Generally speaking, Japan's aesthetic tradition, which pays attention to details, nature, simplicity and simplicity, and pays attention to the spiritual significance of aesthetics, constitutes the spiritual pillar of Japanese design.

The traditional spirit of Japan determines the fate of Japanese design, whether at the deep level of national characteristics or at the surface level of technology.

1. At the level of national characteristics, "absorbing, improving and applying things from foreign countries, so as to develop vigorously and exceed the original level, this is the specialty and characteristic of the Japanese."

2. Technical level

First, influenced by Zen Buddhism, Japanese traditional aesthetic thought advocates the style of few and simple, and because it advocates natural Shinto belief, attaches importance to the characteristics of materials, likes naked materials without disguise, and uses structural parts in a decorative way to completely expose and reflect the structure. This feature coincides with the requirements of modern design.

Secondly, in daily life, they formed a modular system based on tatami. From buildings to objects, Japanese people have formed the habit of paying attention to basic units for a long time, which makes them quickly accept the modular concept introduced from Germany. This is exactly what modern design needs.

Third, Japan has a small land area and a high population density. The long-term narrow and crowded living environment makes Japanese people like miniaturized and multifunctional products, pay attention to details, and like to decorate functional parts. The trend of modern international market is the trend of pocket, miniaturization, portability and multifunction. These traditional concepts have been smoothly integrated into modern design, which has become a feature that other countries cannot have.

3. At the institutional level, a very important feature of Japanese design is the dual-track system of tradition and modernity. Few countries in the world can completely maintain or even carry forward their own traditional design when developing modernization. Japan began to develop design after World War II, and its traditional design was basically not destroyed by modernization. This is related to the government's attention and support for traditional design.