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00:00Now, let's choose a new life.
00:06Leave the useless things in the house,
00:09throw away the unnecessary things,
00:12and leave the attachment to things.
00:16Choose a new life and way of life with your own decisions.
00:21That is Danshari.
00:26Hideko Yamashita is the founder of Danshari.
00:33She is a master of Danshari and life,
00:36who has guided countless people.
00:40It's a form of marriage, a form of marriage.
00:43It's a form of Danshari of conviction.
00:46Taking care of things means using things.
00:51Choose a new life and way of life with your own decisions.
00:56Now, the door of life opens.
01:01Actually, there is a book under this.
01:07She lives in Kyoto.
01:10She is a Japanese teacher who values the heart of Japanese people.
01:14I can't throw this away.
01:16You can't.
01:18It's great.
01:21She has a lot of good things in her house.
01:29Unfortunately, her house is full of treasures.
01:36When I move in, everything is my own space.
01:39I can do whatever I want.
01:41She is doing this for her own good.
01:44It was really shallow.
01:48She is trying to make good use of what she has eaten so far.
01:54This is my mother.
01:58It must have been a feeling of loss.
02:00When my mother passed away.
02:03What came to her mind was the past that hurt her heart.
02:10I will never forget that day.
02:13It's a real example.
02:15It was a winter when the north wind blew through like a hole in the ground.
02:28Hideko Yamashita's Danshari of Conviction
02:33The first step towards a 100-year-old Japanese-style house in Kyoto.
02:43She lives alone in a house in Kyoto.
02:52Good morning.
02:55Noriko is 65 years old.
02:59She seems to be a serious person, but what is inside the house?
03:03I'm sorry it's so messy.
03:07Oh, there are a lot of things on the floor.
03:16From the entrance to the pillar with the clock on it is the living room.
03:24What is on the floor?
03:32There is no bookshelf underneath.
03:38So I put it in a basket like this.
03:42And around here, there are documents that I have been using for a long time.
03:47I can't organize them yet.
03:49They are all in a state of being left unattended.
03:53I think it's okay to throw them away.
03:58On the floor, there is a book called Haiku.
04:04And a notebook called Kotoba Kanyoku.
04:12Noriko is a teacher who teaches Japanese.
04:19And Haiku is her hobby.
04:22She is also a big fan of Itsuki Natsui, who is also a famous Japanese comedian on TV shows.
04:27She also participates in events.
04:32There are a lot of things that have come out of the closet.
04:41What's in the closet?
04:46I think I have a lot of bags.
04:52It's like this.
04:54If I put things in here, I think it will be a little better.
05:03This is when I travel.
05:05This is when I go hiking.
05:11Noriko likes to go hiking and travel.
05:16She often travels overseas, such as Vietnam.
05:22She is also active as a volunteer for the Daikuno Chorus Corps and the Kyoto Marathon.
05:32It is said to be one of the reasons why she bought a lot of things because she had a lot of hobbies.
05:42The back of the living room is a dining kitchen.
05:47This is really overflowing.
05:52It's full of things I can't put away.
05:55And of course there are things I don't use.
05:58This dining table was left by my uncle and aunt.
06:04I took care of some of them, but I brought them in again and put them in.
06:11I can't do anything about it.
06:15This house was built about 100 years ago.
06:19Originally, Noriko's uncle and his wife lived here.
06:25It is said that his uncle was a kottosho.
06:31That's the only thing left in this house, a Japanese thing with a good taste.
06:41This is a book to put symbols on.
06:48What is drawn is Kinkakuji.
06:53This is also a design that was thoughtfully designed.
07:01Noriko moved to this house 15 years ago after her uncle and his wife passed away.
07:09At that time, she left her uncle's luggage and brought in her own things, so there were more things.
07:19I bought this later.
07:22I was going to use this as a dressing table, but I can't use it anymore.
07:27What's in it?
07:30Various documents and books.
07:37What about the room on the second floor?
07:43I usually take a rest here.
07:52There are a lot of things here, too.
07:56This is a kimono I brought from my parents.
08:00Those boxes are also from my parents.
08:07Noriko's parents are already dead.
08:13What's on the second floor is what she brought from her parents' house nine years ago.
08:22This is the fabric my mother wanted to make when she was a dressmaker.
