Arashiyama Bamboo Grove hosts light-up through 8 November

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (Chikurin no Komichi) is the venue for Arashiyama Tsukidoro, an evening light-up running through 8 November 2026 in Kyoto, Japan. The programme illuminates the bamboo path and adds installations elsewhere in the Saga-Arashiyama area.

The event gives the familiar daytime route a separate evening programme during the final weeks of October and the first part of November. Its end date, 8 November 2026, falls inside the current travel window for visitors planning an autumn stay.

Arashiyama Tsukidoro continues through 8 November

The light-up runs from 30 September to 8 November 2026, with the Bamboo Grove Path among the named venues. Leaf KYOTO lists the programme from 6pm to 9pm, with last admission at 8.40pm. The same listing places the venue in Tateishi-cho, Saga Tenryuji, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City.

The programme includes illumination along the Bamboo Grove Path, a bamboo corridor of roughly 30 metres decorated with 1,500 bamboo balls, and a mist display. Leaf KYOTO also reports that local residents made the bamboo lanterns used along the walking route in community workshops. The venue is divided into free and paid areas with different presentations.

The Kyoto Shimbun describes Arashiyama Tsukidoro as a second-year event using local tourism resources in the Saga-Arashiyama area. Its report says the 2026 programme began on 30 September and continues until 8 November. The Kyoto Travel listing records the event as Arashiyama Bamboo Light-up at Saga Tenryuji Tateishicho.

Leaf KYOTO’s event listing carries the dates, venue and programme details. The Kyoto Shimbun report separately identifies the event and its run into November.

The bamboo path sits in Kyoto’s Saga-Arashiyama area

Kyoto Travel describes the grove as one of the best-known sites in the Saga-Arashiyama area, northwest of Kyoto City. The same official tourism page places the bamboo forest near Togetsu-kyo Bridge and presents the area as a wider landscape rather than a single enclosed attraction.

That setting explains the event’s structure. The light-up is not limited to a single stand of bamboo: its named route connects the Bamboo Grove Path with additional displays in the surrounding Arashiyama area. The new corridor therefore extends the evening programme beyond the central path while keeping bamboo craft at its visual centre.

The official Kyoto tourism page also flags knife-carved graffiti on some bamboo stalks and says damaged stalks cannot be restored. That conservation issue gives the resident-made lanterns and bamboo installations a local context, because the programme uses the same landscape whose condition the city asks visitors to protect.

Kyoto’s official tourism information identifies Saga-Arashiyama as an area with access from Kyoto Station using public transport. Leaf KYOTO lists Arashiyama Station on the Randen Line and JR Saga-Arashiyama Station as the nearest named stations for the light-up venue.

Visiting Arashiyama Bamboo Grove: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The light-up runs at the Bamboo Grove Path and other Arashiyama venues from 30 September to 8 November 2026.
• The evening programme changes the visit after dark, with illuminated bamboo, a 30-metre corridor and a mist display; the listing gives last admission as 8.40pm.
• The venue is in Tateishi-cho, Saga Tenryuji, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, near Randen Arashiyama and JR Saga-Arashiyama stations.
• The route is a walking path through a bamboo forest, so visitors encounter an outdoor surface rather than a conventional indoor exhibition hall.
• The official language is Japanese and the national currency is the yen.
• Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.

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Frequently asked questions about Arashiyama Bamboo Grove

When does Arashiyama Tsukidoro take place at Arashiyama Bamboo Grove?

The light-up runs from 30 September to 8 November 2026. Leaf KYOTO lists the Bamboo Grove Path among the venues.

What is Arashiyama Bamboo Grove?

It is a bamboo forest and walking route in Kyoto’s Saga-Arashiyama area, near Togetsu-kyo Bridge and other established visitor sites.

Where is Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and how do you get there?

The venue is in Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City. Named nearby stations include Randen Arashiyama and JR Saga-Arashiyama.