{
  "id": 3727704,
  "title": "Kyoto moves bamboo beyond visitors' reach after 350 stalks are vandalised",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/kyoto-moves-bamboo-beyond-visitors-reach-after-350-stalks-are",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T11:33:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/tourists-carved-names-into-around-350-bamboo-stalks-in-kyotos-arashiyama-grove-the-damage-cannot-be-repaired-so-officials-began-cutting-bamboo-and-moving-the-grove-beyond-visitors-reach/articleshow/133563876.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is facing growing damage from tourists carving names and other writing into bamboo stalks. A city inspection found around 350 damaged plants since spring 2025. In response, Kyoto officials plan to cut about 30 sq m of bamboo as a special preservation measure and move the grove further away from the path to prevent visitors from reaching the stalks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "The best places to visit in Japan in 2026, beyond Tokyo and Kyoto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/the-best-places-to-visit-in-japan-in-2026-beyond-tokyo-and-kyoto",
        "published": "2026-08-26T20:51:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}