Avoid Kyoto's tourist crush in these gorgeous gardens and explore Muko's quiet shrines after a serene stroll along the Bamboo Path. Located within the same bamboo forest as the world-famous ...

he was introduced to Japanese timber bamboo through the Kyoto governor at the time. The bamboo was growing in an area around Mount Otokoyama, where Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine is located.

KYOTO--Reflecting the Japanese traditional aesthetics of “wabi-sabi” (transience and imperfection), moss-covered gardens have long mesmerized visitors from home and abroad. But there has been ...

The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove also known as the Sagano Bamboo Forest is a natural moso bamboo forest in Kyoto that has various pathways for tourists and it is ...