斎宮旧趾 — Attraction in Kyoto

I was there at the mid of December when the illumination was already set up. When arriving there at 8 pm, it took us around one hour to walk to the bamboo grove. It was very hard to do some nice photos, because many people were there and the light is not very bright. For me it was very negative, that the bamboo is separated by fences and visitors need to walk on a regular street and not a path between the bamboo trees. nice Illumination Roundcourse on normal street, not possible to „expierence the nature“ o many people (normal on every nice...

The pictures look nice. BUT it's not that nice and the crowds make it unbearable. It has absolutely no atmosphere. Of course big tourist drawcards have lots of tourist, but a place like this is good because of the atmosphere which is ruined by the zillion people. I would skip arashiyama, only go for either the monkeys if you are into it or maybe for the...

For the visitor first time seeing this place, it is marvelous. The complete green of bamboo trunks and leaves , plus the height of thousand bamboos in one place give you a never met feeling. Your eyes are totally relaxed and your body temper also quickly gone once you step in the path under the bamboo forest. It is very...