The Minimalist Who Only Owns 12 Black Items

Actually, I, qbc, also follow the Jobs method, or maybe the Oba-Q method, where I own multiple copies of the same clothes and dress the same way every day. Basically in black. A black top and bottom from Uniqlo, and for shoes, black VANS slip-ons. Though my pants are red.
The reason is that it's a hassle to think about it. Also, I've gained weight, so maybe it's become difficult to enjoy fashion here and there.
When I was in my 20s, my girlfriend was the type of person who would get photographed for FRUiTS, so I was forced to buy clothes to some extent, but, how should I put it. Maybe it became a hassle to express something through clothes. I wonder what it is. I think I started wearing all black in the sense that I didn't want to express anything through clothes. Well, I am making a statement that I don't want to make a statement through clothes, so it's not that there is no statement.
Anyway, although the apparel industry has seen shops closing one after another due to COVID, people still continue to dress themselves, so there is no doubt that what to wear is a matter worth pondering from time to time. In that sense, while I see quite a few people thinking about who they are, I wonder if there are few people who think about what they wear.
I wonder why. Unexpectedly, you can sometimes grasp something that seems to be the correct answer by starting from the form, from the outward appearance.
That was the preface for the 722nd Namujin Interview, written on March 24, 2024!!!!!!
[Preface: qbc / Yasuhiro Kuribayashi (Writer, Namujin Interview Organizer)]

Our guest this time is Yoda-san!

Age: Late 20s
Gender: Male
Occupation: Temporary employee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yo_da_fashion_09

Current state: Since the anxiety of 'I have to do this, I have to do that' has disappeared, my truly free time has increased.

Nodoka:
What kind of work do you do now?

Yoda:
Usually, as a temporary employee, I work in a warehouse handling medical equipment as my profession.
Separately from that, regardless of my occupation or income, as a form of outreach, I mainly focus on sharing my life as a minimalist with very few clothes, wearing all-black outfits.

Nodoka:
You mentioned two aspects just now, which one feels more natural for you to introduce yourself from?

Yoda:
Let's see... then I would say the latter, the fashion side, as a minimalist.

Nodoka:
Why does that feel more natural?

Yoda:
I think that aligns more with what I want to do in the future.

Nodoka:
By the way, what is it that you want to do?

Yoda:
It's a bit abstract, and to be honest, it's not very clear yet.
I want to try various things related to fashion. For example, creating an apparel brand, or having myself wear clothes as a model.
What I'm doing now is, I only have black clothes, 12 items in total. Within those 12 items, I show how you can change your look through various outfits and combinations.
I'm sharing that kind of content now. I hope to follow that kind of life path related to fashion.

Nodoka:
Why do you only have black clothes?

Yoda:
The reason I was originally inspired by black clothes is because my favorite brand is Yohji Yamamoto.
Originally, when I was a university student, around 18, when I started to get interested in clothes.
When I learned about the brand Yohji Yamamoto, I was shocked that black could express so many things, and it was the brand Yohji Yamamoto that taught me that.
Why was I shocked? I realized there are many materials and many shades of black. In my mind, black equaled silhouette or nothingness. It was the idea that it was a color without color. Having that fixed concept broken by Yohji Yamamoto's clothes left a huge impression on me. From there, I really learned the joy of black.
That's one thing, and although I only have black clothes now, originally during my university days, between 18 and 20, I liked black, but I also wore primary colors like yellow, red, and pink, as well as patterns and flashy colors.
Narrowing it down from there, including my favorite high brand, Yohji Yamamoto, and wanting to go with just black, it felt right for me, so my closet ended up being all black.
I narrowed it down quite easily.

Nodoka:
Thank you. Why did you decide to start sharing this?

