“Once a bamboo stalk is carved, the damaged cells cannot regenerate,” explained Masashi Nakai, a tree specialist at the Kyoto Botanical Gardens. “The original color never returns, and the plant’s photosynthesis can be impaired. In severe cases, the bamboo can wither and eventually collapse.” (newsonjapan.com)
Bamboo does grow fast, but if tourists are etching it year round, you end up with a grove of graffiti planks 10 meters high instead of a forest.
Imagine your nearest heritage park, but all the trees (that survived) have their bark replaced with "Matt ❤️ Stacy" and "67 lololol" from eye-level up.
From context, I assume his forehead now says bamboo?
Yup (竹). Bamboo wrote it.
Yep 竹
Man, is bamboo graffiti a huge menace? It grows stupid fast and each cane is lucky to last a decade, not like you’re going to run out of
Bamboo does grow fast, but if tourists are etching it year round, you end up with a grove of graffiti planks 10 meters high instead of a forest.
Imagine your nearest heritage park, but all the trees (that survived) have their bark replaced with "Matt ❤️ Stacy" and "67 lololol" from eye-level up.