How crowded is the Bamboo Grove on Saturday 21 November?

Very busy

at its busiest

Busy from 9 am to 6:30 pm. Go before 8 am. It calms down after 6:30 pm, but it will be dark by then.

8 am: Moderate

Sunrise

6:37 am

Sunset

4:48 pm

Weather

Mostly clear, 14°C at noon

Rain chance

21%

This estimate is higher than an ordinary weekday because it is a weekend in peak season.

• Tenryu-ji opens its garden early, at 7:30 am, through the main garden entrance only. Its north gate on the bamboo path keeps normal hours, from 8:30 am.
• Kyoto City is placing staff on the path by Okochi Sanso to direct walkers toward Oku-Saga or Kameyama Park and spread out the crowd.

These levels are estimates from typical patterns, not live counts. Weather forecasts get less reliable further ahead. Weather from Open-Meteo, updated 1 pm, Sunday 8 November.