i found this article about a stone yard in the Japanese city of Koshu, Yamanashi.
The stoneyard at Sato Teiseki ten
The site is a Blog, web info space about Japan that focuses on the interview process. The site; PingMag Make, says they focus on the rural sites and people who are the heroes and gives us an opportunity to learn about them in the interview.
Let's go! Looks like a great place
This is a direct link to the interview about the man with the cool stone yard. Looks like a destination place for all of us who are really into stone . . . aren’t we all?
The Whispering Crane Institute was originally formed to act as the umbrella organization for the Philosophy of Design Symposium, and other seminars and workshops given by Rick Anderson and Richard L. Dube’. In the year 2000 WCI became a sole proprietorship owned by Rick Anderson.
Today the WCI provides design and consultation services for Landscape Contractors, acts as a Green Industry think tank, and provides training for others in the form of workshops, seminars, and individual consulting. The WCI also provides written material, opinions, case-studies and how-to articles for industry trade magazines.
How interesting that Sato Teiseki ten has come to the point of feeling for stone. While money (income) is important, the feeling for the work is a gift given to us.
The guys work work with stone all the time talk about stone the same way . . . “if you listen to the stone it will tell you where to put it or what to make of it” . . . I hear this all the time from these guys no matter their style, or where they are in the World.
The Whispering Crane Institute 
Great link.
How interesting that Sato Teiseki ten has come to the point of feeling for stone. While money (income) is important, the feeling for the work is a gift given to us.