Ma (間) · wabi-sabi · hairline borders · botanical accents
meditative slowness · extreme whitespace
Seven tones anchored in rice white and sky blue. Borders use warm #d4d4cf at 30–40% opacity — never harsh. Text stays in muted #b0b8c4 to keep the eye at rest.
tonal transitions
Four ancient aesthetics that shape every decision. Intentional emptiness, imperfect beauty, the passage of time, and luminous purity.
The space between things. Silence between notes. Whitespace between sections. The pause is as important as the word — it gives everything else room to breathe.
Beauty in imperfection. A slightly off-center composition. Asymmetric placement. Deliberate restraint over relentless polish. The irregular is what is real.
The beauty of time passing. Organic forms over rigid grids. Hairline borders that barely exist. Quiet inevitability. Things worn gently by experience.
Purity without coldness. The feeling of light through shoji screens. Clean lines that invite the eye to rest rather than to seek. Stillness that is not emptiness.
Hairline borders only. Font-extralight or font-light throughout. No shadows — elements float in their whitespace by their own presence.
whisper buttons — hairline border, weightless hover
filled — translucent tint, gentle weight
Four named rules govern every motion. Meditative, never jarring. Hover or click each demo to feel the Japanese Fresh interaction language.
hover 仅允许极轻上浮(约 0.5px)
避免重阴影和大位移
hover this element
hover:–translate-y-0.5 · duration-500
颜色变化采用 duration-500 + ease-in-out
像晨雾中缓慢显现
transition: all 500ms ease-in-out
focus 只调整发丝级边框颜色
不使用粗 ring 或强 glow
border-b: 0.5px · no ring · no box-shadow
active 态优先微调透明度和背景层
不使用明显缩放
active: opacity 0.75 + bg tint · no scale transform
A mock journal interface demonstrating the full system in context — extreme whitespace, hairline borders, botanical accents, bottom-line inputs.
Morning light
The kind of quiet that only exists before the rest of the world wakes.
After the rain
The city smells of wet concrete and something faintly green.
Afternoon tea
Nothing more meditative than watching steam rise from a ceramic cup.
Paper windows
Light arrives softened, like a thought you cannot quite name.
The kind of quiet that only exists before the rest of the world wakes.
There is a kind of light that exists only once a day, for a few minutes, before the world fully commits to being awake. It does not announce itself. You have to already be looking. The light will not wait for you to find it. It arrives and departs on its own schedule, indifferent and perfect.
Every restraint is intentional. The rules exist to preserve the meditative quality that defines Japanese Fresh.
All design tokens exposed as CSS custom properties for full system consistency. Reference them in any component.
:root tokens
:root {
--jf-sky: #64b5f6;
--jf-rice: #fafaf8;
--jf-mint: #98d8c8;
--jf-pink: #ffb7c5;
--jf-powder: #b8d4e3;
--jf-text: #4a5568;
--jf-muted: #b0b8c4;
--jf-border: #d4d4cf;
}utility classes
.jf-linenSubtle washi paper texture background overlay
.jf-divider0.5px hairline divider at 40% opacity
.jf-input-underlineBottom-border only input, no radius, no frame
.jf-ma-sectionpy-32 section spacing — the Ma principle
.jf-botanicalBotanical SVG opacity + stroke color preset