08:34I think this is the same fabric.
08:38This is my mother's notebook.
08:43I made it like this.
08:46It looks like she was pretty good at making it, so I got an award for it.
08:55My mother also liked to make notebooks like Noriko.
09:01And she was a very meticulous person.
09:06Her mother's notebook shows her personality.
09:12When making kimono for children, she wrote down the dimensions and how to sew in detail.
09:22In addition, she wrote down the dimensions on another notebook before sewing.
09:33My mother made this part.
09:37This is also my mother's notebook.
09:43She sewed this part.
09:46I learned how to make kimono again.
09:49I learned how to make kimono when I was young.
09:53I'm in my fifties, but I'm learning how to make kimono again.
09:58Noriko has a good sense of fashion.
10:06There are a lot of good things in this house.
10:10It's a shame.
10:16Noriko has a very good personality.
10:21She eats almost every day.
10:26And she's been eating sukiyaki since this morning.
10:32I'm taking a picture.
10:36As a record.
10:43She takes a picture of every meal.
10:50I like to make food.
10:54When I have time, I want to make three meals.
11:00Even though she makes delicious food, there are a lot of things under her feet and in front of her.
11:08Maybe she can't clean up a little more.
11:14There seems to be a reason.
11:19About three and a half years ago, I started to live a little further away.
11:25I can't use my day off.
11:28If I don't take a day off, I can't last a week.
11:33After I fell into this cycle, I can't clean up.
11:41Until last year, Noriko worked three hours a day to get to and from school.
11:50This year, she changed her job and started to work at a nearby school.
11:56She can afford to spare a little time.
12:05But...
12:08I'm not good at cleaning up.
12:12I'm not good at cleaning up.
12:18She says she doesn't know how to get out of this situation.
12:30Ms. Yamashita, please give us some good advice.
12:37Excuse me.
12:42Hello, I'm Hideko Yamashita.
12:45I'm Hideko Yamashita.
12:47Nice to meet you.
12:49Oh, my God.
12:51Are you in the middle of cleaning up?
12:54I have to clean up everything.
12:57Oh, my God.
12:59Are you alone?
13:01Yes.
13:02How long have you been living here?
13:04I've been living here for 15 years.
13:07When I brought my parents' luggage home, I couldn't do anything.
13:12You couldn't do anything on your own.
13:14Yes, I couldn't.
13:16But I'm sure you can do something.
13:18Yes, I can.
13:19I'm sure you can.
13:20Thank you very much.
13:21Anyway...
13:24On the contrary, it's almost like throwing away something.
13:27That's true.
13:28I feel like I'm digging up something important.
13:35Ms. Yamashita has a lot of things that her husband and her husband left behind.
13:40And until last year, she told her husband that she worked at a distant school.
13:49You must have been busy.
13:52Yes, I was especially busy in the last four or five years.
13:55You have to be able to take care of the house.
14:01You have to do your best.
14:03That's right.
14:05It would be nice if you could save all the tools.
14:08That's right.
14:09That's a lot.
14:10I think it's a good idea to take care of everything on your own.
14:13If you do that, you can do everything on your own.
14:17You can do everything on your own.
14:19I think it's a great advantage to live alone.
14:22Because you can decide everything on your own.
14:24That's right.
14:25There's no one to oppose you.
14:26There's no one.
14:27Usually, there are a lot of resistance forces.
14:30It's hard.
14:32But the resistance forces are actually here.
14:34That's right.
14:35There are a lot of resistance forces here.
14:37It might be a battle against them.
14:39That's right.
14:40Let's do something.
14:42There's only one thing we can do.
14:45We have to do something.
14:46That's right.
14:47You know that, right?
14:48Yes.
14:49But if you ask me what the basis of my life is,
14:51it's a place where I eat and work.
14:54So let's start from here.
14:56What do you eat?
14:58Let's start from there.
15:00At first, she decided to start cutting from the kitchen and dining room.
15:06It's important to have a happy logo.
15:10That's right.
15:12So, let's start cutting.
15:18Let's reduce it anyway.
15:19Yes.
15:21Let's throw away the plastic around here.
15:23Yes.
15:27This is also plastic.
15:30This and this.
