Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto, Japan
Towering Moso bamboo creates a cathedral corridor that filters light into something genuinely disorienting. This is one of those places where the photographs don't lie — it really looks like this. It's also one of the most visited spots in Japan, so the time you go matters as much as the fact that you go. © Naokijp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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