couldn’t make a decision. Having a pre set number is such a helpful tool.

[@ТаняРойбул]

It's amazing! I love japanese culture and this tips was to me so actual, understand and cool! Thank you for your work and this useful content. I was enjoying

[@MissSophiestication]

Your videos are wonderful❤ combining Japanese tradition with great tips, it's unique! Thank you.

[@thelifewithnate]

Combining the modern need to declutter with Japanese traditions of old and ceremonies is an amazing combination. Pretty interesting since I implemented some of these tips myself!

[@idaspidalegs]

I just had a micro tiny house built for me. Even though I own less than most people, I have more than I need. Deciding on a specific number of items I will allow myself is a great idea.

[@thelifewithnate]

A micro house? So when is the KZbin tour? :D That is so fascinating! Where did you even get one?

[@idaspidalegs]

I paid money to have it built.

[@myelectioneering]

Thank you for the useful tips, Aki. I hope you and everyone reads is well and achieving their goals.

[@JMcYrk]

You're always so inspiring and supportive! This video is completely unique from any other organization videos I've seen...and I've watched many! Thank you for your wonderful perspective!

[@Kelly.333]

I love your energy. Hearing your voice raises my vibration and makes me happy

[@JaponskiiBorch]

That’s incredible! You are a master of decluttering! 😉

[@Marta55-jv6gf]

Love your videos but have you thought of adding more ‘space’ in them, too? I would enjoy them even more if you kept natural pauses and some silence 🤗❤️

[@MaryArnholt]

It was a profound but simple idea to regard space as a thing.

[@AM-bm2xw]

I enjoy your quirky personality and unique perspective. I think it is very interesting that your minimalism is inspired by the Japanese tea ceremony. I think your 3 or 5 guideline might be very useful and something I will think about more in my own life. Sending well wishes from Canada! 🍁

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

I refuse to waste my life or mental energy looking for lost things. Time is precious and better spent. It takes no more energy to put something where it goes than to just throw it anywhere. 💗

[@きゅう-f3n]

茶道を少し習ったことがありますがこういう視点で考えたことはありませんでした。目から鱗です。 経験を活かすとはこういうことなんですね。

[@SamuraiMatcha]

多分僕しかこんな捉え方してませんね笑　でも、茶道からは本当にたくさんのことを学ばせていただきました：）まだまだ学び中です。

[@albertawalters3731]

This was wonderful! Open space brings peace. Peace brings creativity. I bow to you🌄

[@castanedagus]

Good points. I never thought about cleaning room first thing in the morning. You look much more handsome without facial hair Greetings from Los Angeles

[@LeinaKawa]

茶道を通してお片付けを教えていただき、とても刺さりました。ありがとうございます！

[@SilviaN1]

Very helpful! I will go and make my room more simple right now! 😃

[@Suki022]

Although my room is minimal, lately I have been feeling the call to minimize even more. The Japanese simple life is beautiful and my room is also inspired by the design. ❤ Thank you for all the helpful tips Aki! 😊

[@SamuraiMatcha]

ありがとうございます：）Thank you so much!!

[@agak61]

Same here

[@lalalou123.]

​@@SamuraiMatchaΜε όλο το σεβασμό, η Μεσόγειος θάλασσα, εκτός από την Ισπανία, βρέχει και ολόκληρη την Ελλάδα. Καμία προτίμηση σε ελληνικούς υπότιτλους στα βίντεο σας?? Σας ενημερώνω ότι στην Ελλάδα, περισσότερο από κάθε άλλη μεσογειακή χώρα, οι άνθρωποι γνωρίζουν αγγλικά. Προτιμάμε όμως τη γλώσσα μας. Υπάρχουν πάρα πολλά ιαπωνικά κανάλια, που δεν αγνοούν την επιλογή γλωσσών...Φυσικά, δικό σας το κανάλι, δικές σας οι επιλογές Καλησπέρα σας

[@GoriJodhpuri]

arigatou 9:08

[@lalalou123.]

