For years, tourists carved names, messages on bamboo stalks at Kyoto’s Arashiyama grove. Years later, about 350 damaged plants near the path have been cut and moved away to protect the forest

Tourists have damaged hundreds of bamboo stalks at Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama grove by carving names and messages into them. After finding about 350 affected plants, officials have begun cutting bamboo near the busy path and creating more distance between visitors and the forest to prevent further damage.