Today started with a tour of the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest in Kyoto.  Before we even get started on the Bamboo forest though, Kyoto itself seems to be a really nice city.  The guide was saying that it was originally the capital of Japan.  I've got some of that story on video tape. Anyway, back to the bamboo forest.  My movie training was WAY off... every instinct I had told me that ninjas were just about to start flying through the tops of the bamboo... but it didn't happen...