15:33At first, Noriko started to dispose of unused plastic containers.
15:45You want to live a life of using a scraper, right?
15:49Yes.
15:50Let's take this.
15:52Noriko, who loves cooking, decided to leave what she wants to use in the future.
15:58I want to have more dishes at the same time.
16:01Yes.
16:03There are a lot of things from Noriko's family,
16:07things from her uncle's family,
16:09and things from Noriko's family.
16:15This teapot set seems to be quite expensive.
16:22We're a family.
16:27Indeed, there are a lot of glasses and cups.
16:32I don't want to.
16:36Ms. Yamashita.
16:39I'll make the squid based on the number of glasses and cups here.
16:47She decided to make a sample on the right side of the dining table.
16:54These glasses are also from her family.
16:56Yes, we don't need them.
16:58This is Soshina.
16:59Soshina.
17:00It's the name of the new safe.
17:05She said goodbye to Soshina, even though it's her mother's.
17:10She tries to make a living by herself.
17:21Ms. Yamashita is dressing up.
17:27If you leave it empty, it'll look different, right?
17:31Yes, it will.
17:32You can separate them.
17:33Yes.
17:35I just made a sample that says this is the right amount.
17:40So I'm going to choose the right amount.
17:43This is a measure of the right amount.
17:50I see.
17:51This is a good amount of glasses.
17:57She also chooses the left amount of glasses.
18:01This is her homework.
18:04This is ridiculous.
18:06This is ridiculous.
18:07This is ridiculous.
18:09I don't think this is ridiculous, even though I'm worried.
18:15I didn't think this would happen.
18:17That's what's scary.
18:18I think I was like, this is ridiculous.
18:22I thought, this is ridiculous.
18:25I thought no one would come.
18:27That's how I felt.
18:30I see.
18:32Ms. Noriko was giving up and making a living.
18:40Next, she's putting things in the kitchen.
18:44Here you go.
18:46I'm going to throw this away.
18:48Did you use it?
18:49No, I didn't.
18:50My aunt used to buy it.
18:54I see.
18:56It was a wonderful thing that I'll never get back.
18:59I see.
19:00It's an old thing.
19:02It's an old thing.
19:03It's like this.
19:04It's nice.
19:05Here, too, she found a nice-looking bowl.
19:10It's a pity that it's dead.
19:16That's right.
19:18This is a little cute.
19:20It's cute.
19:21Yes, it's cute.
19:22I just want to use it.
19:26A small bowl with a deer on it.
19:29She's going to leave this, too.
19:33She has a lot of hobbies.
19:35Ms. Noriko, you seem to like Japanese things.
19:38It's a nice bowl.
19:41I'm going to put vegetables in this bowl, but I'm going to use this.
19:49That's nice, so take it.
19:53I want to use natural materials as much as possible.
19:57I'll put it here for now.
20:02There were three.
20:03There are three.
20:05Two friends.
20:06I'm going to throw that away, too.
20:09The shelves in the kitchen were filled with tools and storage containers.
20:16Ms. Noriko left only what she wanted to use and lined them up so that it was easy to take out.
20:23It's nice to have a Japanese feel to it.
20:29You should throw away the pot, too.
20:31I don't need so many pots.
20:34There's a pot here, too.
20:36There's a pot up there, too.
20:37We're living alone now.
20:42The concept is to enjoy living alone.
20:48Don't think of it as a family of three or five.
20:52When people come, it's like a house.
20:56It's not a house where people come.
20:59I didn't call anyone.
21:01You didn't?
21:02I was embarrassed.
21:05I'm going to throw this away, too.
21:09Let's make a big bowl.
21:12I'm going to throw this away.
21:14You don't need this, do you?
21:15No.
21:16Even though she loves cooking, she lives alone.
21:20She reduces the amount of cooking utensils that suit her life.
21:25How is it?
21:26Does it look different?
21:27It's totally different.
21:30She used to have a lot of cooking utensils.
21:37Now, she can enjoy cooking at ease.
21:43I'm going to throw this away, too.
21:47This is the second one.
21:50I'm going to throw this away, too.
21:53This is the second one.
21:55She doesn't drink it, and she throws away the wine that she left behind.
22:02I should put this in, too.
22:04Yes, yes.