​@SamuraiMatcha Greek subs please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Lia-z7e]

Thank you for your enlightening ideas. I believe you just brought a new perspective on how I will be looking at my home. Have a peaceful day.

[@danitajaye7218]

Amazing video! I really "felt" what you were conveying. Your lovely persona is so nice and just surrounds me completely, making me feel light and airy! Thank you for that gift.

[@gypsybelle4757]

The theme and numbering ideas are excellent. I am excited to try incorporating them and seeing positive results. Thank you!

[@geoallred1698]

I loved the 70/30 rule. It suddenly explains a lot, especially about my closet LOL. A great video!

[@DanielaContreras-gc6dp]

Amazing ideas. Also you’re very funny 😂. Gracias desde México.

[@amyoungil]

Fun idea to tie it to tea ceremony's rule. Always enjoy hearing abouut your new ideas. I think the theme for a room is fun. Also, I could imagine setting a theme for something like your bamboo bike trip. You knew that was the theme, so you didn't need business suits, etc. Thanks for posting!

[@madisagale]

Love this video. You’re absolutely right about big spaces! I did notice my attitude towards big spaces. There’s this feeling that I want to fill in the big space with more items only to realize I don’t need them at all.

Thank you! 🤩 I have to see my room is calling for organising 😊

[@ianazhulavska2420]

Very good advice on cleaning and putting things away before bed! It's like when I worked in an office, I was more organized in my work because after work I always put my tools in their places and when I came in the morning my work place was clean and tidy, so it was nice to start work, but now I work at home and at the end of the day I get tired, I leave my desk in a mess and clean it in the morning, so my day starts with unpleasant things and I can't focus on work after cleaning and I'm already tired and start thinking about lunch))) And now I see that it's a great idea to clean up right after work. Thank you!

[@AnaGeorgescuArt]

The idea to determine the theme of the room is the one that I find it the most helpful :) But all the tips were really helpful! Thank you very much! :)

[@mischavandenburg]

Love it Aki, keep it up.

[@SamuraiMatcha]

Thanks, will do!

[@鶴内香]

Keeping the room clean makes me do anything easy. I don't know about tea seremony or Zen but to live with minimal belonginsgs have been in our heart, I believe. 1year had passed since I started minimal life. So comfortable, everyday!

[@BePresent.]

I could listen to his voice all day.. so kind and caring 😊x and lovely do -able advice

[@laraebrehman]

1 0:28 Start your day by cleaning up in the morning 2 1:08 Put things back to where they were before going to bed 3 1:55 Assign address to items 4 3:52 Make the storage space small 5 5:00 Leave some empty space in the storage 6 6:13 Determine the theme of your room 7 7:35 Determine the number of items

[@nombreapellidos7902]

I love the video!! Thank you for you hard work :D

[@autismenlightenment]

I was into minimilism in the past and i lived in a 10 by 16 shed. Everything had a place and space for use even w crafting. I enjoyed sewing while sitting on the floor. Then i got in a relationship, moved to another home and had a child. Now i ended up w a family living in a single room w no space, no storage, and too much stuff, toys. Now im moving into a small cabin w a loftbedroom. Hoping to only add in what we really need and use because its dysfuntional and depressing otherwise. Wish me luck😂

[@celinefederici6951]

As our life circumstances change so do our living needs. As a single person, we make all the choices but when we get married and have children everything changes. Good luck! As children get older, they can be taught about taking care of their toys and belongings and giving some away to more needy children.

[@cellytron]

It’s the kind of thing I unconsciously know; “I have too many of this item!” But we’re so conditioned to want to consume and buy cool new stuff, and we might have a bad day and buy something we already have too many of, just because. And I know it’s not making me happy! But I do it anyway. It’s definitely pens/art supplies for me. But looking around my house, I notice also: -coffee mugs -Blankets -Hair ties -Random little toys All of these are the kinds of things I tend to buy when I’m depressed. And it makes me feel better for a second, but then I get it home and the stress sets in! Where is this going to go? Do I even have room for it?! I’ll try to remember this next time I’m out and I’m in a bad mood!

