Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (Chikurin-no-michi)

Bamboo is not native to Japan but it has been a familiar part of the landscape since ancient times. It has historically made an important contribution to the Japanese culture, especially in poems and folklore.

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori-Monogatari), telling the story of Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime) who was found as a baby inside a glowing bamboo stem, is probably the best-known example.

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (Chikurin-no-michi) is a 200m-long path in Sagano on the outskirts of Kyoto. Facing Arashiyama and the World Heritage Tenryu-ji Temple across the Katsura River, the area is nowadays one of the hottest photogenic tourist attractions in Kyoto. What are you still waiting for? Let's explore this bamboo world!

A bamboo forest on Nishi-no-oka Hill in northwestern Muko City, a well-known production area for high-quality bamboo shoots. Called “Take-no-michi,” development of the area began in 2000 to preserve its scenery and promote tourism.

The 1.8 kilometers bamboo forest path is lined with eight kinds of bamboo hedge, including original creations such as “Takehogaki,” a hedge made of bamboo branches tied in bundles, “Kofungaki,” a hedge that looks like a rounded ancient burial mound, and “Kaguyagaki,” a hedge patterned after the neck of a 12-layered ceremonial kimono worn by Princess Kaguya, the protagonist of the folk story “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.”

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