22:08I put it outside, so it looks clean.
22:17It's much cleaner under the table.
22:22I can see it now.
22:23I can see it now.
22:26The table is finally clean.
22:30Wait for me.
22:31Don't be shy.
22:32Don't be shy.
22:35When the table is clean, Yamashita-san...
22:40Are you ready?
22:41Yes.
22:42What's next?
22:43What's next?
22:44I'm going to throw this away.
22:45I'm going to throw this away.
22:46Take it over there.
22:47Take it over there.
22:48I'm going to throw it over there.
22:49I'm going to throw it over there.
22:51She uses the kitchen for cooking,
22:54and enjoys her meals in the living room.
23:00Are you going to put it in the dining room?
23:01Yes, I am.
23:02It's completely different.
23:04It's going to be much bigger.
23:06You can work here, too.
23:08In a bright place.
23:09Yes, yes.
23:13It's completely different.
23:19The life of eating in a cramped room next to the kitchen
23:24is coming to an end.
23:30What did she throw away on the first day?
23:35About 15 bags of garbage.
23:40It's good to live alone.
23:43It's a free time for everyone.
23:46It's a space to enjoy living alone.
23:50And when you enjoy living alone,
23:52your friends can come in freely.
23:55It's an open-air space.
23:57When you're alone,
23:59you can open your heart to your friends.
24:02It's an open-air space.
24:04Until now, it was a completely closed space.
24:08But now, it's like this.
24:11Noriko has a lot of friends she met as a hobby.
24:15She wants to invite them when her house is clean.
24:22It's a wonderful goal to have a house with open-air space.
24:30In order to do that,
24:32we have to reduce things and make good use of them.
24:36It's still a long way to go.
24:39Good luck, Noriko!
25:03The second day of recycling.
25:10When you think of Kyoto, you think of green tea.
25:13Noriko makes tea and enjoys it.
25:18Thank you for the tea.
25:25I'm very happy that the table is clean.
25:32Today, she's going to do her homework.
25:36She's going to reduce the amount of food
25:39in order to make a sample for Mr. Yamashita.
25:44By making this sample,
25:47I feel that I'm reducing things
25:51with my ideal image.
25:57I don't want to have a lot of things.
26:00Instead, I want to choose good things and keep them.
26:04That's how I feel.
26:10What she decided to keep
26:12are Japanese utensils such as bowls for storing sweets.
26:18On the other hand, she decided to recycle these utensils.
26:24This is what my uncle used to keep.
26:27This is what my uncle used to keep.
26:30I bought this one later.
26:34This is what my uncle used to keep.
26:37I don't remember bringing this one.
26:41I think my mother used to keep this one.
26:46But I don't use it much anymore.
26:49Oh, this is a luxury item.
26:52This is the same set as the one
26:55I used in the TV series before I became a mother.
26:59This is the same set as the one
27:02I used in the TV series before I became a mother.
27:05I'm planning to hold an exchange meeting.
27:08I'm planning to hold an exchange meeting.
27:12Ms. Noriko doesn't use expensive teacups,
27:16so she disposes of them.
27:22I don't think I'll buy any more utensils.
27:25I don't think I'll buy any more utensils.
27:28I've already bought a lot of them.
27:31You've already bought a lot of them?
27:33Yes.
27:34Why?
27:35I've already bought a lot of them.
27:38I've already bought a lot of them.
27:40One of the reasons why she bought more and more
27:43was because she was involved with her mother.
27:48Ms. Noriko was born in Kyoto
27:5165 years ago.
27:56She was born into a family of four
27:59with her parents and two older brothers.
28:02Ms. Noriko says that when she was a child,
28:05she felt a sense of distance from her mother.
28:11I think she was a very caring person.
28:15She cared deeply about what people saw.
28:18She cared deeply about what people saw.
28:25When she was a child,
28:28she would say,
28:30don't take it personally.
28:33Of course I felt a sense of cramped.
28:36Of course I felt a sense of cramped.
28:38I thought it was tough.
28:41It was tough.
28:45Noriko loves to read.
28:48She wanted to be a Japanese teacher since she was in junior high school.
28:54But she got a job at a university entrance exam.
28:58At that time, her mother...
29:01It was a time when women were not allowed to go to a 4th grade school.
