Having been
to Arashiyama few years back didn’t quite prepare me for this trip. There were
a few “NEW” old places that I rediscovered in this trip, namely the Bamboo
Groove and Kimono Forest.
Truthfully I
am rather impress with what the Kansai Tourism embarked in ensuring the return
and growth of local and domestic tourist. An act I hope that our Tourism
Malaysia will consider and perhaps consider to implement in Malaysia, I am sure
it will be greatly welcomed by us Malaysian and tourist alike.
Bamboo Groove Illumination / Arashiyama Hanatoro 2015
Arashiyama celebrates Hanatoro every December for a duration of 10 days whereby lanterns and spotlights were placed at the Bamboo Groove pathway and lit up at dusk. During this period, the visiting hours are extended to greet the tourists. It created a magical and whimsical feel thus became a crowd puller every December.
I like the idea of how Tourism Kansai regenerates crowd interest by creating a new feel of an existing attraction. It increases the demand for the shops and restaurants to open till late hours that translate into business growth and high profit.
Kimono
Forest
Located at
Randen Tram Station on Kyoto’s Keifuku Arashiyama line, Kimono Forest stood beautifully
still. It is a collection of kimono textile selected by Yasumichi Morita,
places in a lit up cylinder-shaped pillars. It is best viewed from dusk till
dark.
As you can
guess, we can do the same in Malaysia with our batik print, batik canting, pua
kumbu print etc. Perhaps around KLCC or Masjid Jamek.
Interesting
right? I will share more on activities in Arashiyama in my next post.
1 comment:
cantik nya projek illumination ni ya.. waktu siang pun dah cantik kat arashiyama ni..waktu malam lagi nampak cantik dgn lampu2 ni :)
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