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 ...

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 ...

Bamboo forests cover 37 million hectares - making up only 1% of the world’s forests - so the chances of visiting one make it quite a memorable experience. The city of Kyoto in Japan is home to one of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Who hasn’t gone on holiday to a place so beguiling they toyed with the idea of moving there? One Hong Kong-based Malaysian family felt that way about the soothing, otherworldly bamboo forests of Kyoto ...

From bamboo shoots to revolutionary bamboo-reinforced concrete, this episode explores Japan's innovative approaches to harnessing and preserving bamboo resources. In the serene setting of Otaki City, ...

Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha, or Fushimi Inari Shrine, is one of the most distinctly beautiful places in all of Japan. Walking paths wind up and around the mountain that the shrine’s main building ...

There's nothing quite like stepping into a forest, where towering trees, crisp air, and the gentle rustling of leaves create the perfect escape from everyday life. Whether you're after heart-pumping ...

The bamboo family is amazing with more than 1,200 species mostly from Asia. The first plant to appear after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan was bamboo. After spraying the forests of ...