Day 12 marked our last full day in Japan. While we reconciled the fact that we’d be departing soon, we biked from monkeys to bamboo, from a castle to Japanese music videos.
I had one final must on my list that had not yet been reached: the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. Aaron was also excited about the associated monkeys, though I didn’t remember that in the brochure. We hopped our (t)rusty bikes and pedaled across Kyoto to Arashiyama. Though we were out by 8am, I still felt it was terribly late; I was desperate to beat crowds to something I knew would be quite populated. Continue reading
