Above: The Togetsukyo Bridge over the Katsura River in Kyoto, Japan

A warning to the Kyoto picnicker: You are being watched. One spring morning on the banks of the Katsura River, I sat having breakfast blissfully unaware of this. We had started our day before dawn to beat the tourists to the famous Arashiyama bamboo grove and had worked up an appetite in the process.

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Above: The Togetsukyo Bridge over the Katsura River in Kyoto, Japan

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