Minimalism is now accepted as the definition of culture by way of reasoning, that is, as an aesthetic approach to navigating through the different fields, such as art, architecture, music, fashion design and critical discussions. It is a contemporary need for simplicity, order and purity of the individual come from history, examples of which is essential for the growing emergency needs, and which may be a way to throw a new light. In Japanese culture, architecture has the longest history. The ideal of simplicity in the Japanese architectural tradition is specific - from the Ise shrine or the heroic simplicity of architecture and rituals, as well as aesthetic ideals through the ceremony of tea and Katsura Palace Rikju to this great names on the international architectural scene: Tadao Ando, or SANAA. Japanese concept of a zen, who was in the minimum way of life always offered a sense of liberation, a chance to be in touch with the essence of being, influenced by traditional Japanese architecture in a way that not only left an indelible mark in the past, but present a new way today, not only in Japan but also abroad. Minimalism in architecture is a contemporary sensitivity that living beyond all religions, rejects superior materialism and takes the search for spirituality as a new principle of progress.