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Wakakusa Yamayaki

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Japanese name: 若草山の山焼き

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WHAT TO DOWakakusa Yamayaki

The whole hill is burned in January. Thirty-three hectares go up in flame.

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The whole hill is burned in January. Thirty-three hectares go up in flame.

About this place

Mount Wakakusa (若草山, Wakakusa-yama), also known as Mount Mikasa (三笠山 Mikasa-yama), is a 342-metre-high (1,122 ft) hill located to the east of Nara Park in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The mountain's name literally means "young grass". The mountain is closed from December 12th to March 17th and cannot be accessed. On the fourth Saturday of January each year, the dead grass of Mount Wakakusa is burned in an annual festival known as Yamayaki (山焼き literally "mountain burning").

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