KYOTO—City officials are attempting to combat a return of graffiti marring Arashiyama’s bamboo forest, one of Kyoto’s most beloved tourist destinations.
Call me crazy, but who cares? It’s bamboo. Those names will disappear in about a week. Reinstate the entry fee, have a guy water-bottle-spray teens carving up the grass too much, and call it a day. It’s not that complicated, nor a huge deal, it’s bamboo.
I think I’ve got an even better idea, then. Make the carving the main attraction. Cut the shoots down after everyone’s done, let it grow until it’s tall again, and repeat the process.
You could make it play into some historical traditions of impermanence and cycles of death & rebirth
Call me crazy, but who cares? It’s bamboo. Those names will disappear in about a week. Reinstate the entry fee, have a guy water-bottle-spray teens carving up the grass too much, and call it a day. It’s not that complicated, nor a huge deal, it’s bamboo.
That’s not how bamboo works. Those names will stay there. Once a shoot is grown it’s grown, it doesn’t keep growing indefinitely.
I think I’ve got an even better idea, then. Make the carving the main attraction. Cut the shoots down after everyone’s done, let it grow until it’s tall again, and repeat the process.
You could make it play into some historical traditions of impermanence and cycles of death & rebirth