Kyoto: Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

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Belakangan ini Jakarta sering diguyur hujan.

Kalau hujan turun rasanya sejuk, dan setelah hujan berhenti udara jadi sedikit lebih bersih. Kemarin, sepulang dari aktifitas saat hujan turun, tiba-tiba aku teringat tentang sebuah tempat yang pernah aku kunjungi di Jepang.

Lately it's raining often in Jakarta.

If the rain falls, I feel so comfortable because it feels cool and the air became a bit cleaner after the rain stops. Yesterday after I finished my daily activities, rain fall down and suddenly I remembered about a place I have visited in Japan. 

Tempat yang ku kunjungi pada musim gugur saat itu adalah sebuah tempat di Kyoto, yang berjarak sekitar 15 menit naik kereta dari Stasiun Kyoto.

That place that I visited in Autumn is a place in Kyoto, which located around 15 minutes by train from Kyoto Station.

Tempat tersebut adalah Arashiyama. Di Arashiyama terdapat hutan bambu yang mungkin sudah pernah banyak kalian lihat fotonya di internet. Berjalan di hutan bambu Arashiyama di pagi hari rasanya menyenangkan sekali karena udaranya bersih dan sejuk. 

That place is Arashiyama. In Arashiyama, there is a bamboo forest, maybe lots of you already saw lots of photos about this place on the internet. Walking through Arashiyama bamboo forest in the morning feels so nice due to the air was clean and fresh.

Sejauh mata memandang hanya ada pohon bambu yang hijau. Waktu itu, aku ke sini saat masih pagi sekali sekitar jam 6, masih sedikit wisatawan yang datang, jadi bisa ambil foto yang cukup bagus tanpa ada wisatawan lain di latar belakang fotonya hehe.

As far as I saw, there were only green bamboos scenery. When I came early in the morning, around 6am, there were only a few tourists there, so me and my friend can take quite good photos with no other tourist on the background heheh.

Kalau kalian ingin mengunjungi hutan bambu Arashiyama untuk hunting foto, menurut ku waktu yang terbaik adalah pagi hari atau sore hari. Karena kalau pagi hari masih sepi pengunjung, dan sinar matahari sore hari akan terlihat indah menyusuri celah di antara batang-batang bambu.

If you are going to Arashiyama bamboo forest for photo hunting, I think the best time is in the morning or evening. Because in the morning visiting tourist number is still low, and in the evening the light of the sunset will pass through the bamboos which will make this place looks beautiful.

Me and my travel mates :)

Mungkin foto-foto ku kurang bagus karena aku dan rekan-rekan seperjalanan ku bukan fotografer profesional hehe, tapi kalau lihat foto tentang tempat ini di internet pastinya banyak lebih bagus daripada foto-foto ku.

Maybe my photos are not so good, because me neither my friends are not professional photographer hehe, but if you look for a photo of this place on the internet, I am sure there will be much more beautiful photos than mine.

Perjalanan ku di Arashiyama bukan hanya di hutan bambu loh. Kalau kamu mau tahu kelanjutannya, jangan lupa klik "join this site" di pojok kiri atas, jadi kamu bisa tahu update terkini tentang perjalanan ku di Kyoto :)

Not only bamboo forest, I also visited some other places in Arashiyama. If you want to know more, don't hesitate to click "join this site" on the top left of this blog, so you will know the latest update about my trip in Kyoto :)

How to go:

1. Dari stasiun Kyoto naik kereta JR Sagano Line jurusan Sonobe, turun di stasiun Saga Arashiyama. From Kyoto station ride JR Sagano Line train for Sonobe and get off on Saga Arashiyama station.
2. Dari stasiun Saga Arashiyama, keluar dari pintu selatan dan jalan ke arah timur melewati rumah-rumah penduduk. Kamu akan menemukan petunjuk jalan menuju hutan bambu. From Saga Arashiyama station, use the south entrance and walk to east through resident's houses, you will find signs showing your ways to the bamboo forest.