29:05But she said,
29:08if I don't go to a 4th grade school, I'll get sick again.
29:12So she let me go to a 4th grade school.
29:15I was really grateful for that.
29:18But I think it's thanks to my mother that I was able to live like this.
29:23If I didn't get a license, I wouldn't have been able to do this job.
29:28She loves her family.
29:30In front of everyone, she protected her mother, who was a woman of Kyoto.
29:37And above all, she cheered for her mother to become a Japanese teacher.
29:43The sudden parting with her mother was about 20 years ago.
29:49She collapsed from a stroke and died.
29:54I will never forget the winter.
30:00It's a real example.
30:03It was a winter when the north wind blew through like a hole in the ground.
30:12At the same time as the loneliness of losing her dear mother,
30:17she says there is something she can't forget.
30:21I got a call from the address book my mother had made.
30:24She said,
30:27I lost my mother, so could you come to the funeral?
30:31I called her many times.
30:34But I don't remember her saying, I'll go.
30:38At that time, I was wondering how my mother maintained her friend.
30:47I've been thinking about how to maintain a relationship with my mother for the past 20 years.
31:02I see.
31:05Noriko is a member of the chorus team and a volunteer.
31:10She may be deeply involved in the theme of friendship.
31:17She says she went shopping from the funeral home where she lost her mother.
31:23What she is thinking now is...
31:26It's like filling a gap in my heart.
31:30But in the end, I don't think things will be satisfied.
31:39Noriko is determined to graduate from a life surrounded by things.
31:48As a reference to Yamashita's book, she left her favorite tableware.
31:56It became a tableware shelf like Noriko's.
32:01But there is still a lot of stuff in the room.
32:06The real work begins here.
32:09Two Weeks Later
32:15Two weeks after the start of the work.
32:21Noriko's work continued.
32:27This is what the old men had.
32:30I can't throw this away.
32:33It's so nice.
32:35I used to use this a lot when I was working.
32:39Because it was an antique shop.
32:42But I want to use it more than putting it away.
32:47As expected, the antique shop in Kyoto.
32:51There are a lot of treasures.
32:55But Noriko doesn't know how to use them.
33:01I can't do this at all.
33:03I have no choice but to put them away.
33:07Really.
33:09She decides to put them away for now.
33:13Thanks to her hard work for the past two weeks,
33:18the number of things on the floor has decreased.
33:21Except for the passageway, it was filled with things.
33:26But finally, there are no more things on the floor.
33:34It's amazing that we can still see the floor.
33:42I'm starting to think that I can't do anything by myself.
33:48I really can't do it.
33:52She's starting to think that she can do it by herself
33:57while reflecting on her past efforts.
34:04Today, she's going to clean up the dressing table.
34:10This is Japanese furniture.
34:13She bought it herself, but she can't use it for makeup.
34:19She decided not to put the books here.
34:24What? A fan?
34:30There are so many of them.
34:33I don't think I'll be able to use them all.
34:37There are so many.
34:40I'm going to bring Naginata-san's fan
34:43until the Gion Festival is over.
34:48She's going to put all the makeup she had at home here.
34:54The atmosphere here is completely different.
35:00It's much better now.
35:04What do you think?
35:06It's in there.
35:08The dressing table that she was worried about the daily necessities.
35:14She's finally going to be able to use it.
35:28She's starting to worry about using the dressing table.
35:33When I opened the mirror,
35:36I saw that the kitchen was reflected in the mirror.
35:46You can see the drain, right?
35:48But I don't think I'll be able to see the drain.
35:54That's true. It's a background with a sense of life.
36:00This is the kitchen.
36:03What do you think about putting it here?
36:10Actually, there is another room on the first floor.
36:16This is the place where the old man of the Kottosho family used to use.
36:22It's just started to be demolished,
36:25but the windows are wide open.
36:30Noriko was wondering if she could put the dressing table here.
36:38Yes.
36:40Yes, yes.
36:42I'm sorry, but thank you for today.
36:48The big things that came out of the demolition
36:50will be collected by the contractor.
37:00After the work was done,
37:02Noriko decided to have the dressing table moved to a large room.
37:09Ready, set, go.
37:11This is it.
37:12This is the living room.
37:14It's okay.
