Hey guys, today Ask Japanese came to the Gouk fashion show.
We will Ask Japanese what they think is "Japanese Beauty". Let's go.
What do you perceive as "Japanese Beauty".
The 4 seasons.
The first thing that comes to my head are cherry blossoms.
I think the Japanese cherry blossoms are beautiful.
It would have to be the cherry blossoms.
The ocean? -The ocean! Good point there!
Serenity is an important thing in Japan
The four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
They all have different colors.
The four seasons.
They are quite distinguishable, and in every season we celebrate different things.
There are different events in every season.
And these events clearly mark the change of the seasons for us.
And from a small age onward we learn to cultivate that tradition.
There are some things you can only find in Japan, in my opinion.
Culture, spirit and such.
Even Japanese food can be connected to notions of Japanese Beauty.
So I think that's Japanese Beauty.
My uncle's profession is designing Kimono patterns.
Kimonos contain colors, patterns and living things.
Things like butterflies and similar. I think they count as Japanese Beauty.
What thing would express Japanese Beauty best for you?
Flowers and the changing of the seasons.
The image of cherry blossom petals gently drifting on the water... I like those things.
The first thing that comes into my head is Mt Fuji. Things like mountains and the sea.
I think that those things express beauty quite well.
Mt Fuji would express it well. Depending on the season.
The mount Fuji that we see in winter is another beauty in itself.
Depending on the season, Mount Fuji will have snow on top and be green below.
Depending on the temperature we will get a completely different view of Mt Fuji.
I think that change is beautiful.
Cherry blossoms are a symbol of beauty. The bloom in spring and then pass away.
The short-lived notion of beauty.
The leaves turning colors in autumn. Red and yellow.
I think the leaves changing color is a scene of beauty.
Pretty right?!
The seasons express beauty. But I think a Japanese Kimono is a thing of beauty.
Wearing Japanese Kimonos, practicing Japanese dance, I used to do these things.
The city of Kyoto, and Maiko (Geisha in training) are traditional Japanese things too.
If you were to show a foreigner like me a place of Japanese beauty, where would we go?
I would take you to an old mountain road.
Climb the mountain and then look down onto the lakes underneath.
The climb is tough, but the view from the top is astonishing. I would take you there.
The Kinkakuji (The Golden Temple).
I would take you to Kyoto. The golden temple looks different in each season too.
We have great festivals during the seasons too.
I would like to show you those.
I come from the Tochigi prefecture. I would show you the World Heritage place Nikko.
Seeing the models earlier I thought,
that a certain serenity can be found in the mountains of Nikko.
The peace of the nature there makes it truly beautiful.
I would like to show you Kyoto and spend time there myself.
They also offer to dress tourists up in Maiko clothes, so you might like doing that.
Kobe is beautiful too!
The night view of the city is beautiful.
It is great that we have so much varieties.
In spring we have cherry blossoms,
in autumn we have the turning of the leaves.
I think things like that are beautiful.
There are many places you can see in Japan.
Without having to go abroad, we can find many beautiful places in Japan.
There is a lot to see. The hot springs are also great.