Key Highlight: Arashiyama is a quaint neighborhood surrounded by bamboo trees and mountains on the western edge of Kyoto. Its star attraction is undoubtedly the bamboo grove, but the wooden Togetsukyo ...

KYOTO--On a recent evening, residents in the scenic Arashiyama district here exclaimed “so spectacular” and “really fantastic” as the Chikurin no Komichi bamboo grove was lit up by bamboo cylinders ...

If you thought Kyoto looked beautiful during the day, you should see it at night. With over 1,200 years of history, the city is full of shrines, temples and ancient promenades that, in the right light ...

It's hard to take a bad picture in the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. The segmented green stalks grow as tall as 100 feet, and in the warmer months, their upper reaches burst with verdant leaves. The ...

NISHIKYO WARD, Kyoto — When we started researching this trip in 2017 and looked at Instagram photos we saw this amazing bamboo forest. It's located in Arashiyama on the outskirts of Kyoto, about 300 ...

KYOTO—The city government here is experimenting with how to stop tourists from carving graffiti into the Chikurin no Komichi bamboo grove by cutting it out of reach. The plan is to trim back both ...

KYOTO – The enchanting plant life of the popular Bamboo Grove Path in Kyoto’s Arashiyama is increasingly facing serious damage from graffiti. The path, a walking trail passing through the bamboo ...

The Arashiyama Bamboo Forest is one of Kyoto’s most iconic sights. And as the Unesco World Heritage-listed city grows increasingly popular in the lead-up to autumn, it’s set to become even more ...