KYOTO--Local tourism officials and shop operators are testing a wafer-like edible spoon as a way to reduce litter from ...

Key Highlight: Arashiyama is a quaint neighborhood surrounded by bamboo trees and mountains on the western edge of Kyoto. Its star attraction is undoubtedly the bamboo grove, but the wooden Togetsukyo ...

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 ...

It's hard to take a bad picture in the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. The segmented green stalks grow as tall as 100 feet, and in ...

Although a little outside the city, Arashiyama is one of Kyoto’s top tourist destinations, well worth exploring for its lovely walks dotted with historic temples and gardens, as well as one of Japan’s ...

A 13-minute train ride from Kyoto station lies the quaint village of Arashiyama. You’ll be glad you stepped out of the main city and into the countryside once you discover the area’s 1940s charm. This ...

TOKYO - At least 100 bamboo trees in Kyoto's famous Arashiyama bamboo grove were found to be defaced with carvings in English, Chinese and Korean alphabet, local media reported on Thursday (May 17).

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 ...

KYOTO -- The final edition of an illumination event in the Arashiyama district of Japan's ancient capital began on Dec. 10, with tourist spots such as the Togetsu Bridge and the Chikurin-no-Komichi ...