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Togetsu-kyō Bridge
Togetsu-kyō Bridge, another view

Photo spot · Saga-Arashiyama · Kyoto

Togetsu-kyō Bridge

Wide river, wooded hills, late light on the water

‹ Kyoto
When it fits
Best in the evening · about 30 min
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Where it is

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Straight-line distances: Tenryū-ji 465 m · Arashiyama Bamboo Grove 681 m · Ryōan-ji 4.3 km. Not travel times.

Why Aura
The long wooden-railed bridge over the Katsura river with the forested Arashiyama hills behind. Walk across at the end of the day, when the day-trippers head for the station.
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Photo tip · Aura editorial

Late afternoon, and in mid-November for the autumn colour on the hill · from The south bank upstream of the bridge, bridge and hill in one frame

TodayHours to re-checkHours not in OpenStreetMap
Visit lengthAbout 30 min
WeatherOutdoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
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  • When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
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  • Visit length: Aura estimate
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Also in this area

Tenryū-jiSaga-Arashiyama · A World Heritage Zen temple whose 14th-century pond garden borrows the Arashiyama hills behind it. Its north gate opens straight onto the bamboo grove: see both in one early walk.
Arashiyama Bamboo GroveSaga-Arashiyama · A path between walls of giant bamboo, from Tenryū-ji's north gate towards Ōkōchi Sansō. Go at first light: by mid-morning it is shoulder to shoulder. Do not touch or carve the bamboo.