Yoda:
Well, there are quite a few reasons.
First, from a minimalist perspective, one reason is to share that you can wear things in many ways even with few clothes.
A T-shirt isn't just for wearing normally; for example, tucking it into your pants, which is called 'tuck-in' in apparel terms, I guess. Or shirt-in, whatever.
Just by tucking the shirt in versus leaving it out, the way your legs look changes.
In short, when you tuck in your shirt, your legs look longer, which is just one example I gave.
If you can change how you look just by doing that, I want everyone to know that you can actually do a lot with outfits if you have few clothes and use some ingenuity.
Also, to add to this, I think everyone can carefully select the clothes they really need to buy. You'll realize you didn't need that many clothes, and I think you can cut down on wasting money.
Your house won't be packed with clothes anymore. Also, you'll want to take better care of your clothes. I think there are quite a few benefits.
In that sense, from a minimalist perspective, I'm sharing this because I think people can learn to handle their clothes better.
Another thing is that, from the general public's perspective, the word 'fashionable' never comes up for minimalist clothing. I often hear it called 'plain' by the general public.
People often tell me, 'You have the same clothes and dress simply, right?' but I don't think that's the case at all.
I think that's fine for those people too. But I want to convey the message that you can be fashionable like this, and that being a minimalist doesn't mean you can't be fashionable.
There's a strong image that fashionable people have lots of clothes, so if I show that you can have various looks with just 12 items, I can convey that there are fashionable minimalists too. And if that's also seen as a benefit of the minimalist aspect I mentioned earlier, maybe people will think, 'Maybe it's okay to have few clothes, maybe I can find more important clothes that way.' I hope more people will think like that, so I thought, 'Okay, let's try sharing this.'
There are other reasons, but to summarize, this is how it is.

Nodoka:
Thank you.
You talked about clothes, but do you live without having many things in other aspects of your life, such as furniture?

Yoda:
Yes. Basically, people who have visited my house say that it's not cluttered with things like beds, and it's neat.
And if I may say so, even though my house isn't that big, they say it looks like a studio. So I think I have very little furniture.

Nodoka:
When did you start this minimalist lifestyle?

Yoda:
I became a minimalist during the state of emergency, I guess. There was a time when COVID was spreading. For one month, everyone was self-restricting, and I think most people were at home. In my case, I was at my parents' house at that time, and the situation of the house, or rather the room, was that my younger brother and I were using one room. It was a 6-tatami mat room, and to split it in half, we bought two loft beds with space underneath. We were living a lifestyle where we divided it into 3-tatami mats each.
I was the type of person who wasn't at home, basically. Because of that one month of self-restriction, I ended up spending more time at home. When I thought about it, I ended up being in a 3-tatami mat room most of the time.
Then, when I looked at it again, it was very cluttered. But there was a part of me that was comfortable with that, so I was a bit lazy about it.

At some point, well, I learned the word 'minimalist' from Roland, the host, I think.
When I happened to watch his video, I just naturally thought, 'This is really great.' That feeling of, shall we say, a high-end orientation, where only the truly necessary things are kept, really clicked with my own feelings. That was the trigger for me to start thinking about decluttering, or since I'm home anyway, maybe I should just go ahead and organize things.

Nodoka:
Did you like Roland from the beginning?

Yoda:
No, I think he just appeared in my recommendations.
I was watching YouTubers here and there, so maybe he just happened to pop up in that flow.
That's right. I think it was maybe a 'what's in my bag' or something at that time.
When I saw that, I think I just felt, 'Oh, that's amazing, that's nice, I like that.'

Nodoka:
Thank you. I think there are many things that have changed since you altered your lifestyle, but what has had the biggest impact on you personally?

Yoda:
My time has increased.
I realized I had a lot of unnecessary, small, wasted time, like looking for things, wondering what I was about to do, or forgetting things.
Now that I think about it.

Nodoka:
Thank you. By the way, do you live alone now?

Yoda:
Yes, I do.

Nodoka:
Including your lifestyle and everything, how is your life right now?
Do you like it, or not?

