Dead grass burnt at park in Japan

Dead grass burnt at park in Japan

Tourists watch dead grass burning at Akiyoshidai Park in Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 28, 2021, heralding the arrival of spring. The practice of setting fires on the nation's largest karst plateau began more than 600 years ago to preserve the landscape and ecology.

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