Avoid the tall trees of Japan's most popular spot, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and opt for lesser-known forest retreats in Kyoto. Incorporating a stroll along bamboo groves into a wider Kyoto ...

The Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis, a variant of black bamboo found in Japan’s forests, captivates scientists and nature ...

One Hong Kong-based Malaysian family felt that way about the soothing, otherworldly bamboo forests of Kyoto, Japan. But since it wasn’t practical for Daniel Tan, a stay-at-home dad, and See See ...

The pavilion exterior uses 5,000 bamboo plants from Japan, and the interior uses 500 from Malaysia, re-creating an exquisite bamboo forest. When illuminated at night, the external ribbon patterns ...

Fascinatingly, this is also the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate known for reunifying Japan. History isn’t all ... It offers lush forests, mountaintop ...