Arashiyama bamboo forest in Kyoto "crying" as tourists vandalise trees soranews24.com

Kyoto has a heartbreaking message for visitors who carve graffiti on trees in the famous grove.
Kyoto is one of Japan’s top tourist destinations, filled with historic buildings and beautiful scenery, and one of the region’s most famous must-see sites is the mesmerising bamboo forest in Arashiyama.
The future of the trees is now a topic of concern though, after the city of Kyoto, who owns and cares for the forest, discovered that at least 100 of the bamboo have been vandalised by tourists since February.
They are calling on people to notify them when they see graffiti, and they request the cooperation of everyone to help preserve the bamboo grove.
Do not carve graffiti with a knife in the bamboo forest of Arashiyama in Kyoto.