Yoda:
I like it. Definitely.

Nodoka:
What do you like about it the most?

Yoda:
Well, since there are no unnecessary things, the things I need to do at home are narrowed down. Even with housework and laundry, because there are few items, I can keep in my head that if I just do this much, it's finished.
The anxiety of 'I have to do this, I have to do that' has disappeared, so my truly free time has increased.

Nodoka:
I see. By the way, how many years have you been doing your current job?

Yoda:
It's been about a year now. Yes.

Nodoka:
Is this your third company? In terms of work experience.

Yoda:
It's my third company since leaving school. Actually, I'm sorry to bring this up late, but...
If my current warehouse job is the main one, I'm also working a side job, sort of like back-office or administrative work in apparel.
The current warehouse is my third company, but I'm in a situation where I'm working a side job in parallel.

Nodoka:
A side job in addition to your full-time job?

Yoda:
That's right. If the warehouse is basically on weekdays, I occasionally go in on weekends, though not every week.

Nodoka:
Aren't you quite busy? Why are you working multiple jobs?

Yoda:
Well, it might sound strange to say I don't think of it as work.
Even with the first warehouse job, I think I fundamentally just love organizing and tidying up.

Yoda:
I think being a minimalist and liking a clean life comes from the fact that I've always loved organizing. So when I go to the warehouse, for me, it feels like I'm going to rearrange my room. I go to a vacation home, rearrange the room, and come back—that's the mentality I probably have when I go to work on weekdays.
So, that's one reason why it's not that painful for me regarding the first job. And for the other one, the apparel job, I've actually been doing that part-time for about five or six years.
At first, I was doing customer service, but gradually they stopped carrying the men's line and it became women's-focused. There was a time when I said, 'If there's no men's line, I'll quit.'
But the management said, 'If you'd like, you don't have to do customer service; we can just keep you on the books to help with other things, what do you think?' I hated customer service, so I said if it's anything other than customer service, I'm fine with staying on the books.
Since then, what I've been doing behind the scenes is photographing products to be released on the online shop. And then editing the products I've photographed before they are released. I get to use software like Adobe Photoshop on the computer.
Also, including miscellaneous tasks like SNS and organizing other clothes.
Since I'm still in a state where I can be involved with clothes, but with the customer service I hate removed, I'm going to work without really thinking of it as work, to borrow my earlier words.
So, even if I have a lot of work hours, I don't feel any burden. In that sense, because I do the second job with that mindset, I don't think it's painful to work multiple jobs.

Nodoka:
Thank you. I have another slightly different question: what kind of personality do your friends often say you have?

Yoda:
In terms of personality, well, I think I'm often told that I'm serious.

Nodoka:
What do you think about that yourself?

Yoda:
I didn't realize it at first, but recently, I've started to feel like, yeah, that's probably true.

Nodoka:
Are there any situations where you feel that way?

Yoda:
Well, for me, it often comes down to various habitual things. I'm the type of person who can steadily and consistently do things, I suppose. I do those things seriously. And when people tell me to do something, basically, rather than not doing it, I make sure to do it properly.
Also, when it comes to private matters, it often ends up being about clothes or apparel. When I take an outer garment off a rack to try it on, and then hang it back up after wearing it, other people probably just hang it back up without doing anything to it, but I absolutely always zip it up or button it up before hanging it. I'm often told that I'm serious about things like that.
Also, let's see, when I'm eating, I stack up the plates and such. It doesn't benefit me personally, but I think it might be easier for the staff to carry them away if I do this.
I'm often told about things like that, too. Yes.

Past: People with a broad perspective are often those who pause before making judgments.

Nodoka:
What kind of child were you, Yoda-san?

Yoda:
What kind of child? When you say 'child,' what age range are you referring to?

Nodoka:
Let's see, then from the earliest time you can remember.

