Make Kyoto a showpiece of valuable past and viable future, thinking positively and creatively towards sustainability, beyond fossil fuel and limited natural resources. Require all potential public, private and industrial sector development to pass critical assessment on this basis. Think beyond construction project spending. The four seasons are a central pillar of Japanese culture. Restore them to Kyoto.
Nobody enjoys Kyoto's premature winter.
Shakkei , the device of borrowed scenery used in Japanese gardens, is nearly extinct. Restore the shakkei to places such as Entsu-ji by reforesting logging scars on Mt. Hiei and enlisting residents to voluntarily adhere to strict building codes that would prevent highrises from blocking the view. Strictly control clearfelling of native forested hillsides for monocultural plantations. At present, 3.09 m 2 of green park space is provided per person in Kyoto. Also allow no tree to be cut if it can be transplanted, with every tree cut to be replaced, under responsibility to care for the new tree for at least 10 years.