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  • Arashiyama bamboo groves are found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi.  The grove is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan.
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  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Arashiyama is a district on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It also refers to the mountain across the Oi River, which forms a backdrop to the district.  Its famous Sagano Bamboo Grove is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. The sound of the wind in this bamboo forest has been voted as one of "one hundred must-be-preserved sounds of Japan" by the Japanese government.
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  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-10.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-6.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-8.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-9.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is a long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies, particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-1.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-2.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
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  • Rickshaw at Arashiyama bamboo groves, found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi
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  • Rickshaw at Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
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  • Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.  The bamboo grove at Arashiyama, where this rickshaw and passengers is located,  is one of Kyoto's best retreats from the urban scene.
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  • Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    japanese-rickshaw-14.jpg