Wakakusa Yamayaki (Nara Prefecture) Tours and Travel 2025

Special feature on Japanese festivals and seasonal customs

Club Tourism introduces winter festival tours to be held from Dec. 2024 to Mar. 2025! These are recommended tours to winter-only events and festivals, such as light-ups of snowy landscapes. With a tour conductor, you'll be well supported! Searching and booking tours is easy.

Wakakusa-yaki

Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Itinerary: Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025

Wakakusayama mountain burning (Image)
Photo taken by a customer. Work by PN Kazusan, a resident Nara Prefecture.

"Wakakusayamayaki" lights up Nara in early spring

A traditional event that heralds the early spring of the ancient city of Nara. The entire mountain is set ablaze, lighting up the night sky with a spectacular spectacle. The huge fireworks just before the mountain burning paint the clear winter sky with brilliant light and color, and the spectacular gunfire marks the start of the mountain burning.