Arashiyama Bamboo Forest Travel Guide

Kyoto near Arashiyama Bamboo Forest: places to visit 36 places, ranked by rating and review count.

The Arashiyama Bamboo Forest Area is a district in Kyoto, known for its bamboo groves and views along the Katsura River. This list covers 65 restaurants, 55 cafes, and 17 attractions, including Tenryu-ji, Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama, and Togetsukyo Bridge. The area also includes spots such as Arashiyama Park Kameyama Area and Jojakkoji Temple.

  1. Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

    ★ 4.4(25,249) attractions

    Arashiyama Chikurin is a bamboo forest attraction in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors walk among tall, straig…

  2. Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama

    ★ 4.5(14,932) activities

    Monkey Park Iwatayama is a park in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors can see wild monkeys at the top of the mo…

  3. Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu Arashiyama store

    ★ 4.9(4,316) restaurants

    Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu Arashiyama is a Japanese restaurant in Arashiyama that serves gyukatsu. Diners grill s…

  4. Arashiyama

    ★ 4.5(7,368) attractions

    Arashiyama in Kyoto is a sightseeing area that combines the Katsura River, mountains, a bamboo forest, and a t…

  5. eXcafe Kyoto Arashiyama Main Store

    ★ 4.6(4,950) cafes

    eX Cafe Kyoto Arashiyama is a Japanese-style cafe in Arashiyama, Kyoto, serving dango and matcha. The signatur…

  6. Togetsukyō Bridge

    ★ 4.5(5,571) attractions

    Togetsukyo is a 155-meter bridge over the Katsura River in Arashiyama, Kyoto. The river and mountain ridges ar…

  7. Arashiyama Park Nakanoshima Area

    ★ 4.4(4,249) attractions

    Arashiyama Park Nakanoshima District is a riverside park in western Kyoto, in front of Togetsukyo Bridge. Cher…

  8. % ARABICA Kyoto Arashiyama

    ★ 4.2(5,722) cafes

    Arabica Kyoto Arashiyama is a coffee shop in Arashiyama, Kyoto, selling Kyoto lattes and cafe lattes. Its matc…

  9. Okochi Sanso Garden

    ★ 4.7(1,894) attractions

    Okoshi Sanso Garden is a privately owned garden reached from the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove path in Kyoto. Denjir…

  10. Kijurou

    ★ 4.5(1,762) restaurants

    Arashiyama Kijuro is a restaurant in Kyoto that serves wagyu steak rice bowls and an ondoofu set. The rice bow…

  11. Arashiyama Miyoshitei

    ★ 4.7(1,244) restaurants

    Arashiyama Miyoshitei is a Japanese restaurant specializing in wagyu hitsumabushi, located just across Togetsu…

  12. Taisho HANANA

    ★ 4.4(1,960) restaurants

    Taisho Hanana is a Japanese restaurant in Arashiyama, Kyoto, serving a sea bream hoe set meal and sea bream oc…

  13. Arashiyama Yoshimura

    ★ 4.2(2,687) restaurants

    Arashiyama Yoshimura is a soba restaurant in Arashiyama, Kyoto, serving soba with a view of the river. It offe…

  14. Unagi Hirokawa

    ★ 4.3(2,193) restaurants

    Unagi Hirokawa is a restaurant in Kyoto that serves freshwater eel dishes. The unagi donburi comes with eel on…

  15. Kimono Forest

    ★ 4.1(2,265) attractions

    Kimono Forest is an outdoor installation of pillars covered in kimono fabric patterns, located inside Randen A…

  16. Arashiyama Rilakkuma Tea House

    ★ 4.3(1,572) cafes

    Rilakkuma Cafe Kyoto Arashiyama sells Rilakkuma character desserts and drinks in Arashiyama, Kyoto. The menu i…

  17. Arashiyama Yusai-Tei Gallery

    ★ 4.4(1,159) attractions

    Arashiyama Yusai-tei is an art museum in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors view the scenery. Its tables reflec…