Yoda:
Well, to be honest, I don't have many good memories of the past.
Conversely, what remains in my mind, which is connected to the present, is something truly bad. Does talking about high school count as the past?

Nodoka:
That's fine.

Yoda:
Okay. Then, honestly, high school is the most memorable part of my past.
The fact that I had such an unpleasant past in high school is also a manifestation of what my personality was like up until then. Just to preface this.
In short, it was during high school that I first experienced being disliked or bullied by people.
Simply put, I was in a club in my second year of high school, and at that time, I was disliked by all of my peers in the club.
When I became a third-year student, I was bullied by people in my own class, so my high school life was filled with miserable memories. That is the memory that remains the most in my past—though I probably shouldn't call it a memory. I suppose that's it.

Nodoka:
Did things like that not happen before high school?

Yoda:
They didn't. I thought at the time that I was just really lucky.

Nodoka:
It's okay to share only what you're comfortable with, but was there any reason for being disliked or bullied?

Yoda:
Well, first of all, as for the reason I was disliked, perhaps it was because the club happened to be a competitive school at the national or Kanto level, and it was about the direction of thinking and acting on my own. I was a person who couldn't act without being in a group. To put it strangely, I would follow along, thinking, 'So-and-so did it, so I'll do it too.' So I lacked the ability to make decisions or judgments myself. I would think, 'That person is doing this, so I'll do it too.' When I was actually asked to make such choices or judgments, I was a person who couldn't answer anything. So I was also indecisive. Even when I was told to answer yes or no, I would say 'either is fine,' which would make people unhappy. That happened quite a lot.
As a result of repeating that, I was told various things by my peers, like 'Can't you do anything on your own?' It was only after I was being avoided that I was told this so directly by my peers. They suddenly started avoiding me in silence, so I asked one of my peers, 'Why am I being disliked?' That was the response I got. 'You should think for yourself a little more; you're indecisive.' It was a huge shock to be told that, and from the moment I knew, I couldn't get close to my peers, even though I had been close to them before, and I couldn't even talk to them.

Nodoka:
Didn't you quit the club?

Yoda:
Yes, I did think about quitting the club. I mean, it had come to that point. However, that high school was more than an hour and a half away from my house. I went to that school because the club was strong, so I wondered what would be left if I quit. The self-questioning of 'Why did I come to high school?' if I quit there was just too much.
I stuck with it, even if it was just out of spite.

Nodoka:
Until your third year.

Yoda:
That's right.

Nodoka:
Was the bullying you experienced in your third year a separate story?

Yoda:
That's right. It was right before I became a third-year high school student. It gets a bit complicated, but there were some third-year seniors when I was in my second year, and all of us in my grade hated them. I think it was because they would get angry at us unreasonably and were very strict.
However, the third-year seniors were truly talented, and they were the only ones who had solid track records. Since everyone hated them, no one would ask them for practice. So, since I was already hated and had nothing to lose, I started asking those seniors for practice, and I'd also ask for things like morning practice. I had this feeling of wanting to become stronger than my peers.
I kept looking for things only I could do. I would also take on all the jobs that everyone else actually hated, like setting up and cleaning up. I kept repeating that.
I also changed my character a bit. I turned myself into someone who gets teased.
Then, even though the underclassmen wouldn't talk to me at all before, they started inviting me to practice and even started coming to me for advice behind the scenes, including teasing me. They would say things like, 'Yoda-san is easy to talk to,' or 'You're easy to open up to,' and they started coming to me quite a bit.
From there, I was able to judge for myself that I had been hated by my peers. Eventually, I gradually made up with them.

