Actually, it wasn’t too difficult to find a bit of peace in Arashiyama. After we walked out of the bamboo forest and into nearby Kameyama Park, we found it straight away.

I wouldn’t say that autumn was in full swing at the time, but we enjoyed a few trees that were giving up their colour.

We walked down the hill to the Oi River, and there we found ‘fire’ and water side by side.

Quite a few people on the water enjoying the scenes.

But we were content to wander along the relatively quiet paths and enjoy the scene on dry land.