4 landmarks in Ukyo with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Ukyo, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan
The bamboo grove at Arashiyama is a corridor of towering green stalks that rise 20 metres on both sides of a curving path, creating an effect that's part cathedral, part science fiction.
Higashiyama District
Keihokuhosonocho Higashiyama, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan
Higashiyama is the Kyoto you came to see — narrow stone-paved lanes climbing through a preserved Edo-period neighbourhood of wooden machiya townhouses, ceramic shops, tea houses, and temples.
Ryōan-ji
Ukyo, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan
Ryōan-ji has the most famous rock garden in the world, and nobody knows what it means.
Tenryū-ji
68 Sagatenryujisusukinobabacho, Ukyo, Kyoto, 616-8385, Japan
Tenryū-ji is the most important temple in Arashiyama and a UNESCO World Heritage site, but most visitors walk straight past it on their way to the bamboo grove without realising that the garden inside is one of the oldest and finest in Japan.
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