It doesn’t any sense. If mottainai is so intrinsic to Japan, how come these kominka are abandoned in the first place? Article also doesn’t mention the collapse of the JPY vs the USD (lowest since 1988 at least), which is driving the general foreign obsession with buying cheap Japanese RE.
sakura christmasOh yes, the ancient Japanese principle of ✨mottainai✨ “This resonates with the Japanese concept of mottainai, essentially an appeal to thrift and mindful consumption of limited resources, which we understand to come from tenets of both Buddhism and Shinto.”