Yes, of course. Of course, SIKI exist in many parts of the world. Where I grew up in the northeastern part of the United States, we have clear four seasons, so this is not something that was new to me. But seasonal changes, in the garden, are important, and they're important for two reasons. One is the literal change of the season and the pleasant sense of having four colors or flowers or scents, and the other thing is the symbolism linked with them .
Summer is the power and strength of full broom.
Autumn is this slowing down and coming into stillness. And winter is a kind of a death, but not an endless death but a pause before another spring. So the cycles in the gardens can be given symbolic meanings as well as just aesthetic meanings. Well, the ISSK works to preserve and nurture Kyoto's historic environment. This includes the natural environment as well as the man-made cultural environment.