However, returning to the story of the bullying in my third year of high school,
strangely enough, I didn't show that character in my own class. The 'teased character' persona. But when I happened to be moving to another classroom with a classmate I knew,
I happened to pass by some underclassmen, and they started teasing me as usual.
The classmate who saw that scene must have thought, 'Oh, it's okay to tease this guy.' At first, they started with some light teasing.
Then, throughout the class, it became known that I was someone who could be teased, and when I got carried away and acted like my usual teased self, it escalated quite a bit.
My school was an all-boys school. Among men, it's quite merciless. There's no restraint.
So from there, I had tea poured over my head, got hit on the shoulder hard enough to leave bruises, and there were even things that were life-threatening, though we laughed about it at the time. Gradually, I couldn't trust anyone anymore.
At the time, I thought they were just teasing me, but I became convinced I was being bullied when I tried to talk seriously to someone I thought was a friend, and they said, 'What are you talking about with that character of yours?' They wouldn't take my serious concerns seriously anymore.
It was at a level where I thought, 'Isn't this bullying?' and before I knew it, I had no friends. I think the others probably thought they were just teasing, but for me, my heart had become desolate.

Nodoka:
You graduated from high school in that desolate state.

Yoda:
That's what it comes down to, to be honest.

Nodoka:
How did you choose your career path from there?

Yoda:
Actually, I wanted to go to a daytime university or a vocational school.
I didn't have a purpose, but I thought I might go because everyone else was going.
Because my family didn't have much money, my parents were strongly against it. They were like, 'Who's going to pay for that?' and they told me that if I was going to go, I should go to a night university since I could work during the day while attending school at night.
But I thought if that was the only way to go to university, then I would do that, so I decided to go to a night university. That's how I ended up on the path to university.

Nodoka:
What did you study at university?

Yoda:
There weren't many night universities back then, but I was in the Faculty of Commerce.

Nodoka:
How was university life?

Yoda:
It might have been the most fun I've ever had in school life.

Nodoka:
Why is that?

Yoda:
The first thing that felt new was that at a night university, even though I was a freshman, there were many people older than me, and the age range was wide. That's common in night universities because people are working while attending.
That was very fresh, and it was a gathering of various unique people. Maybe because there were people with various circumstances, there were many people with broad minds.
Honestly, I went to university with no intention of making any more friends because I had become distrustful of people. But when I went to university, there were all kinds of people, and in that sense, it was a place where I could express myself.

Nodoka:
Does your university experience influence you now?

Yoda:
Yes, it might be influencing me quite a bit.

Nodoka:
In what aspects is it connected to your present?

Yoda:
I wouldn't have started liking fashion again if it weren't for my university life. The reason I said I like black clothes is, of course, because I learned about the brand, but I became interested in fashion because there were many stylish people at the university, and some people who liked brands, so I was quite influenced by fashion.
In that sense, the reason I'm able to like fashion like this now is because I was able to meet those kinds of people.
Also, well, I don't know if I should say this, but how should I put it? People who have had a lot of things happen in their past gather there, so when I hear about those pasts, it's a rare experience, so after hearing about those experiences, I've learned how to judge people, I suppose.
Maybe it's thanks to the university that I've become able to judge who is a good person and who is a bad person in terms of human relationships, because there were so many different people, and I could see who was trustworthy and had a broad mind because of what they had been through.
There are many other things, but roughly speaking, that's about it.

Nodoka:
You've mentioned the idea of a 'broad mind' several times. Is the size of someone's mind important when dealing with people?

Yoda:
I think it's important.
There are many ways to interpret a 'broad mind,' but a common trait of narrow-minded people is that they make many assumptions. They have an image that there are many things they assume are the 'correct' answer. Like, 'this is how it should be.'
People with broad minds have a wide perspective, so they might think, 'This person was like this in the past, but they are like this now,' or 'They are like this now, but there must be a reason for it.' They are people who often pause instead of making assumptions.
People like that are always well-respected, and I think it's one of the conditions for being trusted. It really made me think.

Nodoka:
Thank you. If you hadn't gone to night school, what kind of life do you think you would have had?

Yoda:
I've always thought I would probably just be working after graduating from high school.

Nodoka:
What do you think you would have been like in terms of personality?

