Rakusai Bamboo Park

28 April 2025

Spent a few hours exploring Rakusai Bamboo Park on the southwest side of Kyoto. 

Entering Rakusai Bamboo Park	Entering Rakusai Bamboo Park	Entering Rakusai Bamboo Park	Dodobashi - a historic bridge relocated to this garden	dense bamboo roots
		bamboo sprout		Buddhist relics dug up when the Kyoto subway was built
Buddhist relics dug up when the Kyoto subway was built	Buddhist relics dug up when the Kyoto subway was built	Buddhist relics dug up when the Kyoto subway was built	Buddhist relics dug up when the Kyoto subway was built	Buddhist relics dug up when the Kyoto subway was built
various paths	starting to drizzle...	stepping stones	bamboo shoots and fringed irises	bamboo shoots and fringed irises
bamboo shoots and fringed irises		bamboo shoots and fringed irises	looking back at the bamboo museum	Kamurozasa aka Bald Bamboo, a low ground cover
Daifukuchika, a tropical clumping bamboo	Suhochiku, tropical clumping ornamental	Fuiri horai chiku, tropical clumping with white spots	new branches	Ooba yatake, big leaf bamboo
bamboo seeds	pretty weeds	dandylion		growth spurt
new branches	Komachidake, clumping with 5-17 leaves on each branch	vine	Gomadake, sesame seed bamboo for its back spots	Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo
Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo	Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo	Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo	Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo	Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo
Kikko-chiku aka tortoiseshell bamboo		raindrops	bamboo hedge	Chigokan-chiku, white striped leaves
Chigokan-chiku sheath	red leaves...	another weed	Chigokan-chiku, white striped leaves	lots of ground cover
maple seed pods	raindrops	Chigokan-chiku, white striped leaves	Chigokan-chiku, white striped leaves	Japanese maple
rocks	side garden	side garden	rocks and ground cover	Japanese maple leaves
types of bamboos	types of bamboos	rain running down the bamboo	last of the cherry blossoms	looking back
things that don't fit on the bus...	lunchtime	waiting for the train...

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