Sagano Bamboo Forest at Arashiyama, Kyoto

Apr 14, 2012 7 comments

The Sagano Bamboo Forest is located to the northwest in Kyoto Basin, Japan, covering an area of 16 square kilometers. It is one of the most beautiful natural environment in entire Japan, not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the sound the wind makes as it blows through the thick bamboo grove.

"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. Back in the 1870s when Edison was looking for a good bamboo as a material of a filament for his early light bulb, the governor of Kyoto recommended two sources for bamboo, this being one of them. Edison used the other one."

The Sagano Bamboo Forest is about 30 minutes from Kyoto by train.

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  1. AnonymousApril 16, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    This forest looks like in fairytale

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  2. bipzApril 17, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    appreciate the ppl who have preserved them

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  3. AnonymousDecember 19, 2012 at 6:19 PM

    just like nokia wallpaper,.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 26, 2013 at 9:00 AM

    TO MUCH STUFF

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  5. UnknownApril 28, 2014 at 10:50 PM

    Yo estuve alli, es hermoso parece un bosque encantado...

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  6. AnonymousAugust 18, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    This forest looks like very beautiful

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  7. slarttybartfastJanuary 16, 2016 at 6:36 PM

    does anyone have a sound recording of this bamboo forest?

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