Yoda:
I think I might have stayed a child at heart, and since I wouldn't have had the university years to learn, I wouldn't have been very educated. I feel like I would have become that kind of person.

Nodoka:
Do you think education is important after all?

Yoda:
Yes, I do. I wonder. Maybe it's about the attitude of learning something. In that sense, I think it was important. I went to the Faculty of Commerce at university, but I probably didn't really absorb much about business itself. If anything, I think it was more about—in university terms, I guess it's credits—but learning what kind of attitude is necessary to earn those credits, or what kind of learning style suits me. I used university as an example, but whether it's wanting to get a qualification in the future, or wanting to acquire a skill to earn money and turn it into a source of income, when it comes to how you approach those things, I think my student life up until university was very important for finding my own way of learning. So, if I hadn't had that education and had just worked after high school, even if I had eventually found my way of learning, I think it might have been too late. I think that's the difference.

Mirai:I want to walk in a fashion show in Paris. The Paris Collection, definitely.

Nodoka:
What do you think you'll be like in five years?

Yoda:
Five years from now? I want to have a family. That's one thing. And, well, the future. Yes, happiness is already a given, so it's not that family equals happiness, but in the future, five years from now, I'll have built a family, and I'll be trying to give my children a proper upbringing—though that might be the wrong way to put it—I don't know, maybe I'll be doing something like that. I don't even know if I'll have children by then.

Nodoka:
What does a 'proper upbringing' look like to you?

Yoda:
Well, saying 'proper' might have been the wrong word, but I guess it's the idea of not wanting to do to my children the things I hated when I was being raised.

Nodoka:
What kind of things did you hate?

Yoda:
Well, being told 'don't do this' or 'don't do that' too much, which narrowed my range of action, I suppose.

Nodoka:
So you won't say those things anymore?

Yoda:
Maybe 'not saying them too much' is better. Of course, there are things I should say are not allowed. But I've had experiences like that at night school, hearing stories from people who have sons, and so on. Thinking about how I want to be. I think it's important not to be too overbearing, in the sense of letting my children be themselves.

Nodoka:
Regarding having a family, is there a specific kind of family you want to create?

Yoda:
Yes, I don't want my wife to have to push herself too hard, or something like that. I want to have a sense of equality where everyone in the family can feel at ease. I don't want to tell my wife 'you should do this properly' just because I'm the husband, and I don't want to talk down to my children just because they are children. I want to build a family where everyone is equal.

Nodoka:
Are there any experiences that lead to that?

Yoda:
It comes from my own family, the way my parents were.
My father was like that, often belittling me because I was a child.
Being told things like 'what would you know' or 'you wouldn't understand anyway' was the moment I lost trust in my father. It wasn't that I thought he was a pathetic father for saying such things, but I think that as human beings, even if it's parent and child, that way of interacting is wrong.
I realized it's necessary to properly acknowledge a child's talents. Also, my father would tell my mother to 'hurry up and serve dinner because I'm tired,' even when we children were around, which created a tense atmosphere. I used to think, 'everyone is tired, not just you.'
Instead of that, I want equality. Everyone is tired, but we should support each other where we can. My own home was filled with a tense atmosphere, so I thought that to eliminate that, those small details—especially that sense of equality—are important.

Nodoka:
Thank you. You talked about five years from now in terms of family, but how do you think your current activities or work will be in five years?

Yoda:
In terms of work, while I am launching an apparel brand, I think I will end up doing something similar to the warehouse work I am doing now, as a full-time employee, without using up too much of my energy.

Nodoka:
Do you have plans to launch the brand?

Yoda:
For now, I am still a bit vague on how I want to proceed, but I do think it would be interesting if I could turn it into a reality.

Nodoka:
By the way, do you have a concept in mind?

Yoda:
What I thought would be interesting is to create one single product that I am really passionate about and then, well, promote it. Usually, I think brands release a lot of items like tops and bottoms depending on the season. I think it might be interesting if I dared to release only one item per season—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—and promoted those heavily.

