The Sagano Bamboo Forest is located in the Arashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan. It stretches for kilometers along the west side of the town, near the Tenryu-ji Temple in the Arashiyama Mountains. The ...

Meeting spot: Saga Arashiyama Station on the JR Line at 9:30AM ~ 9:45AM Gather in front of the rounded window near the NORTH GATE (see picture) Highly recommended ...

Just a short walk from the bamboo grove, don’t miss it while you’re in west Kyoto. Nature lovers will relax during a 2-hour boat ride along the Hozugawa River in Arashiyama. Surrounded by a gorge, you ...

Honoring Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro, who used to stroll here on his commute to Kyoto University in the early 20th century, the Philosopher's Walk is a roughly mile-long pathway along the ...

Kyoto, Japan gives you endless reasons to linger—temples shrouded in early-morning mist, quiet forests of swaying bamboo, ...

another one of Kyoto’s treasured sites. A walk uphill through the famous “Bamboo Valley” is said to take up to an hour if visitors do not stop, but it’s worth taking breaks to really grasp ...

If you have extra time, Fushimi Inari Shrine is worthwhile. As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto ...

Fujifilm X-T3 1/161 f/7.1 23mm 160 ...