If you find yourself at Arashiyama Station, popular for its proximity to the famed Sagano Bamboo Forest, it’s quite impossible to miss the gorgeous art installation aptly called the Kimono Forest. Composed of 600 poles clad in acrylic-wrapped kimono fabric, the Kimono Forest starts along the station platforms and extends outside, forming a photogenic trail that leads to Tenryū-ji Temple. The fabrics were traditionally dyed in the Kyo-Yūzen method unique to Kyoto, in the workshop of the Kameda-Tomi company, a kimono manufacturer established in 1919 and known for its invention of…
