Japan is considered to be one of the most spectacular places on earth. It is home to some marvelous attractions like palaces, temples, national parks, skyscrapers and shopping centres. However, like ...

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 ...

In Japan’s Sagano Bamboo Forest, on the outskirts of Kyoto, towering green stalks of the famously versatile plant sway in the wind, creaking eerily they collide and twist, leaves rustling. The sun ...

Bamboo forests cover 37 million hectares - making up only 1% of the world’s forests - so the chances of visiting one make it quite a memorable experience. The city of Kyoto in Japan is home to one of ...

You're probably thinking: Come on now, it's not possible to seriously cover the tourist hotspots of Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, and Kobe within such a short period of time! But we're here to set the record ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Things to do in Tokyo news every morning. Although a little outside the city, Arashiyama is one of Kyoto’s top tourist destinations, ...

Luxury accommodation in Kyoto normally comes in the form of traditional ryokans or boutique hotels in the city centre, but the newly opened Arashiyama Mansion Mama offers a different take on modern ...

One of the most beautiful parts of Japan's famous city, Arashiyama is a district to the west of central Kyoto, just 15 minutes away by train. Located on the banks of the Oi River and at the foot of ...

I don't think it's hate, it's just a lack of respect. They would do the same thing anywhere. To them it was just another tree. I was at Arashiyama this spring (for the second time in my life) and I ...

I was standing in a press of people, shuffling along at the pace of a just-wakened sloth. Around me was bamboo, several storeys high and greenish blue – a beautiful sight that I was struggling to ...