[@tohrurose8329]

I’ve found that everything having a set place it lives to be really helpful 😊

[@GoddessFirstClass2882]

It was adorable at the end of the video, when you popped out of the closet 😂❤ Such a heartwarming example of making the most of your space 👍🤗 I am grateful to you for making this video, and I'm grateful to he Universe for having led me to watch it. 🙏 I learned a lot from you, please accept my thanks from the depth of my heart 🙏💕

[@retiredsockmonkey7257]

New Subscriber from California USA I am Sensei Japanese but have not travelled to Japan. Trying to learn more about the Japanese culture that I don’t know

[@percymak]

Inspiring as usual. Thank you.

[@SirJasperKCMG]

Looks delicious. ❤ Will try.

[@macarenasegovia6376]

Wow really loved how you translated the tea ceremony steps and concepts to minimalism, very insteresting. Got a lot of value out of this video 😊 thank you for sharing this with us, I will try to apply a lot of these ideas to my home, thank you 🙏🏼

[@Seabreeze67]

An enormous amount of wisdom and good suggestions for a living philosophy here. Many thanks ❤

[@thecozyconstellation]

what a creative way to incorportate the spirit of the tea cerimony! Aki, can you do a video teaching the japanses calisthenics? i was just watching one of your older videos and you mentioned this as a healthy habit.

[@dorcas_T8P3M3]

Thank you for sharing these great tips. 👍🏻😃 I developed good habits last year because of your ideas. I would like to try keeping numbers of my items from now on. 💪🏻💪🏻

[@janemeade9611]

I like your personal dressing style very much! Would love to have clothes similar to wear in the house.

[@kirsten2023]

Lol to rotating your ramen twice before eating😂 But I do like the tip of determining the number of items. Thank you

[@merimaa777]

Thank you very much! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SamuraiMatcha]

You're welcome!

[@tinataylor9486]

I really like the idea of trimming down to only 3 or 5 of an item!

[@NhanLe-kr9ok]

So lovely voice! You made me keeping a smile on my face while watching your video. Thank you so much Aki!

[@seanfsmith]

I love the idea of applying lessons from the philosophy of channou to something else! The most important rule I've implemented is one I took from a film, even though the lesson was meant as a joke! "Everything has its place and there is a place for everything."

[@LavenderKi27]

Love the idea of Japanese tea ceremony 🍵. Thanks for the great tips

[@LaetareIerusalem]

Really enjoyed watching! Thank you for your intelligent production! 🙏 I love the idea of having themes. It's the reason why I keep messing up my main room. I designed it to practice Taiji. But I also need to use this room for desktop work and relaxing, therefore intentions sometimes get confused.

[@simoncollingridge1992]

I love this. I try and keep things simple but there is more I can do. Thank you for the inspiration

[@BushidoDevilDog]

Excellent video. I recently came to the same mindset on my own that many of these minimalism tips address, so it is good to get a detailed explanation of the thinking behind them. I am actively working on getting rid of excess/unneeded things in my man cave, and having a designated place for all of my belongings. Less things, and a designated place for what I keep makes for a less stressful daily life.

[@メイ-c5e]

英語の見事さに気を取られて内容が入ってこなかった。もう一回見よう。 すごく有意義な動画！ 天才！

[@SamuraiMatcha]

スクリプトのおかげです！ありがとうございます：）

[@Sasbie65]

Decide on a theme for the room first and limit items to 5 or 3. I really like these tips!👏🏽

[@funes209]

Simply wow !

[@clairedrn7421]

thank you for these very helpful tips ✨

[@nilukamanohari1736]

Superb .tnks so much for sharing .all the best ❤

[@yvespantaleon7877]

Can you give tips for self control like a samurai did... I appreciate your videos every time you upload.

