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0:00:00 Hi viewers! This is John.
0:00:02 Last May we spend a weekend in Kyoto,
and we took a look at the "Sagano Bamboo Forest".
0:00:07 The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been voted to be a governmentally recognized sound.
0:00:12 Growing tall on the edges of Kyoto, the Sagano Bamboo Forest is a once tranquil nature spot that is now a series of tourist-packed pathways, but if one can escape the sounds of camera shutters and boorish visitors, they can hear the rustling, creaking, and swaying of one of Japan’s governmentally recognized soundscapes.
0:00:27 Only 30 minutes or so from the bustling Kyoto city center, the towering bamboo forest is an almost shocking contrast to the urbanity surrounding it.
0:00:35 Wooden paths weave through the dense thicket of tall bamboo stalks that reach dozens of feet into the sky, creating a canopy.
0:00:41 The absolutely gorgeous forest of skinny bamboo trunks is the heroin chic of wooded glades.
0:00:46 As the wind passes through the tightly packed plants, the wood bends and creaks, the leaves rustle, and the trunks knock together, creating a peaceful sound like almost nothing else.
0:00:54 That is when the hordes of tourists aren’t drowning it out.
0:00:57 The meditative natural noise is so lovely in fact that Japan’s Ministry of the Environment voted the locations aural pleasures as one of the country’s “100 Soundscapes of Japan,” an initiative designed to get the local population to get out and appreciate the wonders of the ears.
0:01:10 If visitors can find a time to visit the bamboo forest when it is relatively empty the combination of visual beauty and auditory calm may be one of a kind.
0:01:18 There is no word however on how the place smells.
0:01:21 We had a good time at the "Sagano Bamboo Forest"
and it is one of the better highlights in Kyoto.
0:01:26 What is your favorite place to visit in Kyoto? Please let us know in the comments below. Feel free to check the links in the description below for the best tours and discounted accomodation in Kyoto.
0:01:36 You can also check the links in the description below for the best discounted accomodation and tours in Kyoto.
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