  18. Coffee Shop Yamamoto

    ★ 4.5(948) cafes

    Coffee Shop Yamamoto is a kissaten near the bamboo grove of Tenryuji in Arashiyama, Kyoto, serving coffee, san…

  19. Wagyu Volcano-Steak OAGARI, Arashiyama

    ★ 4.8(585) restaurants

    Wagyu Kazan Oagari Arashiyama is a restaurant next to the Togetsukyo Bridge parking lot in Arashiyama, serving…

  20. Sweets Cafe Emman Mochi Kyoto Arashiyama

    ★ 4.8(545) cafes

    Sweets Cafe Emman Mochi Kyoto Arashiyama is a cafe in a lane in Arashiyama, Kyoto, selling matcha drinks and m…

  21. Bread, Espresso and Arashiyama Garden “Espresso and”

    ★ 4.1(1,458) cafes

    Espresso to is a cafe in Arashiyama, Kyoto that serves bread, espresso, and brunch. It offers a boulangerie br…

  22. Saga-Arashiyama Station

    ★ 4.2(1,173) attractions

    Saga-Arashiyama Station in Kyoto is the JR station that connects to Arashiyama and the bamboo grove. It is the…

  23. Unagi No Naruse - Arashiyama

    ★ 4.7(491) restaurants

    Unagino Naruse Arashiyama is an eel restaurant serving unadon along the walking route between the Arashiyama B…

  24. Sagano-yu

    ★ 4.3(850) cafes

    Sagano-yu is a restaurant and cafe in Kyoto, set slightly off the main street of Arashiyama. Its cream pasta a…

  25. Restaurant Arashiyama

    ★ 3.6(3,022) restaurants

    Arashiyama is a two-story Japanese restaurant near the Arashiyama sightseeing area that serves mainly tofu dis…

  26. Ine

    ★ 3.9(1,491) restaurants

    Tobuine Honten is a tofu restaurant in Kyoto that serves tofu dishes and udon, located directly in front of Te…

  27. Arashiyama Miffy Sakura Kitchen

    ★ 4.2(831) shopping

    Miffy Sakura Kitchen Arashiyama is a souvenir shop selling Miffy goods and Miffy bread near Tenryuji in Arashi…

  28. Shin-Togetsu

    ★ 4.2(661) restaurants

    Shintogetsu serves udon with chewy noodles near Arashiyama in Kyoto. The menu includes cold udon, tempura udon…

  29. Banban

    ★ 4.9(192) restaurants

    Banban is a soba restaurant in Arashiyama, Kyoto, serving local soba and shrimp tempura soba. The noodles are …

  30. Nonomiya Shrine

    ★ 4.4(332) attractions

    Nonomiya Shrine is a small shrine located midway along the bamboo grove path leading to Chikurin in Arashiyama…

  31. Warewarewa Arashiyama

    ★ 4.4(221) restaurants

    Warewarewa Arashiyama is a breakfast restaurant in Arashiyama, Kyoto, serving Japanese home-style and set meal…

  32. Kotoimo Honpo

    ★ 3.8(521) cafes

    Kotoimo Honten is a dessert shop on the main street of Sagano Arashiyama in Kyoto, focused on dango. Its main …

  33. Wagyu Okada Ya | Kyoto Arashiyama

    ★ 4.8(121) restaurants

    Wagyu Okada Ya is a skewer restaurant in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where wagyu and other meats are grilled on skewers…

  34. Yado Arashiyama

    ★ 4.5(166) hotels

    Yado Arashiyama is a Japanese business hotel in central Arashiyama. Breakfast is a small set of local dishes s…

  35. Hatoya Ryoyousha Arashiyama Main Store

    ★ 4.2(160) cafes

    Hatoya Ryoyusha Arashiyama is a cafe by the river in Arashiyama, Kyoto, selling matcha drinks, ice cream, and …

  36. Arashiyama Bamboo

    ★ 4.5(96) attractions

    Arashiyama Bamboo is a bamboo forest park in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where a straight path runs through the bamboo.…

  37. Matsugae

    restaurants

    Matsugae is a tofu restaurant in Kyoto that serves yudofu set meals and Japanese-style tofu dishes. Meals come…

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