[@julianadalimuconpantaleon8653]

Ohh great, I want that too. We have the same last name you know Hahaha great to see another last name.

[@Eugene32852]

Samurai Matcha, your video is so great. I live a similar lifestyle so i can totally relate to what you preach here. Minimalistic, simple & low maintenance lifestyle goes HARD ! Have a great day & cheers from France ;)

[@lisasmith5422]

i greatly enjoy your channel... could you please do more food info? I love the Japanese way of food(s)... could you please make videos a bit longer? I appreciate your calm, intelligent way of speaking & all the ideas for improving life ... Thanks 💐

[@janetatuniquerawfoods2361]

Happy lunar New Year. Japan keeps influence in my life still… and I am man American in Mexico. Thank you.

[@juanjosesegura4585]

Thanks for your videos samurai!

[@susan1897]

Like this. I think it will work for me.

[@campanillauno4578]

Gracias! Me ha sorprendido gratamente limitar el número de artículos, de prendas de vestir.... lo haré 😊

[@2023video4hw]

Thank you for the video. I will take baby steps as i am a pack rat. First, i need to take inventory of what i have before buying more. Having just 5 is a challenge. But i know the goal now. Thanks. I love your video.

[@AnaLuna2025]

Loved the Theme Tip. Thank you Aki!

[@TheMennomilist]

love the idea of 30% empty

[@ChristysChannelYall]

Great tips Aki! Thank you. I will try the numbering tip. I am very minimal already, but feel like this will help me maintain better.

[@DJ_Zing]

I will be buying my first home soon and I plan to use this to ensure I do not over clutter it!

[@gyatiasha]

Wonderful video 😊

[@TeamSaveJapan]

やはり伝統は素晴らしい。

[@larkgreta8847]

This is another great video! I love the idea of empty space!

[@dianamollo8156]

The 5 seconds rule is a game changer for me😮 thank you

[@maureenlayden3639]

Beautiful!❤

[@IonTrone]

good idea to connect this to the tea ceremony! 🍵🌿

[@anwa6169]

Thank you, this was very helpful and inspiring. Will get to work about this now.

[@bethanymulligan4617]

So excited to determine a theme for my room! 🤗

[@AngelaDavis-yz3xf]

Hello Aki, Thank you 💚

[@jaejemhmitch]

minimalism lifestyle is close to impossible when you have kids, but I am applying a rule, if things are unused in 3to5 months anymore, that means it is unnecessary and needs to be let go. after watching this video, I guess I need another decluttering. looking forward to watching more of your videos. thanks a lot.

[@Unix-d4x]

Very great 👍🏽😊

[@surabhisharma5644]

Absolutely loved it. ❤

[@theartistwriter4812]

Thanks. Lately I actually cleaned up my room each section at a time. The closet, I got rid of half of the clothes I almost never wear anymore, and other stuff that took too much space. Then my bedding, then my drawers since those carries the most crap. I still have a bit to go completely clear my room out. The theme of my room. Well I still like anime and manga and books and figures. I tried to minimize the amount of series I buy and make sure these are the ones I want to keep, like my absolute favorite series.

[@karebear326]

So helpful🥰❤️ My tip is to always throw away 1 item if you want to buy a new one.

[@h0ph1p13]

"if something feels bothersome people tend not to do it" - yes. We got a battery powered vacuum cleaner as a gift. We've been using it a ton since then. Much more than the "normal" one. It's easier to get started, easier to clean the dust when it gathers in the container (container is smaller), no cables to fiddle around with when you go around the house. No need to look for a socket to turn it on. All these small things make it like 2 times more enojable to use.

[@sonyp.family8814]

You alway make minimalist to minimal way to understand and simple. I like it😅

[@lemontree9019]

That was very interesting rules.. I will definitely try all of them! 🙏