I really wanted to visit the Sagano Bamboo Forest in Arashiyama, Japan. I could already see myself wandering alone between the bamboos… but could I really expect this from the most famous destination in Kyoto?

Imagination vs. Reality… it was full of tourists. I should have arrived there early in the morning.

I stood in one spot, waited for people to pass by, for those few seconds where there was actually about no one on the path… and I shot. For those little moments, I felt exactly what I was looking for.

My pictures of the Sagano Bamboo Grove:

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