The world is so flooded with clothes. Because there is such a strong impression in the world that people don't know what to wear or that everything looks the same, I think it would be interesting to create an apparel brand that stems from minimalism, showing that there is value in that one item, as if to say, 'You're fine just wearing this one piece.'

Nodoka:
And your job should be something that doesn't take up much energy.

Yoda:
That's right. I think I spend the most time as a full-time or temporary employee during the week, so when I focus on that, I don't want to use my energy there. I want to save money through a job that is easygoing—not necessarily simple work that I can do unconsciously, but something like that—and then pour that money into what I really want to do.

Nodoka:
Is there anything you want to do before you die?

Yoda:
Honestly, there are just too many.

Nodoka:
Maybe just your top three?

Yoda:
Top three? Things I want to do in life, right? Launching an apparel brand is definitely number one. And let's see... I really want to live in a high-rise apartment.

Nodoka:
Why is that?

Yoda:
Well, I'm not sure. I had an acquaintance who lived in a high-rise apartment, and when I went to visit, the sense of openness was incredible. Also, perhaps because of my minimalist mindset, the larger the building, the less cluttered the interior seems, and that clean space felt very comfortable. They put a lot of effort into the lobby and entrance, and since it's a high-rise, when you go up, most of what you see is the sky. If you look down, of course, you see other buildings, but when you look straight ahead, it's just a sea of sky. That felt amazing when I visited.

Nodoka:
So it's more about the characteristics of the high-rise apartment than the status, right?

Yoda:
That's right. I don't really care about the status; it was more about how refreshing and open it felt to me.

Nodoka:
By the way, do you have a third thing you want to do before you die?

Yoda:
That's a difficult one. If I'm being honest, I want to walk in Paris. Like in a fashion show. I don't know how that would work, but I want to walk in a Paris fashion show. The Paris Collection, essentially. It's probably really difficult, but if you ask me what I really want to do, that's what has been stuck in my head.

Nodoka:
Thank you. Is there anything you are looking forward to in the near future?

Yoda:
Actually, there are two things I'm looking forward to in the near future. The first one—and this isn't connected to the Paris fashion show at all—is that I applied for a different fashion show where I have to film myself walking and get evaluated. It wasn't so much that I applied on my own, but an acquaintance scouted me, in a way, and asked if I wanted to try it. I said I'd love to try it if such an opportunity existed, so I applied. That is one thing I'm looking forward to, hoping I can actually walk in it.

Another thing is that I had the opportunity to walk in a fashion show in Asakusa in January. The sponsoring apparel brand was deciding who would do a model shoot for the brand from among the people who walked in the show. That was happening, and I happened to be chosen.
That model shoot is in April. It's my first time doing that kind of apparel shoot.
With that fashion connection, I'm looking forward to the feeling that one of the things I want to do is about to come true.
In the near future, that's what I'm looking forward to. Yes.

Nodoka:
Thank you. I think I'd like to end the interview here for now, but if there's anything else you'd like to say, please feel free. How about it?

Yoda:
The interview was surprisingly fun.
I realized that things just keep popping up afterwards. I wish I had organized them beforehand.
It was my first time, so the interview itself was... well, it was really fun.
I should probably stop here, otherwise there's no end in sight. Yes, let's end it here.

Afterword

The words, 'Maybe it's okay to have few clothes; maybe that way you can find the clothes that really matter,' really struck a chord with me.

This is because the way of living while cherishing what is truly important to you seemed simple, yet very rich.
I know all too well that just that simple thing becomes difficult the moment you get caught up in the busyness of daily life.

In that sense, I think the brand Yoda-san is thinking of will carry a significant message for us modern Japanese people.
Yoda-san, I am rooting for you.

Thank you very much.

[Interview, Editing, Afterword: Nodoka]

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