The Japanese gardening industry has changed its situation a lot. It seems that there are few young men who want to become a disciple and later a garden craftsman, and there are also a few places which accept training. If you ask why the young men want to become a craftsman, they will say that they want to learn techniques. And if they want to obtain this, they simply have to pay the monthly fee to be taught. They will obtain qualification, endeavor their own company and I will expect their activity.
People often don't recognize, that training yourself and becoming a disciple for gardening is a serious decision between the chief and the disciple. Disciples should not become employees. But even if I refuse them every time, young men, their school teachers and their parents, who are thinking too easily about the decision to start a training, come back and ask me for this again. Maybe it is the access permission, if I say "Do it as you like!" I expect young men to strive to get something from me by themselves.

There is no teacher here, like in school. If they ask me a rude question, I cannot help giving only an irresponsible answer.
For admission I might say, "You can be there," but it only means that you are allowed to look at the works. They have to look for the place where they do not interrupt the work, and if they are eager for knowledge, they will stand on the best position for looking.
What they have seen is important for making the Japanese garden. It needs comprehensive power and it is never to be completed. Someday they will have a chance to find the meaning of "the space and the breath."
In the future they will be considered as respectable craftsmen. Maybe it will take 10 or 20 years. It depends on how they understand the word "chance".