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 ...

They don’t suffer from overtourism here,” said my guide Mayuko, as we strolled through Takehara’s quiet Townscape ...

KYOTO, Japan — Most of the events for the Summer Olympics are being held in Tokyo, but south of the busy city near historic Kyoto is another spot that tourists like Chantal Marauta had to see. “It is ...

Tranquil scenes of serene trees lining narrow paved passageways may be the first thing that springs to mind when conjuring Kyoto's bamboo groves. However, the calming copses' international renown ...

We know how it is. You’re stuck at your desk and the day seems to be going on forever. Your mind starts to wander — at first to “anywhere but here,” but then to exotic, faraway lands where your ...

What began as a local push to tame Japan's overgrown bamboo forests has grown into something much bigger. Today, the fast-growing grass is being transformed into everything from construction materials ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The structure and composition of a cool-temperate old-growth beech (Fagus crenata) - dwarf bamboo (Sasa spp.) forest, partially affected by ...