Crowd estimate, not a live count
How crowded is the Bamboo Grove on Monday 23 November?
at its busiest
Very busy
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
- 6:39 am
- Sunset
- 4:49 pm
- Weather
- No forecast yet
- Rain chance
- No forecast yet
This estimate is higher than an ordinary weekday because it is a Japanese public holiday 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. No forecast for this date (weather last updated 2 am, Tuesday 10 November), so these levels assume a dry day.