Bamboo Garden — Local services in Kyoto

I only went into botanical garden and see this place because it’s on my way back to the hotel, it’s less crowded and I needed a place to rest. Unlike what is shown in the pictures, it’s just a few blocks of bamboo grown in patches. I have been to the real Arashiyama. This is NOTHING like the real deal. Google maps should take down the photos that are not...

「竹笹園」という名称は、特定の施設ではなく、植物園などに設けられた竹や笹の展示エリアを指す一般的な名称です。そのため、特定の竹笹園ではなく、一般論としての竹笹園を紹介します。

竹笹園は、日本の風情を感じさせる竹林や多様な笹類を集めた植物園の一角です。ここでは、色や形が珍しい様々な竹や笹を鑑賞できます。まっすぐに伸びる青竹、黒い幹が美しい黒竹、節が亀の甲羅のように見える亀甲竹など、竹の種類ごとに異なる表情を楽しむことができます。また、風に揺れる葉の音は心地よいBGMとなり、都会の喧騒を忘れさせてくれるでしょう。竹笹園は、竹や笹が持つ静寂と力強さ、そして季節ごとに移り変わる豊かな緑を五感で感じられる、心安らぐ空間です。

A "Chikusasen", or bamboo and sasa garden, is a dedicated area within a botanical garden that showcases the serene beauty of bamboos and sasa bamboos, which evoke a traditional Japanese atmosphere. Here, you can admire a wide variety of bamboos with rare colors and shapes, from the straight green stalks to the beautiful black bamboo and the tortoise-shell bamboo with its distinctive nodes. The rustling sound of leaves swaying in the wind provides a soothing soundtrack, offering a peaceful escape from the city bustle. It is a tranquil space where you can experience the silence and strength of bamboo and the rich, ever-changing greenery of the seasons with all...

We went to take-no-michi at around 8am and there was absolutely no one. The view was stunning and the more we were walking the more things we discovered. There’s more to this bamboo forest than an Instagram worthy photo. I highly recommend you go there and take your time to enjoy the forest and be soaked...