We have started minimizing things around our house. Clutter I guess you could say. It has been a work in progress.
From what I can remember of Okianwa, I always remember everything being orderly and places free of clutter. To inlcude the few homes I was fortunate enough to see. I wonder if that is another difference in the culture in the Ryukus versus mainland.
Could be. I wonder if those folks didn't have at least one room that was packed bottom to top with all their clutter though ;) That's often how it is in Japanese houses.
Could have been