Goodbye, Things
The New Japanese Minimalism

Some thoughts on Goodbye, Things: Mr. Sasaki writes about minimalism in maximalist manner. A good editor could have cut this book down to the length of a magazine article, added a few of the book's photographs, and nothing much would have been lost. In fact, the book could have almost been condensed......more

Am now a minimalist.......more

Sasaki’s photographs in the beginning of this book jolt one awake to what he means by minimalism. Some people are so radical that it makes the rest of us look like hoarders. But by the end of this very simply-written and superbly-argued short book, most of the arguments we have for cluttering our sp......more

I`m not a minimalist, but I`ve trying to declutter my house and donate lots of things I own. So books like that help to motivate me. I`m never going to be like the author of the book, but I agree with the things he said. This book was recommended by a youtube called ``The Minimal Mom`` and I liked i......more

**I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.** Nothing better than throwing out everything you own to make space for nothing. All you need is a bed that doubles as a couch, one set of dishes to cook and eat off of and one towel to dry said dishes and yourself off with. What an easy-......more