What the difference between Ikebana and Western style flower arrangement?

Ikebaba uses space effectively. Busy or Reraxed?

It's bit complicated to say ....Let's talk about basic style ikebana.

Ikebana as a basic style composes as an asymmetric shape. Compared to western style flower arrangement, Ikebana uses more branches, less flowers.

Main stems are a couple of branches, a flower and some fillers. You may think, it's not enough to fill up a vase. However, ikebana uses space effectively. Ikebana needs space. Think about if you were in the very busy place like a train platform in Tokyo. You must feel stress... On the other hand, What if you were sitting in a spacious cafe which has high ceiling? You would be relaxed. Same as Ikebana. Not only how to make an ikebana arrangement, the location where you place it is also important.