37:16It's a little messy.
37:17Just in case.
37:19There's a ceiling, so it's okay.
37:20I understand.
37:23It's a little messy.
37:25It's a little messy.
37:26It's a little messy.
37:28It's a little messy.
37:30It's a little messy.
37:31Yes, thank you.
37:33It's a little messy.
37:37Why don't you put it where you want it to be?
37:41It's nice.
37:42I like it better this way.
37:44There's light coming in.
37:50It changes, doesn't it?
37:53You can see the white wall.
37:54Really?
37:55Yes, it does.
37:57You can't see much of anything else.
38:01She can do it herself.
38:04Once again, she regained her confidence.
38:15Noriko stopped to look at the furniture left by her uncle.
38:22I think this is a flower vase.
38:28Is this furniture for flower vases?
38:36It's really big.
38:37She tried putting a flower vase here.
38:40I like this one.
38:43It looks good.
38:46It looks like a different house.
38:50It's not a different house.
38:52Next, she looked at this shelf.
38:57I feel like I need to make good use of this shelf.
39:04A shelf is a two-piece shelf that is placed on top of each other.
39:10As expected of Noriko, she knows how to call it.
39:15But the problem is that she can't use it well.
39:22Then, where did she put the shelf?
39:27I think it's here.
39:29Do you think it fits?
39:33It fits.
39:34That's great.
39:37This is the place where the vanity was.
39:42It fits perfectly.
39:47What if I put it here?
39:49The layout is great.
39:53This is what I'm talking about.
39:56This is what I'm talking about.
39:58I see.
40:00I see.
40:02Noriko, I think you're getting better.
40:06I think this is good enough.
40:10I feel like I'm getting better at this.
40:13I think this is what the old man was showing me.
40:22Her favorite tea set.
40:27Isn't this a wonderful world of tea?
40:34She's looking around again.
40:36What did she bring from the second floor?
40:41This is the holy book.
40:43This is the holy book.
40:47This is the holy book that her mother made.
40:53I haven't seen it yet.
41:00The holy book tells us about her mother's daily life.
41:06Ise-no-miya, a school trip on her way home from school.
41:13She spends time with her children.
41:19I can see how her mother looked when she was healthy.
41:27Noriko decided to put her mother's ashes on a different shelf.
41:36And her mother's album.
41:41I think this is my mother's album.
41:45This is my mother.
41:48She's smiling. This is my mother, too.
41:51The one in the middle?
41:53Yes, the one in the middle.
41:55This is my mother.
42:00This is where she puts her mother's memories and her tea set.
42:08It's a relaxing place.
42:11I've never held a tea set before.
42:16One day, I'd like to sing my favorite mother's song.
42:24But I'm not good at it.
42:29But if I put it close to me, I can see it whenever I want.
42:38A few days later, Noriko sent this message.
42:45Each tool has its own role.
42:51It is the most beautiful thing to use it properly.
42:57I realized that again today.
43:01That tea set gave me a sense of revival.
43:07It's not a substitute or an arrangement.
43:12I think it's a link between how you work and how you move forward.
43:23I think I couldn't tell the difference between holding it and receiving it.
43:31I wanted to be able to take advantage of it.
43:40But I couldn't hold it because it was too heavy.
43:45I think I was confused.
43:50I was holding something that exceeded my capacity.
43:55I couldn't take advantage of it.
43:58If I couldn't take advantage of it, my heart wouldn't move.
44:03I wouldn't be moved.
44:05But through the tea set, I realized that I could take advantage of it.
44:12I realized that I could take advantage of it.
44:18If it was a closed space, I wouldn't be able to come in.
44:24I wouldn't be able to show this side, so I would refuse.
44:28That's what changed.
44:30I think it's very important to open up your heart.
44:47A visitor has come to Noriko's house.
44:52She's a neighbor who has known Noriko for a long time.
44:57She used to come to Noriko's house to play.
45:17She makes matcha tea for Noriko.
45:27Let's try it.
45:35Is it good?
45:37It's good.
45:40It's really good.
45:42It's been a while since I had something this good.
45:45I eat matcha tea at home.
45:47I eat alone.
45:49It's lonely to eat alone.
45:52This is the first step.
45:56The door to the open and closed world has opened.