While in Japan, Michelle and I walked through one of the most famous and beautiful forests in the country.
The Sagano Bamboo Forest is located in the Arashiyama district of western Kyoto next to the Hozu River. Arashiyama is notably popular during both the cherry blossom(just a few weeks every spring) and fall seasons.
What stood out to me was the sheer amount of bamboo and the the way the sun filtered through the densely packed stalks.
Bamboo is actually one of the fastest growing plants on earth. The brown bamboo stalk seen below is a new shoot that is only 3-4 days old. The brown stalks are still tender and soft. You could easily push one over with limited effort.
Much of the bamboo in the forest is connected and once you factor in the maturity of the plants at Arashiyama, you can easily imagine how fast the forest grows due to the resources and scale of the bamboo plant system. Normal Bamboo can't grow this fast.
Michelle and I took a month to travel across Japan and China this past May. It was epic! Follow me @slickwilly and Michelle @curiouser for posts about our adventures!
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